England are an Embarrassment
Published July 5th, 2006 in RantsThe England national football team are simply an embarrassment. That’s something I’ve known deep down for a long, long time, but Germany 2006 has finally made me want to shout about it. So here I am.
On 1st June 2006, England yet again bowed out of a major tournament in embarrassing fashion. This web site was started the next day. Why? Because I’m just sick of it, sick of not only the performances but also the endless drivel of the English press, telling us to welcome our players back as heros because they finally pulled their collective finger out for an hour so. Well I’m afraid I won’t be calling them heros. Instead I’m going to tell it as it is. And I’m going to keep telling it until something changes.
When will that be? Perhaps when they finally win the World Cup, the trophy they have rather pathetically won only once in their “illustrious” history. Or maybe the European Championship, a competition they have never even come close to winning.
Embarrassing, eh? I couldn’t agree more.
You’re not alone in your sentiments. The supporters who spend thousands of pounds travelling all over the world deserve much better from these players. I’ve no doubt that the players do care, but the supporters care more.
Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don’t practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us — and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.