I think the ever-excellent Martin Samuel sums up how I feel about the whole situation:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ar...upying-army-s-England-fans-repulse-world.html
This seems a balanced article:
http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soc...ians-go-to-war-with-an-english-myth-1.2682005