England's WC good times thread of good times and happy joy

[LeFromage]

It's not all doom and gloom. There are plenty of positives to be taken out of England World Cup shower/showing thus far. For example:

1. Ed Joyce is no loss.
2. Staying in India for more than a month is probably a chore anyway.
3. The spelling of "ENGLAND" on their shirts is absolutely spot on.

[furriner]

4. India needs showers, of a sort.

[Guest]

5. At least one team from the British Isles is doing us proud.

[LeFromage]

6. That Steve Davies stuff seems to have gone over pretty well.

[beamer]

7. We'll have Kevin O'Brien on our side next time.

[JKLever]

5. At least one team from the British Isles is doing us proud.

Infact its better than that, at least one UK team had a good result today seeing as they also represent N.Ireland.

Well, Rule Britannia

[LeFromage]

8. A tie! Doesn't it sound exotic?

[Guest]

5. At least one team from the British Isles is doing us proud.

Infact its better than that, at least one UK team had a good result today seeing as they also represent N.Ireland.

Well, Rule Britannia

Ah fantastic, thought it was just Ireland. In that case:

9. British teams have both tied with the hosts (who are also the favourites) AND beaten the team that tied with the hosts.

[LeFromage]

10. Nick Knight is not on the commentary team.

[beamer]

11. This sh!t England team isn't managed by an Italian and doesn't include chav scum like John Terry, Ashley Cole and Wayne Rooney...

[JKLever]

10. Nick Knight is not on the commentary team.

Couldn't dislodge himself from the fence...

[beamer]

12. The Irish have had their success for this month, we'll stuff them in the rugby and win the Grand Slam.

[LeFromage]

13. All the money the ECB have wasted on developing the pretty rhubarb Boyd Rankin would probably have only been wasted on hookers anyway.

[LeFromage]

14. England's kit looks black from a distance. Ninjas wear black. Ninjas are pretty cool.

[LeFromage]

15. England still have a chance to get home in time to start following Charlie Sheen on Twitter before his death.

[mynah]

Unlike most other nationalities in the CWC, English fans can't complain about their team's games being boring.

[LeFromage]

16 ^

17. It's nice to have Brass Monkey back on the Bails, isn't it? Like old times. Good times. Old times.

[LeFromage]

18. Shane Watson spends three hours a day in the gym, pumping iron, blasting quads, hunking abs and wibbling bibbles. A guy who looks like a potato chewing on a pressure capsule can hit a cricket ball further than him. And he's basically English. Soon.

[Batman]

19. England scored back to back 320+ scores off successive games and lost only 1 of them [Your yellow jersey rivals had Kiwis chasing as much off successive games a year or two back and couldn't even defend 420+ against the Saffies].

[Chivalry Augustus]

20. The James Anderson cycle is back with a vengeance.

[LeFromage]

21. England's Test status is secure.

[beamer]

22. We'd have pissed on them if we'd had our best player, Eoin Morgan.

(22a. They'd have won even more easily if they'd had their best player, Eoin Morgan...)

[Chivalry Augustus]

23. Percy* Moores is not our coach at this World Cup.

* - that should have been his name.

[JKLever]

24. Jack Bauer wouldn't have stopped Kevin O'Brien today

[mynah]

There is even a poem about the joy of being in England when April is here. They took a giant step towards experiencing this joy for themselves.

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