Obviously as it's nearly Christmas, the Great Escape was on today and it occurred to me that this very movie may be responsible for most of the England teams' gallant failures. I don't know why the England fans ever adopted the theme tune to the Great Escape as their own anthem, but they couldn't have chosen a more inappropriate tune.
Perhaps it was chosen as it provokes inspiring images of the English giving Fritzy a bloody nose, but the Great Escape was a failure. It's about a bunch of Officers who courageously attempted to escape en masse from a German POW camp, acheiving great initial success with 76 escapees, but ultimately failed as every one of them was recaptured or shot. It's England's recent attempts at winning a trophy to a tee. A couple of semi-final defeats, quarter final defeats etc. Initial success followed by eventual failure.The fans really ought to have thought this through a bit more. If we must sing and chant War tunes, we should have chosen the theme to the Dambusters or the Battle of Britain.
The End.
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