England Solve The Problem With Booze

June 23rd, 2010 | by: chris | View Comments

Before the World Cup there were countless reports of the British workforce either showing up drunk, hungover or simply not showing up at all (probably a better option than the others). The British workforce was essentially going to go on booze-addled strike. Has it happened? The numbers will be crunched after the World Cup, you’d presume.

But in a sharp ironic twist, it took beer to get Fabio Capello’s England to show up. Apparently Fabio’s dispatching of the modern footballer ego by bringing back the old footballer: the drunk one.

From the Italian’s mouth.

“Yesterday evening they drank beer before the game. And I saw the team play with the spirit that we lost in the games we played before this game. The performance was really good and we created a lot of chances to score a second goal.

“This is the spirit that I remember when we played in the qualification games. I am really happy with the performance of the team. We played hard, we attacked the ball and this is important if we want to win.”

Expect half the British workforce to show up three sheets to the wind in the morning – and just watch the economy boom.

Also expect “three sheets to the wind” to appropriately describe England’s pregame state before their 3-0 thumping of Germany. (Due to the booze, obviously.)