Supporting England at Euro 2012

Green Devil wrote: irishmufc wrote: Green Devil wrote: irishmufc wrote: Green Devil wrote: I was in London for the World Cup in 2010 , had a great laugh with aload of English fans before the ENG vs USA match and they duly asked who we were shouting for all in good spirit we were like USA of course as a joke. We were up for no-one really as we had no loyalty to either team.   Now to tell the full story my mate was living in England for 3months prior to the tournament , he had a half fake/put on English accent , sung God Save The Queen and wore an English jersey even though he's pure Irish with no links to England  I was ashamed tbh   Now thats rediculous.wearing an england jersey and singing that anthem ah ffs thats insane.the putting on accents reminds me of people in my year from my home town westport in mayo that went to college in dublin,came home every weekend and somehow came back with a cosmopolitan dublin accent (not quite D4  but that kind of rte generic accent) brian something(pippa o connors boyfriend) and lucy kennedy  style . they re from the west of ireland ffs I actually posted more or less the same thing in the things i dislike/annoy me thread only a few days ago   i must have a look at that thread so.if one of my mates came out with that sh*te, he d get a slap and anyway as soon as he d go on the piss with us the real accent would come out.i was in college in carlow for 3 years and there was no chance i was coming back back with a carlow town accent.thats nothing against carlow, i wouldnt come back from anywhere with a put on accent  You could have done alot worse as the ladies love the Carlow accent iv'e been sporting one ever since i could talk   Its fashionable now to "fake it up"

ah ffs are you  from carlow what part?   dont mean any offence. well im from the wessht so i cant talk but what drove me nuts about the town carlow accent was sayings such as " its QUEER funny lad".one of my mates was from palatine near the town and that was sound accent but the towny accent on the  women i found very off putting.one thing about carlow is there is def a 60/40 ratio in favour of women  and alot of single mothers for some reason.the smell of that suger factory was rank in the town in the evenings.next time green devil someone you know is fashionably changing their accent just slap them in the face 

Stoked Up wrote: jackshat wrote: I don't really mind England tbh after all I support an English team ffs. I just don't like the whole hooligan aspect of English football and of course I detest the English media.  Agreed. I would tell you who I hate more, the silly f**kers over here who consider themselves English haters and stick their two fingers up at them given the chance......................all while they wear their Manchester United/Liverpool etc jersey.  Agreed again. Eejits who go around all season in the pub and out on the training grounds in their Pool/Man U/Arse tops and then suddenly hate the English players who play for their preferred club team, when they play for England. Dopes of the highest order. One such clown said to me during a tournament, that he was looking forward to England going out, so that he could go back to worshipping Rooney again. If you want to hate them, don't support their teams and don't even try to tell me there's a difference. There aint. Unless of course you support Arsenal and hate the French. I'll bet some of the people who've posted here about how they want England to fail, feverishly follow an English club.

The Q Man wrote: They are, and will always be the enemy,anyone who wants them to do well in anything is a ****,how could you even want them to do well? it is in our DNA to despise them. I have English pals who even despise their own national team

The Q Man wrote: They are, and will always be the enemy,anyone who wants them to do well in anything is a ****,how could you even want them to do well? it is in our DNA to despise them. I have English pals who even despise their own national team

Alot of the english club fans over there cannot stand the national team.i was at a united match at wembly before and they were chanting "you can stick your england up your arse".i dont hate them as much as i used to shen i was young.id like to see how the young english players do.i dont want them to win it but wouldnt mind if they got out of their group

No problem with the country i look at tghe england team as a football club full of horrible bastards like terry and gerrard! Its why some people in England have no time for them as well

Havnt a hope IMO,I couldn't even guess there starting line up
Not because of competition but of pure averageness
Harte,Rooney,Cole seem the only certs to play
Very average and unproven strikers aswel
I can't see how they could possibly win it

BigStrongMan wrote: Havnt a hope IMO,I couldn't even guess there starting line up Not because of competition but of pure averageness Harte,Rooney,Cole seem the only certs to play Very average and unproven strikers aswel I can't see how they could possibly win it

Exactly, you could name 45+ players with a chance of getting in the squad and only 4 of them are definite starters: Joe Hart, Scott Parker, Ashley Cole and Wayne Rooney. Very unsettled squad, every other nation could probably name their starting 11 bar one or two players.

Roberto Baggio wrote: Dont see how u can be half way here, wanting England to do well but not win it. You either support them or you hate them if your irish from my experiences also, why are people debating how good the England players are. Is this not a thread to discuss  irish people supporting England or not

For years i hated them but now i suppose im more indifferent to them than actually supporting them.id rather a team like germany won it cos they re good to watch.id like to see them get out of their group just to keep the interest up but i wouldnt want them to win it.thats the best i can explain it

Oh yeah forgot to add in Rooneys 2 match ban
With Bent likely to be injured,who starts upfront in first 2 games?
Defoe/Crouch,Campbell/Crouch,Welbeck/Defoe?