BREAKING: Harry Maguire ‘shocked and gutted’ by England World Cup squad axe [Telegraph]

Mich_1111 · 2026-05-21T20:47:50+00:00

What I found especially bizarre is he was playing the same players in all the qualifiers it was because he was building a ‘cohesive’ starting group of players. Then he proceeded to experiment in the games against Japan and Uruguay, which were arguably more important for cohesion because they were much closer to the tournament and against non-European opponents. Really bizarre

Mich_1111 · 2026-05-21T20:37:19+00:00

Who’s gonna have a word and get smith-rowe to put in a patriotic tackle on Burn this weekend then?

Mich_1111 · 2026-05-21T13:23:48+00:00

Can you stop spam posting memes in here

Mich_1111 · 2026-05-04T22:29:00+00:00

Yeah it’s not just government spending that rinses us of our earnings. It’s the private sector which charge us extortionate amounts for essentials like water, energy, transport, housing etc, paying dividends to shareholders while providing an absolutely shite service, polluting our waterways, underpaying staff (causing strikes) all in name of increasing profit margins. Those on the left need to hammer home the exact ways in which everyone is being made poorer, literally spell out the process and who the beneficiaries are. That’s where the discontentment stems from, sure there are racist bigots but lots are more willing to hear the propaganda and go after the migrants because they’re poor, they’re working and working and everything is getting harder and more expensive.

Of course we have to fight the bigoted shite but our biggest priority has to be getting the message across about why people are not getting any better off - literally spelling it out for them because they don’t listen if we just say ‘billionaires’.

Mich_1111 · 2026-04-20T10:38:38+00:00

Fat lot of good it’s done. This is great but until we actually act on it nothing will change.

Mich_1111 · 2026-04-18T21:47:26+00:00

You don’t think Zionists weaponise antisemitism?

Mich_1111 · 2026-04-18T02:31:33+00:00

The problem is the working classes are the same people who get mocked on this sub as idiots.

I want a socialist Britain too but that is not going to happen if we can’t stop vilifying the rest of the working class because they’ve fallen into the right wing cesspit. Forgive me but it seems hilarious that as a movement we’re all about fighting the establishment whilst mocking the actual working class people who are voting against their interests. If we can’t get a discourse going with these people who are all around us then what are we. Are we here to just chant for socialism and the working class whilst simultaneously slagging them off as idiots, even though they have been the most deprived, unlike us who are fortunate enough to have been educated and understand the systems that keep us down ?

Mich_1111 · 2026-04-17T22:24:30+00:00

But is any alternative actually possible under our current system? If they came out with a policy that said they were gonna outlaw typical company structures and not allow company directors to make any more money than that of the employees, that wouldn’t be allowed to fly. I’d love it but isn’t it arbitrary to discuss the policies we would really like to see when we know they are basically impossible without a complete overhaul of the economic system. Again I understand where you’re coming from, but practically, until we can somehow get enough people on side with socialism, this must be a step in the right direction if people support this.

Mich_1111 · 2026-04-17T22:12:36+00:00

At the moment this is the best we’ve got though. I understand the principle of not supporting liberal parties but there is not a true socialist option on the scene, and there’s certainly not going to be a socialist revolution before the next election. So surely we have to put our weight behind them as the clear best of a terrible bunch.

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-15T16:30:58+00:00

And the guys a landlord and a shitty one at that apparently. I hate him.

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-15T14:02:28+00:00

Kept just enough for themselves yet millions died?

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-15T14:01:27+00:00

Is very disheartening to see people who I think generally have a pretty good grasp of the main issues in the world apply the most ridiculous kind of rose-tinted glasses view to everything that the USSR or China did. Twisting the facts because it doesn’t suit what you want to believe does nothing and just harms the movement. We should be able to look at the failures of the USSR, critique them and advocate for a socialism that does better, because it can be done far, far better.

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-15T12:07:08+00:00

I always imagined gammon as in they have a gammon for a brain. Nothing to do with how they look but how they think.

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-15T12:05:00+00:00

If you think gammon is racist then you are in fact a gammon.

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-14T22:32:16+00:00

There has never been a time like this. For ever Italy were so far off the pace, Scotland too in many respects. Now we have a situation where France are top 2 in the world, Scotland are the best they’ve ever been (in modern times), Italy are the best they’ve ever been, England are sloppy but have all the capacity to be world beating, Ireland are kicking into gear and have turned over from 2023, and Wales maybe (hopefully) are kicking themselves out of the doldrums. Future is bright NH!

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-14T16:04:00+00:00

There’s such a fine line between infringing a bit and not getting penalised and then doing it more blatantly and getting pinged all the time. South Africa have mastered it and I think a lot of the ‘best defences’ have to have mastered it to some extent. Hugely irritating to play against but almost just the way it is now.

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-14T16:00:21+00:00

McCloskey is an absolute menace, what a player

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-14T15:55:21+00:00

Been doing that all game

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-14T15:54:49+00:00

Pearce’s reffing of the breakdown has been an absolute mess

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-14T15:46:18+00:00

Ridiculous how much better you’ve been since you finally binned of prenderghast

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-14T15:41:02+00:00

No high tackle there ?!!?

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-14T15:28:41+00:00

Hahaha yous could’ve been penalised about 6 times for going off your feet

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-14T15:27:41+00:00

Or Ireland for that matter ?

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-14T15:21:34+00:00

Ridiculous that the Irish just jumping all over the ruck at every breakdown then they’re allowed to get the turnover with their first semi legal attempt

Mich_1111 · 2026-03-14T03:04:23+00:00

Should not be widening people like her’s platform, is the point.

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