Originally Posted by itsy bitsy:
“My family and I were watching with my bro and his wife who's a Parisienne and they're over here visiting us for a few days. There were a few cries of 'Merde!' from my sister-in-law, but otherwise they said they thought it was a fair win and France didn't play as well as they had. Basically they said, 'At least France made it to the final'.

And, as expected by me, my bro has interrogated my hubby and I as to why we think England doesn't do well in internationals anymore. Well, as well as a huge number of our football teams being composed of foreign players, my hubby reckons our players just do not have the same drive and passion for playing for England as other countries' footballers seem to have playing for theirs e.g. Wales. Hubby also reckons that's because these countries maybe feel they have to prove something whereas the English don't or can't be bothered to anymore. Anyone have any thoughts on this....Jack, Rogana?
I would love to be able to give my bro a decent answer but maybe it will always remain a mystery to us all.
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“My family and I were watching with my bro and his wife who's a Parisienne and they're over here visiting us for a few days. There were a few cries of 'Merde!' from my sister-in-law, but otherwise they said they thought it was a fair win and France didn't play as well as they had. Basically they said, 'At least France made it to the final'.


And, as expected by me, my bro has interrogated my hubby and I as to why we think England doesn't do well in internationals anymore. Well, as well as a huge number of our football teams being composed of foreign players, my hubby reckons our players just do not have the same drive and passion for playing for England as other countries' footballers seem to have playing for theirs e.g. Wales. Hubby also reckons that's because these countries maybe feel they have to prove something whereas the English don't or can't be bothered to anymore. Anyone have any thoughts on this....Jack, Rogana?
I would love to be able to give my bro a decent answer but maybe it will always remain a mystery to us all.

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Maybe Scotland, Ireland and Wales are more passionate ,because firstly they are Celtic nations, but they have never won a big tournament where as England might feel entitled to win as they once won the World Cup and might feel more entitled to win?





Hey the Iceni people are passionate as well!
