Even with it being in the dim and distant past, its discovery would have ended most people’s careers, but somehow Baddiel got away with it. I hate cancel culture but I also can’t stand the sneering dweeby adenoidal prick, so I wouldn’t have been sorry to see the back of him. His boorish laddishness always struck me as a bit too performative and probably overcompensating for the fact that when he was at school he got picked last for every football game and the rough boys from the council estate flushed his head down the toilet in the changing room afterwards.
“See that boy with his head being flushed down the toilet?…….thats you that is” Always thought Frank was always the funny one in that duo.
I’m sure he’d say it was the jibes that affected his performance, others would say if you weren’t so shit they wouldn’t have picked on you?
I really though zee germans were going to get the equaliser in the 6th min of the 60sec of injury time there
I was wondering what the German for “Fergie-time” is. Probably something like “Beckenbauergestamphlsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragunsgesetzeit”
Yep he was... I can remember me and me mates being in hysterics way before FF caught on. It was often the highlight of our beer & smoke Saturdays... Used to trap the ball like a lampost.
He could trap the ball further than I could kick it. (A Paul Merson quote about some low league player)
England 5-3 Switzerland ENGLAND ARE THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINALS. Well done! And to everyone who says they didn't win well enough blah blah, to me its like the election. Scores on the doors are all that counts
Yes, we're through but I'd have got more pleasure from watching paint dry than that performance. Football should be about entertainment as well as the result, and with the attacking players we have it should be easier on the eye.
South Gate is such a lucky bloke. England with one shot on target and scores, extra time but 5 fabulous penalties. I think I can we and truly bury Italia 90 and Euro 96
Won nothing yet..... No one remembers the losers. Playing with 2 left backs for most of the latter part of the game ( Eze and RU Shaw ). Putting the wrong number to substitute the number 10 when he meant another player. Taxi for Southgate.
The most successful England manager since 1966 -arguably the only successful manager since then- no taxis required. When he leaves and if England go back to rarely getting through the first round, you may look back at this and long for the Southgate golden age...
What a masterclass. Trying to sub Bellingham when he wanted to take someone else off, only noticed when Bellingham asked " you sure big nose ?" Southgate is just a very lucky manager, no plan how to win , only a plan how not to lose....
