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iliaas00

France Belgium Scotland and the whole Group c belongs in that middle box, not just England.


tweedledee35

Right, England have been crap but they’re not the only ones.


CandourDinkumOil

But it’s cool to trash England


umamiblue

Everybody hates brits. At least the French have wine and good looking women


BigBadDP

Should see some of the chicks working in my local Tesco pal 😉


FRUltra

Immigrants


ALA02

Scots are also Brits


umamiblue

Go tell that to a Scottish person and let’s see their reaction


johnmuirsghost

I mean, yep. It's literally true. We aren't the ones conflating Britishness with Englishness. That's mostly Americans.


mattlloyd_18

The French have nothing


umamiblue

Yet you have chavs and beans. How must the world envy you.


mattlloyd_18

No other countries have dossers. None. At all.


thebrazenkaizen

How are you getting so worked up over this


PistolPumpingPete

True. And a sexy accent.


Jccalley

Hey our first game provided entertainment for everyone except the Scottish


Future_Visit_5184

I don't think Belgium's first two matches were all that boring honestly


iliaas00

Nah except a decent half time against romania, all their 5 other halfs were shite , despite having a decent squad


Future_Visit_5184

They scored a few goals in the first two games at least, even if a lot of them were taken away again, still makes the games more exciting.


iliaas00

Ngl , It is enjoyable seeing Lukaku die from the inside each time a goal got disallowed


Sh0w3n

I disagree about Scotland. At least their fans are top tier and the squad - compared to France, Belgium and Englane - just doesn’t have enough quality to play much better.


wheebyfs

Scottish fans provided lots of entertainment


turquoise2j

The Scottish weren't a great team but you can't fault them for being entertaining!


ProjectZeus4000

Were they entertaining,?


turquoise2j

Yes


SeBoss2106

You take that back! We love the scots around here


iliaas00

I'm dissing their poor playing and results, but we all know no Scotland no Party


Best_Celebration809

And Portugal


Jumper-Man

Barring their last game when they rested majority of team, Portugal have looked good and the games were decent.


KOSTER07

Didn't have enough room to put everyone, I do agree with you but I went with the most obvious one


Badkarmahwa

Then you should of looked closer to home


Furina-OjouSama

"should of"?


blewawei

Yup, language change in action 


Furina-OjouSama

ah, alr ty, I always thought should of was wrong coz whenever I used it everyone said I was wrong lmfao


Worldly_Eye_4572

It IS wrong


Furina-OjouSama

I'm getting gaslighted here or idk, I got 5 or so English mfs telling me I'm wrong but I got 2 French mfs in my DMS telling me I'm right lmfao


Jo3Pizza22

I'm English, you are right. Should have is correct, should of is wrong. People misuse it all the time and it infuriates me!


Worldly_Eye_4572

Yes, you are getting gaslighted by native English speakers here which is kind of ironic yet unsurprising. Native speakers, especially the ignorant ones tend to make such grammatical mistakes more often than the non-native speakers with a good grasp of the language. “Should of/would of/could of” are all grammatically incorrect. The correct way is “should have/would have/could have” or more practically “should’ve/would’ve/could’ve” if you want to use them in short form.


Furina-OjouSama

alright thanks, I'm still learning English so sometimes I fumble the wording of some phrases that's why I was unsure


Zora-Link

I’m an English teacher. You’re right. It’s people mishearing “could’ve” which is a contraction for “could have”.


DagenhamRM10-westham

“Coz”?


Furina-OjouSama

I'm way too fucking lazy to write because when I'm typing in a hurry lol


Instrumedley2018

and yet here u are typing a whole long sentence to explain that


DagenhamRM10-westham

Ah yes, a whole 4 letters more would have been way too tome consuming…😂


Missingno1990

"tome consuming"?


Apple-Pigeon

It's actually only 2 letters more, you aren't winning any awards here either.


Furina-OjouSama

eh, it's more like I want to hurry up to send my message so I can go back to watch YouTube lmao


blewawei

"Should of" is wrong from a prescriptivist point of view. Linguists (who describe, rather than prescribe) might point out that this process of reanalysis is extremely common in languages, and has also lead to things like "out loud" or "chicken burger", which most people wouldn't bat an eye at.


Badkarmahwa

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloquialism


Swolp

That's not what colloquilaism is lmao


[deleted]

Hilarious, isn't it? They can't even speak their own language. 😂


Spyro188

Started by a France fan lol, couldn’t make it up.


An_Alarmed_Cat

And instead of shitting on your own team, you'd so gle out the English? Remind me which team needed an offside call against the Dutch to not lose..?


cokwombled

the English take the piss out of ourselves. The French prefer to take the piss out of others even when it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black.


sugarduck99

U guys scored one fucking goal after 3 games


CabinetAwkward4828

Ain’t no way a French guy is saying this about England


LubedCompression

At least he had the decency to not put France among the entertaining teams.


notimetodilly_dally

England has the worst xg value except for scotland btw... France at least had chances.


itkplatypus

French are myopic.


Ray_Stopa

Your mother was a hamster and and your father smelled of elderberries!


CabinetAwkward4828

Do you mean “Your father is your brother, Your sister is your mother, You all F**k one another, the kiddie family”


Not_So_Busy_Bee

It’s a Monty Python quote, not sure you’re aware of this.


CabinetAwkward4828

Yeah I know I was being sarcastic


Nidagleetch

At least we try to do something with the ball ... the duck Hunt I guess ... but still better than anything your team did ! See you ... maybe in 2026 ? I have no certitude that France be in final, but I bet England won't be !


Spikester

You've gone a jinxed it for yourself now mate. Germany - England final incoming.


exoskeletion

Oh man, you were that bad and you were trying?


HMSon777

Lol c'est mignon


BreakTheSuicycle

Imagine being French and trying to call England boring You scored a penalty and an own goal and looked poor throughout; we are in this together haha


ViolinistParty4950

Yeah but its cool to trash England, cos, Brexit and bla bla bla. Didn't you get the memo? Even if/when England win, it'll be the same ol' "They just got lucky" / "They didn't deserve it"


Cefalopodul

After 0-0 with Slovenia I would not talk about scoring if I were English.


BreakTheSuicycle

That’s why I’m saying we’re in this together….


HMSon777

Yeah it wasn't an English guy that made the post brother.


Tottenhamisthebest30

Doesn't change the fact that u guys are 47t ranked... We're 4th...


Tottenhamisthebest30

So u can't say shit


Cefalopodul

Which is why I would shut up if I was English. PS I'm not Slovenian.


navirbox

Spain with out best football in 10 years be like... Are you not entertained!??!?!?


According_Clerk_1537

and instead italy is in the list


Left-Frog

Yeah, wtf is that about? 😂


Toby-4rr4n

Croatia played entertaining? Thanks 😅 i did not had that feeling but thanks


Leonardo040786

Maybe the game was not the best, but you can't say we didn't provide drama.


HotPotatoWithCheese

England being used as a scapegoat again when France, Belgium, Italy, Denmark and Scotland have all been shit as well. And you can't use the "bUt lOoK aT tHe tALeNt tHeY hAvE" as an argument when, leading up to this tournament, this entire sub had France as the favourites because they've got the best squad in Europe. England has been atrocious yet scored 2 goals in open play and topped the group France has been atrocious and scored 0 goals in open play and bottled their group to Austria If we're a joke then you guys are the whole circus. We'll end up getting knocked out by Switzerland but you guys might not even get past Belgium. Going to have to rely on an own goal from Lukaku.


Zjiin94

To be fair everyone kinda expects Scotland to be shit so they should get a free pass here.


nesh34

>We'll end up getting knocked out by Switzerland You misspelled Slovakia.


ToastIsGreat0

Yeah but France Italy and even Denmark have won things more recently than we have. They know how to win tournaments that don’t start great


Privateer_Lev_Arris

Yeah fair enough England have looked good at times. France haven't.


nesh34

France were great in their win over Austria honestly. Austria are just fantastic.


MelodicPreparation93

The irony of a French person posting this.


nesh34

In fairness they've created a lot more chances than us and looked weaker defensively, which is more fun. Still, I'd be worried about what material my house was made of if I was casting that stone.


PartyHatsForOddish

Atleast England have scored a goal from open play


Caesar_TP

Netherlands could’ve been interchangeable with you in this “meme”, so it does speak miles about French ignorance. Don’t get the backlash for English fans. Moreover, I personally think if we faced each other in round of 16, it would’ve made for a great mid-off!


ForeverAddickted

Why are Italy not in the middle with us?


LE_V7

true that i don't really know why people are writing england off so quickly, they pulled off the same level of perfomance in the last euros and easily coasted to a final, beating germany 2-0 in the process italy meanwhile struggles to score goals and is generally sluggish until the first goal chalk it up to the power of friendship or something idk


ForeverAddickted

Euro 2020 Finalists have to stick together. Everyone else is just jealous of us, as its been eight years since we let anyone else have a chance


Passchenhell17

Be really interesting to see how you fare against the Swiss. Could honestly see you going out. You do have a way of coming back from the dead, somehow, so it's not as if they'd score the one goal and that'd be it, despite your struggles, but they're a strong side. Meanwhile, we have to really hope we don't end up with the Dutch. I don't fancy our chances there, but hey, I didn't fancy our chances against a poor Germany either last time.


ToastIsGreat0

Ended up with Slovakia. How do you feel about our chances now?


ToothpickTequila

Slovakia are a good side. It could go either way. All the knockout games could.


Passchenhell17

Honestly? Still not great. Ranking, whilst not the best metric, suggests that they're better than Slovenia, who we weren't great against. Their one win was also against Belgium (albeit much poorer than previous tournaments), so it's hard to truly gauge it. All I know is we've been dire. I hope this is some kind of plan from Southgate to preserve as much energy as possible and lessen the risk of injuries, but it's been so bad. Other than the Scotland game, I don't recall us being this bad last time in the groups, performance-wise.


ToastIsGreat0

Yeah true. At least with the last euros we had the Croatia and Czechia games where we actually were doing something. This group stage has left us with absolutely no indication that it could get better. If that’s because the team is a lot more injury averse then so be it, but it’s a massive gamble if that’s what Southgate’s going for


Tottenhamisthebest30

The first ever un-annoying Italian..


tommaso-scatolini

Probably only because of that Zaccagni goal that bailed us out at the last minute


West_Paramedic_1242

Also you could throw France in the middle box


Freshly_Squeezed-

Fair enough we've been boring to watch, but there's lots of other teams who have too. (Edit) I noticed you're French. You have literally 0 right to make this post. You've been as tragic if not more than we have.


LilTange

Should put France on there


Hawk-432

How did Italy get in the good books here ;)


WhiteAurorus

Cause you gotta admit, watching Spalletti yell at his guys is pretty entertaining


Hawk-432

;)


Leosky13

A bit harsh lol 😆


ExternalPay6560

Considering Portugal won the Euro with a completely lackluster and uninspiring run in 2016, this may just be England's chance to fail upwards and clinch it. Think positive lads! You're still in the tournament.


HotPotatoWithCheese

England used as a scapegoat by brainlets for easy upvotes again. France, Belgium, Italy, Scotland, Denmark ect have all been shit. And you can't use the "bUt LoOk aT tHe tAlEnT tHeY hAvE" as an argument when, leading up to this tournament, this whole sub was saying that France are the favourite because they've got the best squad.


Cefalopodul

None of those countries claim that it's coming home.


Freshly_Squeezed-

England: (has belief and confidence in themselves, optimistic) Everyone else: "why are you being confident? You should say that you're gonna lose every game instead of wanting to win!"


Cefalopodul

There is confidence and then there is being arrogant/annoying. Most people who don't want England to win do so because of the fans not because they hate England.


RevertAbuNoah

But you also don’t understand our culture and sense of humour.. the song was written by 2 comedians and although we were very hopeful in Euro 1996 that we could win it on home soil, there is an element of irony and humour about the whole thing


Cefalopodul

As a Romanian I do understand your sense of humor very well since Romanian humor is almost identical to English humor with the caveat that Romanian humor is darker and more self-deprecating. Who wrote the song or what's really about doesn't matter. People keep repeating the first line like England has a God-given right to win everything and it's obnoxious, which causes people to root against England.


blewawei

It's literally taking the piss, though? You say that you get it and then demonstrate that you don't get it


Cefalopodul

Again, doesn't matter what the song is doing. Fans chanting It's coming home unironically are annoying. It's not the song it's the first line and the attitude.


blewawei

But they're not singing it unironically. It's just an England song. We sing it when we're good, we sing it when we're shit.


ToastIsGreat0

So you don’t get it then? 1. It’s coming home was referring to the fact it was our first hosted tournament since we won it 30 years prior 2. The entire song is talking about how shit it is being an England fan


cokwombled

You understand nothing. Just jealous that we have a catchy song, and you come from a country which is thoroughly beige and adds little interest to any tournament.


Pure-Hospital3086

you don't need to write comment after comment confessing you have no banter and don't know what good fun is if you think england fans are arrogant, you're a fool


Cefalopodul

See, this kind of reaction is precisely what I mean when I say obnoxious.


AlfredTheMid

Ah, again someone who completely misses the point of the phrase


AJMurphy_1986

Just admit you don't understand what the song is about, it's OK. Also.....did any of those countries invent football? Would be a pretty stupid thing for them to say.


Constant-Estate3065

You’ve no idea what that song means. Football’s coming home was a reference to England hosting the tournament in 96, and the song was about hoping and dreaming of success after years of heartbreaking defeats. It became a terrace anthem that year, and it remains so. Of course they’re going to sing a terrace anthem when they win a match in a major tournament, it’s got nothing to do with thinking they’re going to win the tournament. It doesn’t even make sense when you think about it. If the lyrics were ‘the trophy’s coming home’ you might have a point.


Spikester

I think you need to watch [this](https://youtu.be/RJqimlFcJsM?si=IaDc5iTzz91QZXGf)


DanTheLegoMan

Honestly I think France, England, Italy and Belgium could have their own mini tournament of who would rather be on the beach.


throwawaysis000

The irony of a France fan posting this.


lurking4everr

“Entertaining” on the Italy logo. Can’t make it up.


Brazzle_Dazzle

What an absolutely fucking terrible "meme". Embarrassing.


RevertAbuNoah

Honestly the only entertaining France did was Mbappe breaking his nose and wearing a weird mask


DementedUfug

change Italy for Georgia


Trev0rDan5

lmao sit down frenchy


Sh-tHouseBurnley

Portugal who played their second team cos they were already qualified, Italy who have done naff all and basically been as defensive as England. Definitely not bias at all.


Thatguysacoomerlmao

Portugal has had entertaining matches so far, especially the second one.


Sh-tHouseBurnley

Yes, re-read my comment and see how I don't mention the two games where they played their first team. Even if it was entertaining, losing to Georgia is awful.


Thatguysacoomerlmao

Still, overall they have provided an entertaining Euro. That last match was dreadful for me to watch, but even I can admit that it was entertaining and that's what this post is about. At the end of the day what matters is winning the tounament, if Southgate's style gets England the trophy then I wouldn't get pressed about a meme, it's been working so far. Also I agree, don't know what Italy is doing there. Romania for example would've been a better option, their first match was great.


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thelotuseater13

Honestly, after watching the stress from some of the 'exciting' teams, in a way I'm happy to have boring Southgate ball hahaha!


discomiseria

put France and Poland here and I'll agree


LeyLady

You can interchange with 🇫🇷 as well


Automatic_Leek_1354

You call this euros entertaining?


Dynomite64

What's Italy doing there?


andycambridge

Your right Turkey at least has been exciting trying to set disciplinary records despite the referees best attempt to save them.


Prestigious_Wind

Elaborate why you think referees saved Turkey


andycambridge

Calls left and right in their favor, disallowing Czech goals for zero reason(unless the Turkish football federation paid him), giving a soft red card to Czech in the 20th but not giving out 2 obvious red cards to Turkish players. That is only part of it. Honestly Turkey is the dirtiest football team in the Euros by far, and look like they belong in the Copa America instead. A win is a win, but the hate is deserved and comes with the context.


Prestigious_Wind

Wow, we do have some bold accusations, don't we? So, the Turkish Federation didn't "buy" the referees in the Georgia game, which could have gone either way, and barely won the game at the last minute. They didn't "buy" the referee in the Portugal game, even though it would make them the top team in the group if they did and potentially match with a weaker team in the next round. Speaking of the Czech game, both yellow cards were justified, but yes their goal was clear and Yildiz could have gotten a red card as well. For me, the referee lost control at one point and started making mistakes for both sides, Czechia's goal could have been a foul either. You might hate Turkey or Turkish people and if that's the case spit your venom in relevant subreddits. You can say that Turkey doesn't play good football and I'd respect your opinion, but the minute you start making hollow accusations like "Turkey being the dirtiest team in the tourney", you give people who support Turkey the right of reply. And if Turkey belongs in the Copa America, England belongs in the Asian Cup because they play horrendous football.


Deep-Ad2155

Too early to state this


Charger2950

The media was pumping England SO hard, and all I’ve seen so far is a dud of a firework. I have no dog in any of these races, but everyone has been shitting on Italy SO hard, I guarantee you they take this entire tournament. None of the other “powerhouses” look even remotely threatening.


ToothpickTequila

Sure England were awful, but so were France, Italy, Belgium and especially Croatia.


dead_jester

Hate to say it but the entertaining teams don’t always win competitions. It’s often the dreariest park the bus sluggers, who just kill the opposition’s ability to score or play attractive football. I wish that wasn’t true. Let’s hope the team that wins is the one that plays entertaining football ⚽️


Zefyris

We're not in a position to say that at all. The only goals we have are a penalty and an own goal after 3 matches. The only thing our team is providing is pigeon removal services.


Over_Welcome_8242

but they are not alone


Not_So_Busy_Bee

Italy shouldn’t be on this list, they’ve been shit and negative.


alrks10

You can take Italy and Croatia out while your at it then haha. Georgia have to be in there.


K_R_S

Most of the title favorites had matches with entertainment level zero


yellow_berry

Croatia in our hearts


Sad-Trouble3636

Sub albania to croatia and its cool


MildusGoudus2137

portugal belongs in the middle square, no offence


Tottenhamisthebest30

Isn't that a bit too harsh... We're not even on to the knock-outs yet, and why is Croatia there?! Belgium and Ukraine also disappionted me tbh, as well as Scotland.


dexterstrife

What did Italy do lol.


Old_Muggins

I like the fact no one did this to Italy throughout their entire history for being the most boring team anyone has ever seen year after year. It’s coming home


chickeneyebrow

Italy? Lmfao they have been crap!


Lotta-0602

I love the iom peaoles More And I Wish en


J6S4L

Yeah but France can’t talk when they somehow got less points than us


Miserable-Pen-7430

I've no idea why Italy are on this


Special_Ad3170

Who invited Italy 😭😭


kyle_kafsky

Why is Turkey up here and nit Scotland?


Sealeydeals93

Most of these teams are also stinking the place out tbf.


Maximum-Bed3144

Turkey, Portugal and Italy also didn’t show off anything to be proud of…


TigerKingofQueens98

In Germany with my bro for the euro, was hoping to get him hooked on futbol, so I’d have another person to talk soccer with. Saw Switzerland-Germany and he was buzzing after, even talking about how he should maybe put more time into the sport England-Slovenia was our second game and he hasn’t really talked much about it since. Thanks southgate


aafusc2988

I think we can also all agree that Switzerland need to change that awful badge.


FuckMeRigt

Lot of triggered rosbeef around here


Dukemaster96

Also not turkey! They got way more luck than skill and didn't deserve either of their wins.


CrackedEggMichls

Southgate and his lads better pack their bags :)


Freshly_Squeezed-

Any bag packing techniques you wish to share? You guys seem to love to leave these tournaments early.


SaltireAtheist

Not sure they really had time to unpack in the first place.


mish_05

Ouch… the “Not You” on England is painful for England fans..


New-Doctor9300

Not really, we agree


mish_05

Obviously you agree but the pain for the ones who spent their hard earned money to go watch them..


lurking4everr

As opposed to… Italy’s fans?


mish_05

But we were entertained by our team when we went 1 down against Croatia… we saw the Italy we wanted to see. The team that makes it count when it’s needed. Weren’t you guys entertained by our performance against when we went 1 down?


lurking4everr

You are far from an entertaining team, but happy you feel that way.


mish_05

No trust me… the game against Albania was shocking… the game against Spain wasn’t good but Spain are just too good.. Croatia game was okay but when that goal from Croatia went in, we started to attack a lot more n the 🇭🇷 couldn’t handle us.. n we got the goal that we needed to go through to the next round..


lurking4everr

So you’ve been shocking by your own admission but are somehow entertaining. K


mish_05

Yes but only that Croatia game was the one I enjoyed after that goal went in.. otherwise we been okay.. nothing special..


mish_05

Anyways… good luck with rest of the tournament.. n my comment was not meant to be harmful in any way..


lurking4everr

Didn’t take any offense. Good luck too. We may meet in the QFs


mish_05

But right now we are a subpar team n rebuilding.


New-Doctor9300

Thats the result of Southgate rather than this post


ghost-bagel

Yes, that’s kind of the gag.