The thing is though...
...why aren't England competing with Italy, Germany, Spain, Holland, and France? Even Portugal.
The above teams aren't always good, of course, but England are *always* average/poor.
Posted By: yarmyyarmy on June 20th 2014 at 09:32:25
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- What Ingerlund needs (Other Football) - King, Jun 20, 09:24:42
- The reality is this tournament was always going to come too soon. Hodgson has tried (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 20, 09:43:01
- And I bet we'll be saying the same thing in two years' time (Other Football) - King, Jun 20, 09:49:08
- Well yes, but they'll have 2 years more experience in all forms of the game and the core (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 20, 09:58:01
- a lot of them did 'star' for Liverpool (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 20, 09:54:51
- indeed. As we saw last night from Uruguay. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 20, 10:05:16
- That's one team (Other Football) - King, Jun 20, 10:03:33
- Whereas Milner plays regularly for Man City and is vilified by England fans (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 20, 10:18:57
- Arsenal probably ha (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 20, 10:05:10
- ve more than Chelsea (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 20, 10:06:26
- And I bet we'll be saying the same thing in two years' time (Other Football) - King, Jun 20, 09:49:08
- My complex analysis of last night: (Other Football) - APB, Jun 20, 09:34:18
- Rooney should definitely have had two (Other Football) - duke of york, Jun 20, 09:36:49
- Grant Holt would have scored that (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 20, 09:40:17
- Rooney should definitely have had two (Other Football) - duke of york, Jun 20, 09:36:49
- The thing is though... (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 20, 09:32:25
- Because they have better players than us (Other Football) - King, Jun 20, 09:46:19
- BUt why are their players better than us? Similar population sizes. (Other Football) - phrankin, Jun 20, 09:56:14
- Faciliites, facilities, faciliities. (Other Football) - APB, Jun 20, 09:37:06
- Well taking cricket as an example, private schools have ex pros as coaches (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 20, 10:03:11
- Coaches are part of the facilities. (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jun 20, 10:06:58
- ok, if you insist. (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 20, 10:11:45
- Coaches are part of the facilities. (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jun 20, 10:06:58
- See i'm not sure about this, how good are the facilities in Uruguay? is it more a social (Other Football) - megson, Jun 20, 09:49:04
- Hence I wrote more advanced, wealthier societies. (Other Football) - APB, Jun 20, 10:08:20
- parents here won't let their kids play outside any more? (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 20, 09:53:13
- I think that's part of it yes, kids play inside for a variety of reasons now. (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Jun 20, 09:54:58
- So our paedos are to blame (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Jun 20, 09:58:30
- or our irrational, media-fuelled, out-of-proportion fear of peadophiles. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 20, 10:12:23
- Indeed. I doubt there are actually any more paedophiles than there used to be (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 20, 10:17:53
- or our irrational, media-fuelled, out-of-proportion fear of peadophiles. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 20, 10:12:23
- So our paedos are to blame (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Jun 20, 09:58:30
- I think that's part of it yes, kids play inside for a variety of reasons now. (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Jun 20, 09:54:58
- My German cousin went to Seattle on a football scholarship for a year (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jun 20, 09:44:56
- I was typing facilities a bit too quickly there... (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jun 20, 09:37:50
- Well taking cricket as an example, private schools have ex pros as coaches (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 20, 10:03:11
- Youth facilities (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 20, 09:36:12
- Well, youth coaching i'd say, Germany and Spain have something Like ten times as many qual (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 20, 09:49:28
- Poorer countries also tend to breed players with more desire (Other Football) - duke of york, Jun 20, 09:42:09
- ^^^^^ He's got the answer. We need a FIFA world cup, we might win that. (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Jun 20, 09:49:47
- you say but if there was one I bet it'd turn out we were rubbish (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 20, 09:59:54
- and schools who let their tennis courts rot (n/m) (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jun 20, 09:47:56
- they should be turned into football pitches anyway (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 20, 09:56:23
- If they turned them into anything it would be a bonus (n/m) (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jun 20, 10:00:50
- Ah. Winter breaktime football. On the tennis courts. With a tennis ball. (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 20, 09:56:23
- they should be turned into football pitches anyway (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 20, 09:56:23
- how many of those countries listed in the OP are much poorer than us though? (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 20, 09:45:27
- ^^^^^ He's got the answer. We need a FIFA world cup, we might win that. (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Jun 20, 09:49:47
- Because they have better players than us (Other Football) - King, Jun 20, 09:46:19
- We have a very successful national league and a decent population size (Other Football) - phrankin, Jun 20, 09:32:02
- The reality is this tournament was always going to come too soon. Hodgson has tried (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 20, 09:43:01
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