Read somewhere Rice had an injury, not sure if that is correct or not. He'd had an excellent game, best I'd seen from him.
A game of many opinions. He's done really well this tournament, especially in the final. That I can't deny. I just can't help being really nervous when he plays, and especially when he punches. I don't think Henderson will replace him by the world cup, but I can see it happening down the line.
Mate, I've been receiving texts and memes all day - gotta laugh it off, it's all over and done now. Roll on the World Cup - let's hope Scotland get there so we can have a real laugh when they lose to Burkini Faso or North Korea! All meant in good humour, but there were fireworks and parties going off everywhere up here after the game.
Yes. I fear they will never forget. As Southgate has not forgotten, except he was already more mature.
Having seen and read more about the vile scenes and behaviour at Wembley on Sunday I hope we gracefully withdraw from bidding to host the 2030 World Cup.
Why ? A few pricks act up and we as a nation have to take full responsibility ? You are a bit of a drama queen sometimes G (As am I )
This explains it all Giorgio Chiellini has claimed he put a curse on Bukayo Saka before the teenage England star missed the decisive penalty that saw Italy win Euro 2020.
I’d just seen a 17 minute long video of a Danish family, including wife and about a ten year old boy, being bullied, shoved, sworn at and terrorised by drunk English ‘fans’ in Wembley during the semi final. Stewards and stadium security refused to do anything about it, despite being asked repeatedly. Actually I didn’t have the strength to look at the whole video, it was so depressing. Pissed me off a bit. If we can’t deal with a ‘few pricks’ actually in the stadium I’m not sure we have the competence to hold a major tournament. Looks like UEFA are building a little dossier on it. So, might have been an overreaction on my part, sorry, I plead mitigating circumstances. The vast majority shouldn’t be punished because of a ‘few pricks’. Raving, didn’t have you down as a moral relativist.
Didn’t see that video but heard about the incident….What would be more depressing for me is that no other fan (or fans) stepped in and offered some assistance…..I’d like to think I would have but who knows in the circumstances. Rant excepted and totally understandable mate….but as I’ve said before, you’ll always get the bullies, racists, scumbags and ****ers at the football…and it ain’t just an English thing (though we do seem to have more than a few nowadays) Perhaps I’m still living in the past
Seen on Facebook..... This is England. This is England: Raheem Sterling, whose big sister would go with him to training and back every day, three buses each way, and never once complained. Raheem Sterling, who called the day he bought his mum a house ‘the best day of my life.’ This is England: Jordan Henderson, who spent most of the first lockdown last year organising the other 19 Premiership captains to help raise money for the NHS. This is England: Marcus Rashford, who secured free school meals for vulnerable kids during school holidays after the government had refused to extend the programme. Marcus Rashford, who lives by the words of his mother Melanie: ‘take pride in knowing that your struggle will play the biggest role in your purpose.’ This is England: Mason Mount, who gave the shirt he’d worn in the semi-final victory over Denmark to a 10-year-old girl called Belle in the crowd, and in doing her made her smile a smile so incandescent it could melt the Siberian permafrost. This is England: Tyrone Mings, who spent part of his childhood in a homeless shelter, who played non-league football while working as a barman and mortgage advisor, and who tells kids at the coaching camps he runs that the game is nothing unless they enjoy it. Tyrone Mings, who was taunted with monkey chants on his England debut against Bulgaria and didn’t pretend he hadn’t heard, who turned to the assistant referee and said, firmly but without aggression, ‘did you hear that?’ As in: we’ve got a problem here, you’re part of the officiating team, so this is your problem too and I’m not going to let you duck it, because though this was the most important match of his life there were some things which were more important still than that. This is England: Luke Shaw, who when playing for Southampton watched Liverpool players file unseeingly past two small boys waiting for their autographs, and who went over and said ‘I know I don’t play for your team, but will I do?’ and posed for a photo with them which they will never forget. This is England: Declan Rice, who would play cage football in New Malden every day after school and all day on Saturdays, not because he was the best but because he wasn’t. This is England: Bukayo Saka, who got As and A*s in his GCSEs because his parents insisted that he work as hard inside the classroom as he did on the pitch. Bukayo Saka, whose Christian name in Yoruba means ‘adds to happiness.’ This is England: Kieran Trippier, who still speaks regularly to his old teachers at Woodhey High School in Bury because they looked out for him and his brothers. Kieran Trippier, who every day has cause to reflect on the truth of the inscription by the school gates: ‘where dreams may grow.’ This is England: Kalvin Phillips, whose mum worked two jobs while his dad was in and out of prison. One of those jobs was at Harpo’s Pizzas, where you can now order the Kalvin’s Special. This is England: Gareth Southgate, who until recently was most famous for missing a penalty he had the balls to volunteer for even though he’d never taken one before, because he knew what Teddy Roosevelt meant when he talked about the man in the arena. These, too, are England: an incompetent government and an ineffectual opposition; a system which rewards the venal, the vainglorious and the mendacious; tribes which assume the worst of each other and snipe over Brexit, lockdown and masks; public services creaking under the strain of decades of underfunding; kids getting stabbed and women getting attacked; morons who boo the opponents’ national anthems and shine laser pens at their goalkeepers; and so very, very much more. These too are England, and they will still be so next week, next month and next year. But, if only for today, there is an England of Raheem Sterling and Jordan Henderson, of Marcus Rashford and Mason Mount, of Tyrone Mings and Luke Shaw, of Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka, of Kieran Trippier and Kalvin Phillips, and of Gareth Southgate. If only for today, this is my England. You choose yours.
Love it……and like throughout history, we are a country that have so much to be proud of……from the Diggers to the Levellers, the Chartists to the Trade Unionists….. A proud working class tradition that we all should admire. It’s a shame some want to only talk about the bad (of which there is a lot of course)
