Oh dear, oh dear.
Roy Hodgson’s England threw away a 1-0 lead to Iceland this evening and ended up crashing unceremoniously out of Europe for the second time in four days.
Twitter immediately lit up with schadenfreude, slating the super-hyped English players for their inability to see off Iceland, a country with a population of roughly 300,000 people.
Hot on the heels of Brexit, the jokes have been flying in about Wayne Rooney and co., some more vicious than others, but it’s safe to say that almost everyone in Ireland is having at least a little bit of a chuckle at England’s expense. Even the English are shovelling grief on themselves:
Seems we're desperate to get out of Europe in all ways.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) June 27, 2016
England squad costs 175m. If we exit, let's spend it on the NHS.
— Tom Fletcher (@TFletcher) June 27, 2016
England vs. Iceland. #EURO2016 #ENGICE pic.twitter.com/we8isSB3nO
— Vili Niemelä (@vvvili) June 27, 2016
After his “system doesn’t win you matches, players do”, Hodgson was done. It’s one of the stupidest things ever said by a coach.
— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) June 27, 2016
Wilshere can fit more fingers in his mouth than England can create chances pic.twitter.com/Wp5U9onQ5Z
— Nic Harenda (@nharenda) June 27, 2016
Just to put this in perspective:
England's manager makes $4.6 mil a year. Iceland's is a part-time dentist.
— LKD (@LukeKerrDineen) June 27, 2016
— SB.TV (@SBTVonline) June 27, 2016
Unexpected result in the bagging area…
— Iceland Foods ❄️ (@IcelandFoods) June 27, 2016
England team now feel they were misled about consequences of letting goals in, didn't think other team would actually win
— Adam Banks (@adambanksdotcom) June 27, 2016
Poundland 1 Iceland 2.
— SimonEnglish (@SimonEngStand) June 27, 2016
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