England: How do you stand?

[taylorsworkrate]

I'm extremely passionate about the England Cricket team, England Rugby team and English/British athletes in the Olympics/World championships.  I'm a huge fan of English/British film, music and literature.  I'm very proud of a lot of things this country stands for.  Such as tolerance, equality and the decency of the majority of our citizens.

I do not however, live and die on the fortunes of our overrated, overhyped, overpaid, arrogant and morally inept national team footballers.

I guess i'm just incredibly unpatriotic.  If only hanging was still the punishment for treason.

[taylorsworkrate]

So being negative, not caring and abusing the players who play for England is not being anti-English? Why do you feel the need to act this way when you're ENGLISH! Fair enough if your background was from other nationalities, you may have a point, but you admitted that you're very very English. I just find this completely incredible and bizarre how someone who is 100% English can have this attitude towards his country's football team.

Again, I'll ask, how on God's Great Earth can someone who is English be anti-English towards the English football team? What you're saying sounds completely whacko. You're not from another country, you're English, get over it i'm afraid.

Imagine all the strange looks and mouthful of abuse you'd get off fellow English people if you said "I'm anti-England football team"... infact, I don't think you'd get abuse, I think a lot of people would feel sorry for you and worry what your mental state is at.

Thank the Lord I only have to have this 'discussion' with you on the internet. In real life I cannot imagine how hard you'd get the piss taken out of you by fellow English people.

You can keep on debating me as much as you want, but at the end of the day the fact still stands being anti-English towards England's football team makes no sense and is just quite frankly ridiculous and deep down I think you know this too.

I look foward to your reply and hopefully you can address the questions I've asked in this post.

I agree and in the same vain, i'd like to express my support for the ENGLISH doctor Harold Shipman and the BRITISH national party leader Nick Griffin. 

[dave.woodhall]

I've never had the piss taken out of me for not giving a shite about the English football team. Not never, not ever. And I doubt if another of our current topics of debate, Evil Cow Thatcher, ever did either.

[CT]

I used to be passionate about England, i still want to be but i cant anymore, The FA and the national team tell you everything that is bad about the game in this country over hyped over paid no style no substance no class,
They are a joke

Pretty much what he said!!

I used to be so supportive of the national team and went to many home games in the lates 80's and early 90's. I'm patriotic but can honestly take or leave England now and it's been like that since 2004. I managed about 5 minutes of the game the other night before falling asleep and not knowing the score till the next morning!

I certainly wouldn't spend hard-earned cash on them anymore.

[Shrek]

Unbeleivable, your comparing being a proud English-man to a racist biggot and a cereal killer. And you lot had the cheek to call me childish.

[dave.woodhall]

Terrible things, these cereal killers. No breakfast is safe.

[Chris Harte]

Unbeleivable, your comparing being a proud English-man to a racist biggot and a cereal killer. And you lot had the cheek to call me childish.

Did someone beat the shit out of a packet of cornflakes?

[adrenachrome]

Unbeleivable, your comparing being a proud English-man to a racist biggot and a cereal killer. And you lot had the cheek to call me childish.

If you don't want to be  cereal killer, don't boil the milk would be my advice.

Cold milk would be your main man and your corn flakes or whatever would not get soggy; everyone's a winner.

[robbo1874]

I'm 1/4 English, why should I have to go to an England game? I'm not a patriotic English fan, I just like to see England do well, that's all. I just think it's all a bit sad and pathetic listening to people on the internet despite being 100% English being anti-English towards the England football team saying silly things like ''I wouldn't really care if England won the World Cup".

Lee; football is the national sport... no-one cares about field hockey.

I think you're confusing apathy (i.e. not giving a fuck) with anti-englishness (i.e actively wanting them to lose).

I don't actively want the england team to lose, I said before if they won the WC I'd be pleased, I just don't expect them to and won't get upset if (when) they don't. Added to that, my interest in it has waned to the point where I can't be bothered to watch their matches on TV for the most part.

How that makes me 'anti-english' I don't know.

[KevinGage]

Unbeleivable, your comparing being a proud English-man to a racist biggot and a cereal killer. And you lot had the cheek to call me childish.

Dunno what Alan Partridge has got to do with any of this.

[KevinGage]

I'm 1/4 English, why should I have to go to an England game? I'm not a patriotic English fan...

Which quarter is that just out of interest? Amputation might save you a lot of confusion.
If it's upper torso/ head region you might get away with just a full frontal lobotomy.

You come on here panning people for not backing the English national side and being patriotic whilst you...don't go to England games and don't feel patriotic about England.

There probably is a point in there somewhere, chomping at the bit to get out.
Fcuked if I know what it is though.

[mark1968]

Big bunch of tossers for me.

Dont give a shit for the current English internationals.

(And yea, despite my location, i'm very much English)
 

[Dave Cooper please]

So being negative, not caring and abusing the players who play for England is not being anti-English? Why do you feel the need to act this way when you're ENGLISH! Fair enough if your background was from other nationalities, you may have a point, but you admitted that you're very very English. I just find this completely incredible and bizarre how someone who is 100% English can have this attitude towards his country's football team.

Again, I'll ask, how on God's Great Earth can someone who is English be anti-English towards the English football team? What you're saying sounds completely whacko. You're not from another country, you're English, get over it i'm afraid.

Imagine all the strange looks and mouthful of abuse you'd get off fellow English people if you said "I'm anti-England football team"... infact, I don't think you'd get abuse, I think a lot of people would feel sorry for you and worry what your mental state is at.

Thank the Lord I only have to have this 'discussion' with you on the internet. In real life I cannot imagine how hard you'd get the piss taken out of you by fellow English people.

You can keep on debating me as much as you want, but at the end of the day the fact still stands being anti-English towards England's football team makes no sense and is just quite frankly ridiculous and deep down I think you know this too.

I look foward to your reply and hopefully you can address the questions I've asked in this post.

*Shakes head sadly and walks away*

[Lucky Eddie]

There's a millwall mentality growing around the national side; no one likes us we don't care!

For what it's worth I don't know a single England fan who has any time whatsoever for the likes of Cole, Terry and Ferdinand but to think that you'd stop supporting your country just because you don't like some of the personality (or lack of) traits of some of its 'better' players is like saying you wont go down The Villa whilst Ellis is still in charge.

[VillaAlways]

Unbeleivable, your comparing being a proud English-man to a racist biggot and a cereal killer. And you lot had the cheek to call me childish.

Dunno what Alan Partridge has got to do with any of this.

hahaha.Very good.