Will the unthinkable (to them) happen England this weekend?

Nunu

BaZmO* wrote: »

Is he made out of matchsticks or something?

And why are they playing a friendly before such an important qualifier?

Because they thought it wouldn't be an important qualifier...and if Russia beat Israel they will be proved right;)

BaZmO*

Nunu wrote: »

Because they thought it wouldn't be an important qualifier...and if Russia beat Israel they will be proved right;)

Yeah, I just noticed that you had already answered my question!

Mental Mickey

Nunu wrote: »

Because they thought it wouldn't be an important qualifier...and if Russia beat Israel they will be proved right;)

Arrogant c**ts - that's why.

I would soooooooooo love it if they failed to qualify.

d22ontour

The arrogance is bred from both their media and fans in thinking they have lots of world class players when infact most of them have shown to bottle it and not perform on the biggest stage of all.

ShiverinEskimo

I saw the headline first and thought "ah - someone in the English game piping up..."

Cohen lays into 'awful' England

Then I read the article and realised he's just harping on like England have a god-given right to be in all finals because the other sides are "chamionship sides" or "genuine third world countries"...

This guy's opinion is why so many non-English would love to see England not qualify...

Of particular note is "Qualification should have been a matter of course.." - I find this attitude is exactly why they are in the position they are in. Instead of being encouraged to earn every point they seem to think that just by showing up to each game they will finish top with maximum points..

machiavellianme

Israel leading

mike65

Good move by all accounts.

Mike.

Paul Tergat

Israel looking good for the lead, ought to be have been 2 from a free kick

Raskolnikov

Can't believe Russia are bottling this.

mike65

Russia score.

Mike.

Paul Tergat

SH IT

Israel look really dodgy at the back

mike65

Still 30 mins left. Could go any way.

Mike.

Unearthly

At the moment Russia have the upperhand, can see them scoring again if it stays like this.

Raskolnikov

futbal24 just said Israel scored :P

mike65

On bbc match thread

1940: "If England quailfy after Scotland's heroic efforts fail, then as an Englishman I will feel embarrassed"

The Norn Iron game sounds like its a monsoon match.

Mike.

Mitch Connor

mike65 wrote: »

On bbc match thread



The Norn Iron game sounds like its a monsoon match.

Mike.

balled played at pace along the ground about 20 yards....stopped dead in a puddle after about 10 yards. this pitch is a joke!

mike65

Off the post by Russia, all Russia piling on the pressure.

Israel score. Holy Fuvk

Mike.

Paul Tergat

jesus christ that was close

Helix

isreal 2-1 russia

Paul Tergat

No ****ing Way!!!!!!! Wooooooo

was he not offside?

ronbyrne2005

Hiddink for Ireland if Russia dont qualify?

mike65

Full time Israel 2 - 1 Russia

Thats just hilarious.

Football is a cruel, nay perverse mistress.

England need a draw or win to qualify.

Mike.

machiavellianme

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

Hiddink for Ireland if Russia dont qualify?

We can only dream

Paul Tergat

just a draw will do....thanks Israel!

mike65

darkman2 wrote: »

Will England be out of Euro 2008 come Saturday evening?

IMHO I doubt Russia will throw it away. They certainly have the right manager for this situation. Expect the mourning to begin on Sunday;) And if England are out on Saturday what will the atmosphere be like at Wembley the following Wednesday? :eek:

Mike.

dobsdave

Am I right in saying, that 2nd goal for Israel was very important.
England now only need a draw at home on Wednesday?

Unearthly

Atleast now I'll have an interest in watching Euro 2008

I bet McClaren is completly bald now

PHB

lol, Russia throw it away, shocking stuff. Still, don't be surprised to see England **** it up

Paul Tergat

yup correct

with croatia now through theyre likely to be less arsed against us...does coming top affect seddings?

Unearthly

dobsdave wrote: »

Am I right in saying, that 2nd goal for Israel was very important.
England now only need a draw at home on Wednesday?

Yep

and against a team already qualified, can't see Croatia being arsed about the game at all

Edit: pre-empted

ROCKMAN

dobsdave wrote: »

Am I right in saying, that 2nd goal for Israel was very important.
England now only need a draw at home on Wednesday?

someone got there before.

mike65

Thats a point is'nt it? A gentlemans agreement to play out a nil-nil and wrap it up to both teams satisfaction. Tut tut.

Mike.

jesus_thats_gre

I would doubt that Croatia would want to do England any favours.

machiavellianme

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

I would doubt that Croatia would want to do England any favours.

I'd also doubt they'd want to do Russia any favours

Raskolnikov

Macedonia 2- 0 Croatia

England can still top the group

Haha.

darkman2

Jezus..........imagine what MOTD will be like tonight;)

BaZmO*

Told ya's! Why do people keep underestimating Israel? Tel-Aviv is a difficult place to get a result.

PHB

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Macedonia 2- 0 Croatia

England can still top the group

Haha.

hahahah!
It doesn't matter, they've qualfiied. Funny stuff though

Guy:Incognito

mike65 wrote: »

Thats a point is'nt it? A gentlemans agreement to play out a nil-nil and wrap it up to both teams satisfaction. Tut tut.

Mike.

It's be nice if we were in a position to make use of such a gentlemans agreement.



Great result for England. Croatia can afford to lose by a goal to England and still stay top. A draw qill do both so I think they should arrange that.

Dont think finishing 1st or 2nd matters, or does it?

aidan24326

Jammy cnuts. Would love Croatia to turn then over on Wednesday.

darkman2

Stekelly wrote: »

Dont think finishing 1st or 2nd matters, or does it?

In the group stages it may matter but im not sure.

nlgbbbblth

'arrogant English media'

the majority of people I know who use this reason for hating the England team still continue to read English tabloid newspapers - who are the worst offenders when it comes to hype.

Why?

county

cracking result for england,lets hope they dont fcuk it up on Wednesday

darkman2

We are all hoping:rolleyes:

mike65

darkman2 why not sit in a dark room man, with a bottle of Paddys and drink your woes away. You may have the last laugh but I suspect it would die on your lips.

Mike.

darkman2

mike65 wrote: »

darkman2 why not sit in a dark room man, with a bottle of Paddys and drink your woes away. You may have the last laugh but I suspect it would die on your lips.

Mike.

Are you suggesting im anti English?.......you fool!....... I love the English. I love the media......the fans.......and the English FA.......I love it all! Im in a minority in this country but eh......Im totally pro Brit.....

Thanx 4 The Fish

don't push it dark.

Xavi6

Before last night's game I would'nt have wanted England at the Euro's purely because they've been sh1te and didn't deserve to be there. Now, however, after Russia imploding and Croatia offering a lifeline for top spot they're all as bad as each other and it really makes no difference who qualifies.

All this means though is that the problems that were there over the past few months will be swept under the carpet. Not qualifying would probably do them more favours than actually getting there.

PDN

I don't want England to qualify, and I'm not anti-British. I love the Scottish, the Welsh and even the Norn Ironish. I like it when English runners win athletics gold medals at the Olympics. I even watch cricket and hope England win (test matches).

I lived in England for 10 years and I just want them never to win another world cup, or even European Championship at either rugby or soccer. They are absolutely unbearable when they win anything. They are still banging on about winning the World Cup in 1966 with home advantage & some dodgy refereeing. They were even worse when Johnny 'sicknote' Wilkinson (rugby's equivalent of Michael Owen) kicked them to victory in the World Cup.

If England were to win the European Championships then the next 10 years of Sky Sports programming will be dominated by endless reruns of Wayne Rooney's butt-ugly Shrek-cloned grinning face as he dives to win the crucial penalty, John Terry's (I get paid 100 grand a week for abusing referees) hands clutching the trophy, and David Beckham crying because he injured his ankle and missed the final.

NO! NO! NO!

Come on Croatia.

county

PDN wrote: »

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I lived in England for 10 years and I just want them never to win another world cup, or even European Championship at either rugby or soccer. They are absolutely unbearable when they win anything. They are still banging on about winning the World Cup in 1966 with home advantage & some dodgy refereeing. They were even worse when Johnny 'sicknote' Wilkinson (rugby's equivalent of Michael Owen) kicked them to victory in the World Cup.

If England were to win the European Championships then the next 10 years of Sky Sports programming will be dominated by endless reruns of Wayne Rooney's butt-ugly Shrek-cloned grinning face as he dives to win the crucial penalty, John Terry's (I get paid 100 grand a week for abusing referees) hands clutching the trophy, and David Beckham crying because he injured his ankle and missed the final.

NO! NO! NO!

Come on Croatia.

you live in ireland yeah?so who will be banging on about anything,plus there are other alternative`s to sky sports you know