Match Day Thread Germany v England

Couldn't have put it better myself. Any surviving RAF pilot would be sickened by the chant.

 

I didn't. I wrote Yes. Of course.Which is not the same as yes, of course. Understanding the nuances of the English language is not one of your strong points. Imagine it said as Yes. Followed by a pause, a shaking of the head accompanied by the rolling of eyes, and of course spoken in in a disbelieving tone of voice. As most people sharper than you would without having to have it explained.

 

Any of us who had parents who were in the war know they wouldn't have approved of this chant. And would have had contempt for the ones singing it who have never done a brave act in their lives. I had the pleasure of meeting Ginger Lacey a few times in my local rugby club bar and he would have been disgusted by it.

 

Oh you put a pause, a shaking of the head accompanied by the rolling of eyes, and of course spoken in in (sic) a disbelieving tone of voice in your post, did you?

There I go again, not being observant.

As for 'not understanding the nuances of the English language', if only I was paid to do precisely that. One day, hopefully, and I live in hope I do as well as you in your post above.

 

Anybody with an iota of understanding, which obviously, excludes you, knows that writing Yes. Of course is not a sign of agreement.

You missed a comma out in your last sentence.

 

That might be the best sentence I have ever read

 

I find the 'please don't take me home' much ****ter than the bombers one. It's just meaningless ****e.

I am a little uncomfortable with people taking to their keyboards to moan about what songs the England fans sung. They've spent a lot of time and effort following their country, they've not sang something really discriminatory or disgusting. They've mentioned the war; that's it. FFS we have a sitcom joke about not mentioning the war that people laugh heartily at. They're not saying all Germans are ****s, or nazi war criminals. I hardly think people would be complaining if Scandinavian fans sung about the might of their viking ancestors, in fact I bet they probably do.

And implying that these fans are or will be guilty of violence with absolutely no basis is completely ****ing wrong. But we have this obsession with shaming people and football fans are a great target, especially English ones going abroad.

 

From the 70s. That's the point.

Celebrating the death of brave people has no place in a football stadium in my eyes. My most embarrassing moment ever as a City fan was at Lokeren where most joined in with "where were you in World War 2?"

 

Should have told them to watch Secret Army which was based on fact. A great series, incidentally.

 

Thanks. Though Shakespeare, Dickens, Greene, Homer, Pasternak and others may have come up with better ones if you look hard enough.

 

Or two sentences.

 

Were American fans singing songs about the war in Japan? I'm guessing not.

 

How **** must you be, Bournemouth scored six - is one of the biggest ****s of a song I've ever heard. Got an airing on Saturday at Goodison.

 

Where are the 2 sentences?

 

To be fair to BCC it was one sentence.

 

The context of the Fawlty Towers sketch, and the context of a football friendly in Dortmund, are somewhat different though aren't they?

 

It certainly is. Doesn't scan. Doesn't rhyme.

 

Certainly is. The Fawlty sketch was taking a dig at the prevailing attitudes. Same as this classic clip was but now people watching it, unaware of the context, go into meltdown about it being racist.