England avoid Italy, Germany + Spain in Euro2004!

[CreamyC]

JoeDrawb said:

That doesn't mean we are a Joke - off the top of my head - (WC) semi finals 1990 (EC) semi finals 1996 (EC) semi finals 2000 (WC) quarter finals 2002 --- correct me if I was wrong in any of those....anyway, our time will come!

 

To be fair, we had [censored] groups. In 1990 we only had to beat Belguim in the later stages was it to get to the semi-final?

 

What you fail to mention is that we had a massive 6 year gap away from any major tournament. We DIDN'T even qualify for the 1992 European Championships OR the 1994 World Cup and only got into the the 1996 European Championships because we were the bloody hosts. In 1998 we were unlucky but then we lost to Romania in that same WC.

 

England 5 Germany 1

 

Germany are nowhere near as good as they were back in the day, it would've been more satisfying saying that about Brazil or Argentina, teams that are good NOW.

 

England 4 Holland 1

 

That was back in 1996. Holland are known for their inconsistencies throughout their history, better teams have beaten them heavier than we have.

 

England 1 Argentina 0

 

Wasn't a convincing win, we won by a penalty then stuck 11 men behind the ball for the rest of the game.

 

When we start winning convincingly only THEN should they get some sort of recognition they really would deserve.

[JoeDrawb]

STOP BEING SO NEGATIVE !!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

[JoeDrawb]

by the way, we DID qualify for Euro '92........

 

but...

 

we finished bottom of the group

[CreamyC]

JoeDrawb said:

by the way, we DID qualify for Euro '92........

 

but...

 

we finished bottom of the group

 

There you go then dude. Maybe we'll fair better under you playing FIFA 2004.

[Ikon]

Jofish said:

I was told by a mate that cudachinni ( i know thats not how its spelt) the chelsea keeper will be eligable to play for England next year, he is deffinatlly worth a look, and i dont think he's gonna get in the Italian team with the likes of Buffon and Co?

 

I think what this situation is is that there is no rule in Football like there is in Rugby where if you have lived in a certain country for a set period of time you qualify to play for that country and what people are saying is that if there was then Cudicini could play for England, I think Di Canio was mentioned aswell!

 

But until that rule is in place we will have to make do with David James!

[JoeDrawb]

CreamyC said:

JoeDrawb said:

by the way, we DID qualify for Euro '92........

 

but...

 

we finished bottom of the group

 

There you go then dude. Maybe we'll fair better under you playing FIFA 2004.

 

funny cunt

[Ikon]

CreamyC said:

 

 

 

Germany are nowhere near as good as they were back in the day, it would've been more satisfying saying that about Brazil or Argentina, teams that are good NOW.

 

Ahem, world cup finalists??

 

 

 

Wasn't a convincing win, we won by a penalty then stuck 11 men behind the ball for the rest of the game.

 

Which is why it was a convincing win! we managed to defend stubbornly against one of the best attacking sides in the world and we put them under pressure to make a mistake (penalty) when it counted!

a win is a win at the end of the day!

[JoeDrawb]

I don't care how we beat the Argies..fookin hate them! diving/cheatin all the time - fact is we beat them!

 

I wore my England shirt with Pride that day, and maybe shed a tear or two

[Jofish]

Damn Right Ikon It was a quality TEAM PERFORMANCE which is what i feel England somtimes lack!

[CreamyC]

Yes, they lack most of the time to be honest.

[alasdairm]

why is everybody so keen for the england team to avoid a challenge?

 

alasdair

[colin66]

alasdairm said:

why is everybody so keen for the england team to avoid a challenge?

 

alasdair

 

Because we want to play someone [censored] - like holland for example

[CreamyC]

alasdairm said:

why is everybody so keen for the england team to avoid a challenge?

 

alasdair

 

EXACTLY alasdair. That backs up what I said earlier.

[Daredevil Tony]

My money is on the Czech Republic for Euro 2004.

 

Pavel Nedved is [censored] ace!!

 

 

[Ikon]

Milan Baros is the star of the Czech team!