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I believe England are closer than ever to bridging the gap between themselves and the world's top teams but there's no Mbappe, Messi, Ronaldo or their like to give them that final shove or instil true belief in themselves. As for Gareth Southgate I really like him and he's produced a team England can be proud of. I don't think any other manager could have got more out of the players.
heard the same but i think it only applies to knockout stage matchesQuote:
Originally Posted by Baloo
How many times have they played a team above them in the rankings since 2002? I can’t imagine it’s many due to England themselves being so high up the rankings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baloo
lol who reads a paper these days i am glad you have found the new religion.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I remember Rob. He was the guy who forgot to log onto one of his other accounts to agree with himself. Comedy gold!Quote:
Originally Posted by jon1959
https://www.ccmb.co.uk/showthread.ph...=1#post5118891
Talk about digging your own grave:hehe: has he got an account knobjohn44?Quote:
Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays
Miles better .....Quote:
Originally Posted by Canton Kev
We got to the closing stages of the euro 2016
England have been to the final of the euro 2020
That's one step better than us
It certainly doesn't make them miles better ...
I would have thought the account owner has Clandestinely sLithered onto a few monickers in his time here.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
He would be right , it's socialist nonsenseQuote:
Originally Posted by jon1959
Nice bloke, crap manager. The game was there for the taking last night, he sat on his hands. He's far too negative. He has absolutely no idea to get a tune out of Foden, either.
If ......Quote:
Originally Posted by Packerman
The English press and the pundits have been talking the same way for over a decade nowQuote:
Originally Posted by Moodybluebird
6 and a half years ago….Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
The final they reached was 17 months ago. In that tournament we crashed out in humiliation in the Ro16.
They’ve also got to a semi final of a World Cup we didn’t qualify for and the quarter finals of a World Cup we were, once again, knocked out of in humiliation.
None of our squad would make their starting 11, I reckon none would make a 7 man subs bench apart from maybe Ben Davies.
A decade? It’s been the same since Kenneth Wolstenholme uttered those famous words.........”Banks has food poisoning, Bonetti’s in goals”!!Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Give it up, they are miles better than us. Just because we don't like it doesn't make it less true.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
In the scheme of things, it means f*ck all, in FA Cup speak, we got knocked out in the third round, they failed in the sixth round. Nobody else, bar your own fans, really remembers the round the also rans took a dive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Canton Kev
I reckon you should work for the English FAQuote:
Originally Posted by Canton Kev
I think like a lot of contributors on here you are guilty of sucking up to your big brotherQuote:
Originally Posted by lardy
It's hardly like they are any better or any closer than when Bobby Robson had them firing in 1990
Shearer and his crew all over them like a rash on FridayQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Today .....blame the ref
I like the analogy and it worksQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
If England put in a few shady performances in the euro qualifiers the team that lost to France will soon get stick
Short memories
Nice guy or not, he should have gone ages ago.
Not sure what planet it is where England aren’t much better than us, but it’s certainly not planet earth. They are miles ahead of us.
I've been happily laughing at England and calling them shit almost every year since 1990. But unfortunately right now they're very clearly not shit so I can't take the piss.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I think you're guilty of knowing little about football, as evidenced earlier in the thread when you seemed to think Belgium win tournaments.
That statement is ridiculousQuote:
Originally Posted by UNDERHILL1927
They have been less successful than a number of international countries
They are the best of the UK sides well that's not in doubt
But miles better no way
I've had a downer on the English team forever but even I can see that this group of players are far, far better that the team with Lampard, Gerrard and Beckham in, the so called Golden Generation. Gerrard's short passing game was garbage and other than his dead ball expertise Beckham was bang average.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
This team plays the game more fluently and can compete with the best, hence their appearance in a major final last year. They may experience some psychological effects from their recent near misses but from a football perspective they are knocking on the door.
As for Wales, it pains me to say it but they are not on the same planet as this England team.