The English Football Thread

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-23-2010, 11:55 AM

There's nothing more pathetic than a whining scot moaning about the England team.

Why shouldn't England fans go into the world cup wanting to win it?

We're consistently a top 8 team in the FIFA rankings most of the time, we have a few decent players. A bit of luck and a kind draw and any team with those things is capable of winning.

It's not always the best teams in it that win anyway.
Nobody gave Italy a hope in hell at the last world cup, they managed to win it by having a strong team ethic rather than having individual stars in every position. France managed to win the tournament in 1998 with no strikers.

I'd like to see England win it but I'm not going to rant & rave and look for people to blame if we don't. In fact I'd say most people don't.

The only time I criticise England is when I think they play far too negatively. If they play a team like Brazil I'd much rather they lose 3 . 0 trying to win the game than lose 1 . 0 having 10 men constantly behind the ball doing nothing.

03-23-2010, 11:55 AM	#9 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	There's nothing more pathetic than a whining scot moaning about the England team. Why shouldn't England fans go into the world cup wanting to win it? We're consistently a top 8 team in the FIFA rankings most of the time, we have a few decent players. A bit of luck and a kind draw and any team with those things is capable of winning. It's not always the best teams in it that win anyway. Nobody gave Italy a hope in hell at the last world cup, they managed to win it by having a strong team ethic rather than having individual stars in every position. France managed to win the tournament in 1998 with no strikers. I'd like to see England win it but I'm not going to rant & rave and look for people to blame if we don't. In fact I'd say most people don't. The only time I criticise England is when I think they play far too negatively. If they play a team like Brazil I'd much rather they lose 3 . 0 trying to win the game than lose 1 . 0 having 10 men constantly behind the ball doing nothing. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.