The DEFINITIVE English football banter thread

[Y2Jryder]

I'm not talking about building a team just purely for the World Cup, I'm talking about building a new consistent team that could play together for a number of years. The best way to succeed at International level, is to have a pretty consistent squad year in, year out, look at the Spanish.

Bringing a player out of retirement (him retiring HIMSELF being the optimum point here) is a pointless and futile task, which will not have any significance on how we perform at the tournament whatsoever. We need to pick a squad, have them play competive football together as often as possible and not keep on altering the team every 2 minutes

Plus you're overlooking one salient point in using the Dutch squad, English players aren't trained anywhere near as well as those on the continent, it takes much longer to do anything with our National Team, that's just the facts our system is awful.

Ok let's forget about the Scholes thing because he retired himself

Of course you need to try to get a consistent team every year. But just like Spain they still pick the best players. Spain still relies on Puyol simply because they don't have better defenders.

It's the same as England relying on Gerard/Lampard. They get picked every year and will get picked the next World cup if the don't have anything better.

[JSullivan]

Looking good, the kit too!

The home kit has grown on me a little now - But this one is awful.

[Y2Jryder]

Looking good, the kit too!

I actually like it, but I still don't like your new home kit though,

I was typing a long reply to Jsul but accidental hit 'backspace' so screw it

[Y2Jryder]

We have a winner.

I've said for years about the difference in training levels - deep down, that is why we never win anything. We have world-class players all the time, but it never does anything.

On paper, we can have the strongest side and struggle against the weak.

The Dutch get something mad like 6x the amount of training at youth level that the UK youths do.

I don't get this one?

[magglis]

I actually like it, but I still don't like your new home kit though,

I was typing a long reply to Jsul but accidental hit 'backspace' so screw it

[JSullivan]

I don't get this one?

One day, I will remember where I watched the video on it, or I'll find an article and blow your mind.

I think this one looks better.

Got my home kit the other day, I'd say it increased my ability.

Lmfao.

[JSullivan]

Swansea reserves teaching Liverpool reserves a lesson.

Can't wait for Liverpool to play the best football in the league.

I feel really awful knowing that Swansea will likely be trying to avoid relegation next season :/

[magglis]

Swansea reserves teaching Liverpool reserves a lesson.

Can't wait for Liverpool to play the best football in the league.

That will probably happen in 100 years,if the humans still exist

[Y2Jryder]

Swansea reserves teaching Liverpool reserves a lesson.

Can't wait for Liverpool to play the best football in the league.

Or he doesn't get the time and it won't work out the first 6 months and will get sacked, this is most likely

[magglis]

I feel really awful knowing that Swansea will likely be trying to avoid relegation next season :/

Why you are saying that?