I hope he gets to eat his words

[doodab]

BBC Sport - Football - Germany's Franz Beckenbauer criticises England style

The Germans are getting a bit ahead of themselves. Giving the aussies a thrashing is all well and good but they need to play a decent team before they can start proclaiming themselves favourites.

[gingerjedi]

BBC Sport - Football - Germany's Franz Beckenbauer criticises England style

The Germans are getting a bit ahead of themselves. Giving the aussies a thrashing is all well and good but they need to play a decent team before they can start proclaiming themselves favourites.

It's bit like Ferguson saying Chelsea are crap for drawing with Everton after Man Utd had just thrashed Bristol Rovers.

He's just a sauerkraut.

[sasguru]

BBC Sport - Football - Germany's Franz Beckenbauer criticises England style

The Germans are getting a bit ahead of themselves. Giving the aussies a thrashing is all well and good but they need to play a decent team before they can start proclaiming themselves favourites.

WHS.

People are saying we need to top the group to avoid playing germany but I think we should just take them and make them our bitches..

[chef]

He's just a sauerkraut.

[Homer Simpson mode]
...mmm Sauerkraut
[/Homer Simpson mode]

[doodab]

The germans scored 4 in their first game last time, and put 8 past Saudi Arabia in their first game in 2002.

Interestingly Miroslav Klose has scored 5 goals in both of the last two world cups.

[shaunbhoy]

It's bit like Hitler saying "France are crap", just because it took his army 36 hours to wipe the floor with them! He's just a sauerkraut.

FTFY

[doodab]

FTFY

And we all know who won in Escape to Victory don't we.....

[BlasterBates]

Well I got the impression that England were well, how should I put it....

crap.


Admit it, improve and win!!!

[shaunbhoy]

Well I got the impression that England were well, how should I put it....

crap.
Admit it, improve and win!!!

Too harsh. They were average, and against a fairly decent team who put in a good workmanlike performance. No doubt they will have to improve to progress very far, but that might be said about a lot of teams. No real harm done thus far, and as long as the next 2 games go reasonably well, a draw with the Yanks will soon scroll off the bottom of the page.

[doodab]

FTFY

Well I got the impression that England were well, how should I put it....

crap.


Admit it, improve and win!!!

If we were crap the result would have been a lot worse, but we definitely need to improve if we're going to get beyond the next round. I believe we will, we played a lot better than that in qualifying and we have players who are capable of a lot better than that.