Dunphy's analysis last night

Dunph: "I could have been on that Greek team"

Later on "The way football is going now, it'll be the likes of Greece and Portugal and South Korea and Japan in the finals of major tournaments. I'll pack this is and go to the Irish Open [in golf]"

I can see where he's coming from. But I don't like this pious idea that it is "good for the game" if the big teams win. In fact, one could argue that not so good tournaments are better for the overall game - think of reforms post - WC 1990.

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Originally Posted by Quack

Dunph: "I could have been on that Greek team"

Later on "The way football is going now, it'll be the likes of Greece and Portugal and South Korea and Japan in the finals of major tournaments. I'll pack this is and go to the Irish Open [in golf]"

I can see where he's coming from. But I don't like this pious idea that it is "good for the game" if the big teams win. In fact, one could argue that not so good tournaments are better for the overall game - think of reforms post - WC 1990.

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Maybe for a paranoid secret lemonade drinker and big time charlie potato like himself, the dismantling of the world order in both club and country European competitions this year is too much to take. For the first time I believe K**** was right. We could have won this tournament.