What if it isn't coming home?

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 10:49 am

Just.. you know. Wanted to throw that question out there.

Rumbletonk · Post by **Rumbletonk** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 10:55 am

After the disgraceful and shambolic performances at the last couple of tournaments dealing with a loss today will be a walk in the park

chekhov · Post by **chekhov** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 10:59 am

I've already prepared myself for a hugely anticlimactic performance ending in a damp squib. Hope I'm mistaken but I'm definitely not getting my hopes up!

Billy Balfour · Post by **Billy Balfour** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:01 am

It would be great to get a semi final place, but even the quarters are an improvement. So, if we go out, I'll put it down to work in progress and start looking forward to our third consecutive season in the EPL.

gawthorpe_view · Post by **gawthorpe_view** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:18 am

chekhov wrote:I've already prepared myself for a hugely anticlimactic performance ending in a damp squib. Hope I'm mistaken but I'm definitely not getting my hopes up!

Me neither, can't see us keeping a clean sheet, we'll have to score at least two to avoid the dreaded shootout which is a lottery.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:20 am

You’ve clearly never heard the song.

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:24 am

It is.

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:52 am

It isn’t.

mybloodisclaret · Post by **mybloodisclaret** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:54 am

its coming home

AlargeClaret · Post by **AlargeClaret** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:03 pm

Well the nauseous media love in will grind to a somewhat juddering halt . Theyre feting GS like Jesus ( and we all know how that ended) Though if we can’t get past a very very mediocre Swedish side and the easiest half the draw since dinosaurs roamed the earth we deserve no credit whatsoever . I think we’ll make the final then who knows.

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:06 pm

If we do go out, console yourself in the knowledge that every chav in the land will be feeling miserable for some considerable time!

GodIsADeeJay81 · Post by **GodIsADeeJay81** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:09 pm

The media will revert to type and lay into the England team.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:10 pm

AlargeClaret wrote:Well the nauseous media love in will grind to a somewhat juddering halt . Theyre feting GS like Jesus ( and we all know how that ended) Though if we can’t get past a very very mediocre Swedish side and the easiest half the draw since dinosaurs roamed the earth we deserve no credit whatsoever . I think we’ll make the final then who knows.

The very very mediocre side who have already knocked out Germany and Switzerland, hammered Mexico and knocked out Italy and Holland before the tournament even started. That Sweden?

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:15 pm

All the posters on here lose it whenever Burnley are called mediocre or some pundit says it’ll be a walk ober for City/Chelsea.

Jakubclaret · Post by **Jakubclaret** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:21 pm

fidelcastro wrote:If we do go out, console yourself in the knowledge that every chav in the land will be feeling miserable for some considerable time!

It is what it is! Disappointment will be inevitable the stark reality will be is we simply wasn't good enough & go again in 4 yrs.

AlargeClaret · Post by **AlargeClaret** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:28 pm

Sweden actually qualified via play off yes , Germany beat them 2-1 and themselves finished bottom.as for “ hammering Mexico” did you watch the game ? Sure 3-0 is a good win but pens own goals etc a quite bizzare game of football . While no team In the quarters are mugs and literally any team could win this thing , on a world stage I’d still class them as mediocre .
I’ve little doubt you’ll be w@nking furiously if the beat us though

mickleoverclaret · Post by **mickleoverclaret** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:29 pm

I suppose the problem with that statement is that it's coming home.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:30 pm

AlargeClaret wrote:Sweden actually qualified via play off yes , Germany beat them 2-1 and themselves finished bottom.as for “ hammering Mexico” did you watch the game ? Sure 3-0 is a good win but pens own goals etc a quite bizzare game of football . While no team In the quarters are mugs and literally any team could win this thing , on a world stage I’d still class them as mediocre .
I’ve little doubt you’ll be w@nking furiously if the beat us though

I'll be sad for England but i'd be laughing my tits off at you.

dushanbe · Post by **dushanbe** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:33 pm

As Burnley fans we’ve seen the miracle first hand, if any group of supporters have reason to believe in them it’s us.

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:35 pm

56 years of hurt isn’t that catchy & will be tough to shoehorn into a song. Hopefully it’ll come home.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:37 pm

dushanbe wrote:As Burnley fans we’ve seen the miracle first hand, if any group of supporters have reason to believe in them it’s us.

I'd say Leicester supporters have more reason to believe.

Winstonswhite · Post by **Winstonswhite** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:39 pm

Are we actually any good?

Defensively we’re not bad, but going forward I’m not so sure.

We’ve won one match really and that was a last minute winner when we did a lot of huffing and puffing. As we did against Colombia.

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:41 pm

Winstonswhite wrote:Are we actually any good?

Defensively we’re not bad, but going forward I’m not so sure.

We’ve won one match really and that was a last minute winner when we did a lot of huffing and puffing. As we did against Colombia.

I'd say it's defensively where we're suspect. We do have the tournaments' leading scorer at present!

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:43 pm

Bop wrote:56 years of hurt isn’t that catchy & will be tough to shoehorn into a song. Hopefully it’ll come home.

Or even 52!

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:44 pm

Winstonswhite wrote:
Defensively we’re not bad, but going forward I’m not so sure. .

I'd say its the other way round.

Winstonswhite · Post by **Winstonswhite** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:53 pm

fidelcastro wrote:I'd say it's defensively where we're suspect. We do have the tournaments' leading scorer at present!

No fair enough. You’re probably right as we do seem to overplay it at the back sometimes. We’re hardly a major attacking force though are we? The Panama game meant nothing

dushanbe · Post by **dushanbe** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:53 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:I'd say Leicester supporters have more reason to believe.

Agreed, they’ve witnessed it as well.

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:55 pm

Winstonswhite wrote:No fair enough. You’re probably right as we do seem to overplay it at the back sometimes. We’re hardly a major attacking force though are we? The Panama game meant nothing

Except for three points and progress to the last 16.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:00 pm

dushanbe wrote:Agreed, they’ve witnessed it as well.

And Greeks.

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:01 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:And Greeks.

And Danes.

Winstonswhite · Post by **Winstonswhite** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:02 pm

fidelcastro wrote:Except for three points and progress to the last 16.

Well of course. I meant scoring goals against them doesn’t mean we’re a decent attacking side smart arse.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:02 pm

fidelcastro wrote:And Danes.

And Bolton with their "unprecedented success".

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:05 pm

Winstonswhite wrote:Well of course. I meant scoring goals against them doesn’t mean we’re a decent attacking side smart arse.

So we're not a decent attacking side and we overplay at the back

God only knows how we're in the quarter finals!

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:07 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:And Bolton with their "unprecedented success".

And Luxembourg... they got a draw against France not long ago!

Winstonswhite · Post by **Winstonswhite** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:14 pm

fidelcastro wrote:So we're not a decent attacking side and we overplay at the back

God only knows how we're in the quarter finals!

A bit of luck perhaps for once? Luck of a last minute winner, luck of the draw, luck of a 50/50 penalty? Or am I being unfair...

All I asked is are we actually any good? Try and look beyond the media hype!

Longsider · Post by **Longsider** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:18 pm

I am ready for pictures of the Scots celebrating to tunes of Abba in an Ikea carpark somewhere north of the border. Tedious and predictable .

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:18 pm

Winstonswhite wrote:No fair enough. You’re probably right as we do seem to overplay it at the back sometimes. We’re hardly a major attacking force though are we? The Panama game meant nothing

I think we've tried to play positively, much more so than recent turgid tournament performances.

Scoring so few goals from open play is a worry and at this stage of the tournament I'm not confident of us scoring more than one in a game.

That means we have to be very tight at the back where we haven't been really tested yet bar for about 30 minutes v Colombia where we looked shaky.

Sweden aren't exactly a renowned attacking force. I doubt they'll be giving us penalties by wrestling at corners either. I can't see more than 1-0 either way with a strong possibility of 1-1 aet and penalties again.

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:18 pm

Which 50/50 penalty was this?

Yes you're being unfair.

The only people hyping things up are people saying "It's coming home".

Winstonswhite · Post by **Winstonswhite** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:22 pm

The Kane one was very lucky IMO. He was already on his way down then kicked the Colombian before dramatically falling in the floor. If it had been the other way round I’d have been livid- as they were.

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:25 pm

Winstonswhite wrote:The Kane one was very lucky IMO. He was already on his way down then kicked the Colombian before dramatically falling in the floor. If it had been the other way round I’d have been livid- as they were.

That's a wind-up, right?

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:27 pm

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Winstonswhite · Post by **Winstonswhite** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:28 pm

Nobody outside England thought it was a pen.

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:29 pm

Winstonswhite wrote:Nobody outside England thought it was a pen.

You've spoken to them all, have you?

Winstonswhite · Post by **Winstonswhite** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:30 pm

Anyway I’m off out. Enjoy the game. I’m going for 3-0 England.

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:34 pm

Normal service will have been resumed.

I want us to win passionately, but I've seen nothing from us so far, to suggest we are anywhere near good enough.

I've seen enough from others to suggest we aren't anywhere near good enough.

We live in the hope that they can click as a team, and they are capable of a lot more, but I'm not expecting it.

ClaretMoffitt · Post by **ClaretMoffitt** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:52 pm

It is tho

Who's in biggie window?

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 5:03 pm

Looking more likely now.

Notsosuperstevedavis · Post by **Notsosuperstevedavis** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 5:52 pm

What a fantastic tourney our boys have had. It might be coming home. Who cares if it isn't.
I've been thoroughly entertained and impressed with them to date.

I can be happy about what we've got. It doesnt have to come home.

But boy, it's looking good.

FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 5:53 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:Just.. you know. Wanted to throw that question out there.

It sure as hell aint going to Scotland

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 5:59 pm

If it doesn't come home then I'll still give them a one man front room standing ovation - taking into account the lack of experience I think we've been a breath of fresh air in this tournament. I was a complete Southgate out when he got the job but he has won me over through his calmness and attitude.

I'd mostly like to thank Allardyce for being a greedy dodgy ******* though