- Oct 20, 2022
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This.I’m not at all bothered about whether he sings it or not.
I do find the ‘outrage’ of various news media platforms pandering to the plastic patriots rather tiresome. I started the tread as it is relevant to football, and this is , ostensibly a football board, with a variety of opinions represented, and was interested what other participants thought.
Carsley never sang the Irish National Anthem all the years he played for Ireland nor the English National Anthem when he was coaching the U21s.
Carsley has a dual Irish/British nationality, so for that reason alone, would likely find singing the National Anthem of either Country problematic. Even more so in Dublin - I suspect Rice and Grealish will get some stick from the Irish fans if they do sing the English National Anthem this evening.
People need to stop conflating English football with nationalism or monarchism and suggesting that if you subscribe to neither, then you can’t be a genuine England fan or fit to be the manager of the squad.
It’s just competitive football at a national level ffs not a Civil War enactment and of little interest tbh to vast numbers of English League Club supporters.
Edit - should also add that ‘England’ hasn’t had a King since 1707.
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