Greece x 1
Portugal x 2
These two are especially embarrassing, Greece were rank outsiders & Portugal are/were literally a one man team.
We should hang our heads in shame...& it won't get any better until we find or develop 2/3 world class players
Kane and Sterling are world class players.
Also, what world class players did Greece have?
comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Greece x 1
Portugal x 2
These two are especially embarrassing, Greece were rank outsiders & Portugal are/were literally a one man team.
We should hang our heads in shame...& it won't get any better until we find or develop 2/3 world class players
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Greece did it without World Class players. England's issue is not the quality of player, it's that other sides out teamwork them. England always look like a group of individuals. Perhaps if they didn't have such big rivalries at club level, more moved abroad etc it may work better.
comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 21 hours, 45 minutes ago
The strength of a domestic league doesn’t tell the whole story, to be fair. Look at Spain, for example. Obviously they were considered underachievers for a long time until 2008, but their league being strong didn’t mean they were a nation that were deemed pathetic for their inability to produce teams good enough to win anything.
England have underachieved, but not to the extent many make out. The issue is that people have always had unrealistic expectations.
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No sense. Ace is spot on about england underachieving. Strongest domestic league for many, many years, and has always been up there with the best. And 1 trophy to tell for it, by far the weakest results of the biggest nations. Had some great players over the years and we’ve consistently failed.
comment by There'sOnlyOneRed's (U1721)
posted 30 minutes ago
comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Greece x 1
Portugal x 2
These two are especially embarrassing, Greece were rank outsiders & Portugal are/were literally a one man team.
We should hang our heads in shame...& it won't get any better until we find or develop 2/3 world class players
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Greece did it without World Class players. England's issue is not the quality of player, it's that other sides out teamwork them. England always look like a group of individuals. Perhaps if they didn't have such big rivalries at club level, more moved abroad etc it may work better.
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Greece did just that...to this day I don't think they have the first idea how they achieved it...graft, some luck., good team ethic maybe
comment by Bales (U22081)
posted 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
Kane and Sterling are world class players.
Also, what world class players did Greece have?
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Questionable...getting there maybe (it's the age old question of what constitutes world class...if it's trophies Kane aint...add to the fact that he's a dive merchant
Greece had none...unsure if they even had any very good players...they basically had 11 x seven out of ten ranked players that all turned up for a few weeks
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posted on 10/9/19
Greece x 1
Portugal x 2
These two are especially embarrassing, Greece were rank outsiders & Portugal are/were literally a one man team.
We should hang our heads in shame...& it won't get any better until we find or develop 2/3 world class players
posted on 10/9/19
Kane and Sterling are world class players.
Also, what world class players did Greece have?
posted on 10/9/19
comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Greece x 1
Portugal x 2
These two are especially embarrassing, Greece were rank outsiders & Portugal are/were literally a one man team.
We should hang our heads in shame...& it won't get any better until we find or develop 2/3 world class players
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Greece did it without World Class players. England's issue is not the quality of player, it's that other sides out teamwork them. England always look like a group of individuals. Perhaps if they didn't have such big rivalries at club level, more moved abroad etc it may work better.
posted on 10/9/19
comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 21 hours, 45 minutes ago
The strength of a domestic league doesn’t tell the whole story, to be fair. Look at Spain, for example. Obviously they were considered underachievers for a long time until 2008, but their league being strong didn’t mean they were a nation that were deemed pathetic for their inability to produce teams good enough to win anything.
England have underachieved, but not to the extent many make out. The issue is that people have always had unrealistic expectations.
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No sense. Ace is spot on about england underachieving. Strongest domestic league for many, many years, and has always been up there with the best. And 1 trophy to tell for it, by far the weakest results of the biggest nations. Had some great players over the years and we’ve consistently failed.
posted on 10/9/19
comment by There'sOnlyOneRed's (U1721)
posted 30 minutes ago
comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Greece x 1
Portugal x 2
These two are especially embarrassing, Greece were rank outsiders & Portugal are/were literally a one man team.
We should hang our heads in shame...& it won't get any better until we find or develop 2/3 world class players
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Greece did it without World Class players. England's issue is not the quality of player, it's that other sides out teamwork them. England always look like a group of individuals. Perhaps if they didn't have such big rivalries at club level, more moved abroad etc it may work better.
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Greece did just that...to this day I don't think they have the first idea how they achieved it...graft, some luck., good team ethic maybe
posted on 10/9/19
comment by Bales (U22081)
posted 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
Kane and Sterling are world class players.
Also, what world class players did Greece have?
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Questionable...getting there maybe (it's the age old question of what constitutes world class...if it's trophies Kane aint...add to the fact that he's a dive merchant
Greece had none...unsure if they even had any very good players...they basically had 11 x seven out of ten ranked players that all turned up for a few weeks
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