Where would we rank amongst the footballing nations overall.
Brazil and Germany are the elite - 15 World Cup final appearances between them, winning 9 times, Germany have 3 European Championships, Brazil have 9 Copa’s
After that I think Clearly above England are the following:
Italy - 4 world cups and 1 Euro
France - 2 world cups and 2 Euros
Spain - 1 World Cup and 3 Euros
Argentina - 2 World cups and 14 Copa’s
Uruguay - 2 world cups and 15 Copa’s
I think a win tomorrow though would put us above Holland, Portugal, Czechs, and the rest and potentially a World Cup away from leaping Spain and getting very close to the French.
Also how highly should the Copa be valued given that only 10 teams take part and over the long term only 3 sides have ever been truly competitive with Chile, Peru and Colombia having the odd decent tournament
IF England win
posted on 10/7/21
comment by Cinciwolf----FIGHT THE FIX----*England Euro 2020 champs(*denotes heavy fixing) (U11551)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Robb Sancho (U22311)
posted 23 minutes ago
Strangely by 2026 Mexico will have hosted 3 times as many world cups as England
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Are they getting it again???? Or is it shared with the US and Canada?
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Still counts 😉
posted on 10/7/21
comment by Striketeam7 - The Muffijn Man #WhatwouldSandydo (U18109)
posted 4 hours ago
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - The Muffijn Man #WhatwouldSandydo (U18109)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 32 minutes ago
And where will we rank if we lose tomorrow,?
Also....
why is there no match for third place between the two losing semi-finalists?
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The third place match is pure shieiete
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And the reasons for your opinion are........?
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Usually neither team wants to play it as they are devastated from the loss in the semis. Generally the sides will pick loads of players that didn’t play much in the tournament. It’s essentially a friendly and the least competitive match of the tournament because no one truly cares if they finish third or fourth because it’s not 1st
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If 3rd place is an official winning position in the tournament, backed by money, then usually what you say is wrong.
I've seen some 3rd place matches in tournaments that were in fact better than the first place match.
Spain v Denmark could be so.
Italy scraped by on PKs and England with a dubious penalty.
posted on 11/7/21
If they play a third place game they may as well go the whole way and just complete the round robin with a four team group like 1950
posted on 11/7/21
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 26 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - The Muffijn Man #WhatwouldSandydo (U18109)
posted 4 hours ago
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - The Muffijn Man #WhatwouldSandydo (U18109)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 32 minutes ago
And where will we rank if we lose tomorrow,?
Also....
why is there no match for third place between the two losing semi-finalists?
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The third place match is pure shieiete
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And the reasons for your opinion are........?
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Usually neither team wants to play it as they are devastated from the loss in the semis. Generally the sides will pick loads of players that didn’t play much in the tournament. It’s essentially a friendly and the least competitive match of the tournament because no one truly cares if they finish third or fourth because it’s not 1st
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If 3rd place is an official winning position in the tournament, backed by money, then usually what you say is wrong.
I've seen some 3rd place matches in tournaments that were in fact better than the first place match.
Spain v Denmark could be so.
Italy scraped by on PKs and England with a dubious penalty.
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If Spain had a couple of top strikers who could actually score, and didn’t always participate in a never ending carousel of passing, they’d likely have taken it home.
posted on 11/7/21
comment by Cinciwolf----FIGHT THE FIX----*England Euro 2020 champs(*denotes heavy fixing) (U11551)
posted 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
If they play a third place game they may as well go the whole way and just complete the round robin with a four team group like 1950
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No...it IS a knock out.
It used to have a third place match.
Luck of the draw is all part of it.
posted on 11/7/21
comment by Ace (U22467)
posted 5 hours, 6 minutes ago
Said it a few times this week, but makes me laugh how many foreign cuuuntts on Ja are happy to sit and slate England, while simultaneously ‘supporting’ English club sides. Fack of and support a club from your own countries you hypocritical, plastic, glory boy mugs.
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Oh look Aceole is on special brew already 😂😂
What a loser😁😁
posted on 11/7/21
Tonight's game is a tough one to call..heavy rain 🌧️ expected
posted on 11/7/21
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 10 hours, 36 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - The Muffijn Man #WhatwouldSandydo (U18109)
posted 4 hours ago
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - The Muffijn Man #WhatwouldSandydo (U18109)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 32 minutes ago
And where will we rank if we lose tomorrow,?
Also....
why is there no match for third place between the two losing semi-finalists?
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The third place match is pure shieiete
----------------------------------------------------------------------
And the reasons for your opinion are........?
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Usually neither team wants to play it as they are devastated from the loss in the semis. Generally the sides will pick loads of players that didn’t play much in the tournament. It’s essentially a friendly and the least competitive match of the tournament because no one truly cares if they finish third or fourth because it’s not 1st
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If 3rd place is an official winning position in the tournament, backed by money, then usually what you say is wrong.
I've seen some 3rd place matches in tournaments that were in fact better than the first place match.
Spain v Denmark could be so.
Italy scraped by on PKs and England with a dubious penalty.
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Ted let’s just agree to disagree, you seem to love it, I prefer going shopping with the Mrs to watching that game
posted on 11/7/21
comment by Kingdom of Davids (U21957)
posted 4 hours, 29 minutes ago
Tonight's game is a tough one to call..heavy rain 🌧️ expected
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Another valuable contribution that this thread quite simply could not have done without - thanks Maf
posted on 11/7/21
comment by Striketeam7 - The Muffin Man #WhatwouldSandydo (U18109)
posted 10 hours, 22 minutes ago
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 10 hours, 36 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - The Muffijn Man #WhatwouldSandydo (U18109)
posted 4 hours ago
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - The Muffijn Man #WhatwouldSandydo (U18109)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 32 minutes ago
And where will we rank if we lose tomorrow,?
Also....
why is there no match for third place between the two losing semi-finalists?
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The third place match is pure shieiete
----------------------------------------------------------------------
And the reasons for your opinion are........?
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Usually neither team wants to play it as they are devastated from the loss in the semis. Generally the sides will pick loads of players that didn’t play much in the tournament. It’s essentially a friendly and the least competitive match of the tournament because no one truly cares if they finish third or fourth because it’s not 1st
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If 3rd place is an official winning position in the tournament, backed by money, then usually what you say is wrong.
I've seen some 3rd place matches in tournaments that were in fact better than the first place match.
Spain v Denmark could be so.
Italy scraped by on PKs and England with a dubious penalty.
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Ted let’s just agree to disagree, you seem to love it, I prefer going shopping with the Mrs to watching that game
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And may she spend you into poverty!