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England were ****

And massively overrated and overhyped (once again).

Barely beat Tunisia 2-1. Destroyed Panama in one half and got the hype going. Lost to Belgium. Barely beat Colombia on penalties. Well the second goal against Sweden was not a set piece, so well done I guess. Lost to Croatia, lost again to Belgium. In the last 5 games they played, they scored one goal not from set piece, and just 4 overall, and lost 3 of those 5.
True.. until the semis they were playing with not so great teams like panama etc and when a strong team like Belgium was their opponent they failed.. in my opinion someone else deserved the golden boot
Reply 2
So?

Records will say semi finalists. Who gives a **** what you think about how they got there?

Do you know who England played and beat when they won the thing?

Do you know who Brazil beat on their way to winning it in 94?*
*Typo

No.

So wind your neck in, the 'always bashing England' crowd is just as tedious as those who over hype it.
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Reply 3
Original post by Drewski
So?

Records will say semi finalists. Who gives a **** what you think about how they got there?

Do you know who England played and beat when they won the thing?

Do you know who Brazil beat on their way to winning it in 84?

No.

So wind your neck in, the "always bashing England" crowd is just as tedious as those who over hype it.


In 84 there was no World Cup...

And no one really cares about a semi finalist.
Reply 4
Original post by yudothis
In 84 there was no World Cup...

And no one really cares about a semi finalist.


Typo, corrected.

And if you don't care, why bother creating this post? Clearly it's got to you.
Reply 5
y u do this
Before the world cup started,

"You won't get out the group."

Then after we got out the group

"Colombia will batter England"

Then after we beat Colombia

"Sweden will be too good for England"

Also its worth noting that Sweden beat Italy in the play offs and topped their group which contained Germany and Mexico. So they can't be that bad. There is alsono shame loosing to a Belgium squad that include Hazard, De bryne and Lukaku.
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This is the first major tournament after our golden generation who were completely wasted. Give it a rest.

We won U17 and U21 world cups, we have teenagers in Borussia Dortmund, Man City etc etc all showing crazy potential and fixes the "creativity problem" that we suffered from.

We weren't ****, we had an easy ride. We're probably about Switzerland standard. Which is by no means "****".

Really tired of non football fans throwing judgement at a team. Especially OP, who's always giving his dumb opinion on things he doesnt understand.
Reply 8
Original post by yudothis
And massively overrated and overhyped (once again).

Barely beat Tunisia 2-1. Destroyed Panama in one half and got the hype going. Lost to Belgium. Barely beat Colombia on penalties. Well the second goal against Sweden was not a set piece, so well done I guess. Lost to Croatia, lost again to Belgium. In the last 5 games they played, they scored one goal not from set piece, and just 4 overall, and lost 3 of those 5.


If they won the group they most likely would have lost to Japan and gone out in the last 16 and been branded a disgrace.

I can't see this England team recovering from 2-0 down like Belgium did.
Original post by GeorgeHolmes
Before the world cup started,

"You won't get out the group."

Then after we got out the group

"Colombia will batter England"

Then after we beat Colombia

"Sweden will be too good for England"

Also its worth noting that Sweden beat Italy in the play offs and topped their group which contained Germany and Mexico. So they can't be that bad. There is alsono shame loosing to a Belgium squad that include Hazard, De bryne and Lukaku.


I said the same the other day pretty much. If England would have made the final, it's only because they got an easy path. If they won, well they got an easy path and fluked it. Kane wins the Golden Boot and that apparently doesn't count now because some of his goals weren't sexy enough for the TSR 'once every two years' football pundits.
England fanbase is the worst in the world, Gudjohnsen said in on the BBC a while ago, Iceland get behind the team whereas England take the piss, very strange mentality.
Original post by random_matt
England fanbase is the worst in the world, Gudjohnsen said in on the BBC a while ago, Iceland get behind the team whereas England take the piss, very strange mentality.


England fans did get behind the team this world cup.

The Three lions song reached number one in the charts.

Fanparks/pubs around the country were full with England supporters etc
Original post by GeorgeHolmes
England fans did get behind the team this world cup.

The Three lions song reached number one in the charts.

Fanparks/pubs around the country were full with England supporters etc


Sorry, meant in regards to social media.
Reply 13
Original post by Drewski
Typo, corrected.

And if you don't care, why bother creating this post? Clearly it's got to you.


Because everyone seems to think that England did well this time. Usually it's people getting excited beforehand, and then cold reality hits. This time, because they got so far, people aren't getting reality.

Unless Southgate can improve the squad, in 2 years time they will not do as well, because other countries like Germany and Spain will get better again.
Original post by yudothis
Because everyone seems to think that England did well this time.


I thought England were just an average side who should only hope to make it to the quarters at best. Now they got to the semis and they didn't do well? Surely for little old England that's a fantastic achievement.

The England fans getting excited before tournaments is one of the biggest myths in football as well btw. It's up there with wet nights in Stoke and women footballers never diving. English supporters are the most pessimistic group of fans going and they revel in defeat purely so they can tell everyone else how bad the team is when they get knocked out and why everyone was stupid to be optimistic about them.

I see Kane outscored Mbappe as well.

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