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Out of curiosity, is /sp/'s England hate warranted?

I'm a USfag who doesn't get to watch much soccer despite liking it, so it's hard to keep up. I'm just wondering if it's people hating them because they're perennial contenders or if it's valid and if so, why?

According to the latest FIFA rankings they're 9th in the world so they can't be all bad, right?
>> Anonymous
They shouldn't even be in the top 20. Hell, they're not even in Europes top 20. But the Britfags, for some unknown reason, still think they're the best team in the world, and that they'll win everything next time. But, the fact is, they're shit. Capello himself said he can't put together a decent team, beacuse he doesn't have enough good players. And he's arguably the best coach out there.

Though it's hardly a wonder they suck so much. There are like a total of 24 english players in the national league, and they don't want them anywhere else.
>> Anonymous
>According to the latest FIFA rankings they're 9th in the world

just goes to show you how stupid those rankings are
>> Anonymous
WE WON THE WORLD CUP IN '66 YOU FAGGOTS!!

in b4 fixed tournament
>> Anonymous
England are the biggest joke in European football. They provide us with many many lulz.
>> Anonymous
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>>134492England are the biggest joke in World football. They provide us with many many lulz.

fix'd
>> Anonymous
Lol England. I love how they pick the shittiest possible teams to play in friendlies, so they can feel good when they actually manage to win a game.
Lol@ USA/Trinidad&Tobago
>> Anonymous
I am English. Here is my view.

Pricks. Everywhere. Capello is foreign and therefore lacks the faggotry that usually comes from being English and Skilled at something. We have some of the best players in the world, but some of the worst attitude. No big dicks, just cowards. Tiny little fuckballs like Gerrard, Lampard, Terry, even Rooney.

Capello should sort shit out.

Also, all of Europe hates England for some reason, probably because were a nation of yobbo's.
>> Anonymous
>>134507
I have no fucking clue what a yobbo is, but Europe doesn't really hate you. We just laugh at you guys all the time, and are thankful for providing us with neverending lulz.
>> Anonymous
The England national team isn't a team. That's the reason we fail SO bad. If we was a team we still wouldn't be close to winning but we would at least be getting pwnd by France and Italy now.
>> Anonymous
>>134499
LOL FAG, that was to impress the vice president of the FIFA governing body. (The people who decide who hosts the world cup)
>> Anonymous
>>134515

Why are England a never ending joke though? Apart from Brazil, Argentina and Germany, every other international side has always been about even.

England are in the group of teams that will not win the next world cup, but on their day could beat any side in the world.
>> Anonymous
>>134551
No, they can't. They're just not good enough, and it'll only get worse. They have almost no young english players coming in. Leave Brazil/Argentina/etc aside, and look at the other European teams. Spain, Italy, France, Portugal could field only U21 players, and still beat the English national team.
>> Anonymous
Maybe if the entire English team wasn't made up of fuckheads like Terryble.
>> Anonymous
>>134507
Hold on, I'm an amerifag, and though I don't follow soccer that much, I was always under the impression that players like rooney, gerrard, and lampard were one of the best in the sport. I mean I always hear about them doing great things for their club, but do they not do so good chemistry-wise when they play for the national team?
>> Anonymous
>>134558

But, they can. Didn't England beat Argentina a few years ago. Portugal, Spain and France will not win the next world cup, Portugal and Spain may not win a trophy for the next 20 years. England didn't qualify for 1994 but were then nearly went on to win the 1996 European Championships. I can't remember the last time Spain seriously challenged for a trophy, and Portugal were beaten by Greece in Euro 2004.
>> Anonymous
>>134563
You hear about them, because they're english, and the english media is always full of bullshit.
>> Anonymous
>>134568
So the english media basically overhypes them? They actually did that here along time ago when USA made it pretty far before losing to Germany, made us all think we actually had a good team.
>> Anonymous
Americans hate Europeans because Europeans spend 10% of their time actually talking about football/soccer and 90% of their time talking about how much better they are than "Amerikkka".

If Europeans weren't such cockbags, Americans wouldn't hate them as much. Sure, they'd still hate them as there are an astoundingly large number of moronic Americans, but it wouldn't be as bad as it is now.
>> Anonymous
>>134579
>So the english media basically overhypes them?
Holy fucking shit they're relentless. Usually the shitty tabloids like The Sun and The Star are at the forefront of it, giving every reader a flag to stick on their car and hyping each player up. Every pub is cashing in on it at every possible occasion (and why not really, dying trade now.) JJB puts out their massive england shirt advertisements and 1 in 4 motherfuckers is in a national shirt and the whole country gets worked up to the point where it becomes almost unbearable for the folks who don't enjoy football. We go out on penalties, sack the manager, call the players shit and go "OH WE'LL WIN NEXT TIME WAS JUST LUCK" and that's that.

We're a big football country. We've got a shite national team. It's just a thing we do every two years.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>134579

>USA made it pretty far before losing to Germany

"Lost"?

More like cheated.

Look at the highlights of 2002, a German defender kept the ball out with a clear handball.
>> Anonymous
>>134619
too long ago for me to remember. Only thing I remember was their goalkeeper Khan was simply amazing and was blocking shots like a madman.
>> Anonymous
It's partly warranted. England are not one of the best teams in Europe but they should have qualified for Euro 2008.

No one can seriously say Romania, Greece, Turkey or Poland (plus others), have better players. England are lacking up front, but half their team are Champions league winners on finalists this year, including the whole defence who have played very well for their respective clubs.
>> Anonymous
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Hai. Leave 1970 to me.
>> Anonymous
>>134638
We could have a defence just using champion league finalists! Rio, Brown, Terry, Cole.. In Midfield Lampard, Cole, Hargreaves, Carrick (and SWP is a Chelsea sub), and Rooney up front. Maybe we should play 5-4-1 and just include United and Chelsea players (with Foster in net) in the next friendly just for the lulz.
>> Anonymous
>>134638
Are you an idiot? Who cares what kind of players they have, when they suck donkey cocks as a team? But who cares, it's more important to argue about the captain, than qualifying for a major tournament.
>> Anonymous
>>134621

fucking Kahn

i still BAAAAWWWWWWW about that save he made from Donovan's left-footed shot
>> Anonymous
>>134564
No, they went on to get knocked out of the Sem-Finals of the 96 Euro Tournament lol
>> Anonymous
>>134480
Hurr, quarter finals in the last 2 World Cups says different, faggot. I don't disagree that England are overrated, and most England fans are arrogant beyond words, but you're full of shit.
>> Anonymous
>>134464
>I'm a USfag who doesn't get to watch much soccer despite liking it, so it's hard to keep up. I'm just wondering if it's people hating them because they're perennial contenders or if it's valid and if so, why?
>I'm just wondering if it's people hating them because they're perennial contenders
>perennial contenders

wat?
>> Anonymous
>Holy fucking shit they're relentless. Usually the shitty tabloids like The Sun and The Star are at the forefront of it, giving every reader a flag to stick on their car and hyping each player up.

I just remmbered 2006:"we win the world cup cause it's the BEST ENGLISH TEAM OF ALL TIME"
>> Heynonnynonnymous
>>137143

Kinda reminds you of USA Dream Team 2004, don't it?

3-pointers > flashy dunking