Group D: England, Croatia, Scotland, Czech Republic

[Papa Shango]

I think Big Sam would have been great for England.

He would have got results.

Boring, grindy results but deffo results.

Hardly any different to the last couple of decades really.

 

[Papa Shango]

Best teams don't always win.

The other home nations have massive inferiority complexes with regards England, that's a cold hard fact.

Get over it I say and don't forget to bow to our Queen.

Do Wales?

I'm not sure they do.

 

[Goat]

Do Wales?

I'm not sure they do.

I dunno, I was just fishing with some weak bait.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

I don't think Tottenham will sell him to city or United..

I don’t think you’re understanding the word “if”

 

[Rob17896]

TBf rashford didn't improve things.

Kane wasnt the issue,,, his lack of service was

Partially, but he was well off when he did get the ball.

 

[Wolf8312]

We dont think England have a good side either!

Again! I am aware of that good sir! The other poster said we believe we are great not that we actually are great!

 

[WA Toffee]

If population mattered China would win it every year.

Some countries are just not made for football.

England, yes, Wales, no, Scotland, no, Ireland, LOL.

You were doing so well until then

 

[emir]

Drawing with a country that’s 10 times the size of mine in terms of population…

to a man, we’re not the inferior ones.

Are you also counting the population of English born lads with Scottish/Welsh ancestry?

 

[WA Toffee]

Best teams don't always win.

The other home nations have massive inferiority complexes with regards England, that's a cold hard fact.

Get over it I say and don't forget to bow to our Queen.

I wouldn't say it is an inferiority complex, more an understanding that england currently have a better team. Each of the home nations have a period where they are the better team, england are having their turn at the moment.

And I am ways willing to bow to the British Queen.

 

[Blueclouds]

We always play crap teams so when we come up against quality we don't have a clue. Play friendlies against better teams. Invite the likes of Mexico and Brazil to Wembley

 

[Blueclouds]

Plus I don't rate some of the players like Rice, Sterling, mings

Foden and Mount not ready to drag us over the line
Kane not with it

We don't really have our own superstar yet.

I would like to see us give Jack, Sancho and Reece a chance

 

[BlueStevie35]

We always play crap teams so when we come up against quality we don't have a clue. Play friendlies against better teams. Invite the likes of Mexico and Brazil to Wembley

We do but it’s rare, last time we played Brazil it was a 0-0 draw in 2017, last time we played Mexico was over a decade ago in a 3-1 win

Other recent friendlies against ‘stronger opposition’

France - 3-2 defeat in 2017
Germany - 0-0 draw in 2017
Spain - 2-2 draw in 2016 (played them twice in Nations League 2 years later)
Portugal - 1-0 win in 2016
Argentina - 3-2 win in 2005
Colombia - 3-2 win in 2005 (played them in the last World Cup)
Netherlands - 1-0 win in 2018 (played them in Nations League semis a year later)
Italy - 1-1 draw in 2018

 

[Paul Rideout]

Are you also counting the population of English born lads with Scottish/Welsh ancestry?

why would I do something that has a derogatory effect on the point I’m trying to make? Lol

I’m also not including the Scottish born lads that live in England, nor the English born lads that live in Scotland, nor the migrant populations that would play for their home countries rather than the country they live in - just a pure population based statistic.

As yard stick it’s a relatively fair approximation.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

I really hope this post isn't true.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

If people think our sports coverage is biased then they definitely need to go live abroad and get a reality check as to what proper bias is like because our sports coverage would be considered neutral relative to a lot of the world.

Dutch or just about any south american sports coverage is a good place to start in terms of making English coverage look neutral.

Try Spain.