High Flying Birds
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Poll was right. HFB knows football.
Or just knows how overrated England is. Not shocked at all.
Poll was right. HFB knows football.
There's just so many things that were wrong today.
Sterling starting, Waiting until the 86th or 87th minute to bring on Rashford, Rooney staying on until then despite having one of the worst games of his life, Joe Hart being Joe Hart, Harry Kane taking free kicks and booting the ball 20 yards past the goal or 10 yards wide.
Just all around hilarious stuff.
Coaching is not comparable really. DD has a winning pedigree, as much as he frustrates me.
Defense is totally comparable and I could see us surrendering the same goals as England today.
Lack of imagination is also a big forte for both teams so far in the tournament.
I expect a rough game indeed. And Iceland could very well surprise. But please don't compare Roy and DD.
Only reason England is contantly pushed as a favorite is the English speaking press . In truth England had been a middling team for ages now. The early 90's was the last time the English national team was an actual threat in tournaments . The team hasn't been better than Quarter-finals since the 1996 Euros .
I don't want to see anyone complain about the 24 team tourney anymore. This is amazing
I noticed this during their first game against Russia....they seriously never took him off corners after all that? Dude was BRUTAL at them.
Greece had much more distinguished players in 2004. But Iceland has improved over the last year and was the best team of pot 5 (out of 6) in qualification. Both Albania and Northern Ireland, who also qualified, were seeded lower.(...) Iceland looks a bit like they could be the Greece of this tournament. Let's not kid ourselves, it's not like that Greek team really had better quality. The Icelanders work hard and work smart, it's not gonna be easy for France to beat them.
True, individually I think we're better than England, in midfield especially. But we've lacked offensive imagination in this tournament. And our D has been shaky (though not having Rami will help).