How Are The Mighty Fallen!

What a change between the talk of the media and the supporters before the England v Germany World Cup, and the end! From world beaters to a well beaten third rate performance, with goals to confirm Germany's dominance, or to put it another way, England's dreadful football.


It's not the play on the field that gets to me, it's the attitude of the English media and supporters. Just a short time ago, they were booking their place in the final! Now, they will be lucky to get to the plane home without being lynched verbally, emotionally and almost literally. What a sorry lot they are.


If pride goes before a fall, then I suppose arrogance goes before a nose dive! Was it just me, or did the whole England band wagon say too much too soon? Did they maybe talk too much before their brains were in gear? I do not support the ABE (Anyone But England) camp, but I can see why England's attitude does them no favours, and grates on any other UK nation's nerves as they push their invincibility on us, and the rest of the world. For me, I welcome their defeat. In the name of all that is sportsmanlike, they did not deserve to win. Their performance on the field of play is one thing, but their attitude off the field needs to be given a knock, and who better to do that, than the German team?


The only down side is that they will now revert to their old chant of '1966' and that is bad. Mind you, it could have been worse. They might have got further in the competition, so for that reason, I am glad they are out. That kind of human nature does not deserve to be rewarded! Maybe it's a kind of natural justice after all! Yes, 'how are the mighty fallen', and fallen badly. The following verses from that quote, continue (paraphrased) as 'sshhhh don't tell anybody about it!!' How appropriate.... Let the recriminations begin!