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England Vs Scotland footy

I would love us to win a tournament too unlikely though it is at the moment. Ive never said we are going to or give it the big un saying we are the best in the world etc. Ive never said we are better than Spain, Brazil etc etc either but we can beat them and we have done.

People are just to quick to say we are crap and have no chance. All these so called English people give the team crap all year round yet when the major tournaments come round they are there with their face paint, replica top and beer in hand singing Vindaloo.

We don't hammer teams like Scotland in a friendly and we are rubbish then we beat Spain in a friendly then its the old "Its only a friendly crap" Well im sorry you cant have it both ways. Either get behind the team or stop moaning.

Knocks me sick.

For the record my stance is that friendlies are absolutely meaningless. We can beat Spain 10 nil or lose the the Faroes 5 nil, it means mostly chuff all. I base my opinion on what we achieve when it matters, in the major championships, the European and World cups. Which if I am not sadly mistaken, is not very impressive over the last 2 decades.

Yes I am sure on a good day we could beat almost any team. But show me a team in the world top 50 rankings that could not? Being a good team is not about the ability to possibly beat any team on one day, it's about the consistency to perform well enough over a tournament to get to the business end of it. And possibly even win one now and then.

I am not down on them because it is 'trendy' and believe you me, I have never sang vindaloo, had my face painted or wore a football shirt for any occasion apart from when I played football. As football shirts are not fashion items, never have been and never will be.

I am down on them because they constantly under perform for the supposedly pool of talent and the wealth and standing of the league that they draw all of the players from.

(Na na na na na na na)
We're England!
We're gonna score one more than you
England!
 
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