Football: England out of the 2008 Euro!!!

Discussion in 'Sports' started by deltaplane, Nov 23, 2007.

  1. #1
    it's been 2 days ago already!

    i'm curious to know how people from England react about that. That's pitty for english fans are probably the best but well, at the same time i cannot be totally sad coz i'm french :D

    anyway, i think Mac Laren sucks coz he had great players like Lampard, Terry, Gerrard, Beckham or Rooney and couldnt even qualify the team to the Euro.

    Have Fun in June... watching your TV lol
     
    deltaplane, Nov 23, 2007 IP
  2. marcel

    marcel Well-Known Member

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    They are getting over it by now. I hope. Life goes on
     
    marcel, Nov 23, 2007 IP
  3. hextraordinary

    hextraordinary Well-Known Member

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    They had the Euro handed to them by Israel and they still managed to loose, what a bunch of losers....
     
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  4. SeagullSid

    SeagullSid Active Member

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    #4
    There's quite a few threads on here already saying what we think. It's pretty 100% unanimous that we got exactly what we deserved; certainly there are no complaints about the result on Wednesday.

    Also this time no one is blaming cheating foreigners or incompetent referees who are the usual scapegoats. People have finally realised that, despite the place football has in our culture, the English national team is second-rate. Why this should be so is, finally, the question being asked. The popular cry is "too many foreigners in the Premiership", but I don't support that view. English football has always been full of 'foreignerers' - only in the old days they were Scots, Welsh and Irish. My own personal gripe is the way football is played at junior level. No one under 10 should be playing football matches, and certainly not with the touchlines crammed with over-enthusiastic parents and coaches shouting things like "don't muck around get rid of it!" every time some lad shows a bit of individuality. We're not teaching kids the basics and letting them be comfortable with the ball.
     
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  5. soulfly

    soulfly Peon

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    #5
    Ohne England, fahrn' wir zur EM ...

    I will miss you guys at the final in Vienna :p

    Greetings from Germany ;)
     
    soulfly, Nov 24, 2007 IP
  6. kaltera

    kaltera Member

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    Good for the Police in Austria and Switzerland.... :D
     
    kaltera, Nov 24, 2007 IP
  7. CourageTheCowardlyDog

    CourageTheCowardlyDog Well-Known Member

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    That was sad :(
    It need'nt have happened that way.
     
    CourageTheCowardlyDog, Nov 24, 2007 IP
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    davidelvar Well-Known Member

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    #8
    I'm not even sure if I will watch Euro since England isn't there.

    What's Euro without England?
     
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  9. The Emirates Gallastico

    The Emirates Gallastico Banned

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    #9
    Err... the normal European championships?

    When have England done anything of note in the Euros anyways? :p
     
    The Emirates Gallastico, Nov 24, 2007 IP
  10. gr8liverpoolfan

    gr8liverpoolfan Notable Member

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    #10
    England do add glamour to every tournament that they go to :)

    At the end, from the POV of a completely neutral football fan, you've got to ask yourself, " Is the quality of football on display going to suffer because of England's absence ? ". The answer, painful as it sounds, is a resounding NO.
     
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  11. abstroose

    abstroose Notable Member

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    Well we can wait for the World Cup, right? It's just as good of an excuse to goto the pub, wear an England shirt, chant football songs and get drunk.
     
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    ammoun Active Member

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    Holigans , come on let's do something :D
     
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    leet Notable Member

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    #13
    Congratulations to Crotia, they did deserve it.
     
    leet, Nov 24, 2007 IP
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    josh117 Active Member

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    Croatia deserved it. England don't play very well as a team, they are over-hyped and over-paid.
     
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    anions Notable Member

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    #15
    I thought everyone had gotten over it by now...
     
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    Overclock099 Notable Member

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    I really hope Jose appointed as England manager..
     
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    DP Konvict Banned

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    #17
    They did not play well, so they did kind of deserve it :(!

    Better luck next time :p!
     
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  18. SeagullSid

    SeagullSid Active Member

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    Absolutely! I shall miss singing "There were ten German bombers in the air" next summer!

    I shall probably support Poland as there's loads of Poles living around our way. They've got a bar that they drink in so I'll probably go down there during their matches and support them.
     
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  19. n3o_the_on3

    n3o_the_on3 Well-Known Member

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    I am out of here! No england no Euro!
     
    n3o_the_on3, Nov 24, 2007 IP
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    dbckun Peon

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    #20
    shocked england is out...

    bye bye mclaren
     
    dbckun, Nov 25, 2007 IP