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You don’t care.
Sparing you the rant today. It’s Friday, and England are playing Sweden. You don’t care.
| PHOTO: IRISH EYES ARE…KINDA CREEPING ME OUT A LITTLE BIT. SING THE SONG AGAIN. |
No one thought the Irish could play with Spain. They didn’t. But their fans still put on a show. (Getty Images)
| BEFORE YOU CAN LOVE OTHERS, YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO LOVE YOURSELF. |
Social media provides a window into how England can learn to love England again. It’s all about appropriate expectations. // A Football Report
| LOVE ENGLAND. HATE THE BAND. AND PROBABLY JOHN TERRY. |
Supporting England is fine. Supporting the England band with all of their artificial sponsoredness is not. #bantheband // The Stiles Council
| EVERYONE IRISH IS HAVING A BLAST. EVERYONE BUT THE PLAYERS, I MEAN. |
Irish WAGs are living it up at Euro 2012. Fashionably, of course. // Kickette
| VIDEO: THE ACCORDION, THE CARRIAGE, THE SHAKY CAM MAKING ME SICK… |
Jimmy Conrad interviewed Grant Wahl in a horse-drawn carriage in Warsaw. Yep. (KickTV)
| AMERICA LOVES YOU, EUROPE. PLEASE DON’T TANK OUR ECONOMY. |
ESPN is setting rating records with the Euros. Something like a gazillion more people are watching over 2008. // ESPN Media Zone
| THERE SEEMS TO BE A TREND OF ‘WAY TOO OLD’ THROUGHOUT. |
Casting the Euro 2012 movie. There are some…unconventional choices. Although I would love to see Ed O’Neill do a Trap impression. I’ll write the script (call me). // The Hollywood Report
| IF THIS WAS GRADE SCHOOL, YOU’D THINK IRELAND HAS A COLLECTIVE CRUSH ON ANGELA MERKEL. |
Angela Merkel addresses the people of Ireland. Not really. // 101GG
| PHOTO: IT’S FATHER’S DAY THIS WEEKEND. BE LIKE DIEGO AND HUG YOUR DAD. |
Diego and his dad took in the Copa Lib match between Boca and Universidad de Chile. (Getty Images)
| BASED ON DEMAND, A NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION TICKET WOULD COST TWO BITS. WHATEVER THAT IS. |
Derby will be the first club in England to institute demand-based ticket pricing next year. // BusinessWeek
| THAT ONE GUY WHO SCORES THOSE GOALS THAT EVERYONE WILL LINE UP TO OVERPAY FOR. |
Alan Dzagoev is the guy whose stock is on a rocket ship so far at Euro 2012. // Bleacher Report
| WE STILL NEED TO CAST MICHEL PLATINI. WILLIAM H. MACY? HMMM. |
The script is still being written, which means we can still all pretend that England can win. And there will definitely be a long montage with the Irish fans singing. Follow and like.
