[Football] World Cup - Day Twenty Five - The Second Semi Final

[Kinky Gerbil]

France = 2 WCs and 2 Euros and counting. England really are international football’s longest standing joke, but hey, the PL is the best league on the planet right?

Yes it is, it’s miles ahead of the next best league on entertainment value.

 

[Swansman]

Yes it is, it’s miles ahead of the next best league on entertainment value.

Disagree strongly... entertainment wise nothing currently beats the (previously unwatchable) Serie A

 

[nicko31]

France = 2 WCs and 2 Euros and counting. England really are international football’s longest standing joke, but hey, the PL is the best league on the planet right?

The fact that Football is a lot bigger in England than France makes this worse

We’re the Newcastle United of International football

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

France = 2 WCs and 2 Euros and counting. England really are international football’s longest standing joke, but hey, the PL is the best league on the planet right?

That’s what happens when you put in place a modern National academy with proper structure and processes. Same with Spain and Germany. It’s also worth noting that in all these cases the league and the respective FAs pull together.

 

[Guinness Boy]

England really are international football’s longest standing joke

No. No they're not. I think that's San Marino.

 

[Quebec Seagull]

No. No they're not. I think that's San Marino.

Palauans beg to differ.

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[Super Steve Earle]

Many moons back found it better on the whole to flick the mute button and play a decent album.
Tonight Matthew it's been The City - Now That Everything's Been Said

Wise move!

 

[Guinness Boy]

Palauans beg to differ.

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As a serious point, and completely off topic to the thread title, "Up Pohnpei" by Paul Watson is an absolutely tremendous book about international football at the wrong end of the rankings. I commend it to anyone and it was one of a few things that kept me sane in lockdown.

 

[ROBS BROTHER]

As a serious point, and completely off topic to the thread title, "Up Pohnpei" by Paul Watson is an absolutely tremendous book about international football at the wrong end of the rankings. I commend it to anyone and it was one of a few things that kept me sane in lockdown.

Come on now We all knew from the outset that this World Cup was corrupt and incompetent. What made you think that a fine upstanding country like England could possibly be successful

 

[BN41Albion]

Yep, this is not a great French team. We showed them too much respect. Don't buy all this nonsense about us having a younger, less experienced team. Half the French team are youngsters with few caps. We did f*** up.

World Champions four years ago is rather irrelevant

You don't reach 4 finals in 7 for no reason. We really didn't completely f*** up. These are seasoned finalists at the moment; they know how to win (the entire set up, not just the starting 11)

Like I said, we could/should have won the other day, but no chance it was a complete f*** up that we didn't