Kasper Schmeichel

[nabb7]

3 minutes ago, Brooksy said:

It's actually a little concerning isn't it? I hope these people are genuinely okay.

You needn’t be concerned about people who think differently to you.

 

For many people the England national team, and the multitude of bell ends who have turned out for it, has done nothing in our lifetimes to build anywhere near the level of connection that Leicester has.

 

Especially considering what Kasper has done/been through during his 10 years here, I don’t think it’s that hard to understand why people may have this opinion. (And yes, I am ‘genuinely okay’, whatever that means.)

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

I feel so sorry for Kasper. I didn't want him to let a goal in, but wanted England to win. He did himself, Denmark, and Leicester fans proud. Well done son. 

[Footballwipe]

1 hour ago, TJB-fox said:

How can someone be so bitter and angry towards their own country to want the nation of their club goalkeeper to beat us  this thread is so weird 

Baffling isn't it. Detaching your own nationality for the success of an individual. Must admit I've never got the love for people who fetishize celebrities or sports stars myself, so it's just weird that people would pick a player over their own nation, and the incredible joy and fulfilment this run has bought.

[BWRL]

2 hours ago, lcfc cowboys said:

Yes I  would and I don't give a shit if that upsets you or anyone else on this page

[Out Foxed]

leicester's done way more positive stuff for me than england

[shen]

4 minutes ago, Footballwipe said:

Baffling isn't it. Detaching your own nationality for the success of an individual. Must admit I've never got the love for people who fetishize celebrities or sports stars myself, so it's just weird that people would pick a player over their own nation, and the incredible joy and fulfilment this run has bought.

It's more relatable to some because they can reflect themselves in that individual. The notion of a nation is conceptually more abstract and vague. 

[Brooksy]

44 minutes ago, nabb7 said:

You needn’t be concerned about people who think differently to you.

 

For many people the England national team, and the multitude of bell ends who have turned out for it, has done nothing in our lifetimes to build anywhere near the level of connection that Leicester has.

 

Especially considering what Kasper has done/been through during his 10 years here, I don’t think it’s that hard to understand why people may have this opinion. (And yes, I am ‘genuinely okay’, whatever that means.)

So you're English and you didn't celebrate last night? I feel sorry for you mate.

[Bert]

I’m club over country all day long, always have been always will be. But I’m a passionate England fan. I can honestly say last night was the most nervous I’ve ever been watching Leicester or England play. And that’s with over 500 Leicester games I’ve been to. 

[foxfanazer]

10 minutes ago, Bert said:

I’m club over country all day long, always have been always will be. But I’m a passionate England fan. I can honestly say last night was the most nervous I’ve ever been watching Leicester or England play. And that’s with over 500 Leicester games I’ve been to. 

Wow really? The FA cup final was a different level for me. Although sadly I'm disenchanted with international football nowadays after years of disappointment and the same old players getting picked. I've enjoyed this tournament and respect our efforts in it but in terms of extreme emotions it just isn't there for me anymore. Wish it was 

[slymunn]

15 minutes ago, Bert said:

I’m club over country all day long, always have been always will be. But I’m a passionate England fan. I can honestly say last night was the most nervous I’ve ever been watching Leicester or England play. And that’s with over 500 Leicester games I’ve been to. 

It had nothing on the Sevilla second leg for me personally. Most nervous I've ever felt at a match. 

[eblair]

59 minutes ago, Bert said:

I’m club over country all day long, always have been always will be. But I’m a passionate England fan. I can honestly say last night was the most nervous I’ve ever been watching Leicester or England play. And that’s with over 500 Leicester games I’ve been to. 

Really? Leicester in any of last 10 games in 2016 was horrific; West Ham game made me feel ways I didn’t know was possible. Last 5 in FA Cup semi 100s of times more nerve wracking than any moment in that game

[Trav Le Bleu]

Couldn't get link to work (BBC sports), but apparently someone shone a laser pointer at Kasper during the penalty.

 

Pretty low. If noticed at the time, I wonder what the outcome might have been. Retaken penalty at least I'd guess, though given it wasn't a particularly good penalty wouldn't be that much of a punishment. Don't think Kasper actually noticed it though (you can bet he'd have complained loudly and at length if he had )

 

Seriously though, you want to win fairly.

 

 

Edited 8 July 2021 by Trav Le Bleu

[Bert]

1 hour ago, foxfanazer said:

Wow really? The FA cup final was a different level for me. Although sadly I'm disenchanted with international football nowadays after years of disappointment and the same old players getting picked. I've enjoyed this tournament and respect our efforts in it but in terms of extreme emotions it just isn't there for me anymore. Wish it was 

Yeah I know feels crazy. I’m not sure if it’s because I was at the FA Cup final. Like all the big games Leicester have had in the last 15 years I’ve been so I kind of feel a bit more in control however daft that may sound. 

[Bert]

1 hour ago, pmcla26 said:

Agreed. That match, the Man United away match 15/16 and The Battle of the Bridge would be my top 3 - last night didn’t even come close, personally. 

Like I’ve just said I can only put it down to the fact that I wasn’t there in person. It’s very strange but the nerves were something else. 

[Countryfox]

4 hours ago, Bert said:

 I can honestly say last night was the most nervous I’ve ever been watching Leicester or England play. And that’s with over 500 Leicester games I’ve been to. 

Behave Bert …. there’s been some right codswallop posted on here but I didn’t have you down for joining in ….     we are all (well most anyway)  proud Englishmen,  but it’s blue blood we have running through our veins where football is concerned ..  

[sdb]

4 hours ago, foxfanazer said:

Wow really? The FA cup final was a different level for me. Although sadly I'm disenchanted with international football nowadays after years of disappointment and the same old players getting picked. I've enjoyed this tournament and respect our efforts in it but in terms of extreme emotions it just isn't there for me anymore. Wish it was 

Exactly this. I was fist pumping Henman style when we scored last night. Didn't know what was wrong with me. If we equalise against Burnley after 27 mins I'm all over the shop.

 

I really admire this england team and manager but I feel so disconnected. Maybe because of all the shite fake politicians and thick gammon fans, maybe the decades of underachievement and same old teams/players. 

Edited 8 July 2021 by sdb

[Legend_in_blue]

Agree with what's being said here.  If we win on Sunday, great, but it will never come close to our cup win this season.  The emotional side of that win can never be surpassed by any England performance imo.

[TJB-fox]

6 hours ago, nabb7 said:

You needn’t be concerned about people who think differently to you.

 

For many people the England national team, and the multitude of bell ends who have turned out for it, has done nothing in our lifetimes to build anywhere near the level of connection that Leicester has.

 

Especially considering what Kasper has done/been through during his 10 years here, I don’t think it’s that hard to understand why people may have this opinion. (And yes, I am ‘genuinely okay’, whatever that means.)

Nobody is saying that country > club though? The success of Leicester will bring me more satisfaction than I think England could. The memories this club has provided me will be forever unrivalled. 
However I don’t think you are genuinely ok if you put the success of the GK of your club before your nations glory. Have you not seen the joy this success has brought to our country? I just can’t fathom thinking like that. Would you really rather see Kasper Schmeichel have more success for a foreign country than your own nation? Bizarre. I’m a huge Kasper fan but I wanted us to batter them yesterday. 
 

I genuinely feel sorry for you that you can’t enjoy the success and good times this England team has brought us. If you’re that bitter about past failures then you may as well give up following football now, club included. 

Edited 8 July 2021 by TJB-fox

[nabb7]

25 minutes ago, TJB-fox said:

Nobody is saying that country > club though? The success of Leicester will bring me more satisfaction than I think England could. The memories this club has provided me will be forever unrivalled. 
However I don’t think you are genuinely ok if you put the success of the GK of your club before your nations glory. Have you not seen the joy this success has brought to our country? I just can’t fathom thinking like that. Would you really rather see Kasper Schmeichel have more success for a foreign country than your own nation? Bizarre. I’m a huge Kasper fan but I wanted us to batter them yesterday. 
 

I genuinely feel sorry for you that you can’t enjoy the success and good times this England team has brought us. If you’re that bitter about past failures then you may as well give up following football now, club included. 

Think the argument has been a bit oversimplified here. I’m not sad that England won, and my dissociation with England isn’t because they haven’t done well at tournaments. I’m not even trying convince anyone to agree with my point of view. I’m genuinely just stating how I felt yesterday: I was actually disappointed when Kane scored the rebound. I didn’t decide to feel that, and I’d have much preferred to be dancing around my flat shouting and singing believe me. But you can’t fake those emotions and they’re just not there for me.

 

And, again, I am ‘genuinely okay’, can we please stop associating football feelings with mental instability, at the end of the day it’s not that deep.

[Duquesne Whistle]

5 hours ago, eblair said:

Really? Leicester in any of last 10 games in 2016 was horrific; West Ham game made me feel ways I didn’t know was possible. Last 5 in FA Cup semi 100s of times more nerve wracking than any moment in that game

If I sat here all night and tried to express the run in to the end of that season, I still couldn't have worded it better than you have. I was a little nervous last night, but it simply didn't compare to the ill feeling I had during many of those games. Genuinely gut churning.

 

 

 

5 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Couldn't get link to work (BBC sports), but apparently someone shone a laser pointer at Kasper during the penalty.

 

Pretty low. If noticed at the time, I wonder what the outcome might have been. Retaken penalty at least I'd guess, though given it wasn't a particularly good penalty wouldn't be that much of a punishment. Don't think Kasper actually noticed it though (you can bet he'd have complained loudly and at length if he had )

 

Seriously though, you want to win fairly.

 

 

England have a habit of meeting and defeating very gracious nations in big sporting events. That is maybe where we are lucky.

Denmark have already stated they do not wish to make anything more of the laser incident and they were typically Nordic and upstanding in defeat, took it on the chin and didn't whine. Similarly, New Zealand were possibly the most gracious sporting 'losers' of all time in that never to be repeated finish to the cricket World cup.

That is most certainly where England fans could learn from those countries. We do like a whine when we lose and it isn't very flattering. A lot of that is gullible fans reacting to our hideous media. I've done it myself, until I matured enough to realise it's tittish to do so. Is that any better or worse than the Scots brave defeat bollux when they've been played off the pitch again or Wales 'we're just a tiny nation' cry when they are a tiny nation, but with a huge amount of English players prepared to play for them and, despite that, having nearly as many people in their country as Croatia anyway? You decide.

 

It's not just the English media that suck, it's the British media and some Welsh and Scots fall for their journalists lines as much as some English fans fall for theirs.

[foxfanazer]

I don't think there's any wrong or right when it comes to the club v country argument. I used to be massively into England, maybe even on par with my support for Leicester but over the years that has dwindled massively to the point where I'm genuinely only mildly interested in international football. 

As others have said it ain't be faked and I've stated in some of the England threads how jealous I am of people that feel the same buzz watching them as the do watching the blue army

[Vardinio'sCat]

Another great major tournament for Kasper, showing his class again.

[Bert]

8 hours ago, Countryfox said:

Behave Bert …. there’s been some right codswallop posted on here but I didn’t have you down for joining in ….     we are all (well most anyway)  proud Englishmen,  but it’s blue blood we have running through our veins where football is concerned ..  

I guess you know how I felt better than I did myself, fair enough. 

[TJB-fox]

8 hours ago, nabb7 said:

Think the argument has been a bit oversimplified here. I’m not sad that England won, and my dissociation with England isn’t because they haven’t done well at tournaments. I’m not even trying convince anyone to agree with my point of view. I’m genuinely just stating how I felt yesterday: I was actually disappointed when Kane scored the rebound. I didn’t decide to feel that, and I’d have much preferred to be dancing around my flat shouting and singing believe me. But you can’t fake those emotions and they’re just not there for me.

 

And, again, I am ‘genuinely okay’, can we please stop associating football feelings with mental instability, at the end of the day it’s not that deep.

Fair enough on the not faking the emotions bit. Fairly dramatic on the ‘mental instability’ part though mate get a grip  little drama queen. 
Im only asking an English football fan why he’s disappointed when we scored the winner in a major tournament semi final, not asking when you want to be sectioned. 

[Guest Bob Hazels shorts]

I was more pleased when Leicester reached the regional semi final of the Zenith Data cup than England getting to the Euro final.

 

England's finest pond life supporters have hardly promoted themselves well, those and the officials cocking up all will mean all will be against England playing the real kings of shithousery

 

England has many grounded players by footballer standards but I can't stomach watching Sterling launch himself knowing that he'll be doing exactly the same cheating against our club, or Kane to have a poor game to be lorded by the pundits and media when he finally slobbers his penalty in.

 

You cant bully people into having the same blind love for the national team when it contains so many of the entitled rich 6. You can't be told to get a semi in the semis watching Grealish's theatrics against a player who has giving (at a cost) his playing life to our club 

 

For the sake of the country during a crappy time I want England to win. Even Vardy detached himself from the national side whilst a chance (albeit diminishing) of playing