Some people have some unrealistic expectations.
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[Football] England vs Bulgaria
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Machiavelli
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I just don't get it with Keane. Poorest England player on the pitch, quite comfortably.
BensGrandad
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you can only beat whats put in front of you.
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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In what way?
We will win all our games, probably qualify from our group in the main tournament and then lose to the first decent team we play. Same every tournament with the occasional feck up that sees us go out early
Are those unrealistic expectations?
Oh and I know you’re a Spurs fan but Kane is not World class either
"only against a team that havent won in 6"
Its only the 5th game of the season for most and dispatched them.
We are still a team being built, we are not as good as other teams - why would we be expected to beat them?
Yep, remember when we struggled to qualify?
Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
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Bulgaria need a bit of this in their midfield:
The season he did with us, teaching Bridcutt how to be a defensive midfielder, dominating a twenty yard square in the centre of the pitch was one of my favourite things about Poyet's first season. His superiority was so notable, but watching such a talented player slumming it in Division One was fantastic.
The season he did with us, teaching Bridcutt how to be a defensive midfielder, dominating a twenty yard square in the centre of the pitch was one of my favourite things about Poyet's first season. His superiority was so notable, but watching such a talented player slumming it in Division One was fantastic.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Kane hat trick, 4-0. What's not to like?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I loved watching him play for us. It was a tragedy what happened to his young wife.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
What is not to like?
I don't like these pointless games, the sooner they scrap international football the better. Too many weekends missed, breaking up and spoiling the flow of the real football.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I quite like the breaks, and enjoyed going to the garden centre this afternoon, then watch a match on terrestrial tv.
Weststander
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I enjoyed that, especially the second half, there was so much creativity from England. Rashford, Rice and Sterling stood out for me. With lots of other young talent coming through.
Defensively Trippier and Keane were the weak spot. I really hope that Keane and Maguire as a two, are NOT our long term partnership. A clear lack of pace and vulnerability, which true international quality forwards will exploit.
Defensively Trippier and Keane were the weak spot. I really hope that Keane and Maguire as a two, are NOT our long term partnership. A clear lack of pace and vulnerability, which true international quality forwards will exploit.
Weststander
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Same here, loads done, then settle down to tea time football.
I remember watching a qualifier in 76 or 77. Pay on the gate. Around 30,000 (a third full). A crap 1-1 draw. People moaning about football today know nothing. People hankering back to those days . . . . well, what can I say? 
Edit: we beat Finland 2-1 but it was dire.
Edit: we beat Finland 2-1 but it was dire.
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BN41Albion
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- Oct 1, 2017
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Scrap international football? F*** that, bloody love the world cup and euros. Not so much these games, but as others have said, there's more to life than football, can do other stuff when it's international weekends
Weststander
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I remember watching a qualifier in 76 or 77. Pay on the gate. Around 30,000 (a third full). A crap 1-1 draw. People moaning about football today know nothing. People hankering back to those days . . . . well, what can I say?
Although I went to a Wembley friendly in 1977 with my school, 92,000 (night capacity) against the brilliant Dutch team. Magical for me as a non cynical kid. Used to dream about Wembley and that match under lights years later.
But you’re correct ... older people could and did ‘moan for England’ about our national team then. The petty inter clubs hate thing had started already (possibly going in tandem with the hatred on club terraces?). People would hate ManU or Liverpool or Spurs players selected.
Maybe that's why you see only lower league club names on England banners at games. A chance for lower league supporters to get a bit of stardust. On that note there was a big 'Crystal Palace' one behind the goal during today's game
I can also remember in the 70s pundits admiring one or two division 1 black players on MOTD and asking one another (rhetorically - nobody ever answered the question) whether they had the 'right temperament' to play for England (and obviously only in a flair position)
He may well be but I don’t think he is the World Class player that the media would have you believe. Nowhere near VVD.