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11th Jul 2018

BBC ask how Irish, Scottish and Welsh fans should feel about England’s World Cup, goes as expected

Paul Moore

Well, this was inevitable.

Haven’t you heard? It’s Coming Home. Well, that’s what every single English supporter will have you believe if the recent wave of memes, videos and messages are to be believed.

There’s just the small matter of Croatia – a country that broke English hearts during the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign – to deal with and their mesmeric midfield axis of Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic to stifle.

If England manage to reach the showpiece event in Moscow, the French will be waiting for them.

Granted, Gareth Southgate’s men were impressive in their quarter-final against Sweden and after disposing of Colombia in the last 16, English fans are starting to believe.

On this note, various arguments have been put forward that this current English squad are far more deserving of support than previous sides – a topic that the BBC wanted to explore on social media.

As we’ve frequently said, people are entirely free to support whoever they want – hell, the majority of people support an English Premier League team – but the national side is something entirely different.

The majority of these people tend to agree.

Those that feel the media make England insufferable.

Those in favour of supporting England.

People that are pointing out the obvious.

This seems pretty apt.