Over the past few years I have come less and less excited at the fact England are playing. I remember a time when I would not want to miss a game.
So much so I don’t even know who we are playing this weekend.
Anyone else lost the buzz of watching the national side play?
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I'm a proud Englishman and will no doubt fall in love with watching England again in the future. I'll always want us to do well in major championships etc, but i just find it very hard in this period fully getting behind idiots like Rio, Ashley Cole etc
You guys are just Plastics :-)
Apart from when we play cricket eh :-)
Couldn't even be bothered to walk round to the other side of the pub to watch the Germany game on the big screen. Caught occasional glimpses on the small screen on my side of the pub but really couldn't have cared less.
In fact half of me thinks losing one of the next two games will be a good thing, as not qualifying for the Euros will mean the end of Maclaren. If he somehow scrapes through, then I don't hold out much hope for our prospects at the finals or in qualifying for the next World Cup.
Rugby world cup will be supporting Togo and Italy. Any one but England (other than Scotland, Wales or Ireland of course)
Henry, how can you sit there and watch a rugby match and want us to do badly, I just don't understand that at all.
I support Ireland at rugby:
1) It was the trade I agreed with Mr Weegie (who's Irish) to get him to support Charlton.
2) Brian O'Driscoll is gorgeous.
I used to always be down the pub with my mates to watch every game be it a friendly, qualifier or a tournament, singing songs, getting hammered and having a great time.
Don't do it anymore, none of my mate's do. Mainly because we are constantly moaning about the bloody team but ultimately because it's so blinking boring.
I'll still be there for the tournament games and back the team fully and want them to do well but it's club before country every time for me.
Never got as passionate about them as I do for Charlton though.
Rothko - I agree what you're saying but when you look at the top 5 clubs Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, Spurs and Less so Arsenal, they are built around a core of quality English players. There must be somebody that can get the likes of a decent team out of Gerrard, Lampard, Terry, Rooney, Rio, Cole, Cole, Hargreeves, Rooney, Crouch, Foster, King, Bent, Defoe... or are they all average players that are made to look good and by complimenting the play of their foreign team mates?
Now weegie if you want arrogance he's yer man! according to a couple of people who've met him.
However i do love England!shame they never deliver the goods!
(Thought doubt I'll ever get close enough to him to find out for myself, so will just continue to admire from afar...)
Neither do Charlton that often I!
You look at those players, and how many would get a game week in week out? probably only the first 5, the rest are fighting for places, Joe Cole doesn't start enough, Ashley Cole is in and out, Crouch is behind Torres and Kyut, King is never fit, Bent and Defoe are 3 and 4 choice.
Neither do Charlton that often I![/quote]
Lol seen Charlton achieve more than England in my life time
However saying that I am going to Wembley the weekend so maybe after going and seeing the team play i'll feel a bit better about it.
However it angers me to see players looking like they would rather be elsewhere whilst wearing their national shirt, the TEAM is still ours. Yes I don't feel as connected to the starting XI or even the squad as maybe 10 years ago but they are still representing us.
Granted they do not deserve the support they get but thats a credit to us, the support, not them.
Agree with everyone about McClaren he's clueless, typical promoting from within number 2 can't command respect and we may as well have stuck with Sven (who wasn't half as bad as people suggest)
Just don't see it as "us". Find the sport boring and find the arrogance and smug superiority of the what is a tiny minority game annoying in the extreame.
If England manage to overcome the mighty Canada or Luxemborg or whoever then listen to the "look how nice and posh our rugby players are, so much nicer than those chavvy football types. Rugby is overtaking football, blah, blah, blah, real mens game".
Pass me the sick bucket and come on Togo.