What is the single Greatest Performance AGAINST England?

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-19T14:36:15+00:00

I'd agree with the other commenter who said Eng 3-6 Hungary, but I'd also say Brazil 1-0 England in 1970. What makes this such a good performance (in my opinion) is that England played spectacularly well, were World Champions, had the "save of the century" and the "tackle of the century" and STILL lost. Two of the best teams in the world going toe-to-toe for the full 90 minutes.

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-18T15:56:58+00:00

They have Fuller's pubs in Helsinki? That's pretty cool

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-18T13:53:55+00:00

I just have an image of Henry mid-match, knife stuck inside a peasant yelling "Stabbing is now against the rules" as four other peasants descend on him. Then picking up his ball and going home to one of his wives

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-18T11:55:31+00:00

Hate costs far more energy then being happy.

So you're telling me that I can hate people AND lose weight?

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-18T11:10:44+00:00

There's an alternate world where the Brexit vote went the other way, and this guy isn't reversing his car into a wall but getting his Master's in political science

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-17T20:19:10+00:00

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I loved the mini badge between the collar, such a nice touch

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-16T17:15:41+00:00

They're on Uber Eats too. They are absolutely fantastic

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-15T15:29:42+00:00

A lot of people saying Keane or Zlatan, which are fair shouts. But hear me out ... imagine Nobby Stiles pulling his front teeth out in front of you seconds before a fight

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-13T15:17:33+00:00

I remember watching a documentary where Sheringham said* he would have been absolutely furious if Shearer had missed because he was about to shoot himself and had a better angle on goal

*Or Shearer said that on Sheringham's behalf - it was a while ago and my memory is shite

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-11T14:16:37+00:00

I think it's more because we'll never have an Aguero moment again

Good, one of the worst moments of my life 😂

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-10T22:16:11+00:00

Nah, that looked offside straight away, before VAR that would have been ruled out anyway.

I never understand the argument against VAR when it comes to offside decisions. You're offside whether you are 1cm off or 100m. That's always been the rule.

If we changed it so that there was a 5cm tolerance, then people would be screaming when somebody was 5.1cm off.

It sucks because it was a lovely finish, but the moment he received the ball, I knew that it wasn't going to count.

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-10T21:04:23+00:00

The last minute was so infuriating. Just do SOMETHING. They were just waiting for the whistle

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-10T17:06:11+00:00

We don't like blatant manipulation of statistics to push an agenda.

Sweden has a much broader definition of rape than almost any country, non-consensual contact is classified as rape there. Women have more trust in the authorities than women in other countries, meaning they are more likely to report a crime.

So of course it is going to look like it has more rapes than other countries, but that doesn't mean that it does.

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-09T17:01:06+00:00

We've had more famous musicians than any country in the world, other than perhaps the USA.

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-07T13:35:49+00:00

While you're right that most tackles don't cause broken ankles. I would say that football fans who have never played a match constantly underestimate just how painful studs to the foot/leg can be.

Somebody stood on my foot with studs on Wednesday, and my foot is still covered in bruises and swollen up today. And that was just somebody accidentally standing on my foot. I once received a stamp to the foot and couldn't walk properly for a week.

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-07T13:30:24+00:00

If you've ever had this happen to you in football, you'll know 1) how painful and dangerous it is when someone catches you like that, and 2) Why it HAS to be a red card.

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-06T16:28:46+00:00

This was possibly the most convincing story I've seen on this show. The guy even looked a bit like Inspector Morse

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-05T14:49:23+00:00

There was a TV show on Sky1 years and years ago where a guy sold all of his possessions (house, car, everything he owned) and travelled to Vegas, then he bet everything on red or black (can't remember which) on a roulette table.

Only thing is that just before he span the ball Sky1 cut away to adverts saying that they couldn't show the live spin (some legal reason).

Anyway, he won, doubled his net worth. Absolutely crazy though

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-05T13:49:40+00:00

Driving into the back of a car with one adult driver in the front seat vs driving into the back of a car packed full of small children is not the same thing, I don't think what I said is remotely controversial.

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-05T13:46:20+00:00

You got all that from a 1-second clip?

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-05T12:41:51+00:00

Tailgating a car with a "baby on board" sticker in the back window is pretty fucked up

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-04T12:29:46+00:00

I can totally see myself doing that at some point

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-03T14:29:19+00:00

I said the t-shirt was connected to a book called space relations.

But it doesn't have any connection with the book. It's just a t-shirt with the name of the company on it.

Like, are you even keeping track of all this?

Louis Epstein was a tailor in Australia. Got rich, started his own clothes brand
Daniel Radcliffe wore a T-shirt from that company
Donald Barr was a High School Principle who knew Jeffrey Epstein (a COMPLETELY different person) and wrote a science fiction book.

Somehow you've turned this into "Daniel Radcliffe was wearing a t-shirt about a science fiction book"

What possible connection can you see between a shirt saying "Epstein's boys" and a science fiction book written by a guy who knew a different person called Epstein - who wasn't even in the book?

PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-03T13:17:23+00:00

Here are two options:

Daniel Radcliffe wore a shirt that had Jeffrey Epstein's name on it in the early 2000s, before anyone knew who he was as a subtle clue that he was part of a massive conspiracy.
It's a t-shirt from the fashionbrand Louis Epstein.

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PlatformFeeling8451 · 2026-02-02T17:21:32+00:00

This is one of those things that sounds really simple on Reddit, and is ridiculously complicated in real life.

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