With England we used to know what was coming, we used to be clear on what we should expect at any major tournament… a humiliating collapse. This time round though it felt so different for so long, with this team finding ways to win every game whether they were playing well or not it seemedContinue reading “All Those Oh So Nears”
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The Progress We’ve Made
Ten years ago England were dumped out of Euro 2016 by Iceland in the round of 16, having finished 2nd in the Group behind, of all teams, Wales… the only team we beat all tournament This was off the back of finishing bottom of our group at the 2014 World Cup without winning a game,Continue reading “The Progress We’ve Made”
Das Deutsche Desaster 🥳
It’s not often something really grabs my attention by filling me with unquenchable schadenfreude, but last night the miracle happened. Germany, long seen as one of the most dependable teams in tournament football having won the World Cup 4 times and humiliating Brazil 7-1 in Belo Horizonte just 3 world cups ago, were dumped outContinue reading “Das Deutsche Desaster 🥳”
It’s The Final Showdown
So England are out and I was glad to be working over the semi-finals as I could bear to watch them. Now they’re out of the way and all that remains of this crazy winter World cup is the final showdown. We have had Saudi Arabia beat Argentina, Tunisia beat France and Spain destroy CostaContinue reading “It’s The Final Showdown”
The Football tourist 