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Old 11-09-2009, 05:39 PM   #31 (permalink)
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The 2-0 win? England had a second XI out there, pretty much.

I think all objective viewers would have to rate England amongst the favourites. They have a starting XI as strong as anyone in the world and seem to have psychological issues more than anything else. I think Capello solves a lot of those.

Wouldn't be surprised in the least if they win it. I reckon Brazil, Spain and England are the favourites.
England are good, don't get me wrong, but I think Spain and Brazil are quite obviously better at the moment.

They're in a league with Italy, Germany, Netherlands, all unbeaten in their own groups too. And if I'm honest, I wouldn't fancy their chances against any of those teams if they met in the quarter-finals, but it's a close call. Then there are sides like France, Portugal and Argentina, who you wouldn't write off even though they're struggling at the moment. It's not unusual at all for a team that only barely made the finals to come out as champions.

England are somewhere between third and sixth for me.
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Old 11-09-2009, 09:17 PM   #32 (permalink)
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They were all supposedly favourites last time round as well tbf.
England were favourites? In which country?

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Old 12-09-2009, 04:57 AM   #34 (permalink)
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England were favourites? In which country?

Oh, right. Carry on.
Just like the time before that, and the time before that...
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Old 12-09-2009, 07:13 AM   #35 (permalink)
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England are good, don't get me wrong, but I think Spain and Brazil are quite obviously better at the moment.

They're in a league with Italy, Germany, Netherlands, all unbeaten in their own groups too. And if I'm honest, I wouldn't fancy their chances against any of those teams if they met in the quarter-finals, but it's a close call. Then there are sides like France, Portugal and Argentina, who you wouldn't write off even though they're struggling at the moment. It's not unusual at all for a team that only barely made the finals to come out as champions.

England are somewhere between third and sixth for me.
That's about right for me. Don't really know why Scaly rates us so highly considering he's always going on about two of our best players Rooney and particularly Gerrard being over-rated
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Just like the time before that, and the time before that...
England defiantely where one of the form teams going into the WC 06. Especially after that friendly win vs a strong Argentina in Geneva. The media just super overhyped our chances & well the players where horrific expect for J Cole & Hargreaves.

I presume you are just joking about the ENG being ranked as favourites going into any tournament before that.
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That's about right for me. Don't really know why Scaly rates us so highly considering he's always going on about two of our best players Rooney and particularly Gerrard being over-rated
Nah he thinks the latter is overrated. He finds faults with how Rooney plays sometimes though.
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They won't win it.

And if they play Australia, Australia will beat them.
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They won't win it.

And if they play Australia, Australia will beat them.
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Old 13-09-2009, 06:26 AM   #40 (permalink)
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Does your sig just refer to an actual Aus-Eng game? If Australia manage to progress further than England, does it count?
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Haha well I was just referring to a specific match-up, can't see you going further than us though
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Haha well I was just referring to a specific match-up, can't see you going further than us though
Ooo. Wouldn't be so sure, tbh. Would be fairly confident if we actually have to play Oz, but a favourable draw could see them in the quarters and if we slip up early doors...
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I don't think we will. I think under Capello we will beat the teams that we should beat, should make the last 8
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I don't think we will. I think under Capello we will beat the teams that we should beat, should make the last 8
At the v least.

But yeah, I'm not expecting us to slip up, but I reckon Oz going further than us if we don't play them is a possibility. More so than if we do anyway, IMHO.
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Hope we get them in the group stage tbh
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