Holland and Portugal have won one Euros each

The former have pedigree but have also failed to qualify for tournaments too.

Portugal are not a 'historically successful nation by any measure.

Even Spain and France have only started winning regularly in the modern era.

The Spain that we played in 1996 had (at the time) a best World Cup performance of 4th in 1950. They were regularly awful in major comps.

Posted By: norwaay on July 7th 2024 at 16:08:39

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Southgate in numbers (Other Football) - norwaay, Jul 7, 09:36:24
- Only England manager to make more than one major semi-final (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 7, 11:55:56
- We beat Holland, and Spain on the way to Euro 96. and Germany in '66 (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Jul 7, 11:16:26
  - Also drew with Switzerland. (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 7, 23:34:51
  - After 66... (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Jul 7, 12:38:30
  - I always thought Netherlands was in the knockouts fror some reason (Other Football) - phrankin, Jul 7, 11:18:58
- Tournaments are a lot larger these days, much easier to qualify (Other Football) - phrankin, Jul 7, 11:03:27
- Being harsh, only the one top team beat in the knock outs - Germany (Other Football) - phrankin, Jul 7, 10:53:57
  - I don't like this 'top team' thing (Other Football) - Mecagoenti, Jul 7, 15:14:44
    - Any win against the following historically successfull nations (Other Football) - phrankin, Jul 7, 15:55:55
      - Holland and Portugal have won one Euros each (Other Football) - norwaay, Jul 7, 16:08:39
        
        Whatever spin you want to put on it (Other Football) - phrankin, Jul 7, 18:08:59
  - That German side was beaten by north Macedonia , it wasn’t a German side as we know it (n/m) (Other Football) - Mickdundee, Jul 7, 11:07:30
- He has been triffic (Other Football) - Old Git, Jul 7, 09:43:38
  - It is confounding (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Jul 7, 09:58:40
    - Our fanbase mirrors pretty much the general english fanbase (Other Football) - Azteca, Jul 7, 10:20:52
      - Just more than one shot on target per 90 would do for me (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 7, 10:24:31
        
        We've been carrying kane (Other Football) - paulg, Jul 7, 10:31:14
  - Defences (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Jul 7, 09:48:48
    - Teams are more organised and defend incredibly deeply at times. (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 7, 11:50:59
    - Don’t they know who we are? (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 7, 09:53:51

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