I really really don't want England to win the Euros [split topic]

[who cares]

Wait is that why I lost my bet too? I thought I was too stupid to understand betting and had accidentally bet for Italy to lose.

I bet on Italy to win in 90 minutes, and I had to go online to ask the william hill help chat why I didn't get paid out. Apparently it has to be the first ninety minutes. Seems a bit arbitrary to me.

[idunnosomename]

almost like the gambling industry is a bad thing

[Barry Admin]

Wait is that why I lost my bet too? I thought I was too stupid to understand betting and had accidentally bet for Italy to lose.

It's a load of fucking shit, isn't it? "Italy to win" seemed pretty cut and dry, but no, counts as a draw, and then seemingly you would have had to make the actual bet in extra time. Pfft, going back to staying away from the casino in my game, gambling really is for mugs.

[popcorn]

It's a load of fucking shit, isn't it? "Italy to win" seemed pretty cut and dry, but no

still many people are going to be delighted that Italy didn't win after all!

[mothman]

It's fucking started already...

Was thinking about the France win in '98. How that was hailed at the time as a symbolic victory that epitomised the new multiracial culturally diverse France. But did anything really change there? Can you point to anything different between pre- and post-98 France? And you can imagine what would have been said about all those players if they'd not win, because, well, you don't need to imagine it, those things got said anyway and have been ever since.

So it's hard to think about what good might have come from an England victory, not when literally anything good about it would be instantly weaponised by cunts.

[Thomas]

This was the first match I've seen in ten years, and the first time I've felt in any way captivated and excited by football. Admittedly I have absorbed the general Irish milieu of wanting England to lose, and so I found myself rooting for Italy.

I was genuinely excited by the time it got to penalties, frequently turning to my friend to ask 'so what happens now?' The buzz on the streets afterwards was a thrill. Italian fans congratulated by every passer-by, car horns going off, buskers with crowds of dancers. At that last goal, a loud cockney bloke in the pub got super-quiet after all his cries of 'Italian wankers!!' I did feel bad for Rashford effectively missing an open goal, considering his political campaigning.

footie footie footie!

[pancreas]

feel like pure shit, gonna clatter gecko with a wok

[idunnosomename]

It's fucking started already...

Was thinking about the France win in '98. How that was hailed at the time as a symbolic victory that epitomised the new multiracial culturally diverse France. But did anything really change there?

absolutely not

they're just as bad, if not worse than us. because we have a strong Eurosceptic contingent, an idiot premier got pressured into a referendum he thought he would coast, then when he fucked it, went off whistling to his wank-shed. all that didn't cause racism. it was there even before the 2012 olympic opening.

[Ferris]

Canadian mate, arsed mate, soccer for soft twats anyway mate.

[Cerys]

The Engbalds have lost!

Well, thank fuck for that.

[Jollity]

The problem with football not coming home is that now I will have to keep hearing people say "it's coming home" every time there's football, and football will be in a perpetual state of coming home without actually reaching home forevermore.

[idunnosomename]

lmao

https://twitter.com/joswinson/status/1414337291443707920

[Kankurette]

I got my payout cos I bet on an outright win.

[Buelligan]

lmao

https://twitter.com/joswinson/status/1414337291443707920

Anything really, as long as it doesn't look like Corbyn might win, do what you like.

Was working, surrounded by Italians.  Emotional.

[BlodwynPig]

Did england lose?

No popup on my phone, silence outside. Bliss

[Barry Admin]

'It's a shame it's not coming home'

Just burst out laughing at that headline, for some reason.

God, fuck that song. It's got David Baddiel in it!

[Buelligan]

Yep, that song and the thought of what people like Johnson and Starmer would use a win for, makes losing seem extremely appealing.

[Chedney Honks]

The World Cup is actually next year because of Covid so you will be hearing it again very soon, I'm sure!

[Buelligan]

Heheh, believe me, I heard it last night, you should hear the Roman version! 

[MoreauVasz]

The Palestinian people will come home before football does.

[Gulftastic]

If England will there will be a 'Boris Bounce' I'm sure. Anyway I want whoever plays the best to win (if the score isn't 5-1 to Italy).

As it is, England were doing fine till the top Tory scum jumped on the bandwagon. Now it's all turned to shit.

[Fambo Number Mive]

Boris Johnson can shove his flag bunting up his arse.

[Gulftastic]

Loads on twitter talking about the scenes on Wembley Way.

What a bunch of idiots. It's actually called Olympic Way!

[Dr Trouser]

As it is, England were doing fine till the top Tory scum jumped on the bandwagon. Now it's all turned to shit.

[Fambo Number Mive]

At least we get the silver medal, and delivered some liquid football.

[Kankurette]

What's the Latin for 'football's coming home'?

[Buelligan]

Just have to add another little tale of the Football and How She Fills Our Days from my woebegone existence - today is my day for getting a lift to the shop with the old English man.  He's been really fucking grumpy recently so I mostly live in my own head, hum and think of kittens during these difficult sojourns in his vehicle.  Anyway, today the uninvited or provoked announcement, didn't watch the match because I HATE THE ITALIANS.  This, from a man obsessed by football.  Quietly hummed vissi d'arte and wondered what it feels like to push someone out of a moving car.

[Harry Badger]

I got my payout cos I bet on an outright win.

Backed them at 8/1 before the tournament. Cashed out before the final but still a nice little earner. Well, enough to pay for my pre-match Chinese and bottle of wine anyhow.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

lmao

https://twitter.com/joswinson/status/1414337291443707920

I'm Macron, I'm Macron in his solemn address to the nation! I'M MACRON!

[idunnosomename]

England  ---
Italy      -------
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ONLY LIB DEMS CAN WIN HERE!