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How good would have England been in Euro 2008?
BillieTheBot
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... had they managed to qualify?
No offence, but while they might have not been amongst the worst, judging by what we've seen so far England wouldn't have had a hope in hell of winning it. It would have been unlikely they would have made it past 1/4 finals IMO.
No offence, but while they might have not been amongst the worst, judging by what we've seen so far England wouldn't have had a hope in hell of winning it. It would have been unlikely they would have made it past 1/4 finals IMO.
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I think England fans with any intelligence knew that anyway. England were in the top eight in the world on a regular basis and that's about as good as we could expect to get. In 2002 we would have got further with a nicer draw, as is always the way in knockout tournaments; if we'd had Germany's draw we may well have won it as we'd have been playing Brazil in the cool rather than in the midday sun in 95% humidity.
The qualifying stages showed how deficient we are in midfield and upfront. I am so glad we do not have play Holland, i think it would be a hammering.
Why aren't English players playing all over Europe as 'foreigners' in those teams? Because we don't have the grass root talent that other countries do.
Think me and you are going to have some fun errrr discussions on here!
To give them their dues, they didn't go far wrong on Beckham. Unfortunately, he seems to have retired from club football rather than international football.
Martin Taylor? The guy who broke Eduardo in two? When was he ever an up and coming defender?
3-5-2 as well. Maybe if they were playing at Euro 1984.
I don't think someone who thinks that Kenneth Bates is as pure as the cold driven snow can comment on anyone else's intelligence, or lack of.
To say that protectionism drives down quality is accurate in any field. If you reduce competition you reduce quality. It's not a difficult thing to grasp, even for someone who thinks that the world hates Leeds United.
And who ever said I think Ken Bates is "pure as the cold driven snow"?? Or thats right once again Kermit makes things up to try get his deluded fucked up points across!
I like how Ken has come to Leeds and tried every trick in the book (dirty or not, I don't care) to try help Leeds last season, I don't give a fuck if hes dirty, clean or downright fucking backwards, as long as he's fighting Leeds corner in every way thats all that matters to me, he speaks his mind and I like that, I also think he's got a quite good sense of humour!
But I imagine with that halo shining out of your arse that if Ken took over at Bradford Shitty, you'd boycott games? You'd stop supporting them? You'd argue with others about how much of a wanker he is?? Get over yourself, holier than thou prick!
No matter what I think about Ken Bates, what has that got to do with my knowledge of FOOTBALL?? Fuck all, I've forgot more than you'll ever know!
And to talk about Smug British and how we've fucked up in terms of car manufacturing back in the day then compare it to football is bollocks! Football is a business but the main thing is that its Football and that is what matters most!
So what if we don't have the strongest league in the world, do we as English get a trophy for that??
I'd like to see how you feel about it in another 15 years when if the trend continues we'll have hardly any English players playing in the top flight never mind in the top four!
And..........breath