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Off Topic International Break Thread

Discussion in 'Tottenham Hotspur' started by PleaseNotPoll, Sep 4, 2018.

  1. littleDinosaurLuke

    littleDinosaurLuke Well-Known Member

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    This doesn’t rank anywhere in the history of the misdemeanours of the Catholic clergy. It’s not even a footnote. In fact, he’s let the side down.
    Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition
     
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  2. humanbeingincroydon

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    The worst xi of the tournament, according to Marca

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  3. Alfie Conn

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    All the false outrage that the Scots , germans and other countries will not be supporting England tonight <laugh> get over it
     
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  4. humanbeingincroydon

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    From a country whose fans habitually boo other team's anthems, of course
     
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  5. humanbeingincroydon

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    Jonathan David with a goal and a penalty in the shootout last night

    Eh?

    Eh?
     
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  6. KingHotspur

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    It’s coming home!!!
     
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  7. humanbeingincroydon

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    En Espanyol, por favor
     
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  8. KingHotspur

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    English but supporting Spain

    How sad
     
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  9. humanbeingincroydon

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    Quite consistent, given I can't stand entitled fanbases in club football, so I simply extend that to international football

    And tennis, for that matter. **** Djokhead
     
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  10. crackerman jack

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    Blows my mind that an English person wouldn’t want England to win the final. Weird.
    I’m buzzing for this, hope the boys put a performance in and we finally have something to all celebrate after all these years. Not easy being a Spurs and England fan!
     
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  11. littleDinosaurLuke

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    I’m getting the same vibes I got with the F.A. Cup Final City were massive favourites; Utd hadn’t been playing well, but were there. Utd executed a game plan perfectly and won comfortably. Kobbie Mainoo was central to that.
     
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  12. Left on the Shelf

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    I'm English. I understand the significance of a nation that invented a game and 'owns' the biggest league in the world wanting to win a major trophy for only the 2nd time. It's a pathetic statistic.
    But I'm also a football fan.
    If England deservedly beat Spain on the day, then good luck and well done. But Spain has been the best and most exciting team in the tournament by far and almost on that alone they deserve the trophy.

    Hopefully it's at least an entertaining game of football that does credit to both countries! :emoticon-0148-yes:
     
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  13. The Changing Man

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    I am total agreement with your sentiments, but I really don't care if its a dog of a game if Harry is holding the trophy at the end.
     
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  14. KingHotspur

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    Who’s entitled. Anyone I know including myself is just desperate to see England win. Surely there’s nothing wrong with that?
     
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  15. KingHotspur

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    When it comes to the final of any tournament, the only thing that matters is the result.

    Would you honestly rather see England play well but lose than play poorly and win?
     
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  16. humanbeingincroydon

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    Name one other set of international fans who bellowed IT'S COMING HOME (or equivalent) for each of the last four international tournaments

    That's as entitled as Liverpool's fans, and inevitably turns as boorish as Chelsea's
     
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  17. The Changing Man

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    It's just a song, and a bit of fun in my opinion no different to me being at Priestfield singing Que Sera Sera where going to Wembley when the Gills are winning a 1st round FA cup tie. As football fans many of us are generally pessimists, as a fan of both Spurs and England the disappointments over the years have mounted up so I see '3 lions' as the ultimate song of disappointment, maybe if we win tonight it can finally be binned off forever.
     
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  18. Left on the Shelf

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    Based on my comments above, yes, although if they play well then there is a good chance they will win.
     
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  19. crackerman jack

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    It’s literally just a song!! Bloody hell, you must lead a miserable life
     
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  20. humanbeingincroydon

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    It is not "just a song", just like Born in the USA is not "just a song" thanks to decades of being weaponised by people who apparently never even read the lyrics by insist on playing it at political rallies

    And here's the thing: you hit the nail halfway through by saying it's a song about disappointment, since the song is about wistful optimism hoping just once England might not **** it, which is also why it got re-released for the 1998 WC after the official anthem was tubthumping nonsense from the Spice Girls - but that is not how the song has been used since the 2018 World Cup, it's become a tubthumping anthem of victory which only begs the question about how thick some people are if they miss the point of a song so simple

    That's like saying Holiday in Cambodia is a pro-Khmer Rouge anthem because the bridge repeats Pol Pot's name over and over
     
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