England World Cup thread - the thread of certain disappointment

The Liverpool continent that are used to playing together was supposed to be the saviour of England yeah? Meanwhile, Wilshere sits on the bench. If I was an England fan I'd be mad.

It makes Brendan Rodgers look like a fucking rockstar that's for sure.

I thought Henderson for Wilshere starting was a better option. Mind you, when has any England fan collective gone 'yep, the boss has picked the right players there'

Gerrard terrible game against Italy looked out and out of it, today hands Suarez a goal.

Should've taken Carrick.

Six. 5 playing for England, 1 for Uruguay. The Uruguayan had 2 shots on goal and scored from both - this after having had keyhole surgery 1 month ago and not having trained at all with the team leading up to this game.

And now for a moment of pedantry, you've got the expression wrong there Sanday. It's clutching at straw, not clutching at straws.

7 if you include Lambert.

So it's all Liverpools fault.

Yep, because the full saying is "a drowning man will clutch at straw." As in dried grass. Which makes much more sense than a drowning man clutching at straws.

8 if you count Coates for URU.

Is straw not a plural in its own right like geese is?

Yes, if you're referring to dried grass, that's why "straws" is incorrect.

I thought Liverpool had released him but turns out he was just on loan, so yes that makes 8.

Lol in that case it's spot on

Rooney - The face of Benson & Hedges

Made me chuckle when I read it on the Guardian site.

but if it was a long straw and the water was shallow, you could lie on your back on the sea bed - of the tidal flats - until the tide went out or rescuers came buy and saw your brightly coloured party straw sticking out (as it were)

Without watching an awful lot of Everton I've always just assumed Baines was really good mostly because he keeps getting goals and assists, but that's just because he takes corners, free kicks and penalties. He has been way out of his depth in these 2 games.

Grass straws, not drinking straws! Bloomin' heck

OK My native Pommy b@stard mate.  What's the difference between tea and supper then?

I wish you Brits would speak proper English like we do.

Breakfast

Dinner (Docky is also acceptable) Midday

Tea 18:00ish

Supper after 20:00, cup of cocoa and a couple of biscuits. 

what have you got?

Lunch? where are you from Knightsbridge?

K-Town 4 life (*sigh*) - close enough?

Actually South K-Town, coalface Wgtn, not like the nobs at City End and Kelburn.

from Wiki:

High tea (also known as meat tea) is the evening meal or dinner of the working class, typically eaten between 5 pm and 7 pm.[13][14]

High tea typically consists of a hot dish, followed by cakes and bread, butter and jam. Occasionally there would be cold cuts of meat, such as ham salad. Traditionally, high tea was eaten by middle- to upper-class children (whose parents would have a more formal dinner later) or by workers when they came home from work.[citation needed] The term was first used around 1825, and high is used in the sense of well-advanced (like high noon, for example) to signify that it was taken later in the day.[15]

The term "high tea" was used as a way to distinguish it from afternoon tea, and was used predominantly by the working class and in certain British dialects of the North of England.[16][17]

Lower-middle and working-class people traditionally call their midday meal dinner and their evening meal (served around 6 pm) tea, whereas the upper social classes would call the midday meal lunch (or luncheon), and the evening meal (served after 7 pm) dinner or supper (often eaten later in the evening).[citation needed] These class signifiers have diminished over time, particularly in the southeast of England

From Immigration NZ:

New entrants - leave your class behind when you come to New Zild.  We have no class here.

Must admit not used dinner for ages. It's lunch now.

Do you go to the toilet or the lavatory?

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Humanities/Ar...

Toilet,  you?

Same.

I thought it was the dunny  or  the bog.

Pants, keks, shreddies, trollies, undergarments?

I'm a pants man myself.

Nice of you to show up we could have done with you in the punch up in the Sponsorship thread. Me and J82 got told off.

No we're talking about the thunderbox.  Not Dunedin and Christchurch.

Anyhoo I got 452/1000 for the posh test.

Probably puts me in the Hyacinth Bucket class.

Back to football.

Roy should drop these players for the next game. Baines,Jagielka, Stirling, Gerrard and Welbeck. There is enough talent on the bench that is far better than these guys. Nothing to lose, just go for it.

Yep.  Hiding out in this little corner of Pommie-land.

Probably I'd have Stirling there but can't argue with the rest.

Oh right.  There's still another game to go. Start from the youngest and work up from there.