Quote Originally Posted by Divine Wright View Post
I don't think it does happen to the same extent in other countries. I was listening to the Euro leagues podcast and Guillem Balague and Julien Laurens were commenting on the extent to which people in England are the only people who talk about a final before they had even got beyond the quarters......they mentioned how arrogant the "coming home" chant is...........I was thinking " Finally, someone else understands!! It's not the chip on the shoulder after all and they actually ARE unbearable".
Well I have lived in England for over 40 years and I can't say that I have usually heard much talk about England being in a final at such an early stage of a competition. And the ditty to which you refer is a light-hearted aspirational song penned by a couple of chaps and reflects an historical link that England has with the game. Some people on here think that the English are two-headed monsters and have unique, negatives attributes that do not exist elsewhere.