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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
Yes, I'm English. That phrase you use about "blind faith to pure defeatism" is perfect. I personally swing from really truly believing that we will be knocked out at the group stage to being optimistic that we could get to the semi final and from there, who knows? 
Mind you, the players don't help themselves. I watched England's last warmup game and it seemed to me that they weren't even listening to the excellent advice I was screaming at the television  |
I understand your feeling. We have that thing in common, i do mental when we (Portugal) do one of the things we do best: missing open goal opportunities or doing great against big teams and then losing, or dragging our feet when playing with small teams. I truly go bananas with that.