So yet again we have failed to win the World Cup. Surprised? No, me neither. We were never going to bring it home, because we are England and we are winners at being runners up.
As a nation we always support the underdogs. Look at programmes like X Factor and Britains Got Talent, as soon as that sad music is played with the contestant revealing their tragic lives, we immediately want to support them. Sometimes we continue to vote to keep contestants on shows where they are clearly not the better dancers or ice skaters etc, but because they are so bad and get a rough ride with the judges we want to see them again on the next weeks show.
Therefore, when it comes to sport why don’t we just accept this and move on. England is usually the underdog, especially in football championships, so why raise our expectations only to have them dashed? Instead we should just go into each match not expecting too much, and then if we were to do better than we expect it would be a bonus!! However, because the press and footballing world big the England team up so much we as a nation go along with them and get ourselves believing we could win. Really what we need to do is accept that this is not 1966 all over again (as gets mentioned every time this competition starts!), and actually we are not good at playing at an international level.
Therefore, I think that what people don’t want to see end is the social element that the England World Cup dream brings with it. Like it or not an event like this brings people together more, and what with the sun shining aswell we English feel happier and enjoy feeling this way. Friend and fans gathering together to watch the game, flags being put up in windows and on cars, houses being painted faces being painted, football shirts being worn and football songs being played again and again giving us hope that maybe, as in 1966, we could bring football home.
Now that the dream (well thats all it ever was really) is over the nation is mourning and asking why we played so badly. In reality, what we are really grieving is the end of the euphoria the World Cup brought to the nation and the drinking and the sense of being united with each other usually over a pint!
Ps
I did not actually watch any of the matches but was kept up to date with now bad we were through Twitter and the news!
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Fab post! Puts it all into perspective. I think people would feel better if they looked at it with your mindset. England are out but never mind, let’s go back to enjoying the sunshine!
you almost made me feel guilty about making fun of the English football fanatics suc as the In Laws…
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I said ALMOST… 😉
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Ha ha well I think everyone takes it too seriously, I meant is only a GAME lol you can see that I am not a football fan otherwise I would be struggling to type through all my tears !!