"There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England" - Sir Winston Churchill
The flag of St.George. The simple red and white flag that stands for passion, dignity, humour, tolerance, stoicism, creativity, courage and more. Give it 6 months and we will see them flying from houses and cars up and down the country. Or will we? Since those 'Glorious' tournaments in the 90's we have had far too many summers that have basically been a massive fuck up. France 98, Euro 2000, Japan/Korea 2002, Euro 2004, Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010 all ended up the same. England beaten. Do the players care? Do they actual give a flying fuck about the fans that travel all over the world watching them and those who miss work so they can venture down to wembley for a piss poor friendly performance against Ghana and the like? I'm sure there are certain players that do care, but then as seen in the last world cup we have players who do not seem to care as much as us. This isn't some pissed up rallying cry for the friendly games against Spain and Sweden as that is what they are. Friendlies. Lets be honest here. Our last real chance of glory was Euro 1996 and Italia 90 and since then they have been shite. "Bollocks to that lot" was the sentence from me back on the warm June day in 2010. I travelled to Australia on the morning after and had a stop over in Singapore. Whilst sitting down for a beer i had the unfortunate pleasure of watching the Germany game again. Watching it sober was even worse. I really didn't know that we played as bad. For some reason it made me even more 'English' with the attitude of fuck them all. You may call me mental or a 'Little Englander', but i see no reason why our best 11 players could not beat that side. There it is. That is me just realising that i have fell into the trap all over again. With another qualification campaign done with we are now again coming towards what i like to call a proper season. A tournament awaits at the end of the League season. Here i am again looking forward to the Euro 2012 draw on the 2nd December and then the start of the tournament on the 8th June 2012. And for what? Another 2 weeks of watching Carlsberg and Kasabian build it all up for us again so we think we will play the rest of the European nations of the park? I fucking hope so. I say to a mate of mine that football is a simple game. "Play, Pass and score." If only it was that simple eh Fabio? Just pick the best 11 players, do the business on the pitch, hope for a shitload of luck and give us England fans something to enjoy. I know i'm one of the minority now that still gives a shit about International football (Bollocks as yet again we will have the most supporters over in Poland/Ukraine) but every single Englishman must still feel his heart skip faster when seeing those 3 lions. I know it still gets me. I'll be over there in the summer watching them even after saying never again in 2010. Even my old man says i'm crackers. But that is what being a fan of those wankers is all about isn't it. You can't stop watching them willing them to win even after all the let downs. It's what being an Englishman is all about. I wouldn't change a fucking thing. Roll on the European Championships.
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