World Cup Qualifiers
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butchersapron
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Maybe so...but...
butchersapron
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Nope, our prior performances and our current ones over the last year or so - they reflect results, not perfomances. Yes, we've played fucking awful totally shit, uninventive and passionless football over the last few games. But we're still likely to qualify.editor said:
Theres more chance of Cardiff City winning anything than Wales getting to a major competition.
A few lucky runs
England aren't playing well. but 3 games...2 wins
Now...if they hadn't have won in 18months like say...ooooh...erm...Wales....then we'd be worried
A few lucky runs
England aren't playing well. but 3 games...2 wins
Now...if they hadn't have won in 18months like say...ooooh...erm...Wales....then we'd be worried
stupid kid
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Well, he got two yellows and he'd need them both to be rescinded, so I can't see it happening.binka said:
stupid kid
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England are almost there at the moment though. Czechs 0-2 Holland.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Not with the holland score as it is...we'll worry in Germany next June...editor said:
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They're scots irish don't you knowKarac said:
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Mmm yeah cause the Polish are shitting itbutchersapron said:
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
It doesn't matter what they're doing now - we're there already.
Let's get real here - England have been chronically underperforming for about 4 games now. Wales and Scotland have been doing that for about 4 decades 
Oh, and even when England underperforms, they still often win!
Here we go, here we go, here we go.....
....losing in the semi-finals probably...
Oh, and even when England underperforms, they still often win!
Here we go, here we go, here we go.....
....losing in the semi-finals probably...
nigelad said:Let's get real here - England have been chronically underperforming for about 4 games now. Wales and Scotland have been doing that for about 4 decades
Oh, and even when England underperforms, they still often win!
Exactly. We're shit, but we've qualified. Everyone else in the group (bar Poland) are just shit.
Harold Hill
Jay Emm forgot his p/word
editor said:
No it is that unlikely. England are that terrible yet Wales couldn't manage a goal in 2 games agaiinst them.
Harold Hill
Jay Emm forgot his p/word
No matter how bad England are, we'll still probably win Wednesday.
Nice to see the realistic appraisals of the England team. From one extreme to the other in 3 months.
Nice to see the realistic appraisals of the England team. From one extreme to the other in 3 months.
Harold Hill
Jay Emm forgot his p/word
I can't remember who posted it the other month but they were spot on. England performances (like a lot of other European teams) are more than likely a symptom of the state of international football whereby you do enough to win and thats it. Whilst qualifiers are squeezed in amongst Champions League games it will always be the same.
England have as good a qualifying record as Italy yet nobody will bat an eyelid if we started talking about Italy getting to the latter stages - I've seen some of the performances that Italy, Holland and France have come up with in qualifying and thay have looked just as poor but because nobody sees the games, everyone just looks at the stats and decides we obviously can't compete. If England win on Wednesday they've just done what the others have done and pulled out a good performance when it was needed. Knowing Sven though, he probably thinks job done already and will settle for a draw.
England are far better than the German team that got to the last World Cup final. Its all about luck of the draw.
Although when Motty starts questioning your decisions, you do have a problem and I really don't see England winning anything with Sven in charge.
England have as good a qualifying record as Italy yet nobody will bat an eyelid if we started talking about Italy getting to the latter stages - I've seen some of the performances that Italy, Holland and France have come up with in qualifying and thay have looked just as poor but because nobody sees the games, everyone just looks at the stats and decides we obviously can't compete. If England win on Wednesday they've just done what the others have done and pulled out a good performance when it was needed. Knowing Sven though, he probably thinks job done already and will settle for a draw.
England are far better than the German team that got to the last World Cup final. Its all about luck of the draw.
Although when Motty starts questioning your decisions, you do have a problem and I really don't see England winning anything with Sven in charge.
We weren't even that shit until Beckham got sent off. 
After that, undoubtedly.
After that, undoubtedly.
England...the international love child of Aston Villa and Tottenham
Harold Hill said:
I agree. I remember the qualifying games for Euro 2000. France lost to Russia 3-2 at home (and Russia weren't that good at the time), they only beat Andorra (a considerably worse side than Austria) 1-0 due to a last minute Leboeuf penalty, and scraped past Armenia 3-2. yet they won the tournament, with everyone raving about what a great side they were.
Rocket Romano said:
Who are Newcastle's equivalents? The Guardian described Sweden as West Ham without the flair before the last world cup, which I found quite odd...
I'd say Spain...
Occasional flashes but generally not all there and specialists in fucking it up
Maybe, a bit of Ireland too
Occasional flashes but generally not all there and specialists in fucking it up
Maybe, a bit of Ireland too
nino_savatte
No pasaran!
Come on les Bleus!!!!
