Foreign policy

[IGotALuvlyBunchOfCoconuts]

And in the last European Championships before the Premier League started, England finished bottom of their group without winning a game. With a worse team than they've ever had since.

Their starting 11 against Sweden contained these names: Chris Woods, Tony Daley, Neil Webb, Andy Sinton, Carlton Palmer, and David Batty playing at right back.

Let's not get too nostalgic.

Well there's your problem, they had too many people playing right back.

 

[StevieM]

Is part of the reason that English players demand too much money and then train badly?

I mean, a few hours running about in the morning then hit the golf course / snooker table / bookies after lunch, then hit the pub in the evening.

Add that to shit coaching and fitness over technique and you have the problem.

I don't know what young Belgian players are likely to do. Make waffles maybe?

Do Germans go to bookies..... or just hang around Aquariums waiting on odds from an octopus?

Do young S Americans think a golf club is somewhere to party all night in?

I know that young A-League players get bar jobs.