07 Jun 2026 14:45:44
Didn't watch the England game thankfully but Haite beat the same opposition 4-0 speaks volumes for the Jug Eared Krauts squad selection
Foden MGW and Palmer have the X factor that Rodger's Mainoo and The Crab don't have
Tuchel out now.
1.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 17:01:16
Didn't watch it, but can cast judgement, lol. We have so many oracles on this site. ??
2.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 17:26:04
Don't need to watch England play to know how boring Turtles football is. At least we won't have to put up with it for long. Gone by the quarter-finals.
3.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 17:36:30
Skegs, have you been hanging out with DTP again? Can see you both cozied up, arms linked and sharing an ice cream whilst fishing for minnows. ❤️?
4.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 17:38:32
Watched a great documentary on England's 2006 World Cup tournament... "The Golden Generation".
Ferdinand quite rightly said, "France, Germany and Spain had theirs too... We were s***... too many rivalries at club level, we were afraid that we might give something away for the following season".
They couldn't really blame "The WAGS"... as when Italy won it, their "WAGS" were there too... or maybe the Italian Press never gave them the platform that the English Media/Journalists gave theirs???
Might be wrong.
Very good insight nonetheless.
5.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 18:34:48
@Rogie, It's the hope that kills us! ?
6.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 18:52:59
Way I see it, everyone wanted Southgate out, mainly because his style of football was pretty damn dire. They got what they wanted. There were calls for a manager who knows how to win, and we got one.
Now, these same people, who always voice their likes and dislikes about a manager, have decided they want Tommy out. He hasn't even had a game at a major tournament yet. ?
7.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 20:19:11
Could you ever imagine Germany hiring a English coach ??? how stupid we must look its about right in many ways for our so called country now
8.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 20:51:06
Wishing a speedy recovery to Christian Eriksen. Get well soon, mate.
9.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 20:53:33
Can anyone name an English coach who: A. Would want the job?
And B. Is good enough to take the country forward?
There's not exactly many ripping it up in the Premier League. ?
10.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 20:56:45
You could cause an argument in a phone box winter.
11.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 21:08:46
He tries his best, dtp. ? And, RRH, I would rather have Cooper than a German coach. I wonder what anthem Turtle would sing if we played Germany. That would be very interesting. ?
12.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 21:10:58
Top man, Skeggs. ?
13.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 21:53:48
I think Winter has a crush on us, Skeggs.
He's been talking to himself and missing us. ??
14.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 22:05:04
?? He's secretly stalking our profiles. Be afraid, be very afraid. ?
15.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 22:14:16
Be careful, he has his missus looking on. ?
16.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 00:14:50
Wow, you pair are about as funny as the Chuckle Brothers. In fact, they'll have you pair over a barrel, just the way you both like it. ? ?
17.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 06:18:21
Best of luck to Sir Chris Hoy in his challenge to cycle 400 miles across Spain, for disadvantaged people.
Absolute inspiration.
18.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 09:52:15
Don't understand why people take so much notice of what basically are open training sessions.
19.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 09:53:27
RRH,
The Chuckle Brothers filmed an episode called "The Steeplechucks" at my house before it was renovated back in the late 1990's, I think.
It's on YouTube.
20.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 09:54:34
Skegs,
Cooper has won a World Cup with England already, mate... Just saying....
21.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 10:41:31
I knew I shouldn't have mentioned Cooper. ??? Yes, anyone that knows football knows that, Stokie. ?? He won it with the boys. So what's your point?
22.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 10:57:37
I'm surprised you weren't clamoring for Lee Carsley, Skegs. I mean, he's a proper Englishman. ? ?
23.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 11:00:09
Anyway, 'Top Man', Skegs. ? Blossoming new friendships on the site warm the heart. ❤️ ?
24.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 11:10:46
Red Robin, yep born in Birmingham.
25.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 11:18:45
I know, Stevie, yet capped 40 times for the Irish and refused to sing our national anthem. You should have let Skegs answer. ? ?
26.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 14:18:39
Rogie, I echo your best wishes for Erikson. I wonder why he keeps putting himself through it? He must have made his money, and playing with a pacemaker in that heat can't be doing him any good. Great player.
27.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 14:24:36
Skegs, mate, it was partly to wind you up, which worked a treat. Very satisfying indeed….. ????…..
But seriously, SC has the pedigree, doesn't he?
To take a bunch of average players, some on the verge of retirement, the vast majority fading into obscurity and never to be heard of again, and injury-prone, from the doldrums into the top echelons of world football.
I mean, he did the same with Forest, didn't he? ??????
28.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 14:27:01
Whilst I think about it, Tuchel was hired to win football matches. If you wanted a manager who could sing national anthems the FA should have hired Ed Sheeran .????
29.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 15:14:02
RedRobin, sorry mate, didn't realise you'd set a trap. ?
30.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 15:25:17
Stokey, how did that wind me up. ??? Stick to your storytelling, pal. Oh no, you're no good at that neither. ? Traps. ?? Oh boys, stick to what you know best. Nothing. ?
31.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 15:47:26
Yeah, and you carry on fleecing tourists with those donkey rides. ??
32.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 15:49:06
And may I add, isn't it nice to actually have some banter close season without anyone throwing toys outta the pram. ??
33.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 20:01:51
Stokey, Baddiel and Skinner auditioned. Apparently they wanted to bin 'God Save The King' for 'Three Lions', which I'm sure everyone would have been behind. ??
34.) 09 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 22:03:08
RRH
"God Save the King" is a dire national anthem, mate, I have to reluctantly admit.
As E.M. Forster described it, "A curt series of demands upon Jehovah!" About right, I think.
And the second verse is even worse.
35.) 09 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 22:42:32
Winter, you're the only one young enough to have a pram. ???
36.) 09 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 22:52:02
And, ps, Stokey must have arrested someone for speeding with a pram?
As he's done and seen everything else. ?????
37.) 09 Jun 2026
09 Jun 2026 00:48:53
Not a pram, but I was once involved in a race down Santa Pod. Boy racer pimped pushchair vs a four poster bed. ??
38.) 09 Jun 2026
09 Jun 2026 10:23:13
Light hearted quiz for you, DTP. Without googling, see if you (or anyone, to pass a few minutes) can source the following quotes on who has seen the following......
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."
"I've seen the yellow lights go down the Mississippi. I've seen the bridges of the world, and they're for real. I've had a red lights off the wrist, without me even getting kissed.
It still seems so unreal."
"Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets, and watched the smoke that rises from the pipes of lonely men in shirt sleeves, leaning out of windows?"
"I saw a beheaded milkman, his torso still sitting in the driver's seat of his milk float."
"I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it. I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it."
There's no prize but it kills a bit of time before the World Cup kicks off ......
{Ed001's Note - surely they are some of the things Victor Marx has done?}
39.) 09 Jun 2026
09 Jun 2026 12:04:43
I've never heard of him Ed. Has he got a sister called Onya?
{Ed001's Note - probably. Google some of his claims, hilarious mate.}
40.) 09 Jun 2026
09 Jun 2026 13:22:43
Will do. ??