Arrogant Overconfident Just not that good Not in the Breath of the Big boys - Germany , Italy etc Very unimaginative footballers Very little concept of possession Claim to have Invented the Sport but yet have a Swede manager Have a great league -which it's best players are NOT Englis,nor are the managers Do they come anymore overrated than Rooney and Lampard? Becks is all class England fans need a reality check as the sport is a world game 1966 - just one World Cup and many feel that was tainted b/c it was in England Perhaps England players need to follow Woodgate and Hargreaves(your best player who is a Canuck) to other countries to ply their trade. Inventors of the Sport -and I'd say only slightly better than the US
You've got to be joking. A Yank giving the english some stick over their world cup performance. As an Argie, even I'm insulted... you Yanks don't belong anywhere near the world cup! Talking crap as if you're holding some respectable position in this tournament. As if you've ever contributed anything to this great game called football. Besides, if anyone has the right to slag the english its the argies.. 'nuff said
Lampard is overrated? But despite having 4 of the best central defenders in the world, the best LSB (A.Cole) and two best central midfielders in teh world (Lamps and Stevie), they are crap?! Thanks fellow Yank. You've just pushed back football intelligence in our country about 20 years. Finish high school. Get an education. Learn the game. Hell. . play it once in a while. With a real ball instead of a PS2 controller. You might learn something. Oh. And please move to another country or just pretend you're from somewhere else.
I dunno I think its just the way English players are trained they lack creativity , dont really pass the ball well I mean short passing ... rely too much on crosses and long balls... england need more guys like j cole and lennon starting instead of beckham
I didn't say they were Crap - I said they are overrated -and go read the Newspapers in England today -they are getting ripped -especially Lampard and Rooney. Sir Geoff Hurst ripped Rooney as well. The US went to the final 8 in 02 and were robbed by a moronic Scot ref who missed Frings handball Dononvan's apparent goal on the line. Yes, this WC was not successful BUT we were in the Group of Death IMO and Italy may come out of that group and win it all. No, we are not as good as England - but England is nowhere as good as they pat themselves on the back to be.
Why don't you just title this thread from your point of view and not a Yank's, because you don't speak for us. Typical a**-hat comment we deal with all the time here in the states.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha. A feckin yank coming in here to spout bollocks when our u17 kids would thump their....knats....bugs....whatever the hell they call them. Quality.
Truth hurts - you should know...Duff, JoseM,Ballack, Sheva,Carvallho,Gallas, etc on and on -ALL NON English players... Yeah yeah - you're youth team is loaded- I know just like your "nat" Team....So loaded they pulled a "Tony Cascarino" and brought in Owen Hargreaves ...
Ban you? - you're laughable, priceless in fact. People like you are to be treasured, because you obviously have a deep festering problem with England. Every time I read a post of yours now, I'll be right chuffed knowing that somewhere out there, there is a poxy little cvnt really bothered every time the entire media world refers to the Prem as the best league in the world. Hey - have a good night
You're another one thats quality tonight. Although, I'll give you credit for showing up though - most of the yanks are still snivelling with their tails between their legs. Of course, the exception is to the ones that are still running around these boards trying to convince everyone that donovan really is a world class player. pmsl.
Afraid of what? Soccer is not our sport - but everyone knows we are the top athletes in the world....Summer and Winter Olympic domination..Golf, Tennis, Track & Field Tour de Shethole....on an on.... Soccer is just something we'll keep getting better at....and it may take another 15 years - but we'll get there. Think about it - in 02 not too long after getting embarrassed by Iran we got to the Final 8 with "athletes" on our athletic ability...those players are and were average footballers...
But, you're not the top athletes in the world. Thats just media drivel spouted to keep you lot happy. There's an interesting thing on the telly right now - all about how Lance dopped his way to winning races
No we are the Top in the World - not even close...Summer and Winter Olympic domination....in my country you're innocent tp proven guilty - Lance is the clean 7 time Dominator of France...
How did the basketball team do in the olympics, didn't they have professionals at it.... I saw an intersting thing on the telly yesterday about baseball - terribly boring sport - about how that hulk with the giants should get no recognition because of the doping scandal. Doping in your top athletes is a recurring theme eh? Like I said - it's just media drivel to keep you lot interested.
Actually, the US does relatively poorly in relation to its population. And in the winter Olympics just finished, it didn't even win the most medals. Interesting "domination". http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/medals
Trump? Nah - I was just trying to assist. I was an England fan today and I personally wouldn't want to have to read this crap today.
The trouble is the Portuguese are socks they've been trolling here for a week, they can dish it out but they blubb their eyes out when they get some back, expect the same sock different name to reappear shortly.