Crossie wrote:Mase, I said 1 player and 4 more years of experience. What is the point in saying we had an easy route and Holland and Italy were missing? Holland and Italy have both been shit, beaten by teams much worse. I would have loved it if we’d played Italy or Holland, we’d have beaten them. The route had teams who were doing as well as England. Would Germany beg to play Brazil, Spain and Argentina on their way to the final? No and teams make it to semi finals because they have been good enough to get there.
We’ve seen plenty of teams win major tournaments by having a sound game plan. That’s what England had. Do you really give a shit how the World Cup is won? Remember Greece in the Euros? Do you think they cared that they won nearly every game 1-0 with set piece goals? Winners of these competitions use set pieces as a weapon to unlock games.
I didn’t think England were going to win the World Cup this time, even when we went up 1-0 vs Croatia. It was all about building, building was done. Faith is restored and so is belief.
I’m with you on this one Crossie.
I honestly don’t know what some English fans expect.
You came 4th with a young team that wasn’t expected to get that far.
They are very limited, particularly in midfield, but you play as a team.
We’ve seen teams bore their way to finals in tournaments, over the years.
To say the big teams either weren’t in it or played terrible like Argentina or Brazil or Germany, is irrelevant.
You play what is in front of you. That was the standard this year and TBH you should have beaten Croatia. If you’d taken your chances in the first half you’d be in the final today.
Small margins. You are definitely a few players short of being true contenders.
The fact you can’t control a game from midfield like Modric is a big drawback at this level.
You over achieved with this group. If, and it’s a big if, Southgate holds his nerve and doesn’t pander to the media and tries to build on this, then you can have another stab at it in the Euros.
Being down on this team is not much different to swallowing the shit the media spout about City players IMO.
I suppose it’s glass half full or half empty syndrome.