another question to be answered
will a real golden generation pick up the prize?
3 defeats in previous 3 semi finals
world and European championships
now a chance for a great team to land the big one
chile who beat Spain and Columbia were more than decent
Germany struggled with Ghana and Algeria
there was nothing to suggest the size of this defeat
not in this tournament in recent history or in the whole
of their history have Brazil defended so badly
I thought there weakness was at the other...
refs cannot win
give out cards and people moan that football should be a contact sport
I think the ref did get the wrong blance yesterday
there was a foul on James in the first few minutes which deserved a yellow
and that may have made a difference or a 9 a side game
simular to letting de Jong...
part of the problem is refs will NEVER rice a foul if the player stays on his feet
so you have people going to win a free kick when that think they are fouled
as well as simulating a foul
it is not all about us
the team at the other end come to win
and yes they can play a bit too
historically we have not got a great record in international competitions
1 final at European and world level
no real surprise we did not make it out of a tough group
we normally struggle out of...
thought the thread was about our chances of winning the cup in the next 50 years
hopefully we can have a better tournament than the last 2
even though we got further I thought we were worse 4 years ago
Rooney was certainly worse in South Africa
Brazil and Germany have been to 7 finals
Italy 6
Argentina 4
England 1
there was a time in 70's and early 80's
when our club sides did very well in Europe
without so many foreign stars ( a fair few decent scots at the time)
and our international results could /should have been better
but taking...
only 6 teams have won the World Cup since 1966
will we be amongst the 6 or so that will win in the next 50 years?
probably not but neither will another 200 nations
not to say it is not possible just unlikely and the usual suspects
have a better chance .
I thought the story was Evra asked him why did you kick me?
Suarez answering because you are negro
if that is true it was not used just as a description
but a reason for violence
we have never been consistently successful in international tournaments
many teams have a far better record than us
this time drawn in a group with 2 other top 10 sides
we all knew it was going to be difficult
there again many Albion fans think 2 years in the
championship play offs is failure
so the player with the assist Johnson and the goal Rooney were the problem?
Italy and Uruguay are ranked in the worlds top ten from the moment the draw was made
any football fan knew it was going to be difficult to get out of the group
we certainly had a go
in football simulations stirling is...
thought Rooney was our best player
couldn't see them winning when we equalized
thought we were on top then
gerrard , wellbeck and hart were the weakest link