Why are England's chances of winning/getting far in the WC being overlooked by so many people on here?
We've been desperately unlucky at the past few major championships, with disallowed goals, wonder goals, sendings off and penalties being the reason we lost. On paper we also have one of the best teams in the world, only Brazil and Spain really have squads better than ours IMO and we've got players who are capable of that bit of magic which can change a game.
I was speaking to someone who used the Japan game as an excuse for us being 'rubbish', Spain only just managed to beat Saudi Arabia 3-2 the other night. Messi and Lippi said the other week that we are the team to watch out for and Luca Toni has tipped us to win it. I'm not saying we are going to win it or get far, but people are just automatically writing us off.
The only tough, competitive game we've played under Fabio was Croatia, we trouced them both times. I'm not sure we've seen exactly how far we've progressed under Fabio yet.
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I haven't been too excited about the World Cup but I actually agree. Now that it's getting closer I am actually getting more hyped up for it and am more optimistic about our chances.
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Expect the worst, then you can't be disappointed. We're all just scared of heartbreak...
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I don't think we have the right formation or balance myself. We don't know who our No 1 is. We don't know who'll play in the holding role. Gerrard at LM? RM is still up for grabs. We don't know who'll play with Rooney.
Too many questions for such a late stage.
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Croatia aren't a good team. **** me, Wales' second string outplayed them last week. Still lost but...
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They're the only decent team England have played competitively.
Originally Posted by Geraint
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Croatia were missing a few players too though. Originally Posted by Geraint
Croatia are a decent side, nothing amazing but a solid team. They're ranked quite high as well I think although can't remember where.
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Croatia are 10th in the world.
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it was practically their full team bar one or two. we had 14 players pull out or whatever it is.
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We are English, it's what we do best.
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