Robstyley said:
theforceuk said:
forget this World Cup, England categorically will not get close to winning it.
Whaat?! Forget this World Cup? No. Don't write them off yet
They won't. They aren't good enough. Some of the bigger/better sides will expose the weaknesses in their team.
On that note. You lot, English people, are doing what you ALWAYS do. Win 1 game, apparently very well (I missed the game) against a poor side and suddenly your team are world beaters. Nope. They aren't.
They are in the group of second favourites with Portugal, Belgium, Argentina (who are as good as out), Uruguay etc. A decent run and a bit of luck and you could make the semi's. If you're very very lucky the final. But none of them will win it. Spain, France, Brazil or Germany (jammy jammy jammy bastards) will win it.
I heard a sports presenter on the radio this morning say, and I quote "Belgium aren't even that good, England should beat them fairly comfortably. I mean there's no one really in that Belgium team who would get in England's team!"
That's a verbatim quote.
Has he heard of Courtious? Hazard? There's a bloke called Kevin De Bruyne he's not bad, he might just get a game for England. Alderweireld? Dembele? :roll:
Then of course when you get knocked out suddenly the whole team will have let the country down, whoever missed the pen etc will be a bigger bastard than Hitler, they will be over paid show ponies who don't care etc etc etc. And those of us who aren't English will sigh, bang our heads off the wall and stick our fingers in our ears for 6 months.
Another rant. So far I've watched probably 60-70% of the games at the WC. In EVERY SINGLE ONE WITHOUT FAIL, they (BBC and ITV) have talked about England at HT and inside 5 mins of FT. EVERY SINGLE TIME. Once or twice I can understand. The day before or after an England game, yeah by all means, the day of an England game, yes certainly, even I would talk about England then. But EVERY SINGLE ****ING TIME!?
Do I really want to know how some England boy is settling in in Russia at HT of a game. NO, I want to hear some so called analysis about the ****ing game that's going on. My first thought at FT isn't "Gee, I wonder how Gareth Southgate felt after training today, I hope they do an interview with him." It's about the game I've just seen. I want to hear people talk about it, the implications, the performances, the incidents. Not ****ing Engerlund. There's a time a place and every ****ing given opportunity is neither.
THAT is why the rest of the UK and the ROI struggles to cheer for you lot in major competitions. The older I get the more it grates.
Don't even start me on the 5 mins we had to listen to about England during HT of the Norn Iron Wales game at the last Euros. First time either side has made a major tournament in 30 odd years and they both get out of the group and are playing each other. So needless to say the HT discussion should be about...........England!? :roll: :evil:
