Honestly, Colombia being dicks aside, England were not very good for long stretches of this game
β Meunier tear has to fall (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, July 3, 2018 4:56 PM (twenty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark
did england even have a real shot on goal? danny rose was close in extra time but otherwise??
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
particularly happy for xyzzzz who now won't have to endure Colombia-supporting hipsters bunkering his chi
― shaqiri tip (nashwan), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
spurs are going to win the world cup
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
β J0rdan S., Tuesday, July 3, 2018 5:28 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
according to final stats, 2, but I"m assuming one of those was the first penalty goal....
and this was out of 16
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
the entire nation of Colombia are suffering karmic retribution for Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) tbf
― Number None, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
> think I had england (head) over colombia (heart)
let's ask the video referee...
"col - eng: who knows. eng win? hope it's col win"
― koogs, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
we lost to people who eat beans on toast....... what the fuck................— π¨π΄ g a b y π¨π΄ (@gabydvj) July 3, 2018
― mark s, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
beans on toast is a long way down on the list of this nation's sins
― Meunier tear has to fall (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
it's our one virtue
― mark s, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
This old fat furry shambles of a win is dedicated to Firmin, Bagpuss, Yaffle, all the lads up there.
― shaqiri tip (nashwan), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
cuthbert dibble grubb, yr boys took hell of a beating
― mark s, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
you'd think your colombians would want to focus their consternation on the fact that they were 2nd best in that shitshow rather than worrying themselves with superior breakfasts
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
never mind beans on toast, in this age the fashion is to eat them straight from the tin (in some shithole bedsit!)
― calzino, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
I hope the Colombians love their blood sausage too.
― shaqiri tip (nashwan), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:52 (five years ago) link
β ogmor, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:13 (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That's even worse than England winning it.
β Alan Alba (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:15 (seventeen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
all my goodwill toward England at this point is essentially Spurs-based and all my ilx-related goodwill toward England at this point is essentially boiling Tom D's piss-based
― Pardew to Megson: "you've stolen my New Orleans bounce" (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
Not another ILX Spurs fan!
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
England weren't great but they were the better team for most of the 90 and the second period of extra time. The first period was horrendous. On balance they deserved that.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 22:18 (five years ago) link
Secretly quite happy that Davinson Sanchez had a decent game and didn't disgrace himself as well.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 22:19 (five years ago) link
yeah colombia had no real scoring chances either until that cuadrado shank... it was a pretty ugly game. at least the circus reffing made it somewhat interesting
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 July 2018 22:22 (five years ago) link
So Drunk right now— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) July 3, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 23:47 (five years ago) link
The refs are clearly under instruction to lay off bookings and sendings-off if at all possible in this World Cup.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 07:33 (five years ago) link
i just wanna see england pwned as embarrassingly as possibleβ Fox News' Chad Pergram contributed to this report (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, July 3, 2018 11:01 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkSame. One can only hope. Sweden beating England would be sweet, but perhaps a beating by Rassiya in the semis would be even better idk. Either way it needs to happen.β lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 23:05 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
β Fox News' Chad Pergram contributed to this report (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, July 3, 2018 11:01 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Same. One can only hope. Sweden beating England would be sweet, but perhaps a beating by Rassiya in the semis would be even better idk. Either way it needs to happen.
β lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 23:05 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Why, pray tell?
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 07:56 (five years ago) link
He's had a really good World Cup. Could be a big star for us next season
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 08:04 (five years ago) link
the nations in england's periphery ('greater england', if you will) can only resist its gravitational pull by stubbornly defining themselves in opposition to englishness wherever they encounter it, especially the most obvious and potent manifestations of it, such as the brave lion of albion harry kane. as was explained to me by a scottish friend, the fear lying deep within the heart of all scots is that they are, at bottom, an english cunt, and thus they must protest as hard as possible to shut such thoughts away. it is therefore the noble burden of all humble & goodly yeoman pigs of fair england to embrace the role of villain so that the fragile identities of their truculent friends can be protected
― ogmor, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 08:21 (five years ago) link
Could be worse, could be the English rugby team.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 08:35 (five years ago) link
ogmor otm for the scotch and possobly the welch (or dont they just consider themselves a poor mans english?) but for us, if we were included at all (unlike for instance a gladstone budget) its more about watching what the six counties might like and doing the opposite
― the last famous poster you were surprised to discover was actually (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 08:50 (five years ago) link
To be fair to the Scotch, they never allowed themselves to be crushed and humiliated like the other two, so consider themselves more as equal partners.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 08:52 (five years ago) link
lol 2014 vote no to stay in the eu
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 08:57 (five years ago) link
Vote yes, you mean.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:00 (five years ago) link
well, indeed hindsight eh
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:01 (five years ago) link
for me itβs very simple: i hate football and i hate the english so if i can hate them both simultaneously it frees up more time for me to hate myself
― Fox News' Chad Pergram contributed to this report (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:02 (five years ago) link
No, what I mean is 'vote yes to stay in the eu' was a major part of the yes campaign. (xp)
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:04 (five years ago) link
Football! Who are England scheduled to play in the semis anyway?
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:10 (five years ago) link
they hate us for our freedoms iirc
― Neymar, Mr Nice Guy (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:10 (five years ago) link
seemed like a troll question anyway, what's not to hate about England especially as manifested thru it's football punditry?
― Neymar, Mr Nice Guy (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:11 (five years ago) link
Thank you NV.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:13 (five years ago) link
Never seen us win on penalties, perhaps it is coming home. pic.twitter.com/6WW3sQgEpD— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) July 4, 2018
― I'd Rather Kecak (NickB), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:14 (five years ago) link
Oh balls, there goes using Bathgate Neymar as a dn. (xp)
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:15 (five years ago) link
It's simple for me as well, and I've no fragile identities of truculent friends to protect. The "most likeable England team in ages" isn't very likeable tbh. It's a team built on chance. There are quality players but I find the heavy reliance on individual talent - as opposed to having an actual team strategy - boring and not very interesting to look at. Not at a WC at least.
More importantly: we will all suffer the nastiest, ugliest, nationalist side of England if they win the WC. It will be a dismal circus and I dread having to live through it β even from the other side of the sea.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:15 (five years ago) link
(xxp) Obvious Farage never bothered watching the 96 Euros - how unpatriotic is that?
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:16 (five years ago) link
think you can rest easy on that last point LBI
― Neymar, Mr Nice Guy (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:16 (five years ago) link
Cheers, I needed that :)
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:18 (five years ago) link
they hate us for our beandoms
― mark s, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:20 (five years ago) link
https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/79/590x/world-cup-2018-england-colombia-frank-skinner-david-baddiel-lightning-seeds-russia-983551.jpg?r=1530682002513
I dreamt I went on a killing spree with an axe and a lump hammer last night.
― calzino, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:20 (five years ago) link
The career of David Baddiel is an enduring mystery.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:23 (five years ago) link
he's a complete cunt, therefore a fully qualified minor b-lister on tv/radio.
― calzino, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:25 (five years ago) link
and full of septic pus obv
at some point we shd take this to Real England or somewhere i guess, but just football-wise i feel like the gap between the belief in the England team's ability and its actually ability must be one of the greatest in any nation
― Neymar, Mr Nice Guy (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:26 (five years ago) link
Also, like the mystery of David Baddiel, enduring.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:27 (five years ago) link
for all of worrying about further english success, I can only recommend and echo the sentiments of this chorus (obviously you'll have to mentally substitute "england" for an identifier of your choice)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ODp1WXI-g
― ogmor, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:27 (five years ago) link