Got to go, but speaking of Nations who don’t produce talent like they once did, Italy don’t produce the same quality players like they once did.
Home nations. Underachievers?
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Calvin has a few hooked wonderfully here. Great work
That's the then chairman of Dundee united.
This is Richard Gough
This is Richard Gough
It’s a real shame I’ve got to go now
He’s actually not hooking anyone, he is being one million percent serious.
Calvin has convinced me to change my vote to Scotland. A country that has produced boatloads of world class players that have collected European trophies galore, have never gone beyond the group stages of a tournament EVER. Try and make a case for anyone else underachieving to that extent.
That russian linesman played a blinder, I quite agree.
They're Euro champions?
I think this has helped them grind England into the dust record wise since really.
They use proper money as well to be fair them.
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They’re all underachievers to be fair. England the biggest ones but Scotland, Ireland and Wales are too to varying extents. England’s World Cup record is poor and about on a par with Croatia who have only been in existence since 1994 and have a tiny population.
Scotland’s inability to get out of the group stage of a tournament is pitiful. Ireland had a brief flare up in the 90s but have been garbage since then. Wales have just come off a brief flare up and probably on their way back to the wilderness now. They all have smaller populations so can be excused more than England, but still should’ve achieved more throughout their histories
Scotland’s inability to get out of the group stage of a tournament is pitiful. Ireland had a brief flare up in the 90s but have been garbage since then. Wales have just come off a brief flare up and probably on their way back to the wilderness now. They all have smaller populations so can be excused more than England, but still should’ve achieved more throughout their histories
This is why I voted them. Even Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales have achieved this. It’s absolutely embarrassing. I didn’t realise that was their record until I just looked it up as research for this thread, thought they might’ve managed it in like the 70s or something when they had Dalglish, Souness, Hansen, Law etc.
To be fair Association Football isn't the biggest or national sports in Ireland or Wales.
Id be more annoyed with us if it was.
Rugby Union isn't ours but we've won the World Cup.
There are English teams that enter the All Ireland Championships every year, not great to be fair them.
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