why are england so crap

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Elite Baiter Joined: 01 May 2006 Posts: 1693

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Sorry, I'm not laughing or anything.

OK feck that.

HAHAHAHAHA. that's friggin hilarious.

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:57 pm

It must be the food.....you talking about footie?? Laughing

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:58 pm

That game was a bloody embarrasment with a couple of exceptions. A goalie who may have made a couple of good saves but made up for that with some very poor errors, and totally lackluster defense. We needed to at least draw so why not 2 strikers? Crouch is hardly a great finisher. We didn't deserve to even draw that match. Hopefully McClaren will get the boot now as he was always a crazy choice for manager.

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:23 pm

I hate McCalren. Should never had been given the job in the first place! I would put on some message board but I don't think it will be valid for much longer!

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All I can say on the patter is Razz

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The hint of victory, the high expectations, the awful low as the truth dawns....
Now you know how it feels like to be a Scotland supporter.

Seems non of the homeland teams made it through
Shame

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:51 pm

Champagne tonight at Swiss & Austrian police HQ..... Cool

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:00 pm

Four more years!!

Dire game - England *should* have qualified from that group with games to spare

419Eater Admin Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Posts: 7469

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I know very little about footbore, but here's two pennyworth from this Englishman:

Overpaid prima donna underachievers. That plus the fact that I believe most of our national league teams are full to bursting with non-English players, thus cutting down the amount of talented people able to qualify to play in the England team. England managers have two choices when picking their teams; crap overpaid players, or very crap overpaid players (with very few exceptions of course).

Smile

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 6:04 am

England were spineless. The keeper gifted the first goal and from there on in England, apart from Crouch were pathetic. Gerrard and the England midfield should have stuck the boot in, but instead they were backing off.

McLaren should fall on the sword and the FA should appoint the best person for the job whatever his nationality.

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It's the Wembley Curse again.

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:34 am

I am so happy that they didn't make it.
It means next summer will be more bearable with no chavs running drunkenly round town, screaming ENGEEERLAAAANNND!!!. No crappy TV ads trying to get me to buy beer or junk food that I should sit and eat for the "Big game". No mass hysteria when England inevitably screw up. No having football shoved in my face for two months solid.

OK. Maybe you can guess that I'm no football fan. But thank-you England for giving me back my summer.

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:51 am

What really is amazing for me is the fact that Austria is at the EM while England isn�t. Ok, we have a wildcard since the EM is here, but it still leaves me puzzled.. Laughing

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:10 am

^^^ You have the embarassment still ahead of you, that's the only difference. Although I'd quite like to see an Austria vs. England match finish 12:12.

To answer the original question. I have never (!) seen an English team playing with a somewhat acceptable goalkeeper. My list of memories of incredibly abominable English goalies is however rather long. If one of the older members can think of someone with two arms and such please give him a call. Reason being that there were other teams that just barely managed to qualify - a goalie that would occasionally do his job could make the 1 or 2 points difference.

And McClaren's choice to try and save the result after the 2:2 equalizer was suicidal. Such tactics require a goalie - or at least a defense.

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:30 am

FA Press conference at 9.45. BBC News reporting already that McLaren has been told privately he is to be sacked. Now I bet he didn't see that coming. Laughing

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:38 am

Sky are saying the same thing.

it's not (just) McLaren that needs to go; those buffoons at FA HQ that appointed him should go also

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:48 am

I am now a Swiss supporter next year. I work for a Swiss company so there is a chance I might get some tickets. Now, do I learn French or German?

Master Baiter Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 101

I was a bit bemused why the papers reported he hadn't resigned as news - as if anyone would give up �2.5M to be bought out of their contract.

The players have to hold up their hands - amazing to compare the level of passion for playing for your country between the rugby and soccer teams.
Maybe we should of played the rugby side ... sure we'd lose but we'd of gone down fighting.

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:03 am

McLaren and Venables sacked. Now there's a surprise.

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:03 am

For a few minutes, when they clawed it back to 2-2, I was on the edge of my seat, and thought all would be forgiven. Mark Lawrenson was actually speechless.

Then Croatia demonstrated that keeping the ball on the break rather than rashly giving it away is the way to go and ...SNAFU!

The ginger one is toast, but who the hell would want the poisoned chalice of England coach next? (Good money though, McLaren is getting a �2.5 million payoff. WTF? If I f*ck up at work, I get sacked and the money stops, end of story) The FA should get Jojobean to send McLaren in search of the trunkbox with his fund in......

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:40 am

England have been lucky with goalkeepers in the past - Gordon Banks, Peter Shilton, Ray Clemence and Peter Bonetti but now we don't even have a goalkeeper to rescue us.

No point having less foreign players in the UK League if the ones they played last night are the cream of the crop. England can't pass or hold on to the ball, and now can't defend for toffee - two of the goals were sccored from outside the penalty area.

Is it a coincidence that the best ball playing side in the UK League hardly has an English player in it ? - Arsenal - and I'm not a supporter, just an admirer.

All the FA care about is that they will be lacking revenue of �100m next year - shame Very Happy

. Now's the time to pick up England replica kit if they bother putting any on sale.

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:48 am

if i wanted to watch pub footie i`d have watched the lamb and flag over the local pitch.

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Anyone for tennis?