So how are we gonna do then? High expectations for England, or an early trip home? No prizes, just a bit of fun!
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What are your expectations for England?
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Getting out of the group will be about as much as I can expect from England. Think the round of 16 is as far as we'll go though.
Logically, the ability to end up leading their table comes down to the result of the Belgium game. To win it should allow an easier game in the rounds proper. When I see the likes of Lukaku, Hazard, Coutois, Fellanini, Vertongan and others in form for Belgium means a win is a hard task
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Out at the 16 stage.
We have a functional team lacking some flair and relying on the pace of the erratic Sterling and the goal scoring skills of Kane and perhaps Vardy.
Which is enough to get out of the group but not enough to go further than the second round of games.
Hopefully I'm wrong.
We have a functional team lacking some flair and relying on the pace of the erratic Sterling and the goal scoring skills of Kane and perhaps Vardy.
Which is enough to get out of the group but not enough to go further than the second round of games.
Hopefully I'm wrong.
I'm not making a prediction, because I really don't know.
Tis a funny thing, the World Cup. Every 4 years I spend 99% of the time thinking England have no chance and then, about a month or so before it starts, my heart says "you know, we could win this!" Inevitably however, it ends in disappointment.
You need a bit of luck in any competition and, if we get that, who knows? I really don't think we will win it (sorry heart), but we could go a long way... or we could go out in the group stage.
I would like to see Kane and Vardy start (particularly if we get out of the group). I would be delighted with three 1-0 wins in the group stage. We always start too fast in my opinion - we should save our better performances for later.
Enough of my ramblings, I'm going to enjoy winding up my Italian friends while we are still in it!!
Tis a funny thing, the World Cup. Every 4 years I spend 99% of the time thinking England have no chance and then, about a month or so before it starts, my heart says "you know, we could win this!" Inevitably however, it ends in disappointment.
You need a bit of luck in any competition and, if we get that, who knows? I really don't think we will win it (sorry heart), but we could go a long way... or we could go out in the group stage.
I would like to see Kane and Vardy start (particularly if we get out of the group). I would be delighted with three 1-0 wins in the group stage. We always start too fast in my opinion - we should save our better performances for later.
Enough of my ramblings, I'm going to enjoy winding up my Italian friends while we are still in it!!
I think we've got enough to get past whoever gets out of Group H (Poland, Colombia, Senegal and Japan), although we are also perfectly capable of losing to each of them. The problem is that if we get past that stage we're likely to have to play either Germany or Brazil in the quarter-final, which wouldn't be pretty.
Clarke_B":uff6vvxa said:
My mistake, I was thinking world Cup in 2014.
We've not won a knock out match since 2006. A pretty terrible record in recent years.
That's a very good point. I never looked at it like that before. Then if you like at the winners, for example Greece in 04, Italy 06, Spain in 08 and 10, Portugal 16, They all started very poorly and I think got beaten in the group stages but then they went on to win it.
Brussels Bureaucrat":1cm7awjn said:
Exactly. Especially if it's Germany. Just look what they did to us in 2010. But I suppose we always have a chance if they play poorly and we take our chances.
That's a point, and the last time we won a knockout match Michael Carrick played. So underused by England.
