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Which reminds me of the irony of a kid wearing an Arsenal jersey at the Flight of the Earls 400th commemoration in Donegal recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
My heart says I don't want England to qualify but my football head says it would be a more interesting tournament with them in it.
The whole thing will be a damp squib without us anyway.;)
Russia to score a 97th minute winner against Israel courtesy of Pavlyuchenko punching the ball into the net with two fists whilst stood 5 yards offside .
That would be nice
and just seen that the referee for that game is Italian, Stefano Farina.
Can we have a whip round on behalf of the Russian FA and give the money to Farina by way of some "favours" in return? ;) :D
I hope Israel win and England go through, great craic watching them been knocked out of final tournaments early when they think they are going to win it.
Nah, the ball would have to be punched onto the bar, bounce down on the line and a German assistant referee award the goal to Russia from an impossible position...that would make it nice.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Réiteoir
England?? Best nations in Europe?? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBoss
Tournaments won: 1
Tournaments won away from England: 0
Last tournament win: 40+ years ago, not exactly yesterday is it??
No sorry, we are told that England are one of the best teams in Europe, by Sky. Big difference.
That aside, after our elimination, my only interest in the competition is to see when they go out, so we can focus on and watch the real football teams play in their absence.
Not exactly desperate to see the Scots qualify either, but I would love to see the arrogant Italians miss a tournament for a change. :)
Oh you cheeking devil Dodge! Better get ready to do upgrade your level of scouse appreciation given that "our" new manager is scouse and red through-and-through.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Maybe he will get together with that fella from St. Pats who tried to manage us before and teach him something about football.
Going to the game tomorrow?
According to the FIFA rankings, they're number 9.Quote:
Originally Posted by mypost
And although FIFA's rankings are often ridiculed, I'd prefer them to your system -Quote:
1 Italy 1387
2 France 1271
3 Germany 1245
4 Spain 1226
5 Netherlands 1207
6 Portugal 1203
7 Czech Republic 1174
8 Croatia 1155
9 England 1137
10 Romania 1086
11 Scotland 1049
12 Greece 1034
13 Russia 960
14 Poland 837
15 Norway 830
16 Ukraine 828
17 Sweden 821
18 Serbia 786
19 Turkey 771
20 Denmark 769
21 Republic of Ireland 722
How many teams would be in there, based on these rankings?Quote:
Originally Posted by mypost
And I like the argument that those who disagree with you can only have got their info from SKY and are incapable of making up their own mind-
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Originally Posted by mypost
If they qualify, they deserve to be there. If they don't, they don't deserve to be there.
So we were up against 3rd and 7th in Europe :eek: No disgrace to finish 3rd behind them. Trouble is where is Cyprus ;) ?
I'd like to see England qualify , If only because I am familiar with a lot of their players and have a lot of respect for some of them. Those that say "oh we'll never hear the end of it from their media" if they do , need to ask themselves what do the expect if they are consuming that countries media.I.E SKY , The Sun etc , are naturally going to write from an English viewpoint because they are English ,it's not their fault that they are so prevelant here .
Relax mate, I couldn't care less where you're from. Just making the point that you're hardly representative of Irish feelings towards England...Quote:
Originally Posted by reder
A summer (as somebody who works in England) without constant media drivel about England having 8/9 world class players and not having to listen to work colleagues, mates and ex England players proclaim that this year "IS GOING TO BE OUR YEAR" = sounds like heaven to me!
England have picked up 1 point on their travels against their 3 big rivals which sounds like a team that doesn't warrant a place at Euro 2008. Come on Russia!!!!
Croatia are ahead of them, Russia are a few places below. If they do make it, Russia will probably leapfrog them in the next rankings. So they don't deserve to qualify, no?? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
Italy and France are top of the rankings, yet after next week, one of them may be sitting the tournament out too next summer. The rankings may decide some things, but not qualifications.
Is this you, OwlsFan:confused: :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
:D Very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint
I'd generally be happy for friends to have something if I couldn't have it, but on last viewing my friends list didn't have the English football team on it. So then it's the option of the Euros with or without England. I think I'll take the without so I can focus on the tournament in general without besotting myself by only thinking about England.
Russkies Abú!
I'm honestly not too bothered if the English qualify, they will have earned it if they do and theoretically we want to see a football tournament with the best teams there.
Yes, the English media overhype their team to an insane degree BUT their is a simple solution. Switch-off Sky and the Beeb and don't buy any of the English tabloids. How hard can that be for one month every two years?
Is it on live
1-0 Israel.
Jammy old England?
Still 1.0
Fcuking typical jammy English.
Same happened on '82 when other results favoured them after they were sure they were out.
Ah well another QF exit on penos for them.