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[quote author=Asim link=topic=40760.msg1127200#msg1127200 date=1277656031]
The reason we the fans,the media,the pundits etc banging on about it is because we seen these bunch of player absolutely destroy teams not just the likes of west brom n wigan but the likes of the best teams in europe with the best players in the world.the players who play in the England team are integral to their club sides.rooney destroyed teams in europe on his own this past season,yet had the touch of a sunday league player playing while stil drunk from the night before. Lampard did jack all, as did stevie, barry is actualy jus crap. The only person really able to walk head held high is James who was and is a legend.
I said it after the yank game, we are a team of individuals and nothing else.
Something needs to change drastically at the fa and I cant trust them to grow some balls and make the right decisions.
So more tournaments of blaming an inept manager,some heartache and heroic defending await us as England fans.
One of the other things is the players are bigged up at club level and when the hero worshippin at internation level doesnt happen they get annoyed like children
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It's always been the case, though, Asim. Only recently have English teams really exerted themselves in European competition.
With regards to Rooney, I don't think he was fit. He was good at the last World Cup. I think if he was fit he would have been much better.
I think in the league, the English players have the added bonus of playing with such great overseas players. Gerrard has Torres, Mascherano, used to have Alonso etc etc. Lampard has Drogba, Rooney used to have Ronaldo etc. Instead, they have to put up with the likes of Heskey, Barry, Milner - bless his cotton socks. The potential is there but not just yet.
I think it's a lot of misplaced faith, optimism, naivety, arrogance etc. There are one or two top class players, but that doesn't make a team.
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Sorry but that's not true. English teams won everything in sight for a fair while until Heysel happened.
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I'm not old enough JJ! 😛
Yeah actually, my mistake. But there was always this blind optimism throughout the 90s when anything elsewhere in the world was miles better. Most notably Germany and Italy.