I’m not a football fan but……

I want England to win the World Cup, so I can have a day off work. That's my only reason for wanting them to win.

Sorry forget to mention Jude Bellingham in my original.post.

Half of my post disappeared. Give the ball to Jude and he will do his best to get you a goal.

Not flashy or the skills of Messi. But World Class. Never say die attitude.
A real warrior of a player.

Only 5 Wetherspoons in the whole country were showing the last England game. I was staying in one of the many that didn’t 😕.

WithNobsOnIt

Good job have Harry Kane and Jordan Pickford to get them through. The only real, decent world class players they have in the team.

If Kane is injured they have no chance

Jude Bellingham is a brilliant player. What he lacks for in experience, he makes up for in energy and determination. There are others too. Without the other players, Harry Kane would not be so brilliant.
I wanted Norway to win their match the other day because we used to live over there and I have a soft spot for the Norwegians. Obviously I will watch as an England supporter but if Norway win, I will be championing them the rest of the way.

Good job have Harry Kane and Jordan Pickford to get them through. The only real, decent world class players they have in the team.

If Kane is injured they have no chance

Like anything, there's varying degrees.
Watching players kicking a ball around at grass roots level, is I agree, sometimes very boring. (Unless it's someone you know and support.)

Professional football, however, is played at a completely different level. There is definitely skill and thinking involved, believe it or not.
Comments like pins in eyes are just hyperbole, because any enjoyment for the game of football is often met with disdain and derision.

It's not just "kicking a ball around" though, is it? The skill of it is clearly wasted on some people. I'm not a 'fan' of any team. I'm not a 'fan' of any tennis player. I'm useless at sports myself, though I swam and hill-walked and cycled and Scottich danced most of my life.

But I appreciate skill and dedication.

The excessive silliness of the idea of sticking pins into one's eyes and other show-offy nonsense like that is really quite extraordinary.

friendlygingercat

I'm glad we are winning, but watch the match, any match? I would rather stick pins in my eyes.

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I find it very difficult to get excited about 22 men kicking a ball around. The same goes for most other sports.

I am just not a watcher. I rarely watch tv. I will always be doing something else, getting up and walking around and as for watching people I do not know running around an area of land to a pattern I do not know either, with or without equipment. I would rather read a book.

Padstow13

Well, Trump and Infantina have caused all that trouble, manipulating the rules, and they have nothing to show for it.

Little Belgium flattened the US but it won't be Trump's responsibility, of course.

The smarmy Infantina will be the one with egg on his face. All that bending over backwards to curry favour with Mr Trump will surely teach him and FIFA a lesson?

Maybe FIFA should ask for their tin-pot "Peace Prize" back......

There is a separate thread on this.

Well, Trump and Infantina have caused all that trouble, manipulating the rules, and they have nothing to show for it.

Little Belgium flattened the US but it won't be Trump's responsibility, of course.

The smarmy Infantina will be the one with egg on his face. All that bending over backwards to curry favour with Mr Trump will surely teach him and FIFA a lesson?

Maybe FIFA should ask for their tin-pot "Peace Prize" back......

I'm glad we are winning, but watch the match, any match? I would rather stick pins in my eyes.

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I find it very difficult to get excited about 22 men kicking a ball around. The same goes for most other sports.

I'm glad we are winning, but watch the match, any match? I would rather stick pins in my eyes.

Gran22boys

We were so annoyed as the BBC said they’d put on a repeat of the match at 7.10 this morning with no spoilers. We got up at 6.30, didn’t look at our phones, didn’t put the TV on. Then at 7.08 we sat down, put TV on and a news item appeared at the bottom of the screen with the result! Totally spoiled it. Anyway we’re just watching the end now. Great match but would have been more exciting not to have known the score.

I felt the opposite. I get so wrapped up watching games that I find my blood pressure rising and that's not good as it's borderline high anyway.
I didn't get stressed with Mexico's 2 goals or our red card (must give Donald a ring to get that overturned) as I knew we were on to a winner. Good result for England and my bp.

I’m lucky enough to be visiting family in the correct time zone. Boy did we need some calm down time after the match ended! The whole England team was magnificent, showed real strength and determination. If anyone can tell me where they got 11 minutes added time from I’d love to know.

Love football so watched it live. I set my alarm for 12.45am to be really disappointed to find it had been delayed by an hour. It was real edge of the seat stuff you just didn't know what way it would twist. I think the lads did brilliantly when down to 10 men in that cauldron like atmosphere. Very proud of Bellingham as he is a local lad made good. Worth losing sleep.

Sago

Baggs

We don't have a TV so I haven't watched any football but I enjoyed Matthew Syed's article in The Times this morning.

There’s always Wetherspoons Baggs

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I loved not knowing the score, it felt just the same as watching live.

I handled not knowing the score & there's nothing gets to me like England playing in the World Cup..... I think it was because we had so many excuses should we lose (home crowd, Mexican passion, altitude) but the Team were determined to win. So nice to see them playing with the guts that have enabled many inferior teams to beat them in the past.

I loved watching it this morning but stupidly just before I put it on I checked my phone as I'd heard it ping and hour before. It was my son but underneath his message was a spoiler...because I didn't switch notifications off. It was a brilliant match not sure I could have handled not knowing the score!

My 13 year old grandson who watched it said ‘the sun came up before he went to bed 🌝’

Baggs

We don't have a TV so I haven't watched any football but I enjoyed Matthew Syed's article in The Times this morning.

There’s always Wetherspoons Baggs

I don’t follow football at all but I’m really pleased for England and I hope they go on to win! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

It was tense but so exciting! Not a dull minute of the match. We won, we deserved it, I'll be really upset if we lose to Norway but for now I'm grinning madly at everyone I meet. Come on, England!

We don't have a TV so I haven't watched any football but I enjoyed Matthew Syed's article in The Times this morning.

It wasn’t a spoiler as such. It was a news headline that came up at the bottom of the screen as they do.