Why does Gary Lineker get so defensive when it comes to expectations about England...

His fanbase consists mostly on english simpletons. He has to pander for them. I doubt he seriously thinks England has a chance to win shit. He played for the NT. He has watched the NT play for decades. He knows England has no real future.

Jesus Christ who the fuck thought we had a chance in 2010?

I actually liked that English NT, players that were legitimate baloon d'or contenders.
The current NT is just pacebabies, nothing appealing about this side.

England's 2002-2006 squads were kino
England is the best yuro country
i wish i could live there

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The Sun.

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trauma over figuratively and literally shitting himself on the pitch

IT'S COMING HOME IT'S COMING HOME GET FUCKED CROATIA LMAOOOO

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Yeah that's a group stage. You don't get the trophy for winning that.

It was a self-deprecating joke... No need to be so serious...

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I'm watching the Commons TV channel and the MP are literally singing happy birthday to a fellow MP. British politics are so funny.

*shits self*

Watch Lineker's fake reaction to Leicester winning the league. He has no fucking soul and doubted them to the last.

Rooney was the second best player in the world in 2010 behind Messi.

Cunt didn’t even wear real pants on MOTD like he promised.

Gary likes to embarrass himself on this subject.

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Damn, the leftist tax-evading faggot got put in his place.

We was favourite behind Germany in 2010 believe it or not pre tournament. Bookies had us.

Because he's an obnoxious cunt.

yep, Gary Lineker is a biting moron

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Best part about this was Limmy slipping “utter tosh” into all his tweets in the following days.

>#indyref2
kek

Most considered Rooney a top 5 player.

What the fuck is wrong with this guy? How can he hate his own country so much?

lmao

Dear non English football fans.
Football’s coming home is a fun song highlighting the lack of success of our football team for decades. No one really thought we’d win it. I totally get why you might think it was arrogance, but it’s more our self deprecatory sense of humour.

Lineker only speaks on behalf of middle-class plastics. When patriotic working-class lads say it's coming home we really mean it's fucking coming home

Limmy? he's just a dedicated troll. he supports independence

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England fans consistently overrate their team and league as being the best in the world. maybe not their national team, but certainly the EPL. there is this odd obsession with "British" identity, British nationalism, that is used constantly to inflate their own ego and drive their superiority complex. they're completely unaware of their own stupidity and how others view them, treating every other European country as their rival and pet, despite the fact few frankly give a shit or have respect for the UK (and by proxy, England). It's not unlike many Americans, but the difference being that America has been far more successful than England in terms of overall sporting achievements. For England, their only unique pride in sports lies in football, lies in their clubs like Liverpool, and Manchester United, and more recently in Chelsea and Manchester City. They seriously have a small view of the entire world, underestimating nearly every other team they face and hyping up their own team, but as soon as things come crumbling down, they retreat back to their pity boxes and nationally mourn, before lifting themselves up off their feet and saying that they'll for sure win it next time. I can't say every nation is different.
anyone who isn't a fool sees through this whole sham and realizes the expectations placed on the team destroy it before they even get going, they realize England isn't the best footballing super power, and the EPL is a foreign backed sham of a league. You can go ahead and claim England will be the best in the world, that they're unstoppable, but I remind you that the next world cup is in 2022, so nobody gives a fuck how good you are right now, because the European championship is a joke and the world cup is the only serious competition. Kane will be near his 30s, Pickford isn't going to get better, your defense is going to be too old, and your offense isn't going to be consistent enough to justify a top level finish. that's if Southgate even lasts.

Didn't read this

England 2006 > every Brazil team after 2002

Fact!

>wasted potential: the team
They couldn't let go of club rivalries and just play

2002 and 2006 the only World Cups we should have been taken seriously as a force. Still fucked it up.

Coming Home status: not coming home.

You could have unironically done better that year by scrapping that meme 4-5-1 and playing the based 4-4-2 instead.

Based.

I really liked your 2002 team. I thought they were the 2nd best team that WC. You just had the misfortune of running into the Hues in the QF instead of the final

>2002
Yes
>2006
Maybe
>2010
lol no

>lost twice to Belgium

In 2 meaningless games. I mean the group stage one we actually wanted to lose.

It's coming home
It's coming hom
It's coming ho
It's coming h
It's coming
It's comin
It's comi
It's com
It's co
It's c
It's just banter la, football’s coming home is a fun song highlighting the lack of success of our football team for decades. No one really thought we’d win it. I totally get why you might think it was arrogance, but it’s more our self deprecatory sense of humour.

>People are still triggered by this.

It's coming home was a joke until we beat Colombia, then it became serious.

I don't understand why are english people so embarassed by the fact that they thought they will win.

Because for the majority of the tournament we didn't think we'd win it. The honest expectation was draw against Tunisia, beat Panama and lose to Belgium and then maybe sneak through to the last 16 on goal difference where we'd then lose to one of the big boys.

To add to this the idea for this World Cup was it would just be about giving our young squad experience of a major tournament and then we'd give it a good go in 2022 and hope to win it.

Why do english people need to explain their jokes? Makes you look like idiots

>people thought England would win in 2010
Our team was complete shit in 2010, don't lie

>correcting stupid eastern yuros means you're embarrassed
Interesting grasp of the English language luka

They had a side with all kinds of talent. But all the continental sides were playing 4-2-3-1 at that point and the 4-4-2 England deployed with both Lampard and Gerrard ostensibly as box2box players looked swamped in midfield. If they'd played 4-3-3 with someone like Carrick in a holding role and Rooney alone up front dropping deep they might have been more competitive.

2014 and 2018 are the only recent WC that the English didn't legitimately believe it was coming home

You clearly didn't look at the squad we had in 2010 then

The 2006 team was far better than 2002. Plus it was a European tournament, which up to that point was the only continent on which a European team had won the WC.

I don't think England fans have unironically believed they'd win before the competition since 2006
mad bants that we've got further in the Euros than them though

I did, but that didn't stop the retards

>People realistically thought that England could win the World Cup in 2002, 2006 & 2010.

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Na, by 2006 people had figured out that Sven was a shit manager.

>all these ABEs

Stay mad seething faggots. For once we have actually genuine potential with a young ambitious, team, manager and no egos to hate *Blows smoke on your small head*

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That is an easy group, though.

You know we can see your flag right?

kys zoomer, you clearly don't remember them. 2002-2006 was supposedly our golden generation

Shut the fuck up. I've known delusional people IRL who though Poland had a chance of winning the last world cup.

You heard about airports right?

>2010

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In 2006, maybe 2002
It wasn't even stupid back then

ahhhhh NO ITS NOT EVER NEVER EVER COMING HOME AAAAAAHHHH

Nice damage control.

>responding to 6 hour old replies
He's right btw.

Brazil won Copa America's and the Olympics after 2002. What did that England team win?

Nothing because England competes in real competitions.