Reply to: England versus Holland tonight

[sasguru]

20 years since England reached a semi final, in Euro 96. That three lions song going on about 30 years of hurt, it's now 50!

"it's coming home, it's coming home, football's coming home", as sung by the Germans after winning the tournament.

Maybe there really should be a GB team so they can go for gold in the Olympics. The home nations aren't good enough on their own.

Glad it was a relatively poor performance by England v 'Holland'. So tired of all the "this time we can do it" hype as they qualify easily for a tournament, then struggle to get out of the group before getting knocked out on penalties in the quarters, if they're lucky.

This team actually does have some talent compared to the previous so-called "golden generation". Even in yesterday's match they showed they could take apart, at least once, a Nether Regions team which was well drilled at defending. The weakness is letting in easy goals.
That weakness isn't going to get fixed by the Euros though.

[Hobosapien]

20 years since England reached a semi final, in Euro 96. That three lions song going on about 30 years of hurt, it's now 50!

"it's coming home, it's coming home, football's coming home", as sung by the Germans after winning the tournament.

Maybe there really should be a GB team so they can go for gold in the Olympics. The home nations aren't good enough on their own.

Glad it was a relatively poor performance by England v 'Holland'. So tired of all the "this time we can do it" hype as they qualify easily for a tournament, then struggle to get out of the group before getting knocked out on penalties in the quarters, if they're lucky.

[WTFH]

Pays Bas - the low/back country.
Hole land, the back side country.
Nether lands. The back side country.

It's the bottom of Europe, by altitude and name.

[stek]

A lot of people used to think the Soviet Union and Russia were the same....

[Dactylion]

Foreigners, especially Americans, but also many Europeans say England when they mean "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" especially the Great Britain bit of it.

Quite - but most of them think that UK, GB, England and London are synonymous - and that Scotland, Wales etc are suburbs of London.

[Eirikur]

I suggest we call it the Nether Regions, henceforth.

Some progress at last

[sasguru]

The country is called "The Netherlands" not Holland

This is as annoying as calling the UK "England"

I suggest we call it the Nether Regions, henceforth.

[Eirikur]

Presumably you mean "The Kingdom of the Netherlands" and "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

I would argue that "Holland" is very often, albeit erroneously, used interchangeably with "The Netherlands".
"England" on the other hand is hardly ever used interchangeably with "GB" or "UK".

Foreigners, especially Americans, but also many Europeans say England when they mean "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" especially the Great Britain bit of it.

[stek]

The country is called "The Netherlands" not Holland

This is as annoying as calling the UK "England"

I beleive this was explained by the commentators during the match, in football terms the Dutch have always been referred to as Holland WRT to sports for some reason, hence that fixture is billed as 'England vs Holland'

[Dactylion]

The country is called "The Netherlands" not Holland

This is as annoying as calling the UK "England"

Presumably you mean "The Kingdom of the Netherlands" and "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

I would argue that "Holland" is very often, albeit erroneously, used interchangeably with "The Netherlands".
"England" on the other hand is hardly ever used interchangeably with "GB" or "UK".

[Eirikur]

Kingdom of the Netherlands

No, The Kingdom of The Netherlands contains of 3 more countries: Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten and have their own national teams (well at least Curacao, don't know about the others)

[FatLazyContractor]

What did you do for the other 89 minutes and 40 seconds of the match?

"Played"

[oracleslave]

The country is called "The Netherlands" not Holland

This is as annoying as calling the UK "England"

Kingdom of the Netherlands

[Eirikur]

The country is called "The Netherlands" not Holland

This is as annoying as calling the UK "England"

[LondonManc]

There is free porn on the telly here in Milan, 3 channels infact. So do you expect me to watch football?

What did you do for the other 89 minutes and 40 seconds of the match?