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CursedNobleman t1_itw7ie3 wrote

Brexit... Boris Johnson... Queen Elizabeth... Liz Truss... The Flattening of the Pound... and now this?!

UK is just taking loss after loss.

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BarryKobama t1_itwb9j4 wrote

Many of us always wondered how they stayed (apparently so high). Another country selling a dream.

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wonkaslaffytaffy t1_itwy0p0 wrote

I hope they don’t have high expectations for the World Cup coming up.

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ahh-potatoes t1_itx7tg2 wrote

They've fucking earned it to be fair. So many centuries of being dickheads has to come back and bite them eventually

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Nicholarse_Angle t1_iu27x3j wrote

Cricket Related: don't forget because of Brexit the Kolpak rules (overseas players count as local players) don't apply any more, so they lost a bunch SA players. So thanks Brexit for giving us Rilee Rossouw and Wayne Parnell back. They have been great since their comeback.

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Lucius-Halthier t1_itxk92d wrote

“Keep calm chaps they may have a trophy be we still have Northern Ireland!”

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IrishShamrok t1_itwebgx wrote

Dont forget that loss against italy

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BaiteUisge t1_itwjvqe wrote

I wouldn’t exactly call that a loss for three corners of the UK

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RoKrish66 t1_itwl9qj wrote

Technically this was only a loss for half of the UK and a clear win for a quarter of it (Northern Ireland plays with the republic in cricket)

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BaiteUisge t1_itwn0u7 wrote

True. Although doubt the Welsh will be crying too much about this one

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RoKrish66 t1_itwsupb wrote

I mean England and Wales are represented by one team. That said they don't really have that many players

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BaiteUisge t1_itwt521 wrote

That’s what I mean though. Although they’re technically the same team, I doubt many folk in the Valleys are going to be crying into their pints tonight

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SardonicSorcerer t1_ity81rd wrote

Or the Scots.

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SnooRobots6923 t1_iu0gufj wrote

Scots have their own team though. Also played in this wc, but got knocked out in the 1st round.

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SardonicSorcerer t1_iu1t651 wrote

ISomeone said all of the British Isles are in shambles or something like that. That is why I said the Scots wouldn't shed a tear. The Irish Scottish game was awesome. Not quite Pakistan India but pretty satisfying.

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