November 21, 200717 yr I honestly can't believe it. We should have gone through, but oh well things like this happens. Gotta hand it to England they came back int he 2nd half, but they sat back after the 2nd goal and they payed for it. Bye bye McLaren though. Every England fan will be calling for his head. But at the end of the day we don't deserve to go through. Tough luck for us English fans, looks like we'll all have to find another team to cheer on at the Euros. :P
November 21, 200717 yr So who do you think will win the revised Home Nations in the summer of 2008? England, Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales......... Apart from Crouch & Beckham, the rest were a waste of space tonight. But the real thought lies with the Premiership & the respective clubs. It comes to something when England's best players can't get a game for Liverpool & plays Mickey Mouse football in the USA respectively.
November 21, 200717 yr Full time: Andorra 0 - 1 Russia. (To think we were calling for McLaren's head for only winning 3-0 there! :rolleyes:)
November 21, 200717 yr Author Russia win 1-0 England had it on a plate, all they needed was a point and they seamed to play with that in mind. So for the first time in 14 years there will be no home nations in a major tournament.
November 21, 200717 yr Having the whole summer off could be a good thing though for the English players. We play so much domestic football and it takes the toll on the players. But still we're out now, we should just focus on getting to the World Cup in 2010 now.
November 21, 200717 yr Oh for the golden days of Sven Goran Eriksson with boring qualification for major Tournaments & Quarter Final KO's......
November 21, 200717 yr We were given a liveline at the weekend, and totally blew it tonight, I guess that's life, that's a great kick in the head. I knew they wouldn't keep it together when it was 2-2
November 21, 200717 yr The whole team are $h!t, especially Carson who is just a complete re****. We didn't deserve to qualify. f*** off McClaren.
November 21, 200717 yr He inevitabley wont. It'll get blamed on the players or something, he should never have got the job imo. The whole team are $h!t, especially Carson who is just a complete re****. We didn't deserve to qualify. f*** off McClaren. It's not Carson's fault - he was a small fish in a big pond. As for the rest of the team, they all lacked heart and commitment but it comes down to Macca. Edited November 21, 200717 yr by JamesP
November 21, 200717 yr He inevitabley wont. It'll get blamed on the players or something, he should never have got the job imo. It's not Carson's fault - he was a small fish in a big pond. As for the rest of the team, they all lacked heart and commitment but it comes down to Macca. I'm not blaming us not qualify on Crason but it was his fault. How can he be considered better than James and Green?
November 21, 200717 yr Not even Ireland qualifying this time. First time in my life there's been no reps for Great Britain. Just checking the tables to decide who to support. Hmm...has to be one of Sweden, Switzerland or Czech Rep for me. Also, I pity Bulgaria - they got more points than Scotland and finished third too.
November 21, 200717 yr Author 4 of the 5 home nations (including ROI) finished in 3rd place in their groups (all but Wales who finished 5th). If it wasn't a joint hosting they would all be in the play offs. Am I the only one shocked that England finished on less points then Scotland, even though scotland had a compartivly harder group, with the 2 world cup finalists and another world cup 1/4 finalist.
November 21, 200717 yr ...and remember...Scotland and Ireland made a joint bid to stage this championship. They were beaten by the mainlanders who just wanted to pop next door instead of having to cross the channel. I mean, surely Scotland alone has better stadia than Switzerland and Austria. I'm not shocked at all that England finished on less points...they'd have finished below Ukraine if they'd been in Group B.
November 21, 200717 yr Author ...and remember...Scotland and Ireland made a joint bid to stage this championship. A bif the UK government refused to back, and England want to host a tournament and supprise supprise fall backing from the government,
November 21, 200717 yr No Scotland, no Rep of Ireland to support. :( I'll just need to support the Team with the hunkiest guys and prettiest strips then..... :P
November 21, 200717 yr Author I'll just need to support the Team with the hunkiest guys and prettiest strips then..... :P Typical woman :P
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