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Hey ho, but while medal and trophy the stadium is already empty... so rude too!

Said upthread but weird throwing two players on that haven’t kicked a ball all night to take pens. Weird putting the last one on the shoulders of a kid.

I’m not a mega fan, but surprisingly a bit gutted about that.

Would have had grealish, Shaw, and left Henderson on for pens personally.

BTW, for me and for millions around Europe who were all on Italy side, it's fucking political!! Clear?

No need to salt the wound mate, max pain threshold reached.

Can't say I blame anyone for that. Was dreading the fucking Tories using an England win as an example of how we are 'prospering after Brexit' or some shit

He still hasn't done it on a cold Tuesday night in Stoke though has he? Always amused as to why the day makes a difference.

Was dreading the fucking Tories using an England win as an example of how we are 'prospering after Brexit' or some shit

This is actually a great call. Johnson riding this for another 6 months would have been insufferable:

No worries, I surely don't blame everyone and I'm aware that on this forum the Brexiter are a low percentage. In fact I was talking about millions around Europe who are not posting on this forum in reference to the whole country. But I just felt the necessity to spell it out, mainly for myself I reckon.

Henderson is a terrible penalty taker.

As for the other two - who's to say they put themselves forward?

Stick to Eurovision, pal.

Walker would have been a good shout and they hooked him.

How dare you! Just cos dishi rishi forgot to remove the price tag from his england shirt don't mean he ain't a die-hard england fan...

This whole tournament has been brilliant. England make the final. That one afternoon and evening of Croatia Spain and france Switzerland was incredible. Not spectacular in goal terms but some cracking matches. Italy Spain was brilliant too. Well done England one step further. Italy deserved winners.

Not bad really. Still think Southgate is overly defensive with the squad he has. World Cup next year but sadly he'll play the same safety first format and waste a generation of extraordinary attacking talent.

yeah true. he is shit.

I was actually in a chech bar in amsterdam, surrounded by portuguese, french, chech, romanian, german, belgian etc. and it was very noticable that the common sentiment was pro itailan. I feel fucking terrible for the 3 subs though...

Christ, even I feel a bit bad for Saka.

Is London burning yet?

No,
but, only because it's raining,
and the English are fair weather rioters.

It's mostly because of a perceived English arrogance. Then that Sterling penalty in the semis added fuel to the fire and suddenly everybody was against England.
No idea what he's saying about it being political though

Said upthread but weird throwing two players on that haven’t kicked a ball all night to take pens. Weird putting the last one on the shoulders of a kid.

Yeah it’s harsh, their feet haven’t ‘warmed up’ with contact on the ball yet and then they have to make a single precise shot. That said, they were chosen for a reason, whether it’s performance at practice or gung-ho energy on the bench, so they probably earned and coveted the right to be out there taking their single chance.

Alternatively, a cynic might say the managers chose to protect certain players’ value from the possible risk of a missed major penalty like that. We’ll never know.

Was dreading the fucking Tories using an England win as an example of how we are 'prospering after Brexit' or some shit

We discussed this at home earlier today and again just after the game, the only silver lining.

Yes, that's the reality at this time. A European cup, with the country that just wanted to get out from it, arriving at the final, then you can't aspect different sentiments. Also plenty of "noise" from the same authorities who lead and sold the exit.

True dat

I don't use IG much or read IG comments but reports of abuse are going around twitter already... ffs :(

https://twitter.com/search?q=Rashford%20Sancho%20Saka&s=09

Cunts are cunting massively, fuck them all. Black and mixed raced players got us from about 1 kick away from home.