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I think man for man (and without so many injuries) we should be a better team than Italy, and clearly we are not, so there is something wrong.ShiftyPowers;3260768 said:I thought England were fine. Injuries are part of it, but the other part of it is just that they aren't one of the 4 best nations in Europe. It really does seem like the 4 best teams are in the Semis now which is great. I think England, at this stage where they are forced to use Jordan Henderson as a CM, can't pretend to be in that upper league.
bahahaha ... "should" ...Sir Sir_Didier_Drogba;3261072 said:I think man for man (and without so many injuries) we should be a better team than Italy, and clearly we are not, so there is something wrong.
how? English football fans never cease to amaze me ...ShiftyPowers;3260732 said:I thought Oxlaide-Chamberlain could have given a lot more than Theo, but in the end Italy was a lot better. Can't really complain about the result. Just sucked in the Three Lions Pub as the one gay ass Italian family with grandmas and **** celebrated today while all of us in England jerseys (everyone except me being an ex pat) were like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. But in the end, all the English people I talked to were like "yeah, we knew it was gonna happen".
And it's true. There was so much confidence and singing for 2+ hours, and then when it officially went to penalties the entire ex pat crowd around me got terrified.
should they though?theo;3261091 said:you guys need a major revamp. box to box midfielders that can only pass and run the whole game will only get you so far. I was looking at your squad yesterday and bar Young (who was sh*t) there was no player I could remotely call skilled. same goes for your wingers in the past years, they bring nothing other than pace (Downing, Walcott, Lennon to some extent, etc.). also, ditch the 4-4-2, it's not 2004 anymore. seriously, you've been having the best league in Europe for the past years, and the richest too I think, and only now can you see some gifted players of your own emerge - Welbeck, Wilshere, Ox, etc. you should be at least at Spain's level.
Xifio;3228274 said:I just revisited the "Can England Win the Next World Cup" documentary from a couple of years ago
Xifio;3261216 said:England's dismissal of technique and flair as critical qualities for a player is a defining trait of their footballing culture -- the main reason why I show such distaste for them ... comparing them to Spain is also folly for that very reason ...