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Absolutely gutted. To have the game in your hands then submit at the death is awful. Loved the warrior spirit of the group but ultimately not enough quality to get it done.

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Well fūck. They had me believing.

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freddie111 wrote:If England were number one in the world and amongst the favorites, do you think there might be some more interest from the casual fans?

I think the fallout from the pandemic has done irreparable damage to the sport in England.

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In 2019 we played our Final against New Zealand in arguably the best game of rugby I've ever seen England play. We had nothing left against South Africa who by comparison use RWC Finals as a national healing exercise.

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First time back to PR since pre-Covid and it's amusing to see the usual reaction to England winning a rugby match. That was an epic performance given the context. Didn't think they had that level of belligerence in them.

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Shame it's not more competitive.

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bimboman wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 12:56 pm Once again the scale of the world outside of the village confuses some posters.

It is remarkable how they persist with their false comparisons. Due to our connectivity and interdependence Europe is one big petri dish and the virus was endemic in the UK before there was any hope of containing it.

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Zakar wrote:Tribalism being ingrained in sport, how uniquely English

Oh aye, its part and parcel of sporting contests the world over. Though football in England actually began as an organised punch-up between villages. I think in many respects the ball and the goal were just a handy excuse.

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tafano wrote: ↑Sun Jul 11, 2021 11:27 pm I honestly thought that England might surrender to our great attack inside the 90’.

After 2’ minutes England showed it was up for it.
It was a proper tense final, with the worst ending possible.

Anyway, it’s coming Rome lads, it’s coming Rome

Enjoy it.

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CrazyIslander wrote: ↑Sun Jul 11, 2021 11:05 pm Sorry England I jinxed your team by supporting them.

You wit kant.

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Many congrats Italy - probably the better side on the night. Football is still a very frustrating sport at this level. Too many matches settled by a coin toss.

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I stopped following football years ago because it had turned into such a shit-show. But I am really pleased for England supporters who have had to endure decades of misery and now have a final to enjoy. Shame there's always a few tossers around to suck any goodwill out of proceedings.

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Booing the Danish anthem, Danish own goal, dodgy penalty, laser pointer, 2 x balls on the pitch. Surely a draw and England winning on most completed passes countback would have been a fairer result? Controversy is the life blood of grand sporting spectacles. They are remembered even more fervently ...

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UK more likely needed the workers, lobbied to expand the EU east and welcomed those guys with opened arms. Only to blame the EU later for those internal decisions. From memory, so some of the precise details may be incorrect, but this is broadly what happened. The assumption by the UK Govt was that...

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The UK's own lack of control (rather than free movement) was responsible for local communities bearing the brunt. Instead of owning it, Brexitists blame the EU. A handbrake was needed to reduce the flow of migrants from the A8 to give the UK time to make adequate provisions. But this was shunned by...

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The UK's own lack of control (rather than free movement) was responsible for local communities bearing the brunt. Instead of owning it, Brexitists blame the EU. A handbrake was needed to reduce the flow of migrants from the A8 to give the UK time to make adequate provisions. But this was shunned by...

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The reason the UK lobbied to expand the EU east was to disrupt ever closer union from happening They thought there would be too many countries and there would never be unanimous agreements at summits. We are seeing they were correct. Hungary and Poland seem to have a veto when it comes to budgets, ...

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Wot? The Eu would have found a way to send Eastern European workforce to the UK in spite of enacting a rule that specifically enabled members to control it??? There were no controls for FOM. UK Gov. concluded at the time that there was no mechanism for stopping people from travelling and that insti...

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The reason the UK lobbied to expand the EU east was to disrupt ever closer union from happening They thought there would be too many countries and there would never be unanimous agreements at summits. We are seeing they were correct. Hungary and Poland seem to have a veto when it comes to budgets, ...

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Wot? The Eu would have found a way to send Eastern European workforce to the UK in spite of enacting a rule that specifically enabled members to control it??? There were no controls for FOM. UK Gov. concluded at the time that there was no mechanism for stopping people from travelling and that insti...

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Sounds like the Russians didn't dare get within three miles of our gunboat. Isn't the Royal Navy the only military force in the history of the planet never to have been defeated in battle? :smug: :thumbup: Not sure about that. they took a kicking at Jutland. Edit, must learn to type faster. Depends...

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iarmhiman wrote:The xenophobia just rolls off your tongue.

Get your own house in order. You're scum.

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When the socialists win the revolution lasts forever to justify all the screwups in government policy. This is just an analogy With the UK and with a tory government. Brexit and the talking about it will last forever as Boris and every Tory leader knows it's better for them if feelings with the EU ...

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eldanielfire wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:01 pm My favorite Brexit headline ever

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/uk-get ... ce=twitter

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I watched about ten minutes of it and thought it was pretty poor. I'd have thought they'd have been a tad more slick out the gate given viewers are unlikely to be very forgiving. Perhaps they should have spent another month in technical rehearsals.

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bimboman wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 8:20 pm They’re not serious issues in any way.

The “single market” protection is a ludicrous excuse to rumble this on.

Let’s check the 1% of goods like they do in Rotterdam and move on.

The single market is flooded with contraband via ports in Greece and Italy as it is. No one cares.

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Plus both countries treat the EU as their cash cow bitch They do certainly. Don't see it happening for ever There are in thanks to the UK funny enough. Never should have been let in. And because Tony Blair didn't put transition controls in when they joined the UK left the UK. I am of the firm belie...

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I don't really think that anyone can complain about the stringent application of the law in terms of these trade deals however all signatories take the blame for any problems they cause. The NI protocol is an absolute disaster and was born out of cynical self-serving political machinations from all ...

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shereblue wrote:Wibble

I don't read your posts.

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So it was just racists who don't like immigrants that led to Brexit then Daccy? If calling them racist makes you happy, Earl, go for it. We're a nation of immigrants and invaders who plundered the known world. Not liking immigrants generally comes down to not liking the colour of their skin and oth...

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There's something about the West Cuntry in all of this.

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The EU have tens of millions of doses of the Oxford/AZ vaccine sitting there that nobody wants - due to German and French malice in making false claims. Macroleon and Germany have cost lives by constantly slating the AZ vaccine, so much so that people have been scared of using it. And why on earth ...

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So if Scotland as a majority wanted to leave the UK but the borders region of Scotland wanted to remain, you would move the borders region south of the rUk - Scotland border in a hypothetical situation? Yes that's certainly a possibility. Should the Scots secede they will be in effect setting up an...

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is there actually a defence now to the idea that Brexit hasn't delivered the unicorns that there was no implicit promise by team Brexit that things would (magically) get better were Brexit voted for? I'd ask if there was no shame, but then they wouldn't have supported the lunatic variant of Brexit ...

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is there actually a defence now to the idea that Brexit hasn't delivered the unicorns that there was no implicit promise by team Brexit that things would (magically) get better were Brexit voted for? I'd ask if there was no shame, but then they wouldn't have supported the lunatic variant of Brexit ...

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Geek wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 4:01 pm It does seem to be a certain type of person who gets riled about it, doesn't it.

Folk seem to love it regardless of the UK's sheer awfulness year on year.

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I am more than willing to cut him some slack after the way he was treated around the time of his Mother's death. The Royal Family were all over the place following Diana's tragic and untimely demise. No one can seriously think it wasn't unbelievably insensitive and damaging to force a grieving 12 y...

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I am more than willing to cut him some slack after the way he was treated around the time of his Mother's death. The Royal Family were all over the place following Diana's tragic and untimely demise. No one can seriously think it wasn't unbelievably insensitive and damaging to force a grieving 12 ye...

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So Hancock said vaccines effective against Indian variant. So why the threats of local lockdowns? The most vulnerable have been vaccinated in the UK Pushing the anti vax folks down the guilt tripping road Aye they are definitely ramping up the threat to put pressure on communities who have so far b...

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Leinster in London wrote:The EU does not have the authority to demand that nations hold referendums. I'm sure that even suggesting them would be a diplomatic no, no for the EU. Sovereignty and all that.

That would have been a fair point if we didn't have the fiasco of the Lisbon Treaty.

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