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The England Thread

aussie

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
Barney Rubble said:
England can beat any team left in this competition. I'm suddenly wildly optimistic - or even more so, anyway. :D
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word, i regularly have visions of Beckham lifting the trophy.
 
steds

steds

Hall of Fame Member
aussie said:
word, i regularly have visions of Beckham lifting the trophy.
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And then you wake up sweating before you realise it was just a dream and go back to bed, but not before you've kissed your Melbourne Victory poster?
 
BoyBrumby

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Ok, shortly off into town & hence after to a public watering hole, so I'll just say my traditional:

C'mon England!!!!

& hope to see you all in the semis.
 
Barney Rubble

Barney Rubble

International Coach
I'm in the sitting room again for this one with the family, but that doesn't diminsh the excitement. I'm so up for this one. A little bit of Shakespeare to sum up the occasion:

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest English.
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!
Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument:
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,
Whose limbs were made in England, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'
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Come on England!!!
 
Goughy

Goughy

Hall of Fame Member
Barney Rubble said:
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'
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Glad I no longer live in the UK as the kind of stuff below drives me crazy.

"Cry 'God for Harry, England and Saint George!'" King Henry V's rallying cry does not go over very well in modern, multicultural England. Even less acceptable is Saint George's flag, a red cross quartering a white background, which was carried prominently into battle by the Crusaders of 900 years ago in their attempts to recover the Holy Land from ... persons of a certain "faith tradition." The cross of Saint George was later taken up as the national flag of England, and is commonly flown on the saint's name day, April 23. Such grossly insensitive displays must of course be stamped out. That, at any rate, is the opinion of Ms. Anne Owers, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons.
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Anyway C'mon the Boys.
 
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TT Boy

TT Boy

Hall of Fame Member
GeraintIsMyHero said:
TT Boy's ruthless tonight
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Meh, just letting of a little bit of steam. Trying to stay in this forum, I don’t dare venture into the Sri Lanka in England thread.
 
TT Boy

TT Boy

Hall of Fame Member
aussie said:
i presume you where you one of his victims..
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What I said is maybe harsh but that is just darn right ridiculous. At least attempt to know what you are talking about before you attempt some sort of 'witty' reply.
 
aussie

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
ha, chill out mate, i know who that bloke was, but i thought we were just kidding around..
 
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