Ok So.....will 2010 be as glorious a year as 1966 ?

[Redbacks]

Straya to win undefeated and conceding no goals.

fair comment in the context of this thread

 

[GIMH]

See ripper's signature IMO

 

[Uppercut]

Spain's odds are laughable. Can't wait for them to get knocked out.

Brazil should be miles ahead of everyone else, then England, a bit of a gap then numerous European sides.

Can only suppose you've forgotten the absolute arse-raping Spain gave you not so long ago.

Spain are clearly the best side in the Europe at the moment by miles. Have been since the Euros. Sure they have a reputation for choking, but no moreso than England.

 

[Jamee999]

It will be much better, because this time I am alive!

 

[sledger]

It will be much better, because this time I am alive!

Not wishing to tempt fate with that statement or anything.

 

[Ikki]

Can only suppose you've forgotten the absolute arse-raping Spain gave you not so long ago.

Spain are clearly the best side in the Europe at the moment by miles. Have been since the Euros. Sure they have a reputation for choking, but no moreso than England.

The 2-0 win? England had a second XI out there, pretty much.

I think all objective viewers would have to rate England amongst the favourites. They have a starting XI as strong as anyone in the world and seem to have psychological issues more than anything else. I think Capello solves a lot of those.

Wouldn't be surprised in the least if they win it. I reckon Brazil, Spain and England are the favourites.

 

[GIMH]

Ikki weighing in with words of support for England? Do you support us in footy or something?

 

[sledger]

The 2-0 win? England had a second XI out there, pretty much.

I think all objective viewers would have to rate England amongst the favourites. They have a starting XI as strong as anyone in the world and seem to have psychological issues more than anything else. I think Capello solves a lot of those.

Wouldn't be surprised in the least if they win it. I reckon Brazil, Spain and England are the favourites.

They were all supposedly favourites last time round as well tbf.

 

[Ikki]

Brazil were the champs, Spain were awesome and England had basically the same squad but younger. Wasn't a ridiculous prediction TBH.

In a WC, regardless of how good you are, you'll need that bit of luck. Few WCs have a favourite just steam-roll the opposition.

 

[Ikki]

Ikki weighing in with words of support for England? Do you support us in footy or something?

Nah, just the truth. And, I am sure I've said this before, I reckon England have the worst set of fans in the world in football. Dead-set. Read a lot of your media, blogs, forums, etc and think while you have a tendency to rate some of your players highly there is always an opposing faction in your support that go even more over the top in criticism for that same player. So a tiny bit of praise will get lost in there anyway .

 

[Uppercut]

The 2-0 win? England had a second XI out there, pretty much.

I think all objective viewers would have to rate England amongst the favourites. They have a starting XI as strong as anyone in the world and seem to have psychological issues more than anything else. I think Capello solves a lot of those.

Wouldn't be surprised in the least if they win it. I reckon Brazil, Spain and England are the favourites.

England are good, don't get me wrong, but I think Spain and Brazil are quite obviously better at the moment.

They're in a league with Italy, Germany, Netherlands, all unbeaten in their own groups too. And if I'm honest, I wouldn't fancy their chances against any of those teams if they met in the quarter-finals, but it's a close call. Then there are sides like France, Portugal and Argentina, who you wouldn't write off even though they're struggling at the moment. It's not unusual at all for a team that only barely made the finals to come out as champions.

England are somewhere between third and sixth for me.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

They have a starting XI as strong as anyone in the world

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[Magrat Garlick]

They were all supposedly favourites last time round as well tbf.

England were favourites? In which country?

Oh, right. Carry on.

 

[sledger]

England were favourites? In which country?

Oh, right. Carry on.

Just like the time before that, and the time before that...

 

[grecian]

England are good, don't get me wrong, but I think Spain and Brazil are quite obviously better at the moment.

They're in a league with Italy, Germany, Netherlands, all unbeaten in their own groups too. And if I'm honest, I wouldn't fancy their chances against any of those teams if they met in the quarter-finals, but it's a close call. Then there are sides like France, Portugal and Argentina, who you wouldn't write off even though they're struggling at the moment. It's not unusual at all for a team that only barely made the finals to come out as champions.

England are somewhere between third and sixth for me.

That's about right for me. Don't really know why Scaly rates us so highly considering he's always going on about two of our best players Rooney and particularly Gerrard being over-rated

 

[aussie]

Just like the time before that, and the time before that...

England defiantely where one of the form teams going into the WC 06. Especially after that friendly win vs a strong Argentina in Geneva. The media just super overhyped our chances & well the players where horrific expect for J Cole & Hargreaves.

I presume you are just joking about the ENG being ranked as favourites going into any tournament before that.

 

[roseboy64]

That's about right for me. Don't really know why Scaly rates us so highly considering he's always going on about two of our best players Rooney and particularly Gerrard being over-rated

Nah he thinks the latter is overrated. He finds faults with how Rooney plays sometimes though.

 

[Burgey]

They won't win it.

And if they play Australia, Australia will beat them.

 

[GIMH]

They won't win it.

And if they play Australia, Australia will beat them.

See ripper's signature

 

[andyc]

Does your sig just refer to an actual Aus-Eng game? If Australia manage to progress further than England, does it count?