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

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• Oxonkad says:

  12 Jul12 July 07:41

  I agree, the insult to the England team is at best a very poor joke.

  I’ve become irritated at some of the arrogant ‘journalism’ on HfP so I’ve decided to unsubscribe.

• Jovanna says:

  12 Jul12 July 07:44

  Went out last night, with friends. Had a lovely meal. Whether England are still rubbish or not, there’s more to life than football.

  • Spurs Debs says:

    12 Jul12 July 07:54

    To quote Bill Shankly

    Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.

    If you don’t get footy that’s fine, but Rob must of known that comment would upset a lot of his subscribers.

    • Rob says:

      12 Jul12 July 08:14

      I’m 47 ….. seen it all (except 1966 obviously)

    • Gooner flyer says:

      12 Jul12 July 08:33

      Typical Spud. Can’t spell or take a joke. You must “have” known the Spuds players would choke. Where was Kane last night? And Trippier wimped out early.

  • Callum says:

    12 Jul12 July 08:31

    Wow, thanks for that I had absolutely no idea…

  • john says:

    12 Jul12 July 09:53

    Like the Tennis! That last set of Nadal vs Del Potro was a corker.. but it sounds like no one else was watching that!

    • luckyjim says:

      12 Jul12 July 10:32

      Wait. The tennis has started?

• reddot says:

  12 Jul12 July 07:49

  The British sense of self-deprecating humour is one of our defining traits. Let’s take it a bit easy!

  • pauldb says:

    12 Jul12 July 07:55

    +1

    • Cat says:

      12 Jul12 July 09:26

      +1 from me too.
      A joke is in poor taste if people died or were seriously hurt. We lost at a zero-sum game, people. Let’s have some perspective. Croatia won, we lost. Maybe just congratulate Croatia and move on.

• @mkcol says:

  12 Jul12 July 07:54

  Wow!
  So many people upset at the jesting “STILLRUBBISH” comment.

  You do know it’s only a game, right?

  • Spurs Debs says:

    12 Jul12 July 07:58

    No it’s not, it’s tribal it’s patrotic it’s about loyalty so much more than “ it’s just a game”

    That’s my lot on the subject for the same reason I don’t do social media I always end up rowing with footy fans, normally ones who support my team ????

    • Wivus says:

      12 Jul12 July 08:39

      Oh come on, you most of all must have know that as soon a a hint of Silverware was on the horizon the Spurs players out there would have turned into gibbering wrecks. 🙂
      Agree with the sentient though and long may it continue, even if the Prawn Sandwiches can be heard being eaten from the opposite side of my ground.
      Regards from the right end of the Seven Sister Road

      • john says:

        12 Jul12 July 09:55

        Can they not even stump up for a gold trophy for the winners?!

    • Cat says:

      12 Jul12 July 09:34

      Yes, but is that a good thing? Does it need to be tribal and patriotic? One of the reasons I enjoy the Olympics far more than the World Cup, is that the emphasis is on promoting peace and unity within the international community, rather than being tribal and patriotic. Surely that’s a better way to approach international sporting events.

  • JayG says:

    12 Jul12 July 08:01

    There must be blame and Rob appears to have volunteered. Even more amused by the person who took the time to comment that they’re unsubscribing. Lol

• Mark says:

  12 Jul12 July 08:00

  I believe it’s what’s commonly known as “a joke”.

  • John says:

    12 Jul12 July 08:13

    Still a rubbish joke

  • Al-Baker says:

    12 Jul12 July 23:19

    That makes three of us with sense – me, you and Rob.

• Philip says:

  12 Jul12 July 08:24

  Slightly OT, but does anyone know when the points from the BAEC Bonus Avios promotion (https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2018/03/02/british-airways-promotion-offers-16000-bonus-avios/) are going to drop?

  • TGLoyalty says:

    12 Jul12 July 08:27

    Reports of them posting over last few days so anytime soon

    • Philip says:

      12 Jul12 July 08:31

      ???? Thanks

  • Sussex bantam says:

    12 Jul12 July 08:41

    Mine posted last Friday

    • Bsuije says:

      12 Jul12 July 10:04

      +1

  • Alex says:

    12 Jul12 July 11:28

    4000 miles posted last week for me

    • Mikeact says:

      12 Jul12 July 17:31

      90k posted for me, and already spent.

• Leo says:

  12 Jul12 July 08:34

  I’m not a football fan. However let’s just get this straight. They weren’t rubbish were they? They were actually very good – semi finalists in fact and the first team in God knows how long to break the curse of penalty play off. The first rule of comedy according to Ted Bovis in Hi Di Hi is reality. On that basis this is an exceedingly rubbish joke.

  • Rob says:

    12 Jul12 July 08:44

    They beat every team their ranking said they would beat and lost to the team their ranking said they would lose to. End of.

    The mood of people over 40 is the same as mine as far as I can tell!

    • BJ says:

      12 Jul12 July 08:55

      According to their respective rankings Englanc should have beat Croatia.

    • Chuckstar says:

      12 Jul12 July 09:00

      Hi Rob, have you got jet-lag or are you still drunk this morning ?
      I’m 49.

      • Rob says:

        12 Jul12 July 09:03

        I watched it sober with my 7-year old son who burst into tears at the end.

    • Frank says:

      12 Jul12 July 09:28

      Please stop making nonsense statements on behalf of over 40s

      I saw us win the World Cup and hopefully I will do again!

    • Leo says:

      12 Jul12 July 09:39

      I’m more over 40 than you.

    • Angus B says:

      12 Jul12 July 16:38

      If only life were so binary, boring and predictable as that……

  • Patrick says:

    12 Jul12 July 09:00

    They were were lucky to be in the semi-final with mostly easy opponents.
    A bad showing against Belgium (maybe a revenge coming up, but would surprise me) and a pathetic performance against Columbia. Commentators got very ahead of themselves in the UK on that game, where Colombia was the only side that actually scored. And that problem came to bear last night as expected where “hurricane” really is just “Kanaldy”

• Aliks says:

  12 Jul12 July 08:38

  Lets run through the World Cup checklist:
  England get a new manager with some good ideas. Check.
  England get a couple of good ‘uns in their latest intake. Check.
  England put a couple of old stagers out to grass. Check.
  England do well enough against weaker opposition. Check.
  England fans get very excited. Check.
  English newspapers fan the flames for all they are worth. Check.
  England get knocked out by the first good team they meet. Check.
  England’s reputation gets trashed by the chattering classes. Check.
  England fans start fighting with other fans, bystanders, police etc HEY that didnt happen!!!!!! PROGRESS: lets hear it for Engerland! Engerland!! Engerland!!!

  Seriously though, its OK to show some emotion and slag off our own football team when they lose.

  • Duncan Stevenson-Price says:

    12 Jul12 July 08:40

    Self deprecating humour is a decidedly British thing.

    Though I’d argue that a minority of England fans exhibited some abhorrent behaviour.

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