Celebrate World Cup failure with £66 off a British Airways long-haul flight

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• Yomi says:

  12 Jul12 July 05:23

  Rob – the book by date should be 14th July?

• Callum says:

  12 Jul12 July 05:25

  I know I may need a sense of humour bypass here, but it does make me slightly irritated how people make disparaging remarks about things like the English football team being “so rubbish” that they’re only 3rd/4th best in the world etc. Would you say the same to your child if they weren’t top of the class!?

  Its this general miserableness that really puts me off the UK more than pretty much anything else!

  • Paul says:

    12 Jul12 July 06:20

    England is NOT the U.K. merely one part of it. Whilst the STILLRUBBISH handle may not be accurate the confusing of “England” with “Britain” is bloody irritating to those of us who are not English. BA does this by being London centric and focuses on England almost exclusively. I cannot recall them ever supporting a team or individual from any of the other 3 nations.
    The general miserableness is also not shared north of the border! That’s a very English trait!

    • Evan says:

      12 Jul12 July 06:25

      Yawn

    • pauldb says:

      12 Jul12 July 06:51

      Really? Who’s confusing England and Britain (you seem to be confusing Britain and UK). Would you prefer BA to make the offer England only … by birth or location??

    • Callum says:

      12 Jul12 July 07:15

      Huh? When did I say England was the UK? And it certainly is a trait shared by those North of the border (and in the North of England – no matter how much friendlier they like to think they are!) – case in point…

      In fact, you’re even more annoying North of the border, what with the huge chip so many of you have on your shoulder about England being more important than you (we’re not special, there are just more of us – get over it already…).

    • Lisa C says:

      12 Jul12 July 07:45

      Also “British” Airways is a brand name.
      It’s owned by a Spanish company.

      • the real harry1 says:

        12 Jul12 July 08:05

        Which is listed on the London Stock Exchange and owned by British shareholders 🙂

      • the real harry1 says:

        12 Jul12 July 08:08

        and the odd Qatari, I guess 🙂

  • BJ says:

    12 Jul12 July 06:34

    England are ranked 12, not 3 or 4. They were beaten by the 3rd ranked team Belgium and the 20th ranked team Croatia. Beating the 21st, 24th and 55th ranked teams, and getting past the 16th ranked team without scoring a goal is hardly a record to get excited or proud about. No doubt many will celebrate the increase in England ranking resulting from progress to the semi finals on the back of this mediocre performance. Stil, England can only play the teams placed against them so that’s fair enough. Had England been drawn in any other group than their own, I doubt they would have got past the group stage. Given the vast difference in population and investment in the game compared to those of the opponents they played, STILLRUBBISH is more apt than STILLPROUD.

    • Johnny Tabasco says:

      12 Jul12 July 07:10

      Football international rankings are simply not a true gauge and always have never been taken seriously. Anyone who knows anything about the sport knows this.

      • BJ says:

        12 Jul12 July 07:29

        Yes, I see your point. Many probably believe England are consistently ranked much higher than their skills, aptitude and attitude merit. I doubt your views will remain the sane if England can match Belgiums current ranking in the near future.

    • Callum says:

      12 Jul12 July 07:26

      What a bizarre rant. Aside from the point already made that the rankings aren’t really taken seriously, you start off by going on about the rankings as if they’re sacrosanct then dismiss people for thinking England has improved by going up the rankings after this tournament.

      So which is it?

      • BJ says:

        12 Jul12 July 07:37

        It is not a rant, why would it be a rant?

    • Crafty says:

      12 Jul12 July 07:39

      “Celebrate the increase in ranking”? What…?

      Have you ever even met a football fan?

      • BJ says:

        12 Jul12 July 09:45

        Oh yes, I forgot, England cannot celebrate rankings so long as Germsny remain above them. However, I am sure that if England overtake Germany in those rankings many England fans, led by the English media will celebrare that in a similar fashion to which they celebrated the Germany exit.

        Why do so many take all this so seriously in England? Most people north of the border don’t hate the England team or English people, far from it, we just enjoy teasing you about it 🙂 Let’s face it, most visitors to Scotlabd are from England and I am sure it’s probably true in the opposite direction too. I am sure that the vast majority of visitors in either direction feel welcone and return home with only positive experiences which is the way it should be.

    • Bill says:

      12 Jul12 July 07:53

      +1

  • Andrew says:

    12 Jul12 July 09:11

    Quote:- “Would you say the same to your child if they weren’t top of the class!?”

    I work with a few “Tiger Mums” – anything less than a 100% pass for their children is terrifying to see.

    To quote Sir Cameron Bridie, Chairman of Air Scotia, “A loser is not a winner and never will be!”

    • Gavin says:

      12 Jul12 July 10:58

      Love the reference to “The High Life” there

      • Connor says:

        12 Jul12 July 20:36

        +1

        A much needed, if niche, humour injection

• Catalan says:

  12 Jul12 July 05:43

  STILLRUBBISH is not very funny Rob. I’m sure others would agree it should be removed.

  • Rupert says:

    12 Jul12 July 05:50

    Agreed. Talking your language – you’d happily settle for a top four airline? If you don’t care for football why comment?

    • TripRep says:

      12 Jul12 July 06:48

      Rupert – BA are not a top four airline…

  • Frenzie says:

    12 Jul12 July 06:01

    No I think STILLRUBBISH comment is fair on this occasion.

    • Callum says:

      12 Jul12 July 06:04

      Well it accurately describes your attitude I suppose.

      • Frenzie says:

        12 Jul12 July 06:23

        Yeah, My attitude matched the game yesterday.

  • Paul says:

    12 Jul12 July 06:16

    +1

  • Frank says:

    12 Jul12 July 07:06

    Agree – Totally unnecessary!

  • Sussex bantam says:

    12 Jul12 July 07:20

    Too soon rob. Way way too soon

  • Peter K says:

    12 Jul12 July 08:08

    I think England surpassed what everyone expected before the tournament and well done to them for that… But a lot would agree that they did not play amazingly well throughout, most goals were from set pieces/penalties rather than open play and last night they passed back to Pickford more than they troubled the Croatian ‘keeper. They played very negatively and it did remind me of England teams of the past in that regard.

• Fred says:

  12 Jul12 July 06:04

  I hope this rubbish airline gives the rubbish team of overpaid “stars” a lift home!

• Sundar says:

  12 Jul12 July 06:07

  Hi Rob,
  Did you mean 14 July ?

  • Callum says:

    12 Jul12 July 06:10

    He does. Can’t even get the date right – STILLRUBBISH!

• Sam Wardill says:

  12 Jul12 July 06:12

  Would have thought they could at least offer £1966 discount.

  • Czechoslovakia says:

    12 Jul12 July 07:40

    I thought they were being generous tbh. £19.66 is more up Alex’s street.

    • the real harry1 says:

      12 Jul12 July 07:45

      let’s be fair, £20.18 was also a serious option 🙂

      • Wivus says:

        12 Jul12 July 08:31

        Surprised they did not offer half of that

      • Tony Udall says:

        12 Jul12 July 08:43

        Or maybe, after Saturday, they will offer a third or fourth of that

• Marsha says:

  12 Jul12 July 06:15

  I’m afraid I’m with those that feel the STILL RUBBISH comment is unnecessary. It’s actually juvenile and regardless of your thoughts on the England team and their progress in the World Cup, adding a personal snipe is not very professional.

• TripRep says:

  12 Jul12 July 06:20

  STILLRUBBISH is totally appropriate.

  For BA

  Not appropriate for a young group of players that will improve mentally, tactically and physically and need guidance.

  • TripRep says:

    12 Jul12 July 06:22

    And our sincere support, sad to see Rob going for the old tabloid approach. 🙁

    • Neil says:

      12 Jul12 July 06:41

      Hear, hear.

      Cheap shot.

    • Ben says:

      12 Jul12 July 10:21

      +1

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