Yup, Germany never seems that bothered about winning games they don't need to win. We get so excited when we win friendlies, but it should be about testing players & tactics, we might learn more from losing than winning. One thing's for sure, you'd have to be mad to go to Russia to support England.
This is the least looked-forward-to tournament in my lifetime - and that includes the one where we cheered scotland. Not only will our team do badly but any fans out there will get zero protection from the police - probably the opposite, chuck you in a cell for defending yourself. The caribinieri and french police are partisan enough but this is different. There will be major problems with their state-encouraged hoolis. Either beatings, stabbings or worse, deaths. Anyone with a ticket, unless they are suicidal, should hand it back. Its a no brainer. The highly probable risk outweighs any possible benefit.
This is the least looked-forward-to tournament in my lifetime - and that includes the one where we cheered scotland. Not only will our team do badly but any fans out there will get zero protection from the police - probably the opposite, chuck you in a cell for defending yourself. The caribinieri and french police are partisan enough but this is different. There will be major problems with their state-encouraged hoolis. Either beatings, stabbings or worse, deaths. Anyone with a ticket, unless they are suicidal, should hand it back. Its a no brainer. The highly probalbke risk outweighs any possible benefit.
May be wiser for England not to go tbh. Some Russian groups will surely target England fans for special attention.
This is the least looked-forward-to tournament in my lifetime - and that includes the one where we cheered scotland. Not only will our team do badly but any fans out there will get zero protection from the police - probably the opposite, chuck you in a cell for defending yourself. The caribinieri and french police are partisan enough but this is different. There will be major problems with their state-encouraged hoolis. Either beatings, stabbings or worse, deaths. Anyone with a ticket, unless they are suicidal, should hand it back. Its a no brainer. The highly probalbke risk outweighs any possible benefit.
May be wiser for England not to go tbh. Some Russian groups will surely target England fans for special attention.
The behaviour of some of the England "supporters" last weekend in Amsterdam makes me think that if they were thrown into a Siberian Gulag and never seen again wouldn't be a bad thing.
The behaviour of some of the England "supporters" last weekend in Amsterdam makes me think that if they were thrown into a Siberian Gulag and never seen again wouldn't be a bad thing.
I'd love to talk footie, boys, but I've just been too busy listening to the exotic sounds of BBC disc jockey Noreen Khan. Today she's playing what sounds like the throwback sounds not out of place in a 1960s James Bond film. It evokes the era, that's for sure.
I once sat mesmerized (US spelling) watching an interview of an off-duty Natalie Sawyer outside of the stadium of her football team, Brentford, where she was discussing the match as a fan, not as a presenter. I should maybe become a Brentford supporter.
Personal confession: I could never truly decide whom I loved most: Natalie Sawyer or Hayley McQueen..
Hayley McQueen is the daughter of former Leeds centre-half Gordon McQueen. It’s a fine line, but I’m sorry that Natalie Sawyer has left and this is the first I’ve heard of it.
