all this negativity .. what is wrong with the people in this country .. listening to the radio .. oohhh we cant do this.. cant do that .. f f s ... have we lost our collective pride, confidence and balls??? ..
Looking at it another way, at least Group C isn't the strongest so if we get out of the group we have a chance in the last 16.
June 14th, 2AM - England vs Italy - Manaus June 19th, 8PM - England vs Uruguay - Sao Paulo June 24th, 5PM - England vs Costa Rica - Belo Horizonte
The English football fans .. such a defeatist, pessimistic lot ... what's the problem ? .. an aging Italy only beat us on pens last time out, and if we can't beat the Coffee Boys from CR and Uruguay, population about the same as south London, we don't deserve to win f*** all .. COME ON ENGLAND !!!!!!
What Balotelli, El Sharaawy, Montolivo, Marchisio, Pirlo, De Rossi, Verratti, Abate, Criscito, Chiellini, Bonnucci, Sirigu, Buffon...
Looking at it another way, at least Group C isn't the strongest so if we get out of the group we have a chance in the last 16.
June 14th, 2AM - England vs Italy - Manaus June 19th, 8PM - England vs Uruguay - Sao Paulo June 24th, 5PM - England vs Costa Rica - Belo Horizonte
The English football fans .. such a defeatist, pessimistic lot ... what's the problem ? .. an aging Italy only beat us on pens last time out, and if we can't beat the Coffee Boys from CR and Uruguay, population about the same as south London, we don't deserve to win f*** all .. COME ON ENGLAND !!!!!!
What Balotelli, El Sharaawy, Montolivo, Marchisio, Pirlo, De Rossi, Verratti, Abate, Criscito, Chiellini, Bonnucci, Sirigu, Buffon...
f**k em ((:>) .. they sound like a bunch of dodgy waiters
Need to get a draw in the first game against Italy (let's be honest, we won't beat them), draw or beat Uruguay and best Costa Rica. What a nightmare group.
The last warm up game we play is in semi tropical Miami .. good advise suggests that the team fly straight to Manaus from Miami .. evidently easier than going via Rio D J .. as there will be less time needed to acclimatise .. one piece of good news .. The mayor of Manaus has got the hump and has stated that England will not be welcome because evidently Uncle Roy said that his wonderful ville is the last place we want to play due to the heat .. Mr Mayor, Your Honour .. go f**k yourself
Rio still makes sense as a base. Not point moving into the Amazon when our other two group games are in the south of the country (as well as our knock-out matches, if we get that far...)
Rio to Manaus is a 4 hour flight or 46 hour drive. Rio to Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte are 5 hour drives or 1 hour flights.
I find this 'no expectation' stuff quite baffling. Its all well and good saying now that people don't have much hope for England, and therefore it is less pressure - but if we do struggle to get past the second round or Q/F, does anyone really think they won't get abused for weeks on end about it?
It will take an England team to get to a Semi Final for them to be considering a success by your average Joe Bloggs football fan.
If they get to the Q/F, it would be a great achievement. But yet again it would be the same old "England letting us down at the QF yet again!" droning.
Terribly unfair system. Lucky to have avoided the bigger South American guns I suppose. U R GAY are not good.
Hernandez,Suarez,Cavani and Forlan against Townsend,Rooney,Sturridge and Welbeck I know who I would rather have
Hernandez is Mexican, unless you mean the Serie B player for Palermo.
Of course I mean him and he has scored 7 Goals in the 11 international matches he has played, He may play in Serie B but he is far to good for that 8 goals in 10 league games to this season
Was just checking! All great players but not really sure how Uruguay can start all their strikers together.
4-2-3-1 With Forlan upfront and the other 3 behind him Cavani right Hernandez left and Suarez down the middle
We get the idea, you want England to lose. Now can those of us who would like to see England do well have a natter about it? :-)
Talk elsewhere on the net that FIFA might switch the kick-off time/location of our match v Italy and Uruguay v Costa Rica which is earlier in the day as happened in 2002 to suit all 4 countries..
The Sweden v England game in 2002 was move back to an evening kick-off swapping with Argentina v Nigeria.
Terribly unfair system. Lucky to have avoided the bigger South American guns I suppose. U R GAY are not good.
Hernandez,Suarez,Cavani and Forlan against Townsend,Rooney,Sturridge and Welbeck I know who I would rather have
Hernandez is Mexican, unless you mean the Serie B player for Palermo.
Of course I mean him and he has scored 7 Goals in the 11 international matches he has played, He may play in Serie B but he is far to good for that 8 goals in 10 league games to this season
Was just checking! All great players but not really sure how Uruguay can start all their strikers together.
4-2-3-1 With Forlan upfront and the other 3 behind him Cavani right Hernandez left and Suarez down the middle
We get the idea, you want England to lose. Now can those of us who would like to see England do well have a natter about it? :-)
I am one of the most Patriotic people you would meet, All my point was Uruguay and Italy are going to be very very tough I would love us to get through but just cant see it.
Terribly unfair system. Lucky to have avoided the bigger South American guns I suppose. U R GAY are not good.
Hernandez,Suarez,Cavani and Forlan against Townsend,Rooney,Sturridge and Welbeck I know who I would rather have
Hernandez is Mexican, unless you mean the Serie B player for Palermo.
Of course I mean him and he has scored 7 Goals in the 11 international matches he has played, He may play in Serie B but he is far to good for that 8 goals in 10 league games to this season
Was just checking! All great players but not really sure how Uruguay can start all their strikers together.
4-2-3-1 With Forlan upfront and the other 3 behind him Cavani right Hernandez left and Suarez down the middle
We get the idea, want England to lose. Now can those of us who would like to see England do well have a natter about it? :-)
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1. Urugay
2. England
3. Italy
4. Costa Rica
Bollocks to the naysayers!
Think we will be up for it
Could have done without the first game location but same for Italy....
Of the favourites Spain and Germany have tricky groups I feel.
Easy for France on paper but just never know which French team are going to turn up!
Brazil v Spain/Netherlands/Chile is a tasty 2nd round game.
Italy will think they have a hard draw as well which means that the top European side pretty much all have difficult groups.
more inclined to worry about the humidity in our first game rather than the oppo.
Costa Rica (pardon the pun) have banana skin written all over them.
We face 3 teams who should handle the heat better.
And better to play Uruguay in the cooler conditions of São Paulo than in the north.
Rio to Manaus is a 4 hour flight or 46 hour drive.
Rio to Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte are 5 hour drives or 1 hour flights.
It will take an England team to get to a Semi Final for them to be considering a success by your average Joe Bloggs football fan.
If they get to the Q/F, it would be a great achievement. But yet again it would be the same old "England letting us down at the QF yet again!" droning.
The Sweden v England game in 2002 was move back to an evening kick-off swapping with Argentina v Nigeria.