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Roast Em Bobby
March 22, 2024, 5:38pm
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The point is that a flag, wether you agree with it or not, represents a country. In the example I quoted, by changing the colours the French flag becomes the Mali flag. Obviously this might seem trivial to some but you only have to observe the Scot's love of their flag and more recently the Irish pride in theirs to see how flags are endeared by the countries they represent.


Most England fans were taking Union Jack's to the match up until not that long ago, they didn't even realise it wasn't the flag of England. Now they're mock outraged
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I’m exceptionally jealous of all the people who have so few actual problems and things to do in their life that they find the time to be outraged by this. A small change in colour on a tiny flag on the back of the collar of a football shirt.
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Mmm - I do wonder what the reaction would be like if say they changed the colour of the flag on the Scots shirts or the colour of the dragon on the Welsh shirts?
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Quoted from ska face


The fashion police, maybe


Ay, you cheeky sod, I own that hat!

Don’t get me wrong, the missus shames me when I’m wearing it saying I look like a hillbillly, but I love it x.
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Theres been loads of different colour St Georges on England kits over the years. Absolute non-story and another thing the grifters have latched on to. It’s one of the better England kits imo. Hopefully it becomes as iconic as the red 66 one in July.


Loads eh? Show one.

You just can't say anything that's against St. Wokes cross can you?
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I’m exceptionally jealous of all the people who have so few actual problems and things to do in their life that they find the time to be outraged by this. A small change in colour on a tiny flag on the back of the collar of a football shirt.


Oh dear me.
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This is absolutely outrageous. How dare they change the colour of our flag. I’m going to boycott the Euro’s in protest and just watch the Olympic Games this summer…



It’s amazing how all the right wing rags that are crying over the England shirt pretty much all described the 2012 Olympic kit design as “a modern twist” and were all positive about it.


But the British flags the same, not different. Do you really not understand.? I mean really?
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The point is that a flag, wether you agree with it or not, represents a country. In the example I quoted, by changing the colours the French flag becomes the Mali flag. Obviously this might seem trivial to some but you only have to observe the Scot's love of their flag and more recently the Irish pride in theirs to see how flags are endeared by the countries they represent.


I know lets have new Grimsby shirts, you know the ones Green with yellow dots, with a Scunny logo on the left and Lincoln on the right. Great
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Go on, spell out really clearly why you’re so cross.


"You should do what you love while you can"
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Most England fans were taking Union Jack's to the match up until not that long ago, they didn't even realise it wasn't the flag of England. Now they're mock outraged


At least it had the St Georges cross not St Wokes.
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