Apparently Some Blades Have Been Attacked

[grafikhaus]

Didn't anybody else keep thinking, if wilder was in charge he wouldn't accept it, or warnock for that matter, the best thing about England last night is that they were marginally better than the previous two games, two holding midfielders against the equivalent of Gainsborough trinity, unbelievable, mind you, you only have to look at the manager before I am bored to fuckin tears, ah well there's always next year,after he is sacked and we start on the same road again.

Wilder, Warnock or anybody else wouldn't make any difference - even if they were picked in the first place - because the system is in place.

English football, like much of English society, favours 'yes men' who keep schtum and eventually shoulder all the blame. And why not? Old has-beens (or never was-beens like Woy) get to earn a fortune where, in the real world, they're unemployable.

That allows people like Scudamore, Richards etc. etc. (the people who choose the managers) to continue their gold-plated existence, 5-star travel and so on.

The players pick and choose which games they choose to be 'injured' for. It would be nice for an England manager to make a mental note of serial malingerers and refuse to pick them again. Unfortunately this wouldn't work for a number of reasons. Firstly, there's so little genuine English 'talent' to choose from. Secondly, they're all multi-millionaires and don't need midweek treks to Vilnius or wherever. And thirdly, playing for England is to associate yourself with failure - not a good look on your CV.

This biennial danse macabre has been going on for decades in the Euros and World Cups. Beat a load of stiffs to qualify. Maybe scrape through the group stages. Get knocked out by the first decent team. And repeat. It's no use harking back to when England were 'world beaters'. They never have been, and I'm including the highly-favourable 1966 charade.

Once you realise that our national side is - like our politics - utterly rigged and fucked, it all gets easier.

 

[super_pig]

Wilder, Warnock or anybody else wouldn't make any difference - even if they were picked in the first place - because the system is in place.

English football, like much of English society, favours 'yes men' who keep schtum and eventually shoulder all the blame. And why not? Old has-beens (or never was-beens like Woy) get to earn a fortune where, in the real world, they're unemployable.

That allows people like Scudamore, Richards etc. etc. (the people who choose the managers) to continue their gold-plated existence, 5-star travel and so on.

The players pick and choose which games they choose to be 'injured' for. It would be nice for an England manager to make a mental note of serial malingerers and refuse to pick them again. Unfortunately this wouldn't work for a number of reasons. Firstly, there's so little genuine English 'talent' to choose from. Secondly, they're all multi-millionaires and don't need midweek treks to Vilnius or wherever. And thirdly, playing for England is to associate yourself with failure - not a good look on your CV.

This biennial danse macabre has been going on for decades in the Euros and World Cups. Beat a load of stiffs to qualify. Maybe scrape through the group stages. Get knocked out by the first decent team. And repeat. It's no use harking back to when England were 'world beaters'. They never have been, and I'm including the highly-favourable 1966 charade.

Once you realise that our national side is - like our politics - utterly rigged and fucked, it all gets easier.

agree with most if that but the 66 team were ranked #1 in the world at the time

 

[I should coco]

Once you realise that our national side is - like our politics - utterly rigged and fucked, it all gets easier.

Sad but true.

Young players are keen to pull on the shirt but have their natural game stifled by leaden defensive tactics. Dier and Henderson, FFS!

Clough should have been manager instead of Revie but he was a maverick and would have told the blazers too many home truths.

Greenwood - an estabslishment stop gap, the CheatinAmmers acadamey of football - yawn!
Robson a good bloke who did a decent job, but it has been seriously downhill since then.
Taylor - nice bloke but of his depth
Venables - Cockney spiv beloved by Fleet St. We played a few decent games before another scandal enveloped him.
Hoddle - a gifted Maverick who could have done something long term but the daft stuff about the disabled gave them a good chance to get rid.
Keegan - see Taylor but with even less tactical nous.
Sven - accorded god like faith because he was foreign. In reality he was a little bloke in platform heels who liked shagging. We had some great players at that time and maybe 3-4 genuinely world class ones, but fear destroyed us in the tournaments.
McClaren - A good coach but too pally with the players and too defensive with the media. The siege mentality at the FA really got underway then and the press were the 'enemy' to be avoided. They got him in the end though.
Capello - see Sven but without the shagging. This foreign tactical 'genius' quickly became the emperor in his new clothes. He treated the players like babies and we got more tournament failure.
Hodgson - Old, respected but not a winner - a superb typical FA choice.
Allardyce - Could have been interesting were he not such a silly greedy man
Southgate - Perfect FA 'yes man'. Tactically out of his depth and a failure at club level but he knows which knife and fork to use and won't rock the boat.

So since Sir Alf, IMO we have had one good manager (Robson) and two decent choices who might have done something different given more time (Hoddle and BFS). The rest were fillers, yes men or expensive foreign failures.

Looking back, it is pathetic. For one of the biggest football nations and the one with the richest league to have not even come close, is a indictment of how the FA runs the game.

 

[Blade for Sale]

Sad but true.

Young players are keen to pull on the shirt but have their natural game stifled by leaden defensive tactics. Dier and Henderson, FFS!

Clough should have been manager instead of Revie but he was a maverick and would have told the blazers too many home truths.

Greenwood - an estabslishment stop gap, the CheatinAmmers acadamey of football - yawn!
Robson a good bloke who did a decent job, but it has been seriously downhill since then.
Taylor - nice bloke but of his depth
Venables - Cockney spiv beloved by Fleet St. We played a few decent games before another scandal enveloped him.
Hoddle - a gifted Maverick who could have done something long term but the daft stuff about the disabled gave them a good chance to get rid.
Keegan - see Taylor but with even less tactical nous.
Sven - accorded god like faith because he was foreign. In reality he was a little bloke in platform heels who liked shagging. We had some great players at that time and maybe 3-4 genuinely world class ones, but fear destroyed us in the tournaments.
McClaren - A good coach but too pally with the players and too defensive with the media. The siege mentality at the FA really got underway then and the press were the 'enemy' to be avoided. They got him in the end though.
Capello - see Sven but without the shagging. This foreign tactical 'genius' quickly became the emperor in his new clothes. He treated the players like babies and we got more tournament failure.
Hodgson - Old, respected but not a winner - a superb typical FA choice.
Allardyce - Could have been interesting were he not such a silly greedy man
Southgate - Perfect FA 'yes man'. Tactically out of his depth and a failure at club level but he knows which knife and fork to use and won't rock the boat.

So since Sir Alf, IMO we have had one good manager (Robson) and two decent choices who might have done something different given more time (Hoddle and BFS). The rest were fillers, yes men or expensive foreign failures.

Looking back, it is pathetic. For one of the biggest football nations and the one with the richest league to have not even come close, is a indictment of how the FA runs the game.

Fantastic post. You get the impression that the FA consider turning a profit or wining a major sponsorship deal with McDonalds worth of an open top bus parade. Seldom was there such a disconnect between the ambitions of an organisation and its followers, yet they still turn up in their 10s of thousands match after match. I should admire this. I do in a way but I also acknowledge that until custom is withheld in a big a meaningful way, the status quo will be maintained.

 

[Booker4]

Wilder, Warnock or anybody else wouldn't make any difference - even if they were picked in the first place - because the system is in place.

English football, like much of English society, favours 'yes men' who keep schtum and eventually shoulder all the blame. And why not? Old has-beens (or never was-beens like Woy) get to earn a fortune where, in the real world, they're unemployable.

That allows people like Scudamore, Richards etc. etc. (the people who choose the managers) to continue their gold-plated existence, 5-star travel and so on.

The players pick and choose which games they choose to be 'injured' for. It would be nice for an England manager to make a mental note of serial malingerers and refuse to pick them again. Unfortunately this wouldn't work for a number of reasons. Firstly, there's so little genuine English 'talent' to choose from. Secondly, they're all multi-millionaires and don't need midweek treks to Vilnius or wherever. And thirdly, playing for England is to associate yourself with failure - not a good look on your CV.

This biennial danse macabre has been going on for decades in the Euros and World Cups. Beat a load of stiffs to qualify. Maybe scrape through the group stages. Get knocked out by the first decent team. And repeat. It's no use harking back to when England were 'world beaters'. They never have been, and I'm including the highly-favourable 1966 charade.

Once you realise that our national side is - like our politics - utterly rigged and fucked, it all gets easier.

Decent post mate, but I disagree that there isn't much talent that is English. Just this summer the Under 20's won their respective tournament with David Brooks of course and then there was Dom Calvert-Lewin scoring the winner for the under 21's was it, can't remember now. We produce decent players but few world class players. Currently though I doubt there are many better players than Harry Kane, Kyle Walker and Delli in their respective positions. The problem is that the team is woefully under performing, just like we were under Adkins. You see how well the same players did under Wilder. Southgate and the FA's inability to select the right manager - as you say its usually a yes man.

To be fair to Roy Hodgson, he did manage Finland and Switzerland to decent success - the sort of teams we regularly struggle with. And he also managed Inter Milan, and had done well also for West Brom and Fulham. We also played very well in the qualifiers under Roy but then fell apart at the big stage when it seemed Royt lost his marbles and with it possibly the players respect - according to rumours. We actually got it right for once with Big Sam but sadly he only has himself to blame there, although he was set up too. He was the best man for the job, although he probably wouldn't have had the respect from some of the bigger egos, with Big Sams style of football, or his record managing teams generally in the middle of the prem.

 

[Grappler]

Sad but true.

Young players are keen to pull on the shirt but have their natural game stifled by leaden defensive tactics. Dier and Henderson, FFS!

Clough should have been manager instead of Revie but he was a maverick and would have told the blazers too many home truths.

Greenwood - an estabslishment stop gap, the CheatinAmmers acadamey of football - yawn!
Robson a good bloke who did a decent job, but it has been seriously downhill since then.
Taylor - nice bloke but of his depth
Venables - Cockney spiv beloved by Fleet St. We played a few decent games before another scandal enveloped him.
Hoddle - a gifted Maverick who could have done something long term but the daft stuff about the disabled gave them a good chance to get rid.
Keegan - see Taylor but with even less tactical nous.
Sven - accorded god like faith because he was foreign. In reality he was a little bloke in platform heels who liked shagging. We had some great players at that time and maybe 3-4 genuinely world class ones, but fear destroyed us in the tournaments.
McClaren - A good coach but too pally with the players and too defensive with the media. The siege mentality at the FA really got underway then and the press were the 'enemy' to be avoided. They got him in the end though.
Capello - see Sven but without the shagging. This foreign tactical 'genius' quickly became the emperor in his new clothes. He treated the players like babies and we got more tournament failure.
Hodgson - Old, respected but not a winner - a superb typical FA choice.
Allardyce - Could have been interesting were he not such a silly greedy man
Southgate - Perfect FA 'yes man'. Tactically out of his depth and a failure at club level but he knows which knife and fork to use and won't rock the boat.

So since Sir Alf, IMO we have had one good manager (Robson) and two decent choices who might have done something different given more time (Hoddle and BFS). The rest were fillers, yes men or expensive foreign failures.

Looking back, it is pathetic. For one of the biggest football nations and the one with the richest league to have not even come close, is a indictment of how the FA runs the game.

Brian Clough is (still) the interesting one, and probably one of the biggest, if not biggest, "what if's" in English football.

The beauty of the situation is that we will, of course, never know if he could have turned it around. We can all have our own opinion. After reading his biography, I like to think that he would have.

 

[John Street]

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[itsinyerblood]

Sad but true.

Young players are keen to pull on the shirt but have their natural game stifled by leaden defensive tactics. Dier and Henderson, FFS!

Clough should have been manager instead of Revie but he was a maverick and would have told the blazers too many home truths.

Greenwood - an estabslishment stop gap, the CheatinAmmers acadamey of football - yawn!
Robson a good bloke who did a decent job, but it has been seriously downhill since then.
Taylor - nice bloke but of his depth
Venables - Cockney spiv beloved by Fleet St. We played a few decent games before another scandal enveloped him.
Hoddle - a gifted Maverick who could have done something long term but the daft stuff about the disabled gave them a good chance to get rid.
Keegan - see Taylor but with even less tactical nous.
Sven - accorded god like faith because he was foreign. In reality he was a little bloke in platform heels who liked shagging. We had some great players at that time and maybe 3-4 genuinely world class ones, but fear destroyed us in the tournaments.
McClaren - A good coach but too pally with the players and too defensive with the media. The siege mentality at the FA really got underway then and the press were the 'enemy' to be avoided. They got him in the end though.
Capello - see Sven but without the shagging. This foreign tactical 'genius' quickly became the emperor in his new clothes. He treated the players like babies and we got more tournament failure.
Hodgson - Old, respected but not a winner - a superb typical FA choice.
Allardyce - Could have been interesting were he not such a silly greedy man
Southgate - Perfect FA 'yes man'. Tactically out of his depth and a failure at club level but he knows which knife and fork to use and won't rock the boat.

So since Sir Alf, IMO we have had one good manager (Robson) and two decent choices who might have done something different given more time (Hoddle and BFS). The rest were fillers, yes men or expensive foreign failures.

Looking back, it is pathetic. For one of the biggest football nations and the one with the richest league to have not even come close, is a indictment of how the FA runs the game.

There was also the brief reign of Joe Mercer. Unfortunately his tenure was cut short when the FA brought in the woeful Done Revie who was out of his depth and chose to find employment elsewhere, thus his change of name to Don Readies.

 

[Moan? Nope-I saw Longhorn]

Sad but true.

Young players are keen to pull on the shirt but have their natural game stifled by leaden defensive tactics. Dier and Henderson, FFS!

Clough should have been manager instead of Revie but he was a maverick and would have told the blazers too many home truths.

Greenwood - an estabslishment stop gap, the CheatinAmmers acadamey of football - yawn!
Robson a good bloke who did a decent job, but it has been seriously downhill since then.
Taylor - nice bloke but of his depth
Venables - Cockney spiv beloved by Fleet St. We played a few decent games before another scandal enveloped him.
Hoddle - a gifted Maverick who could have done something long term but the daft stuff about the disabled gave them a good chance to get rid.
Keegan - see Taylor but with even less tactical nous.
Sven - accorded god like faith because he was foreign. In reality he was a little bloke in platform heels who liked shagging. We had some great players at that time and maybe 3-4 genuinely world class ones, but fear destroyed us in the tournaments.
McClaren - A good coach but too pally with the players and too defensive with the media. The siege mentality at the FA really got underway then and the press were the 'enemy' to be avoided. They got him in the end though.
Capello - see Sven but without the shagging. This foreign tactical 'genius' quickly became the emperor in his new clothes. He treated the players like babies and we got more tournament failure.
Hodgson - Old, respected but not a winner - a superb typical FA choice.
Allardyce - Could have been interesting were he not such a silly greedy man
Southgate - Perfect FA 'yes man'. Tactically out of his depth and a failure at club level but he knows which knife and fork to use and won't rock the boat.

So since Sir Alf, IMO we have had one good manager (Robson) and two decent choices who might have done something different given more time (Hoddle and BFS). The rest were fillers, yes men or expensive foreign failures.

Looking back, it is pathetic. For one of the biggest football nations and the one with the richest league to have not even come close, is a indictment of how the FA runs the game.

Is this expanding on the definition of "shitwasp" or an analysis of Ingurland managers (sic)

 

[I should coco]

There was also the brief reign of Joe Mercer. Unfortunately his tenure was cut short when the FA brought in the woeful Done Revie who was out of his depth and chose to find employment elsewhere, thus his change of name to Don Readies.

I didn't even bother with the stand ins/ caretakers. Some of the names make the phrase 'Yes men' look like rebellious anarchists.

Since Sir Alf we have also had Mercer, Howard Piginson, Peter Taylor and Stuart Pearce.
Southgate was also an inept stand in before he became a full time inept manager.

Looking good in a suit, an ability to talk bollocks to the media and a desire to bank a nice large compo check when you are inevitably sacked, are the most important attributes for England manager.

Crucially you should not have any 'success' on your CV either, but you do need to be good at PowerPoint presentations to get the job in the first place.

When Southgate inevitably fails next summer it should really go to Dyche or Howe with a breif to build for the future and ignore any short term failure. Instead it will go to one or more of Pardew / Shearer / Bruce or at an outside, Chris Hughton.

 

[Grecian2000]

agree with most if that but the 66 team were ranked #1 in the world at the time

and deserved to be so.

During my nearly 60 years on this planet I think we have had maybe 6 or 7, genuinely, world class players (i.e. who would walk into ANY team on the planet at their time) and four of them (Banks, Moore, Charlton(R) and Greaves) were all present at that tournament.
Three of them still being there in '70 meant we were the second best team at that tournament also.

 

[itsinyerblood]

I didn't even bother with the stand ins/ caretakers. Some of the names make the phrase 'Yes men' look like rebellious anarchists.

Since Sir Alf we have also had Mercer, Howard Piginson, Peter Taylor and Stuart Pearce.
Southgate was also an inept stand in before he became a full time inept manager.

Looking good in a suit, an ability to talk bollocks to the media and a desire to bank a nice large compo check when you are inevitably sacked, are the most important attributes for England manager.

Crucially you should not have any 'success' on your CV either, but you do need to be good at PowerPoint presentations to get the job in the first place.

When Southgate inevitably fails next summer it should really go to Dyche or Howe with a breif to build for the future and ignore any short term failure. Instead it will go to one or more of Pardew / Shearer / Bruce or at an outside, Chris Hughton.

I think the issues that relate to England's mediocrity go way beyond an individual. It's been well documented how German football has reached such a level of prominence due to their restructuring on their league and their duty of care towards their supporter base. The game in England is riddle with self-serving attitudes, the fans are viewed merely as fodder to be milked, and TV dictates in a way that even George Orwell couldn't have imagined! The FA's vision is at best limited to nothing more than the acquisition of money, instead of care issues such as what's best for supporters, the cunts at the FA dismiss these concerns and concentrate on the next tournament, treating any other concern as if it's a secondary consideration.

 

[Sean Thornton]

I think the issues that relate to England's mediocrity go way beyond an individual. It's been well documented how German football has reached such a level of prominence due to their restructuring on their league and their duty of care towards their supporter base. The game in England is riddle with self-serving attitudes, the fans are viewed merely as fodder to be milked, and TV dictates in a way that even George Orwell couldn't have imagined! The FA's vision is at best limited to nothing more than the acquisition of money, instead of care issues such as what's best for supporters, the cunts at the FA dismiss these concerns and concentrate on the next tournament, treating any other concern as if it's a secondary consideration.

With Richards and Scudamore around is anyone surprised the English game is shagged?

 

[I should coco]

the cunts at the FA dismiss these concerns and concentrate on the next tournament, treating any other concern as if it's a secondary consideration.

Similarly their brotherly twats at the Football League (sorry "EFL") even admitted that they deliberately schedule the long trips for midweek to maximise revenue at weekends. It's 'bollocks' to long suffering supporters but 'come on down' to any johnny-come-lately Chinese company that wants to sponsor a shit no-hope competition and have a farcical drawer in the early hours, on the other side of the world.

Orwell may well have contemplated spinning in his grave, had it not been moved to build a new media centre and corporate hospitality suite.

 

[I should coco]

With Richards and Scudamore around is anyone surprised the English game is shagged?

Shagged? It is spit roasted, gang raped back and front with fat little FA/PL cocks shoved in all orifices.

The corpse is then dusted down every year, fresh lipstick applied and it all starts all over again.

 

[itsinyerblood]

Similarly their brotherly twats at the Football League (sorry "EFL") even admitted that they deliberately schedule the long trips for midweek to maximise revenue at weekends. It's 'bollocks' to long suffering supporters but 'come on down' to any johnny-come-lately Chinese company that wants to sponsor a shit no-hope competition and have a farcical drawer in the early hours, on the other side of the world.

Orwell may well have contemplated spinning in his grave, had it not been moved to build a new media centre and corporate hospitality suite.

Don't forget that most essential of modern football's foundations - the cheese room! Tottingham are the first of what will become a design staple at stadium's across the land. It might add another fiver to the price of a ticket, but fuck it, where cheese is concerned it's a no-brainer, innit?

 

[bladesadviser]

Brian Clough or Joe Mercer on a permanent basis would have been great. Sean Dyche would be a decent choice going forward.

 

[tonytonycurrie]

What's a shit wasp?

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Is this expanding on the definition of "shitwasp" or an analysis of Ingurland managers (sic)

Good contribution to the thread....
Earlier I was accused of being BOTH a Shitwasp AND an Engerland Fan (the "er" bit appeared to be very important to the poster).
Owt else pending? ......
I'm already in the Bladey Boyband...

 

[Hodgesleftpeg]

On Sunday night in Vilnius(I don't travel to watch England, it was work)

I went out got pissed on more local fine ales and especially the smoky porter..

About 1am I'm walking back to my hotel, ... I fuckin tripped, pissed up, and fuck knows how and not proud of it, found myself in the queue in McDonald's ....

In front of me about 15 skanks who all seemed to be offering each other out.. majority got their burgers and went outside, probably to smear each other in BBQ sauce..

4 of them were left.. one shouts "anyone in here a Sheff Utd fan?"

Hmmm.... do I just slot the fucker who could be a fellow Blade, say yes, why?, or keep my mouth shut?

My workmates are now with me, Villa fans, I kept my mouth shut..

I heard some fucker on the plane from Bolton asking a kid if he was a Blade.. 2nd question!!

 

[diplomat]

This thread has taken a brilliant tangent but still has no confirmation or otherwise of the OP. Well done for keeping it going.

 

[BushBlade]

On Sunday night in Vilnius(I don't travel to watch England, it was work)

I went out got pissed on more local fine ales and especially the smoky porter..

About 1am I'm walking back to my hotel, ... I fuckin tripped, pissed up, and fuck knows how and not proud of it, found myself in the queue in McDonald's ....

In front of me about 15 skanks who all seemed to be offering each other out.. majority got their burgers and went outside, probably to smear each other in BBQ sauce..

4 of them were left.. one shouts "anyone in here a Sheff Utd fan?"

Hmmm.... do I just slot the fucker who could be a fellow Blade, say yes, why?, or keep my mouth shut?

My workmates are now with me, Villa fans, I kept my mouth shut..

I heard some fucker on the plane from Bolton asking a kid if he was a Blade.. 2nd question!!

You can get a plane from Bolton?

 

[Hodgesleftpeg]

You can get a plane from Bolton?

You miss two words out...

I heard some fucker on the plane, who was from Bolton,.......

 

[BushBlade]

You miss two words out...

I heard some fucker on the plane, who was from Bolton,.......

No, you missed them out, not me.

 

[North East Blade]

This thread has taken a brilliant tangent but still has no confirmation or otherwise of the OP. Well done for keeping it going.

Confirmed from a mate who was there that it happened

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

Sad but true.

Young players are keen to pull on the shirt but have their natural game stifled by leaden defensive tactics. Dier and Henderson, FFS!

Clough should have been manager instead of Revie but he was a maverick and would have told the blazers too many home truths.

Greenwood - an estabslishment stop gap, the CheatinAmmers acadamey of football - yawn!
Robson a good bloke who did a decent job, but it has been seriously downhill since then.
Taylor - nice bloke but of his depth
Venables - Cockney spiv beloved by Fleet St. We played a few decent games before another scandal enveloped him.
Hoddle - a gifted Maverick who could have done something long term but the daft stuff about the disabled gave them a good chance to get rid.
Keegan - see Taylor but with even less tactical nous.
Sven - accorded god like faith because he was foreign. In reality he was a little bloke in platform heels who liked shagging. We had some great players at that time and maybe 3-4 genuinely world class ones, but fear destroyed us in the tournaments.
McClaren - A good coach but too pally with the players and too defensive with the media. The siege mentality at the FA really got underway then and the press were the 'enemy' to be avoided. They got him in the end though.
Capello - see Sven but without the shagging. This foreign tactical 'genius' quickly became the emperor in his new clothes. He treated the players like babies and we got more tournament failure.
Hodgson - Old, respected but not a winner - a superb typical FA choice.
Allardyce - Could have been interesting were he not such a silly greedy man
Southgate - Perfect FA 'yes man'. Tactically out of his depth and a failure at club level but he knows which knife and fork to use and won't rock the boat.

So since Sir Alf, IMO we have had one good manager (Robson) and two decent choices who might have done something different given more time (Hoddle and BFS). The rest were fillers, yes men or expensive foreign failures.

Looking back, it is pathetic. For one of the biggest football nations and the one with the richest league to have not even come close, is a indictment of how the FA runs the game.

Brilliant thumbnail summary of those who have managed our national team since the great Sralf and the appalling, self serving organisation which represents our national game.

With regard to the truly awful Don Revie, when he played TC against Switzerland ( which if memory serves is the only time he picked him ) he gave him the job of man marking one of their midfield players who was a PART TIME WATCHMAKER !!

A bit like asking Renoir to emulsion your back kitchen. Twat.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Totally disillusioned with England but I wasn't under Roy Hodgson in the qualifiers which people forget we won all ten games and actually played some really decent football. Switzerland away springs to mind. But then he totally lost the plot in the finals and neshed the interviews with his pathetic I'm not the manager in charge anymore which presumably means the next guy in charge has to explain why Roy Hodgson's England were so poor in the finals!

I'm not going into the Big Sam affair, which was unfortunate for the FA to deal with, and whether we agree or not I understand their decision, but appointing Southgate in my view was the worst appointment they could have realistically made. I was gutted at the time we appointed him and the performances since are exactly what I expected from him. The FA need to get the next appointment right whenever Southgate goes, which is just a matter of time. I'll through a left-fied candidate in there. O'Neil from Northern Ireland. He would get this team playing decent high tempo football, and has proven that with a nation of only 1.5 million people, of which half choose the Republic!

Bollocks to England, we're on the march with Wilders Army.

 

[DaveBassettsgoneonholiday]

Good contribution to the thread....
Earlier I was accused of being BOTH a Shitwasp AND an Engerland Fan (the "er" bit appeared to be very important to the poster).
Owt else pending? ......
I'm already in the Bladey Boyband...

Maybe the Blades' assailants had got wind of this "Bladey Boyband" following England & it was just too much to take after having endured that lot from S6's contribution over the last few years ?

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

This thread has taken a brilliant tangent but still has no confirmation or otherwise of the OP. Well done for keeping it going.

We're safe ....

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Good contribution to the thread....
Earlier I was accused of being BOTH a Shitwasp AND an Engerland Fan (the "er" bit appeared to be very important to the poster).
Owt else pending? ......
I'm already in the Bladey Boyband...

Think you're onto something here. Is your boy band called Shitwasp and the Engerland Fans? Get yourself the contract for the England song for the Russia World Cup, and you will be straight to number 1.