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Sunny82z Sun 04-Dec-22 23:48:29

Has anybody been watching the football?

Callistemon21 Sat 10-Dec-22 21:06:00

And I've got French ancestry 😂

Zoejory Sat 10-Dec-22 21:07:14

Blondiescot

ABE! Well done France!

That's rather juvenile

Blossoming Sat 10-Dec-22 21:07:29

I would have liked England to win, but I think France versus Morocco could be an interesting match, given their history,

Shinamae Sat 10-Dec-22 21:09:45

He shouldn’t have missed but you’ve got to feel sorry for Harry Kane…

Blondiescot Sat 10-Dec-22 21:11:46

Zoejory

Blondiescot

ABE! Well done France!

That's rather juvenile

It's called football banter! You'd hear far worse on the terraces any weekend!

Callistemon21 Sat 10-Dec-22 21:15:00

hmm

Zoejory Sat 10-Dec-22 21:19:47

Callistemon21

hmm

It's juvenile. I was born and bred in Scotland. I don't share your childish view.

Also I was a regular at the Kop so I'm well aware of what goes on.

Zoejory Sat 10-Dec-22 21:20:21

Sorry Callistemon, I meant to quote Blondiescot!

tickingbird Sat 10-Dec-22 21:21:32

My 10 yr old grandson is inconsolable and in tears. Bless him.

tickingbird Sat 10-Dec-22 21:24:02

ABE! Well done France!

Jealousy is such an ugly emotion,

Millie22 Sat 10-Dec-22 21:25:14

Aww. It's the children I feel sorry for every time we lose.

Blondiescot Sat 10-Dec-22 21:27:24

tickingbird

^ABE! Well done France!^

Jealousy is such an ugly emotion,

Like I said, it's simply football banter. No jealousy - we Scots are only too well aware of our shortcomings when it comes to football and more importantly, we're the first to laugh at ourselves. Lighten up.

tickingbird Sat 10-Dec-22 21:28:40

Yeah right

Callistemon21 Sat 10-Dec-22 21:28:42

Zoejory

Sorry Callistemon, I meant to quote Blondiescot!

It's fine!! ⚽️

Joseanne Sat 10-Dec-22 21:28:51

I guess we at least stayed longer than some very good teams.

Fleurpepper Sat 10-Dec-22 21:29:17

Millie22

Aww. It's the children I feel sorry for every time we lose.

We should not teach them to put so much into nationalism and ball games! Ridiculous.

Callistemon21 Sat 10-Dec-22 21:31:07

Lighten up

OK. I get it

Could you tell your compatriots to do the same on GN please!!

Joseanne Sat 10-Dec-22 21:31:12

Fleurpepper

Millie22

Aww. It's the children I feel sorry for every time we lose.

We should not teach them to put so much into nationalism and ball games! Ridiculous.

I would teach every child who enjoys it to put everything into ball games for so many reasons.

NotAGran55 Sat 10-Dec-22 21:34:38

LauraNorderr

Meanest comment ever ‘They needed Gary Lineker, they got Glen Hoddle’.
Sad but true

Except it was Chris Waddle not Glen Hoddle.

LauraNorderr Sat 10-Dec-22 21:37:07

Me to Joseanne

LauraNorderr Sat 10-Dec-22 21:39:52

Yes Notagran, you’re right, every time I try to sound knowledgeable about sport I look like an idiot. Time I gave up and went back to the couch.
Can’t even get me toooooo right tonight

Callistemon21 Sat 10-Dec-22 21:49:21

Joseanne

Fleurpepper

Millie22

Aww. It's the children I feel sorry for every time we lose.

We should not teach them to put so much into nationalism and ball games! Ridiculous.

I would teach every child who enjoys it to put everything into ball games for so many reasons.

Tell that to the Swiss!
6-1 defeat might colour your views though.

Sport of all kinds kinds is good for children, better than sitting glued to phones and iPads.

NotAGran55 Sat 10-Dec-22 21:52:11

It was a very nasty comment indeed. Poor Chris too who must surely have been watching 😢

vegansrock Sat 10-Dec-22 22:07:02

The pundits who bog on about its coming home and were on our way to the final every 5 minutes spoils it for me and puts unnecessary pressure and expectations on the team. They seem like a nice bunch of young men and I do feel sorry for whoever is on the loosing side.

Oreo Sat 10-Dec-22 22:08:07

Blondiescot your anti English prejudices are showing, and yes, it was a juvenile comment from you.

We did well tonight tho, a respectable outcome 2-1.
Didn’t think we would get so far tbh.Hope Kane doesn’t feel too bad about it.