Netherlands v England - Wed 10th July, 20:00 | Euro 2024 Semi-Final

Match Result Prediction?

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Is anyone genuinely not too fussed and bothered about the national side?
I honestly can't get excited about this lot at all to be honest. I know we are 2 games away from winning a pot and maybe it's my age making me miserable.
But I'm sick of seeing all the wags flouting their wealth flying on private jets whilst most of us can't pay the electricity bill.
 
Sale Moor Blue said:
Is anyone genuinely not too fussed and bothered about the national side?
I honestly can't get excited about this lot at all to be honest. I know we are 2 games away from winning a pot and maybe it's my age making me miserable.
But I'm sick of seeing all the wags flouting their wealth flying on private jets whilst most of us can't pay the electricity bill.
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Just hired out Pub floor for Wednesday, can't wait.
 
Sale Moor Blue said:
Is anyone genuinely not too fussed and bothered about the national side?
I honestly can't get excited about this lot at all to be honest. I know we are 2 games away from winning a pot and maybe it's my age making me miserable.
But I'm sick of seeing all the wags flouting their wealth flying on private jets whilst most of us can't pay the electricity bill.
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If you don't care, turn your telly off and save money on the electricity - win win!

I don't think you're in a minority. I've not been anywhere near as excited as I usually am, getting lost in the buzz of "it's coming home" knowing deep down it won't. It's been a lot calmer and measured by most people, who have had enough of Southgate and have been bored shitless by the football we've endured.

But it's semi final time, and it's win at all costs. Don't care about the performance now, it's all about winning and I hope we do it.
 
Germany go with:

Ref: Felix Zwayer
Assistants: Stefan Lupp, Marco Achmüller
4th official: Daniel Siebert
VAR: Bastian Dankert
VAR Assistant: Christian Dingert
 
Sale Moor Blue said:
Is anyone genuinely not too fussed and bothered about the national side?
I honestly can't get excited about this lot at all to be honest. I know we are 2 games away from winning a pot and maybe it's my age making me miserable.
But I'm sick of seeing all the wags flouting their wealth flying on private jets whilst most of us can't pay the electricity bill.
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I think City's success has had a big impact on my apathy for England. Years ago when we were shit and never won a thing, England offered a hope of success and enjoying a good run in a tournament was a great experience. Now, i will enjoy it and am looking forward to Weds night, but i wont be gutted like i would years ago when we get beat.
 
Sale Moor Blue said:
Is anyone genuinely not too fussed and bothered about the national side?
I honestly can't get excited about this lot at all to be honest. I know we are 2 games away from winning a pot and maybe it's my age making me miserable.
But I'm sick of seeing all the wags flouting their wealth flying on private jets whilst most of us can't pay the electricity bill.
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Not been bothered about England since 66. Quite liked our win v Holland with Gazza etc.
 
Sale Moor Blue said:
Is anyone genuinely not too fussed and bothered about the national side?
I honestly can't get excited about this lot at all to be honest. I know we are 2 games away from winning a pot and maybe it's my age making me miserable.
But I'm sick of seeing all the wags flouting their wealth flying on private jets whilst most of us can't pay the electricity bill.
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When i was younger and it was the same old shite Beckham/Scholes/Gerrard/Lampard/Owen i wasn’t that arsed.
As soon SWP made an appearance, i watched to see how he did.
Now we have Stones, Walker & Foden i have watched all games and now cheering them on.
If they get knocked out i’m not going to get upset as i am defo more Club than Country kind of fan

Good luck England bit i’m more looking forward to hopefully 5 in a row
 
supercity88 said:
If you don't care, turn your telly off and save money on the electricity - win win!

I don't think you're in a minority. I've not been anywhere near as excited as I usually am, getting lost in the buzz of "it's coming home" knowing deep down it won't. It's been a lot calmer and measured by most people, who have had enough of Southgate and have been bored shitless by the football we've endured.

But it's semi final time, and it's win at all costs. Don't care about the performance now, it's all about winning and I hope we do it.
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Yes I agree with you.
I think part of the issue for me is that any nationalism you publicly display in this country is frowned upon from some people - and we don't even celebrate our national day with a Bank Holiday unlike other countries.
So it's for me hard to be patriotic without offending someone.
 
England will win both the semi final and the final.

They will not have deserved it by their general play but records will show we won Euros 2024

And Gareth will be knighted. More importantly Tesco will still be selling milk, eggs & potatoes
 
MCFCTrick said:
Deep joy, I will be watching this from my hospital bed following having a pacemaker fitted. Could be a good test for it if it goes to pens :-)
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Good luck with that and hopefully you will fully recover by the time the season kicks off.
 
gingerprince said:
England will win both the semi final and the final.

They will not have deserved it by their general play but records will show we won Euros 2024

And Gareth will be knighted. More importantly Tesco will still be selling milk, eggs & potatoes
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Not a chance. Either Spain or France will. Both know how to win tournaments.
 
Sale Moor Blue said:
Yes I agree with you.
I think part of the issue for me is that any nationalism you publicly display in this country is frowned upon from some people - and we don't even celebrate our national day with a Bank Holiday unlike other countries.
So it's for me hard to be patriotic without offending someone.
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Anyone who frowns upon people being patriotic towards their country aren't worth worrying about. Everything these days is so sanitized, if you want to enjoy supporting England then no fucker should be able to take that away.
 
For me, football as a sport is as far removed from the game that I knew and played in my youth as is possible. It's like a different sport.
Watching my beloved City is always -and always will be- something I treasure. My memories of the club, the players, the various managers, the games etc, have in many ways defined who I am. And Manchester City FC will always be a part of my being.
But the game has moved on considerably. Some might argue for the better, and I'd say the technicality of the game has definitely improved, but on the downside I feel as if we've lost something: something intangible and deep-rooted within us all, maybe football has lost its soul?
It could be the money side of the game, I don't know. But I see some players who look as if they really could not give a fuck what is happening around them during the game, as if everything is too much hassle for them. Certain players are not giving it a 100%, and for me that is the minimum requirement, give it your all or fuck off home and count your millions.
When I see someone like Kane(pen), standing just outside the opposition penalty area, hands on hips and stifling a yawn, I want to run onto the pitch and thump the man. Same with Bellingham.
When I was a kid our manager would say "If any of you walk off the pitch, not covered in mud and drenched with sweat, struggling to catch your breath, and generally looking dead on your feet, I'm gonna ask why."
And we've all been there. All of us that played over the park and at school, or in the street, everyone of us will have memories of their youth, and they'll read this post and say "Yeah, I remember stuff like that happening."

But it seems that fighting spirit has evaporated from the game, and will sadly never return.
 
So the ref for the Holland game has past beef with Bellingham. The ref has a history of 6 month ban for match-fixing, which Bellingham questioned the appointment of the ref for a Dortmund game in 2021.

Lump on a red card for Bellingham. He plays on the edge as it is and it doesn’t look like the ref will need much to send him off.
 
RayCTID said:
Not a chance. Either Spain or France will. Both know how to win tournaments.
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France will beat England for sure. They're not too dissimilar to England right now but a bit more savvy at getting over the line and won't have any problem stinking the place out along with England.

Spain play much better football than England but there's always a chance England can drag them down into a borefest and win.


Either way, still have to get past Netherlands yet. I don't think they're anything special "on paper" but they play like a good cohesive unit unlike England and the likes of Gakpo are in very good form.
 
Magicpole said:
First rated team you’ve faced and it’s the semi finals. You cunts get the easier draws every tournament and qualifiers. No way shouid you be anywhere near the semi. As you all know, you’re shite.
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That's the benefits of winning the group. England can't control what happens elsewhere.
 
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