Russia World Cup 2018

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    Surprisingly I actually found myself routing for England by the end of that match but simultaneously Clive Tyldesley made me want to join the IRA. I recon sports commentators contribute massively to the hatred of the English team up here and in Scotland, it was really hard to watch...

    Really wish they would get some new blood in that booth... we have to watch that shit too... I guess at least it wasn't Lawrenson. 4 english lads in the ITV studio too, would have been nice to have a bit of objectivity, if not a colombian - someone regional UK?

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    • Ally McCoist has been really good on ITV but generally gets the minnow games with Jon Champion. Certainly wasn't going to get the England game, more's the pityFax_Benson
    • lol at "if not a colombian". what do think this is, test match special? my experience of footy is the fervent patriotism,hans_glib
    • hmmm join the IRA you say?Hayzilla
    • and refusal to accept the other lot are any good ever.hans_glib
    • sad to say.hans_glib
    • My point is that the coverage is for NI, Scotland, Wales too... every other match other than England has both sides represented.kingsteven
    • yes but that's because it doesn't matter.
      i watched the highlights and the commentary was outrageously parochial. a colombian jammed his head into a tommy and      hans_glib
    • tommy fell to the ground clutching his face, even tho no contact had been made with his face. no-one commented on that, instead kept calling out the colombian.hans_glib
    • lol at "parochial"... i meant biasedhans_glib
    • heh, it was daft indeed. Just pointing out that UK commentary is dominated by English and it does no favours for the general perception of English folks...kingsteven
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    • but are we really judged by the quality (or lack thereof) of our footy commentators?hans_glib
    • Well get good at something then ya useless Scottish cunts.Hayzilla
    • Oh that's low... both Ireland and Northern Ireland are ranked way higher than Scotland :-Dkingsteven
    • It's shite, would gladly watch the RTE coverage but it's blocked in the north... even if N.I. scraped in it would have been all England on ITV.kingsteven
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