Uwe's 80s mullet said:god there are some miserable bastards about. yes we have been poor so and we only beat slovenia 1-0. who gives a fuck we got through!
if you dont think we have got a chance on sunday, dont watch it. id bet every penny i have that you will be though. get behind them.
sometimes i think a minority want us to fail.
Easier route? There you go underestimating teams again. One would've thought you'd learn from the USA and Algeria matches.lionheart said:Not really true as it was in umpteenth minute of stoppage time that the USA scored, some time after the final whistle had been blown in England's game. In hindsight, bumbling Robert Green cost us the chance of an easier route against Ghana and then Uruguay to reach the semi-finals, where Brazil would have knocked us out.The Fat el Hombre said:We spent the last few minutes against a very poor team kicking the ball into the corner and playing for time when we knew we'd probably need another goal to finish top.
I agree with you totally. If it wasn't for Green, England would have qualified with no issues at all. One bad game against Algeria and the media go into their usual bile filled bullshit. Mind you, I've looked at the next couple of rounds and they have made it hard for themselves. However, this may not be a bad thing.royle said:We played well ,we won,on another day and with better finishing we could of won by 5 or 6.
But for Greens blunder we would of had 3 clean sheets.
Smallest nation maybe,but a nation that put out Russia,quality of a team isn't measured by population,otherwise China would win every world cup.
redmizzle said:Easier route? There you go underestimating teams again. One would've thought you'd learn from the USA and Algeria matches.lionheart said:Not really true as it was in umpteenth minute of stoppage time that the USA scored, some time after the final whistle had been blown in England's game. In hindsight, bumbling Robert Green cost us the chance of an easier route against Ghana and then Uruguay to reach the semi-finals, where Brazil would have knocked us out.
You dont know the result till you've played the match so how can you be certain its an easier route?bluevengence said:redmizzle said:Easier route? There you go underestimating teams again. One would've thought you'd learn from the USA and Algeria matches.
Don`t think he is underestimating them ...he is stating a fact that playing Ghana and Uraguay would offer a better chance of progressing than playing Germany and Argentina......you must agree surely?
danburge82 said:There are too many people too eager to big up or slate anything to do with England because they are brain washed by the stupid bastard media!
England haven't played no-mark countires! USA are just 5 places below us in the world rankings and have reached the quarters of the WC numerous times and finished ahead of Mexico in qualifying, who have looked impressive so far in the WC. Algeria beat the 3 time African Nations winners Egypt (who are obviously a good team) over two legs to get to the WC, they were very fast and fit, they were well organised, and they made it very difficult for us - they are better than people think. And Slovenia may only have a population of 2.8million, but as a previous poster said they beat Euro'08 semi-finalists Russia over the two legs to get to the WC, and they were also very well organised and had some good players.
And England, where not very attractive or effective, were not actually that bad. Bar one GK blunder and we'd be one of very few teams who would have conceded no goals in the group stage.
But then we weren't that good yesterday. We just played well and did what we should have done. The manager picked pretty much the right team.
Germany are well organised, they have nice movement, they keep the ball well and create some chances. But they aren't as good as the media have made out. England are easily capable of beating them, they have nothing to be fearful of at all. And if we get through, Argentina, who have some great attacking options, are easy to get at and are up against a very good defence with us!
redmizzle said:You dont know the result till you've played the match so how can you be certain its an easier route?bluevengence said:Don`t think he is underestimating them ...he is stating a fact that playing Ghana and Uraguay would offer a better chance of progressing than playing Germany and Argentina......you must agree surely?
bluevengence said:redmizzle said:You dont know the result till you've played the match so how can you be certain its an easier route?
FFS...are you clarkie with a new name?
Right.. i..will..say.. this....slow..so.. you...can...understand....IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO PLAY GHANA AND URAGUAY OR GERMANY AND ARGENTINA TO PROGRESS WHO WOULD YOU PREFER?