Blastronaut

The Health Secretary who wouldn't wear a mask has covid. The Prime Minister and Chancellor tried and failed to worm their way out of having to isolate. If Calsberg did Freedom Day..........

Even then I'd venture 3.5 million is likely underplaying the real figure. For the most part you're talking driving licence or passport. Even for me - living in the small town I fucking grew up in - trying to find someone who met the criteria to sign those bastarding photos was a right ball-ache.

If anyone's not already familiar with The Real Leigh Griffith's blog by Dundee Barry its definitely worth a read if you're ever needing a cheap laugh. It's written from the point of view of wee Leigh when he signed for Dundee to play under Jocky Scott. https://provieroadpod.com/2017/11/12/chapter-1-whas-in-cherge-here/

That's pretty standard behaviour for fans of a lot of clubs tbh. Thankfully I was raised better. I remember asking at my first football match "dad, why are our own fans taunting our best and longest serving player and saying he's shite?" "Because he is shite, son. He's been playing for Stirling Albion for 8 years."

Either jobs like that actively seek to recruit narcissists or they're just so fucking grim that their employees have to temporarily adopt a narcissistic world view just to make it to pay day. The fact they never last long makes me think it's the latter.

Fucking hell, test and trace got you fast like. I "made contact" last Monday and didn't get pinged by the app until the Friday. Thankfully the guy who got sick and tested positive is a good cunt and went out his way to contact everyone hed seen when he got the positive result. Shame the poor bastards still ill as fuck, definitely didn't fall into the whole anti-mask convid denier camp. I officially get my freedom back tomorrow (the pedant in me would argue it should've been 18 minutes ago but that hardly seems like a hill dying on).

Think you need to watch that again, cunt fell on his arse before he'd even hit the ball.

With no other underlying health conditions and from model families in wealthy areas. Even then, that would probably only make a temporary dent on the polls at best.

I'd normally agree but you'se scored within two minutes and held them off for a solid hour while looking like you could've got a second. You lost out on incredibly fine margins which is generally the nature of international tournaments. As delighted as I was with that result I'd say "struggled" is a stretch. England set up for a draw knowing a point would take them through and take the pressure off for their last group game. Bore draw was a fair result but England were playing for that and Scotland really needed the 3 points.

Quality. Dump the guy who got you the furthest you've been in 55 years a mere 30 seconds after a penalty shoot out final. I'll humour you though, who would you want in his place? I hear Hodgson and Big Sam are out of work again.

Fucking pains me to have to agree with you but this is also how I see it. Just tactics if you ask me and even then only slightly. Where the fuck do you go tactically if you're defending a lead for 88 minutes and already have two defensive midfielders on the park? Take one of them off? Rode his luck at times but that's international football. Bringing on three forwards who had barely kicked a ball all tournament with a view to take penalties was the only real decision I really think he got wrong. And that's before you even consider they were all young and black and thrown in front of a full house of fans that quite vocally opposed the earlier anti-racism gesture.

> with the T-Rex in net I still maintain he was your player of the tournament but can't for the fucking life me work out what his strengths are. That's not a dig either. Looks the most cohesive and settled England team I've ever seen and and even though a few of his decisions cost your that Southgate seems a great man-manager and motivator and probably deserves another crack at it. > Thought we were shit an played our worst game (maybe Scotland). Hate to admit this as a Scot but a draw against Scotland basically assured youse were through before you even played the Czechs. Youse were never playing for the win and it was probably the sensible gameplan.

Totally. Fucking batshit plan that bring on those two just to take penalties when they've barely kicked a ball all tournament.

Two cans was your buffer for a cup final on a Sunday? Amateur.

How the fuck do you run beer less than hour into your own teams cup final when you're watching alone?

Ha. I'd say it's a safe bet that even the most careful of folk are getting pretty complacent. I gave the Saturday a miss thinking I'd avoid the slightly larger group and met him for a quiet pint on the Monday, so now I'm fucking housebound until Thursday with four kids. Pain in the arse considering I'm double jabbed and still testing negative 6 days later but a there's (double jabbed) folk in that Saturday group that isolated and turned in several negative lateral flow tests until nearly a week later so I do kinda get the guidance and would be inclined to think this "vaccinated people shouldn't need to isolate" patter is absolute lunacy.

He's really beating himself up about it and is fucked up with what he described as "the worst flu he's ever had". Shit thing is despite his guilt he's not even the bona-fide source of that circle. Just the poor fucker who had a few friends over on Saturday and happened to get sick first.

The "really ill with covid" mate I mentioned earlier now has at least 11 of his social circle from the weekend also now testing positive. Which is particularly mental given that hes a heavy introvert with probably only 4 or 5 really close friends who are all still doing their best to stick to the guidance. I appreciate thats totally anecdotal and has no scientific backing but its pretty alarming to see so much of this now all than the past 18 months. We're beyond fucked if we can't get a grip on those numbers by autumn.

I'd love to believe MF is right that they'll backtrack last minute and I really doubt anyone would be surprised if that happened at this point. I'm with ewerk though. Our new health secretary has openly said he would happily waltz around a private business premises without a mask against the proprietors wishes if it wasn't a legal requirement. Cases are spiking up here faster than I've ever seen in the last 18 months and the symptoms sound the same, even in some double vaccinated folk. Only real difference seems to be the percentage of people that are becoming hospitalised and or dying directly.

Good friend of mines is really ill with it just now. 35, otherwise pretty fit an healthy. Small group of folk he had over on Saturday have all since had positive tests too. Cunts a barman in a small town too. Good chance he's passed it on to plenty other folk.

Pickford has arguably been your player of the tournament so far. Bar a few moments in the second half against Ukraine he's been class and without him I reckon youse would be out. Fair play to any shortarse with tiny arms that makes a career as an international goalie. For England of all nations.

Ignoring the obvious attempt to get a bite over your earlier "wogs" comment, I'll assume you're referencing the only country you've failed to beat so far this tournament? For what little my opinion is worth I do think Southgate and the England team thoughourghly deserve to have made it this far. Its really only folk like yourself that make the rest of the "home nations" revel in your misery. Enjoy your trip on the hypetrain. Last stop Royston Vasey.

To think I used to like you. I hope you're right man. You can fuck off.

When's Harry Kane coming on?

Dunno like, I think Rafa loves to be hated. Happiest I've ever him was his time at Chelsea.