actually Jack we continue to have a decent national team, something we've enjoyed for many years and will continue to do so.
I think you'll find we reached the quarter finals of the world cup losing to eventual winners Brazil........only 7 other teams in world football managed to reach this stage.
notable exceptions were Holland, France, Argentina,Portugal, Italy.
and of course those who most enjoy criticising the English.....such as Ireland, Scotland, Greece,
I think you'll find we reached the quarter finals of the world cup losing to eventual winners Brazil........only 7 other teams in world football managed to reach this stage.
notable exceptions were Holland, France, Argentina,Portugal, Italy.
and of course those who most enjoy criticising the English.....such as Ireland, Scotland, Greece,
of course england have a half decent national football team and at times during previous years, they might even have had a good one or a great one. But given their population numbers, the impression of how good they are (having "invented" football and all) it's fair to say that football is not their high point in sports. There are plenty of other countries i could name that have much better football schools than england, besides that in your list: former ussr, spain, cheqoslovakia, germany, former yugoslavia, romania etc. etc. It's a telling fact that England has less and less english football players competing for their home league, right now being the minority, with one of their best teams having the worldwide first of being almost a team of another nationality, that is nowadays french arsenal. Also, english football players are probably the LEAST "exported" football players on the globe, and that's not because the working opportunities in england for the football player and salaries are better than most countries in the world, it's because most people would not consider investing in an english football player, because most of them are not any good. All these should be considered when talking about english football.
Jackdee's comments surrounding English football are well documented and equally well flawed but
actually, he is partially correct in stating that the English don't have a good football team.
I don't believe we'll ever win the world cup again (though the one time we did win it was fully deserved. I dare bet A12345 that you didn't see that competition and that therefore you're statement was rash and uninformed)
However, we do have the most attractive football league in the world, populated as it is, as he rightly states, by foreigners. Whether they're overthehill or pooped out ex-superstars, I'll not discuss today, but Gianfranco Zola, for one, has lit up the Premiership with his skills, aged or not and made it into the most watchable football on the planet. I don't attempt to make a case for the superiority for ENGLISH footballers but I can make a very good case for ENGLISH football.
We don't have the sports facilities in the UK to take on the very best in the world. We'll always be a poor second to the Brazilians in football and to the Aussies in cricket but hey! we're an emerging nation on the rugby field and for my part we've then conquered the world!
actually, he is partially correct in stating that the English don't have a good football team.
I don't believe we'll ever win the world cup again (though the one time we did win it was fully deserved. I dare bet A12345 that you didn't see that competition and that therefore you're statement was rash and uninformed)
However, we do have the most attractive football league in the world, populated as it is, as he rightly states, by foreigners. Whether they're overthehill or pooped out ex-superstars, I'll not discuss today, but Gianfranco Zola, for one, has lit up the Premiership with his skills, aged or not and made it into the most watchable football on the planet. I don't attempt to make a case for the superiority for ENGLISH footballers but I can make a very good case for ENGLISH football.
We don't have the sports facilities in the UK to take on the very best in the world. We'll always be a poor second to the Brazilians in football and to the Aussies in cricket but hey! we're an emerging nation on the rugby field and for my part we've then conquered the world!
