Mike Oxlong

I think the only way he might be effective is if we wire him up like the school bus in the film Speed so that if his speed drops below a certain mph he blows up

What a talent !

Yeah, I’m aware of the contradiction. That’s why I posted it I think over the years I’ve become disillusioned with one drab England team after another. I used to go and watch their games at Wembley when I was in my 20s but now don’t have any strong feeling for them. I was born here but my heritage isn’t English so I also have a legitimate interest in other national teams but I’m not sure if that’s contributed to the change as I’ve got older

For club football my guiding principle has always been that you support where you’re from but as I’ve got older my feelings of support for England have waned and I want the best/most entertaining footballing sides to win the big international tournaments

If it’s the dutch side I remember they were pretty brutal though and I say that as someone who has been a big fan of theirs

Watching England v Switzerland made me realise why I hate football But watching Netherlands v Turkey made me realise why I love football

I’d like a Spain v Netherlands final but think England will get there If its against France I’m going to chuck the tv out of the window

Shame not to have another 30 minutes of that

Turkey have been involved in some really entertaining games I’ve enjoyed watching them in this tournament

We beat the dutch but they have a funkier kit

Was Depay in the original Starsky and Hutch series ?

Christina Unkel sounds like an AI bot

The tories were only left a matchbox and it wasn’t even a swan vesta

This is a poor dutch side compared to some of the great teams of the past I’d love to see them become a real force again

Yeah. you’re right but I couldn’t resist

Depay has invariably looked shit whenever I’ve seen him play I wouldn’t be against a final featuring Yamal and Guler

No - but they do a good ear burn with the flame thing

Those pornhub faces he pulls as the penalty taker is running up to take their kick is enough to put anyone off

My turkish barber has made me look a right c**t on far too many occasions so I’d quite like us to put them out in the semis

Did we beat Germany 5-1 away during the Blair years ?

I’m not doubting you but my memory must have erased that segment of his performances

I never realised until reading this thread that there is actually a cupboard in 10 Downing Street where all the country’s money is kept

The only positive thing I can say is that was the best set of penalties I’ve seen from England that I can remember although perhaps masked by the Swiss keeper putting in a performance influenced by the Danny Ward coaching manual

Sounds my idea of a living hell 🤣

Posted 38 minutes ago (edited) https://thevpo.org/2022/01/27/in-praise-of-shithousery/ In Praise of Shithousery Leave a reply This, friends and acquaintances, is Jamie Vardy, ace striker for Leicester City FC and world-class shithouse. His specialty is the extravagant goal celebration in front of opposition fans. I do believe he’d rather score on the road than at home, just so he can put on displays like this. A former teammate says that Vardy would ask fellow players how to deliver insults in their language so he’d know how to say “Your sister is a whore” to a Portuguese defender. Shithousery, broadly defined, is behavior designed to get under your opponent’s skin and hopefully disrupt their play. Kicking, grabbing, taunting, egregious overacting in an attempt to draw a foul, that sort of thing. It’s a quality you hate in opposing players but love when they’re on your side. Which brings us to Vermont politics, especially Democratic politics, which is woefully short on shithousery. You might think we’re better off that way. To be sure, shithousery can be overdone; there are figures on the national scene who are capable of nothing but. (Ted Cruz, Jim Jordan, Paul Gosar, etc.) Vardy, on the other hand, is a topnotch player who once carried his squad to an improbable Premier League championship. We need us a Jamie Vardy. By “we,” I mean Vermont’s Democrats and Progressives. The closest thing we’ve got is Bernie Sanders, but he’s not active on the home front. We need someone in state politics happy to throw a sharp elbow in the opposition’s ribs, even if they have to suffer the tut-tuts of the chattering class. Edited 37 minutes ago by Mike Oxlong