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Bloody_Conspiracies t1_izq298g wrote

Reply to comment by Opposite-Ad-9719 in France win and England are out by Genevieves_bitch

Are they surprised? No one was ever expecting England to win this competition. The general consensus was quarter finals, maybe semis if we're lucky. Which is what ended up happening. There was very little hype for this tournament compared to something like the Euros, where there's a much higher chance of success.

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manofblack_ t1_izrmcq3 wrote

Thank you. Leave it to the geniuses of Reddit to strawman literally everything, including sports.

The general consensus in England was not winning the wc. It was at least appreciated that we are currently better than we have been in the last 30 years, but outright winning the worldcup with a high degree of certainty is not at all a sentiment expressed by the majority. At the very most, we knew that there was a much better chance of England winning than a team like Spain or Belgium (who were number 2 in FIFA rankings prior to wc).

Redditors will find the stupidest shit to twist their panties over.

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TommyManners t1_izs1b4e wrote

Yeah this, literally no one in England is surprised, never expect to win any major tournament but Reddit makes out like English fans think it’s in the bag every tournament. Don’t think people understand the ‘it’s coming home’ stuff is tongue in cheek

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somethingtc t1_izu01vm wrote

redditors struggle with irony, they see "it's coming home" and think it's arrogance and over-confidence rather than a meme. just one of those things that a hive mind can't deal with

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