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Scotland played like Saints at their best, underdogs frustrating the big boys. As Saints fans your support of England should remain the same. All of a sudden because it’s England some Saints fans turn into the Manu or Chelsea mindset of should be demolishing little teams all th time. We know why the game went as it did because we Saints have done it for decades.

Some of us enjoy chess as opposed to draughts. As a neutral and no skin in the game I enjoyed the tension and jeopardy. It was great. I was slightly more in favour of Scotland, being the underdog, but I loved it far more than some of the other games. Loved how Che played. Looked like he deserved to be there far more than Kane. Probably my 3rd favourite game. Doesn’t have to be 5-5 or2-2 even. One team versus great individuals. Classic, rain affected. Would only have been bettered if they had 50-50 split of a full stadium. Crikey that bit at the end , the rugby scrum was brilliant. When was the last time you saw that in an international. That’s what our game used to be like lol. Loved it. I get it, England fans are disappointed but it’s one game. Southgate will have seen the same as everyone else and will switch accordingly for the next game. All I’m saying is enjoy the ride or you won’t get any enjoyment out of this tournament. I sometimes think England fans feel entitled to play like Brazil every tournament. England never has. England had one great great against Holland 25 years ago. I think a change of mindset would help the fans go with the flow through a tournament and enjoy it more. Scotland, Wales don’t expect it so go with hope rather than expectations. I think it’s a far more fun way to enjoy the tournament that’s all. Can’t be good for the blood pressure.

Enjoyed the game, had a bit more to it because of the tribalism. Not having it that it was a crap game. Scotland were great, the better team because they wanted it more and were the underdog. In many ways it shadowed many a Saints performance against the big boys from time to time. Don't get this England catasophising. Happens every tournament. It’s one game, calm down. They will qualify and get into the knockouts. The expectation kills England supporters every single time. Just stop it. Support your team until they go out and then you can use your guillotine. look how Scotland are celebrating having 1 point from two games. They are enjoying the ride. They didn’t go overboard after defeat to the Czechs. I honestly don’t know how some England fans get any enjoyment out of tournaments at all. It’s either coming home or fkin disaster. In fact be gracious and well done that England gave another home nation a chance to get through. Just accept it and move on. Christ, as Saints fans its the only way we survive a season lol. England will play better and have a few more weeks to go yet so enjoy the team, weather and beer and chill the f out. well done Scotland and England for a crackin game.

Christ no, one of the reasons I moved to Southampton in 92, to get away from all that crap. Most of that rubbish had been confined to the past thank God but unfortunately it is creeping back because the nutters are using Brexit to foster division again. It’s why we voted remain. We knew what was going to happen. The mainland didn’t know/care and it may sound dramatic but the gunmen never went away and their romantic supporters, like your brother, never understood what they were supporting , on both sides. I am sorry to say the situation is going to get bad and you will start to see news reports in the coming six weeks of riots and protests. It is why I call out the gammons as the selfish people that they are because whilst they get their little blue passports my country will implode again and it devastates many of us as they just don’t care. Best of luck to you and keep supporting Saints.

We knew this beforehand. Turkeys voting for Xmas. What a shitshow and now Britain cant even pick its food. Its all we hoped for yes 👏

Christ at least its not Savage, ITV have it for me this year. That English lady, I think Chelsea boss is quality no nonsense and adding old school curmudgeon Keane. Great crew ITV

Im not against revolutionary dissent lol.

You should muckie.

Competent leadership for one tame saint. Can see this carrying on as this lot can be guaranteed to screw up again and again. We have had these clowns for 11 years. I don’t understand why they haven’t been lined up against the wall.

Don’t worry most in this country can be relied on to vote against their own interests

Lol 😆

Lol, too true. Apparently his own wife didn’t turn up to his own birthday. Totally irrelevant and a sad stain on democracy. Good riddance

And it stayed that way. See what reasonable people can say to each other.

Had another racist post removed I see, cant help yourself.

Nice to have a reasonable discussion for once. I have my own views on subjects and Im sure I do not understand the full picture most of the time but I realise most people are complex and a shade of colours than black and white. I try to understand more myself and I could have said at one point magennis was “a nasty piece of work” I wholeheartedly agree to disagree and hope you further your knowledge as will I.

Loving the Finland Russia game. Ebbs and flows. Lovely game to watch.

It’s a fair point. I just don’t see it as the right time. The world is too unstable now for big investments. In fact I would be questioning the credibility of anyone wanting to buy Saints, or anyone, right now.. GAO wants his money back and no one is going to pay it. There is no margin. Better for GAO to do an Ashley and wait it out. I hope I’m wrong though.

I find it hard to defend some of his more virulent views yes and I’m usually anti religion but there are a few books on the catholic religion I could give you and names of people who have been directly impacted by the Catholic Church in Ireland. They are not well regarded anywhere in Ireland and the sooner we are shot of the catholic religion in Ireland the better. His hatred of Catholicism was ecumenical in nature, it’s idolitry and patriarchy. He knew what was going on in the Christian brothers schools and the mother and baby homes and talked about it much earlier than when it was finally exposed. Catholics would come to his door for religious instruction and employment help, educational needs, all sorts. He was not sectarian in these matters. He was anti republican, not anti catholic. Judge a man by what he does not by what he says.

Fed up cowtowing to you lot. You were the ones with the name calling. Remoaners, snowflakes, woke, libtards. Shall I go on. The breximorons are destroying a once great country, a country now regressing to chump status. Just kicked off the ICC, super trade deal with Aussies and their fab welfare policies. What’s next GM food and selling orphans. It’s pitiful and you still defend it. I will always challenge the little Englander mentality. Simpletons, the lot of them. Go watch Gbeebies.

Btw I have my own negative bias regarding travellers based on my upbringing. It’s something I recognise though and try to mitigate against. I think we can all agree we do have our prejudices . However, some seem to revel in it to create division. Those are the people who need to be called out as not fit to claim the union flag 🇬🇧. They are liars, deceivers, dissenters and snake oil salesmen. They need to be carefully removed from their indoctrination as children, as it is truly not their fault, and reintegrated into the majority of right thinking humans. You know who you are.

I wouldn’t let Muckie see that. He’ll be throwing around all sorts of racial slurs.

Thats fair. He may be intelligent but the world is full of misguided intellectuals who offer no progress for the human race. Only a race to the bottom of the cesspits of culture wars. So depressing

Well said, lets call out ALL racism for the backward retarded thinking that it is.

And theres the point. Anyone interested in us knows we are a surefire risk of relegation next season. Why would you stump up now. We are not a very good investment right now. If things go well on the pitch over the next few years and stable then I can see someone paying premier league money for us but if we are likely to be running the risk for a few years then there are far better bargains around. our own wishful thinking wont make it happen. I personally think we are proper in it and will drop a league or two before we are rescued again.