thats about it, Pride.GUNTER said:Does anyone actually care whether we win or not on Wednesday. I think a bit of national pride is at stake and hope we can finish top!
Pavilionaire said:If the World Cup seedings depend upon us finishing top then yes.
REDLAND said:I don't think they do though
Easy 10 said:The pressures off, there'll be a PARTY atmosphere inside OT, the players will be relaxed, and this will enable them to provide us with a FEAST of confident, free-flowing, slick, imaginative passing football that will leave the crowd breathless and in awe.
Marshy said:Bloody right it matters. Im hoping for a decent performance now the pressure is off and the wonder boy is back.
Pavilionaire said:It's a good point about no qualification at stake. However, with England this usually means pretend you're already on the golf course, rather than playing with gay abandon (See England vs Nigeria, 2002).
Easy 10 said:The pressures off, there'll be a PARTY atmosphere inside OT, the players will be relaxed, and this will enable them to provide us with a FEAST of confident, free-flowing, slick, imaginative passing football that will leave the crowd breathless and in awe.
Not sure how England will play, mind.
So they were crap again ON PURPOSE that time.Uncle Buck said:I still think that Nigeria point was a decision made in so much that England did not want to have to head to the South of Japan for the second round and play an afternoon game in the searing heat. Instead they headed slightly north and got an evening kick off against European opposition that they knew about.
Easy 10 said:So they were crap again ON PURPOSES that time.
How reassuring. And convenient.