Wow - one of the South Africa players has died! No details on cause yet.
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Iām not sure where Harry Kane stands politically, but it has to be really awkward if the President of the United States invites you to a game of golf. If you decline, itās a thing. And who wants a thing between themselves and Trump? He is such a thin skinned, easily offended individual, that you could easily make an enemy over something as simple as not playing golf.
So in all likelihood, playing the game, even if you donāt especially want to (and Iām not saying thatās where Kane is, I donāt know) seems the thing to do.
I think about the large quantity of world leaders who suck up to Trump. Then factor in assorted billionaires and titans of industry and so on.
Itās probably a lot to ask for a footballer to be the one to take a stand.
Iām in a strange place with Harry Kane. Iāve never warmed to him, but while he is banging the goals in for England I can call an uneasy and hypocritical truce!
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Iād decline.
Guy fundamentally is a far right. Wouldnāt give the steam off my piss to people like that. There are American sports stars who have rejected to meet the President. Heās English, he plays at a German club.
And even he wants to meet him donāt pretend heās good at golf or a decent man heās a racist, bigoted prick.
Only thing he failed to mention was whether he sucked his knob or not (though he couldnāt even pretend).
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Only a few hours left now. The long grueling wait will eventually be over.
Soon, we shall feast on English tears !
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It will me a meager feast regardless of the result - itās so hot they will evaporate 
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Pink Norwegians versus pink Englishmen, which team has the most melanin and should therefore be favorites ? 
We are lacking in that department. We have Nusa, but not so much more !
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Substitutes might be really important in this one, to freshen it up a bit given the Miami heat and humidity.
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Iām surprised how much England are perceived as favourites but then I thought the same against Mexico.
Like to me both teams have one world class player and England then probably have a couple who are top top players. Plus Odegaard looked a bit off as well. However Englandās defence looks like kicking out time at your local Wetherspoons.
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He said biggest, not thickest!
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Love how Man Utd defenders seem to morph into one. I always confuse him and Jones.
Anyhow I know itās all a bit of fun but someone was mentioning 1066 and how āweā beat the Danes and lost to the French.
Considering most of my family are Irish/Scottish, some are Scandivian and we have the lineage of my name from 1066.
How does any of that sit with āweā. Itās all incredibly dumb. Not to mention of the Iberian and Germanic that comes into it as well.
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The Normans were basically Norse as well. You only really need to go back 5 generations for it to be genetic noise anyway.
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I wouldnāt find it in the least bit awkward
All he had to do was to flip him off and say fuck off, you orange-faced nazi cunt. Simples
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Fuck off cunt would do
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Itās well documented that Trump cheats at golf, and itās hardly surprising considering he cheats at everything else. So Kane decided to accept the invitation, which Iām sure many principled people, like Matty, me and JĆ¼rgen would turn down. Ok, fair enough, but then, afterwards he goes out of his way to say what a good golfer Trump is.
So, either all those reports of Trumpās cheating are false, Kane is too dumb to notice the caddies dropping balls in good positions around the green,or heās brown nosing.
Which of those seems most likely?
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I would turn down the invitation too. I was just trying to imagine the awkwardness for the recipient of the invitation. No qualms here, yes he is a known golf cheat, and also a terrible human being, on any number of levels.
Roll on the England kick-off. Chilling out at home, waitingā¦
Are you coming down from your trip? 
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Much of the Anglo-Saxon host at the Battle of Stamford Bridge were actually Danes, but I expect more of you as a historian
1066 is not āhidden historyā, so I really expect more from you than this, mate.
https://sacred-texts.com/neu/heim/10harald.htm
Stanza 80 and till the end would be the relevant passages
So would I, but mainly because I tried Golf and was completely crap at it. I was invited along to one event and eventually sloped off to the bar. One golf nut asked me if I play. I tried to humour him by saying that I gave it a try. He asked me what my handicap was, so I told him it was a complete inability to hit the fucking ball.
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