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Trouble at the Euros

chippa1909 said:
I'm just pissed off that the next time I'm in France I'll need to use my limited knowlege of French to explain that I'm Scottish, not English. :angry:
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Wouldn't have thought it would be necessary. The fact that you're wearing a kilt, have red hair and can't play football should give it away :)

And what about us poor sods who are English? How do we explain when we next go across?
 
Polish fans have gone on a rampage in Paris. So far 500 cars have been washed and valeted, 50 boilers have been repaired and 5 walls have been built.





Shamelessly stolen from Twitter.
 
My experience of France is that if you are in Paris the French don't like you no matter where you come from, even you Scots. That's Parisians for you. Outside of Paris the further south you get the friendlier everyone becomes particularly if you attempt the language. Speak English in any accent you like and it may get their backs up. Try speaking French, even bad French and you may even get a smile from someone.

If a Scotsman in a kilt speaks French then frankly you get the keys to the town so you will always be ahead of the English on that front. We English, those that are not drunk, fighting and vomiting, know our place in the pecking order of Europe and it is well below our Celtic cousins.
 
Hickory_Hacker said:
I've missed much of the news and I'm not a frantic Googler but it's sounding quieter at the football, hope it keeps up :thup:
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Certainly nothing reported that I've seen. It will be interesting to see if the Russians make any noise on Monday against Wales but from what I have read, they targeted the English to prove that they are now top of the hooligan charts in Europe (not that anyone else is bothered). They also seem very organised and plan their "attacks". The WC in Russia is going to be one to avoid in a few years time, it could be carnage.
 
Be interesting to see what UEFA do to the Croatian fans after the debacle with the flares and thunder flashes. One of the stewards who thought he was picking up a flare actually picked up a thunder flash just as it went off, if he's avoided serious injury he's a lucky boy. The Croatian fans were reported as fighting with each other but I didn't see that bit myself.
 
Blue in Munich said:
Be interesting to see what UEFA do to the Croatian fans after the debacle with the flares and thunder flashes. One of the stewards who thought he was picking up a flare actually picked up a thunder flash just as it went off, if he's avoided serious injury he's a lucky boy. The Croatian fans were reported as fighting with each other but I didn't see that bit myself.
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Definitely fighting in the Croatian end on the telly and seems to be just their own. They've already had UEFA sanctions in qualifying haven't they (or at least int he past) and I wonder if this is the incident that breaks UEFA's patience. Didn't do the side any good, chucking away a two goal lead
 
HawkeyeMS said:
Certainly nothing reported that I've seen. It will be interesting to see if the Russians make any noise on Monday against Wales but from what I have read, they targeted the English to prove that they are now top of the hooligan charts in Europe (not that anyone else is bothered). They also seem very organised and plan their "attacks". The WC in Russia is going to be one to avoid in a few years time, it could be carnage.
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What do you know......:whoo:
 
Blue in Munich said:
Be interesting to see what UEFA do to the Croatian fans after the debacle with the flares and thunder flashes. One of the stewards who thought he was picking up a flare actually picked up a thunder flash just as it went off, if he's avoided serious injury he's a lucky boy. The Croatian fans were reported as fighting with each other but I didn't see that bit myself.
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They've got a bit of a chequered past......
 
One does wonder how good the security checks are in France at the moment. If football "fans" can get flares and thunderflashes into a ground, surely a Terrorist can get a bomb or two in as well.........????
 
Imurg said:
One does wonder how good the security checks are in France at the moment. If football "fans" can get flares and thunderflashes into a ground, surely a Terrorist can get a bomb or two in as well.........????
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I think for what France has encountered of late the security going in to these stadiums has been shocking, thunder flashes and flares are not small, more like the size of a stick of dynamite, so with such lacklustre security checks they are inviting a potential threat of greater magnitude from those watching and seeing these flares and thunder flashes being used and thrown about within the stadiums!

I expected an OTT situation regarding security in and around the stadiums for this tournament and yet we're witnessing totally the opposite!
 
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