Taking a quick poll of the ex-pats at work and friends at home I have concluded that Englishmen world wide have gone slightly (and hopefully temporarily) insane. The speed at which the press went from “World champions in waiting” to “Book the flight home…”, while predicable, was none the less impressive. It seems the country has jumped too.
An international team takes on something of the personality of the country they represent. Germany; uber efficient, clinical finishing and produce a quality product. Italy; disorganized, but looking good doing it.
You get the idea.
Then there are the slightly shit ball fumbling idiots that are England. We are all just a little incompetent and as a nation we celebrate that. While we accept that, occasionally it all comes together and we look good.
If I thought the English press may have over reacted to Robert Greens fumble, imagine what the Spanish newspapers are going to do today after the loss to Switzerland.
As this world cup is showing, reality is international sides are pretty equal. There are a lot of one goal games and I did not think that teams were going to win games by 3 or 4 goals. Then I sat down to watch the Germans take on a talked up Australian team. That one ended 4-0.