National anthems

[connor]

Ok ours isn't rousing and joyess like others but I really dislike players who don't sing!
Ireland yesterday everyone sung and was proud to be there! Just watched Ukraine and was surprised there was about 4 or 5 players not singing...

 

[AuburnWarrior]

Rooney didn't sing ours! :angry:

 

[FairwayDodger]

England and France might have drawn but the French definitely won the anthems. Ours (British) is a turgid dirge.

 

[wrighty1874]

Rooney was not singing, send him home. No time for lack of patrioism.

 

[AuburnWarrior]

Rooney was not singing, send him home. No time for lack of patrioism.

He shouldn't be there anyway!! :angry:

 

[connor]

Rooney was not singing, send him home. No time for lack of patrioism.

Ha especially after his outburst in south Africa that time

 

[wrighty1874]

Agree, totally overrated at international level.He'll be the unsettling factor in the final group game if he plays.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Is this the British National anthem you are talking about or the English one?

 

[connor]

I meant in general....

But god save the queen is a bit dreary compared to others

 

[USER1999]

I meant in general....

But god save the queen is a bit dreary compared to others

At least it isn't a comedy anthem, like the Italian or Argentinian anthems. Solemn is ok, in my view.

 

[Val]

At least it isn't a comedy anthem, like the Italian or Argentinian anthems. Solemn is ok, in my view.

Hey, leave the Italian one alone

 

[brendy]

Maybe its because of where Im from but national anthems are a waste of time. You are wearing the shirt, what more do you need to do?
Like Formula 1 also, you are a driver driving for yourself and your team second, why do they play a song you might not care about anyway? Anthems are territorial and will eventually be phased out, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow.....

 

[bernix]

why play national anthems after all?
we want to see players performing the job they know best and not one most of them dont master at all

 

[Yerman]

"God save the Queen" just needs to be played a bit faster, but Rule Britannia or Land of Hope and Glory would be better.

Or we could have the Great escape music so Rooney could learn the words, you know the one..

Da Da, Da Da Da Da Da, Da Da, Da Da Da Da Da Da Da
Da Da Da Da, Da Da Da Da Da, Da Da Da Da Da Da Da ...England!

 

[FairwayDodger]

"God save the Queen" just needs to be played a bit faster, but Rule Britannia or Land of Hope and Glory would be better.

The Ramones have it sorted - there's no tune that can't be improved simply by speeding it up a bit.... or a lot!

 

[Golfmmad]

Agree, totally overrated at international level.He'll be the unsettling factor in the final group game if he plays.

We'll see about that.

Show me a better player than Rooney.

He is what England have been lacking up front - linking up the play, setting others up, scoring goals and frightens the feck out of the oppo's defenders.

Thought this was a thread about National Anthems, not a Rooney bashing one.

 

[Ian_S]

Show me a better player than Rooney.

Presumably you mean English players better than Rooney. I can think of a fair few otherwise.

Re anthems, I always like to compare the attitude of the rugby players to the footballers. When you see the rugby lads singing it you almost get the feeling they're playing for their country against another country (from all countries this is, not just England) whereas the footballers give the impression that they're playing for a team against another team.

 

[Golfmmad]

Presumably you mean English players better than Rooney. I can think of a fair few otherwise.

Yes, I did mean English players.

 

[Paul_Stewart]

As Billy Connolly once observed, we should change our National Anthem from "God save the Queen" to the theme from the Archers. All together now ... dum de dum de dum de dum, da da da da da da...

 

[CliveW]

Not all verses are patriotic for a UK National Anthem.

"Lord grant that Marshall Wade,
May by thy mighty aid,
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
And like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush.
God save the Queen."