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[Walshy]

But buut.... Gerrard
But buut... Cahill
But buut....

This is why England will get no where. Just simply admit it. England just weren't good enough. Can't even implement and understand the simple basics of football and failed miserably. Yet again.
Clean slate. Start "fresh". Get a template in place and pick players who will do well in a system of choice. Get a footballing identity.

English football will never get anywhere while idiots like Greg Dyke run the FA.

His proposal to stop taking in as many foreign players is proof of this. As does his b-league idea. As is the target to reach the semi finals of Euro 2020 that Dyke has set, bearing in mind that England have only ever:
A) won one knockout game throughout the European Championship's history, and that was on home soil in a penalty shoot out vs Spain.
B) that you don't start football development in 2013 when the target was set, a target of 2020 is too early, you should be starting with 8 year olds in grassroutes before focusing on 16 year olds they should be aiming for 2028.

 

[Mr Cola]

Wonder if LvG has handed all his targets over of if he is waiting till after the WC to get things going, the thought that Woodward is actually trying and failing right now is too much

 

[Blablurn]

man. i posted a random FF XIII gif in the world cup thread. i wanted to post it here in the first place. but im too lazy to change it now. i will just leave it there and see how the scene develops.

 

[Wilbur]

man. i posted a random FF XIII gif in the world cup thread. i wanted to post it here in the first place. but im too lazy to change it now. i will just leave it there and see how the scene develops.

I just saw it and was about to post in here how odd you are :lol

 

[Vivalaraza]

Wonder if LvG has handed all his targets over of if he is waiting till after the WC to get things going, the thought that Woodward is actually trying and failing right now is too much

Woodward is on annual leave.

 

[Broder Salsa]

 

[Blablurn]

I just saw it and was about to post in here how odd you are :lol

DD

 

[dc89]

Was the insane £2 bet which returned nearly £19,000 posted?
Dat guy.

 

[Wilbur]

Looooooool

I love Karl

 

[LanceVance]

Martin O'Neill taking down Adrian Chiles here lol. http://youtu.be/J125_gQwVDU

Loooooool so awkward

 

[bjaelke]

Iker Casillas has made a deal with Florentino Pérez which will enable him to leave Real Madrid on a free transfer in June 2015.

 

[Yurt]

Fabio Cannavaro captained his country to the biggest trophy there is.

Edit ok now I get it

 

[Yurt]

.

 

[L1NETT]

And no, a European Cup is barely a CL title.

u wut

 

[Blablurn]

Yurt, you're drunk. Go home and fuck a Russian.

 

[Yurt]

u wut

Anything pre-90s is not a CL title. The teams were shit and the competition was significantly easier.

 

[Gareth Bale]

Fabio Cannavaro captained his country to the biggest trophy there is.

And no, a European Cup is barely a CL title.

Serieaface

European cup was a knockout competition

 

[Yurt]

Serieaface

European cup was a knockout competition

Ok? What does that have to do with anything

 

[The_Hitcher89]

I've never actually facepalmed before, but I came close listening to the Bombcast last night when Drew tried making a joke about the World Cup by saying 'sorry about the UK' to Danny O'Dwyer

What an idiot. Hot on the heels of yet another dull story about his extreme weekends. Getting close to dropping it.

 

[Elchele]

Deschamps seems to be a top manager based on these opening games btw. I won't pretend Honduras and Switzerland are the best of the best, but he's put a damn fine system and setup into place for the players to slot into and perform.

Wish Rodgers could manage Liverpool and Engand at the same time, with the promise that he'd drop England if the juggling proved too difficult. Failing that, give Everton a payoff and get Martinez in.

Deschamps' Marseille was kind of a bad joke tho

International football level is much lower than football club level

 

[LegoArmo]

So is that a contract that keeps a player who relies solely on his pace at the club until he's 33?

Weird. He's definitely a good squad player though.

 

[Broder Salsa]

I've never actually facepalmed before, but I came close listening to the Bombcast last night when Drew tried making a joke about the World Cup by saying 'sorry about the UK' to Danny O'Dwyer

What an idiot. Hot on the heels of yet another dull story about his extreme weekends. Getting close to dropping it.

Please do so you can drop the Drew rants every week. You should go listen to Patricks podcast where he talks about all the newest roguelikes instead.

 

[Gareth Bale]

Ok? What does that have to do with anything

None of that group stage shit. And I don't think there was any seeding.

 

[Yurt]

Deschamps' Marseille was kind of a bad joke tho

International football level is much lower than football club level

No they weren't, he won them their first league title since 1991 and three CdL in a row

Deschamps was a very good coach wherever he went, remember his Monaco?

No, of course you dont.

None of that group stage shit. And I don't think there was any seeding.

It was easier and not as prestigious .

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Please do so you can drop the Drew rants every week. You should go listen to Patricks podcast where he talks about all the newest roguelikes instead.

Oh God

Brad Muir is great btw, would be cool if he was on the Bombcast occasionally

Idle Thumbs is a swing far too hard in the opposite direction of GiantBomb imo, they don't discuss games broadly enough, they discuss one little nuance in a game for 15 minutes

 

[Wilbur]

France were so good last night. Switzerland were inept, but they're usually so well organised. France's power and movement was just top.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

It was easier and not as prestigious .

I think you're mixing prize money for prestige

 

[Wilbur]

I think the European cup was just as prestigious, but it definitely was easier.

 

[bobito]

Anything pre-90s is not a CL title. The teams were shit and the competition was significantly easier.

La decima is a fraud

 

[Yurt]

^yup

I think you're mixing prize money for prestige

Both one and the same. Less money means no one gives a shit about it. It was all about winning your league back then. And you can win playing a handful of games, lol.

 

[Wilbur]

^yup


Both one and the same. Less money means no one gives a shit about it. It was all about winning your league back then.

And now, if we're being honest.

:lol wut

Definitely not the case. Haven't a lot of Juve fans expressed wishes that conte should focus on Europe now he's got three wins in a row?

And as for the handful of games thing, same for the World Cup but you were very quick to defend Cannavaro then.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

^yup


Both one and the same. Less money means no one gives a shit about it. It was all about winning your league back then.

And now, if we're being honest.

Not in England

I think Liverpool are probably the only team in the country who'd much rather win the league than the Champions League

 

[LTWheels]

Drew's awesome. He's stories are far more interesting than anything else discussed on that podcast. Enjoyed listening about the paintball stuff and other physical activities he gets up to.

Has any managers in the modern era managed a national side part-time whilst managing a club side as his main job? Or is that just a FM thing?

I can't see it being realistically possible as both are demanding if done properly.

 

[Yurt]

:lol wut

Definitely not the case. Haven't a lot of Juve fans expressed wishes that conte should focus on Europe now he's got three wins in a row?

Yes because we have too many league titles.

Didn't you argue the same not that long ago?

 

[Broder Salsa]

Drew's awesome. He's stories are far more interesting than anything else discussed on that podcast. Enjoyed listening about the paintball stuff and other physical activities he gets up to.

I completely agree, really do enjoy that part of the show.


Yurt, I would say that If I was a Juve supporter too.

 

[Yurt]

And as for the handful of games thing, same for the World Cup but you were very quick to defend Cannavaro then.

Did you just compare winning the World Cup with your country in an international competition with Club football?

 

[L1NETT]

Yeah it was easier (relatively) but this whole nothing before 1992 matters attitude is donkey poop

 

[bobito]

Does anyone remember the cribs?

Great band!

 

[bud]

France were so good last night. Switzerland were inept, but they're usually so well organised. France's power and movement was just top.

france and germany are my favourites to win it--they've been the best teams i've seen so far.

 

[Wilbur]

Yes because we have too many league titles.

Didn't you argue the same not that long ago?

I argued that I prefer the league to the champions league, but that isn't the same as "it's all about winning the league"

 

[bjaelke]

Drew's awesome. He's stories are far more interesting than anything else discussed on that podcast. Enjoyed listening about the paintball stuff and other physical activities he gets up to.

Has any managers in the modern era managed a national side part-time whilst managing a club side as his main job? Or is that just a FM thing?

I can't see it being realistically possible as both are demanding if done properly.

Guus Hiddink

 

[Wilbur]

Did you just compare winning the World Cup with your country in an international competition with Club football?

Quality of play is greater in the champions league.

 

[Yurt]

I argued that I prefer the league to the champions league, but that isn't the same as "it's all about winning the league"

Poor wording on my part

 

[Broder Salsa]

Yeah it was easier (relatively) but this whole nothing before 1992 matters attitude is donkey poop

If 1992 is the cutoff date that means Denmark is still a bigger footballing nation than Ingurland.

 

[bobito]

Winning the world cup is more special as it happens every 4 years, not every year.

 

[Wilbur]

france and germany are my favourites to win it--they've been the best teams i've seen so far.

Yeah, absolutely (although with the caveats that France's group isn't brilliant and Portugal were dire)

Both will make the semis if they avoid each other

 

[Yurt]

Quality of play is greater in the champions league.

Did Martin win the "CL"?

Are you just arguing because you're bored? LEAVE ME ALONE

 

[bud]

the worst teams i've seen so far are iran, nigeria, and honduras.

pulga. sikaffy.jpeg2000.

please explain yourselves.

 

[Frank the Great]

Juve should focus on CL because Serie A is a joke league with no other big clubs that can put up a fight anymore. They aren't proving anything to anyone by winning the scudetto but crashing out of CL yet again. It's kind of like Bayern, few fucks are given when they win the Bundesliga because it is expected.

I could see why La Liga and BPL fans would care a lot more about winning those leagues though. I used to argue with La Liga and BPL fans about that but I've come around.

 

[Elchele]

Nerlinger could become the new sporting director of Rangers FC.



:lol