Having just watched David Beckham's All Star charity Match , it makes you realise that if we didn't win anything with those players, this current crock ain't coming close
So true, especially as quite a few other nations are very strong at the moment, Germany in particular.
Our best chances were 96 (most of the big teams poor, home advantage) and 2004 (Greece FFS. and the Czech were the best team so no one stood out).
But for Gazza sliding an inch further or Rooney's foot injury, maybe....
This is the Germany who struggled over Scotland and lost to both Poland and Republic of Ireland?
I think they're a long way off how good they were at the World Cup.
Bet they'll sort themselves out in time for next summer!
2010 World Cup could have been very different had the Lampard goal stood
We weren't great in South Africa, yet coming back from 2-0 down against Germany could have been like Jackson's goal against Cardiff just before half-time, we could have come out in the second half a different side allowing us to push on in the rest of the Tournament
Having just watched David Beckham's All Star charity Match , it makes you realise that if we didn't win anything with those players, this current crock ain't coming close
So true, especially as quite a few other nations are very strong at the moment, Germany in particular.
Our best chances were 96 (most of the big teams poor, home advantage) and 2004 (Greece FFS. and the Czech were the best team so no one stood out).
But for Gazza sliding an inch further or Rooney's foot injury, maybe....
This is the Germany who struggled over Scotland and lost to both Poland and Republic of Ireland?
I think they're a long way off how good they were at the World Cup.
If England had been on the other side of the draw in 2002, it would have been an England-Brazil final, imo.
If Gary Neville and Steven Gerrard were fit we would have won that world cup.
Possibly.
But with the teams the way they were, the best three (Brazil, England, Turkey - in that order, in my opinion) were all on the same side of the draw. The German team that made the final were very weak.
Having just watched David Beckham's All Star charity Match , it makes you realise that if we didn't win anything with those players, this current crock ain't coming close
So true, especially as quite a few other nations are very strong at the moment, Germany in particular.
Our best chances were 96 (most of the big teams poor, home advantage) and 2004 (Greece FFS. and the Czech were the best team so no one stood out).
But for Gazza sliding an inch further or Rooney's foot injury, maybe....
This is the Germany who struggled over Scotland and lost to both Poland and Republic of Ireland?
I think they're a long way off how good they were at the World Cup.
If England had been on the other side of the draw in 2002, it would have been an England-Brazil final, imo.
If Gary Neville and Steven Gerrard were fit we would have won that world cup.
Possibly.
But with the teams the way they were, the best three (Brazil, England, Turkey - in that order, in my opinion) were all on the same side of the draw. The German team that made the final were very weak.
Was only two years after their disastrous Euro 2000 Campaign as well wasnt it...
Having just watched David Beckham's All Star charity Match , it makes you realise that if we didn't win anything with those players, this current crock ain't coming close
So true, especially as quite a few other nations are very strong at the moment, Germany in particular.
Our best chances were 96 (most of the big teams poor, home advantage) and 2004 (Greece FFS. and the Czech were the best team so no one stood out).
But for Gazza sliding an inch further or Rooney's foot injury, maybe....
This is the Germany who struggled over Scotland and lost to both Poland and Republic of Ireland?
I think they're a long way off how good they were at the World Cup.
If England had been on the other side of the draw in 2002, it would have been an England-Brazil final, imo.
If Gary Neville and Steven Gerrard were fit we would have won that world cup.
Possibly.
But with the teams the way they were, the best three (Brazil, England, Turkey - in that order, in my opinion) were all on the same side of the draw. The German team that made the final were very weak.
Was only two years after their disastrous Euro 2000 Campaign as well wasnt it...
(Know we didnt do much better that year)
Yes.
To be honest, if Roy Keane hadn't walked out, Ireland could have been in that final - that's how weak that side of the draw was. Even without him, they still drew with Germany.
2010 World Cup could have been very different had the Lampard goal stood
We weren't great in South Africa, yet coming back from 2-0 down against Germany could have been like Jackson's goal against Cardiff just before half-time, we could have come out in the second half a different side allowing us to push on in the rest of the Tournament
I have often wondered that - although I don't remember it, the 1970 quarter final against Germany springs to mind. England 2-0 up and cruising and then losing it as the Germans pegged us back.
Had the goal been allowed suddenly the wind is really knocked out of the German's sails. Still, if me auntie had b*****ks and all that.
In 2002 England came second in their group on goals scored behind Sweden after a nil nil draw against Nigeria. If we'd won the group, we would have faced Senegal, then Turkey in the quarters, and faced Brazil in the SF instead of the QF.
That Germany team that got to the final is pretty low down the list of great German teams!
GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c) CB 2 Thomas Linke CB 5 Carsten Ramelow CB 21 Christoph Metzelder RM 22 Torsten Frings CM 8 Dietmar Hamann CM 16 Jens Jeremies Substituted off 77' LM 17 Marco Bode Substituted off 84' AM 19 Bernd Schneider CF 11 Miroslav Klose Substituted off 74' CF 7 Oliver Neuville Substitutes: FW 20 Oliver Bierhoff Substituted in 74' FW 14 Gerald Asamoah Substituted in 77' MF 6 Christian Ziege Substituted in 84' Manager: Rudi Völler
Having just watched David Beckham's All Star charity Match , it makes you realise that if we didn't win anything with those players, this current crock ain't coming close
So true, especially as quite a few other nations are very strong at the moment, Germany in particular.
Our best chances were 96 (most of the big teams poor, home advantage) and 2004 (Greece FFS. and the Czech were the best team so no one stood out).
But for Gazza sliding an inch further or Rooney's foot injury, maybe....
This is the Germany who struggled over Scotland and lost to both Poland and Republic of Ireland?
I think they're a long way off how good they were at the World Cup.
If England had been on the other side of the draw in 2002, it would have been an England-Brazil final, imo.
If Gary Neville and Steven Gerrard were fit we would have won that world cup.
Possibly.
But with the teams the way they were, the best three (Brazil, England, Turkey - in that order, in my opinion) were all on the same side of the draw. The German team that made the final were very weak.
Was only two years after their disastrous Euro 2000 Campaign as well wasnt it...
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We weren't great in South Africa, yet coming back from 2-0 down against Germany could have been like Jackson's goal against Cardiff just before half-time, we could have come out in the second half a different side allowing us to push on in the rest of the Tournament
But with the teams the way they were, the best three (Brazil, England, Turkey - in that order, in my opinion) were all on the same side of the draw. The German team that made the final were very weak.
(Know we didnt do much better that year)
To be honest, if Roy Keane hadn't walked out, Ireland could have been in that final - that's how weak that side of the draw was. Even without him, they still drew with Germany.
Had the goal been allowed suddenly the wind is really knocked out of the German's sails. Still, if me auntie had b*****ks and all that.
That Germany team that got to the final is pretty low down the list of great German teams!
GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c)
CB 2 Thomas Linke
CB 5 Carsten Ramelow
CB 21 Christoph Metzelder
RM 22 Torsten Frings
CM 8 Dietmar Hamann
CM 16 Jens Jeremies Substituted off 77'
LM 17 Marco Bode Substituted off 84'
AM 19 Bernd Schneider
CF 11 Miroslav Klose Substituted off 74'
CF 7 Oliver Neuville
Substitutes:
FW 20 Oliver Bierhoff Substituted in 74'
FW 14 Gerald Asamoah Substituted in 77'
MF 6 Christian Ziege Substituted in 84'
Manager:
Rudi Völler