The how far will England get, thread

[twentythreedom]

Sports nutrition in the 60s was frankly crap?

No, silly. Oranges = victory, obvs

Charlton's comb-over may also have played a part

Anyway, round of 16.

 

[ska invita]

Im a traditionalist so Quarter-Finals on pens

 

[not-bono-ever]

quarters. barring an unlikely run, they are not really final materiel, but I think the lack of expectaion will do them no disservice - Hogeson has previous in the WC and Ithink they will do Ok

is a Germany Ingerland finals possible ?

 

[Lord Camomile]

is a Germany Ingerland finals possible ?

Given that would require England to progress to the final, no.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Actually, using this predictor thingy it would appear that it is possible!

 

[strung out]

Of course it's possible - any team can play any other team in the final theoretically.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Well, I'll let the Lord Jeebus tell you what he thinks of your 'theories'

 

[Lord Camomile]

Second round will almost certainly throw up Brazil v Spain or Netherlands

 

[JTG]

Second round will almost certainly throw up Brazil v Spain or Netherlands

Forza meteorite
Early Spanish exit best outcome though

 

[Voley]

I've optimistically said quarter finals. Be surprised if we get that far tbh.

 

[treefrog]

I said quarters, but then I hear this World Cup doesn't have tries or lineouts or anything so what would I know?

(Apart from that Gerrard is a cunt )

 

[Kaka Tim]

Actually, using this predictor thingy it would appear that it is possible!

I make that a brazil vs Argentina final. If england get out of the group they should beat whoever they meet from group c - but will then very likely face brazil or spain.
TBH a spirited defeat against either of those two would be a decent result.

 

[quiquaquo]

Fail to get out group on goal difference.

Germany - Belgium final!

 

[isvicthere?]

I don't fancy them getting anything out of Italy or Uruguay, meaning they'll be disillusioned by their "easy" game against Costa Rica and probably only exert themselves enough to squeeze out a draw.

 

[Lo Siento.]

Draw, Draw, Win. Go through as second place if there's a result either way between Italy and Uruguay.

 

[steeplejack]

group stage exit for England I think.

 

[Dandred]

isvicthere? Ax^ Nearly there!

 

[Ax^]

 

[Corax]

I think we could go all the way. This is our year

 

[ruffneck23]

well Roy has no regrets

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27951796

"Results colour everything. We've worked so hard, done so much preparation for this tournament. We think we came here well prepared but we've failed.

 

[fucthest8]

"Results colour everything" oh my god, I laughed so hard I farted. What a cunt. Yeah, the number of goals in a match really distract from what's important.

For the record though, Football is a bunch of cunts anyway. Money money money, that's all it is.

 

[ruffneck23]

its fucking deluded

 

[JTG]

"Results colour everything" oh my god, I laughed so hard I farted. What a cunt. Yeah, the number of goals in a match really distract from what's important.

For the record though, Football is a bunch of cunts anyway. Money money money, that's all it is.

Completely different to the high minded amateur ideals of modern rugby union then?

 

[fucthest8]

Completely different to the high minded amateur ideals of modern rugby union then?

The average wage in the football Premiership is 25-30k per WEEK. Compare that with the single most expensive rugby player on the planet, Jonny Wilkinson, who was earning 55k per month.

There's no comparison. The amount of money sloshing around football is obscene. So no, there's no high-minded amateurism, but there's a lot less useless cunts being paid a fortune

 

[JTG]

Then again, if rugby were a more likeable sport the big money would be there. There it is, can't help that

 

[fucthest8]

LOL

 

[fucthest8]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport...gerrard-walks-alone-into-jungle-2014062087839

 

[JTG]

Criticising footballers for getting paid loads pretty much amounts to criticising it for being popular. A lot more people are prepared to pay more money to watch football at the grounds or on telly. QED.

Not sure what it has to do with England's world cup performance aside from the usual tedious rugby fan digs at football. Heard them all before mate

 

[Onket]

well Roy has no regrets

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27951796

"Results colour everything. We've worked so hard, done so much preparation for this tournament. We think we came here well prepared but we've failed.

What's wrong with that? He's said that they worked hard to prepare but still failed and the results speak for themselves. Fair enough.

 

[JTG]

What's wrong with that? He's said that they worked hard to prepare but still failed and the results speak for themselves. Fair enough.

That's pretty much what I thought - and I wasn't expecting much so I'm not surprised at the relative failure of a first round exit. The football was way better to watch than four years ago