Post by riochforthereebok on Jul 13, 2021 8:25:37 GMT
Football can be strange at times..
AndyL mentions North Korea in that 66 World Cup, I was born in 66 and of course didn’t witness our triumph, but then, I also never knew NK were in that tournament until reading Andys post.
Hungary being the powerful side they once were, crikey, Uruguay winning the first ever tournament
Blumin eck, FC Malmö in the European cup final v Forest also springs to mind, I mean, who are FC Malmö and where are they now?
I always think of it the same as you there Andy, would we have beaten France, Spain, Portugal or Belgium?
Who knows, perhaps if we had been paired in any sort of ‘group of death’ it might have set us up better prepared to take on Italy.
As mentioned before, it’s a tournament we never lost in, but for the shoot-out lottery, so that is very encouraging progress.
There’s just something about GS that I’m struggling with though!!
Yes, he reached the semi’s in the 2018WC, the final of Euro20 and he’s inherited the best bunch of up and coming talent any England manager could only dream of and yet we’ve still not won a trophy and I’m only being kind when I say we have every chance to win the WC, but just not under GS’s watch. He’s just not inspiring enough and fairly negative.
We have the upcoming season now for Pep, Klopp, Touchel and Solksjaer amongst others, to help nurture and improve the likes of Stones, Greenwood, Mount, Phillips, Rice, Sancho, Grealish and also bring on other youngsters and give them the right platform to be challenging positions, I feel, that should be up for grabs, like Trippier, Walker, Rashford and even Kane. The future should be very promising if these top foreign coaches of our top English clubs do their bit to help the National side
Interesting to hear a clip from Greg Dyke yesterday when, back in 2012 or 13, he stated (and I think it was at the opening of St George’s Park) that at the very least, we reach the semi’s of the 2020 Euro’s (did one better) and we win the 2022 World Cup!!! He also asked the we win the Under 20 WC in 2017, which we did.
So all in all, as FA chairman, he did all he could to get the wheels in motion, which has me feeling positive for the WC, I only wish we had a more adventurous manager to lead us
COYE 🏴🏴🏴🏆🏆🏆🏴🏴🏴2022 Qatar
AndyL mentions North Korea in that 66 World Cup, I was born in 66 and of course didn’t witness our triumph, but then, I also never knew NK were in that tournament until reading Andys post.
Hungary being the powerful side they once were, crikey, Uruguay winning the first ever tournament
Blumin eck, FC Malmö in the European cup final v Forest also springs to mind, I mean, who are FC Malmö and where are they now?
I always think of it the same as you there Andy, would we have beaten France, Spain, Portugal or Belgium?
Who knows, perhaps if we had been paired in any sort of ‘group of death’ it might have set us up better prepared to take on Italy.
As mentioned before, it’s a tournament we never lost in, but for the shoot-out lottery, so that is very encouraging progress.
There’s just something about GS that I’m struggling with though!!
Yes, he reached the semi’s in the 2018WC, the final of Euro20 and he’s inherited the best bunch of up and coming talent any England manager could only dream of and yet we’ve still not won a trophy and I’m only being kind when I say we have every chance to win the WC, but just not under GS’s watch. He’s just not inspiring enough and fairly negative.
We have the upcoming season now for Pep, Klopp, Touchel and Solksjaer amongst others, to help nurture and improve the likes of Stones, Greenwood, Mount, Phillips, Rice, Sancho, Grealish and also bring on other youngsters and give them the right platform to be challenging positions, I feel, that should be up for grabs, like Trippier, Walker, Rashford and even Kane. The future should be very promising if these top foreign coaches of our top English clubs do their bit to help the National side
Interesting to hear a clip from Greg Dyke yesterday when, back in 2012 or 13, he stated (and I think it was at the opening of St George’s Park) that at the very least, we reach the semi’s of the 2020 Euro’s (did one better) and we win the 2022 World Cup!!! He also asked the we win the Under 20 WC in 2017, which we did.
So all in all, as FA chairman, he did all he could to get the wheels in motion, which has me feeling positive for the WC, I only wish we had a more adventurous manager to lead us
COYE 🏴🏴🏴🏆🏆🏆🏴🏴🏴2022 Qatar