Reply to: World Cup Qualifiers

[PM-Junkie]

Massive funding into sport from lottery (and possibly government I don't know).

Cue "bloody Brown, spending our tax money on sport" comments...

Football, rugby and cricket get lots of lottery money???

...and if memory serves, hockey lost lots of its lottery funding when both they guys and the gals did so badly at the last olympics.

[d000hg]

English sport seems to be doing rather well when you think about it...

• Runners up in the rugby world cup
• Won the ashes
• Won the european cup in hockey for the first time (beating germany in the final )
• Qualified for the football world cup easily

...and on the GB front, lots of medals at the last olympics.

I wonder why it seems to have turned round?

Massive funding into sport from lottery (and possibly government I don't know).

Cue "bloody Brown, spending our tax money on sport" comments...

[Doggy Styles]

Agreed. It's the team work that's lacking. Germany has won many trophies wth far inferior players.

Agreed. Teamwork and discipline. No pandering to players. They were never allowed mobile phones in training in 1966...

[Pinto]

English sport seems to be doing rather well when you think about it...

• Runners up in the rugby world cup
• Won the ashes
• Won the european cup in hockey for the first time (beating germany in the final )
• Qualified for the football world cup easily

Also, in women's football; England is in the Euro 2009 final, to be played today.

[PM-Junkie]

English sport seems to be doing rather well when you think about it...

• Runners up in the rugby world cup
• Won the ashes
• Won the european cup in hockey for the first time (beating germany in the final )
• Qualified for the football world cup easily

...and on the GB front, lots of medals at the last olympics.

I wonder why it seems to have turned round?

[sasguru]

It's not a turd though, the line-up of players England have is very impressive; he has to make them work together.

Agreed. It's the team work that's lacking. Germany has won many trophies wth far inferior players.

[d000hg]

I think the next one will be between Spain and Brazil, England will go out in the quarters I think as there are still 4 or 5 better teams in the world. Even Capello can't polish a turd.

It's not a turd though, the line-up of players England have is very impressive; he has to make them work together.

[DS23]

yeah but we won the ashes.

[minestrone]

I think the next one will be between Spain and Brazil, England will go out in the quarters I think as there are still 4 or 5 better teams in the world. Even Capello can't polish a turd.

[sasguru]

. At least we won't have reports on the WAGS daily shopping trip - Capello doesn't want them around.

Indeed. The atmosphere at the World Cup should be that of a monastic camp.
Capello should lay out the goal in simple terms: "Win the World Cup" and every sinew and iota of effort and energy should be bent to that task.

I doubt if the over-paid soft-living chavs that constitute the English football team can take the strain though.

[Zippy]

At least we won't have reports on the WAGS daily shopping trip - Capello doesn't want them around.

They are likely to end up as 'football pundits' on the Living channel ...

Coleen Rooney on the 4-4-2 formation anyone?

[Doggy Styles]

My Brother got a Scotland World Cup '78 bag in, well 1978. After a few weeks the paint flaked off and the logo and underneath was an England 1978 badge.

There were warehouses full of those, all ready to hit the shops, but England failed to qualify.

Tell him to also check his Esso coin collection - Souness is just Brooking with a moustache scratched on.

We have to 'go across to the England camp' every 15 minutes so some bint can ask John Terry if Rooney's turd was solid today and other such trivial tripe the English people will become obsessed about.

Indeed, that all gets on my tits. At least we won't have reports on the WAGS daily shopping trip - Capello doesn't want them around.

[sweetandsour]

Cons: We have to 'go across to the England camp' every 15 minutes so some bint can ask John Terry if Rooney's turd was solid today

I don't think that they would let valuable information like that get into their opponent's hands.

[Evil Hangover]

I'll tell you what the point is - damn good entertainment of course! Are you too young to remember the comedies of Iran, Costa Rica, Morocco...

Ah yes, good point. I'm gutted that they couldn't squeeze through last night now. Real shame.

[Lithium]

FFS people we have just qualified for the final stages of the World Cup, with games to spare and not dropping any games!!!! So yeah we may lose a quarter final, semi final etc. but at least we are there to do so!!! COME ON ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!