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International Fitba Discussion Thread (i.e. The Woy Hodgson hate thread)

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#1 ·
Feel free to post about how much you hate :woy in here. The club football threads don't deserve to have terrible international football stuff in them.

France vs Spain tonight. 8pm on Sky Sports 5. I'm just praying Costa, Fabregas and Remy don't get injured. Chelsea season OVAH if that happens. Looking forward to see how Spain line up though, with all the retirements they've had this summer.
 
#421 ·
Quick shoutout to the offside Daryl Murphy winning a header at 1:20 winning the corner as well as the offside Jon Walters scoring the goal from that corner at 1:38:


Either of those gets called right and we get 3 points instead of 1, Ireland get 0 instead of 1 and that three point swing puts us level on points, sending Scotland to the play-offs instead of Ireland.

(Yes, I'm fucking bitter)
 
#28 · (Edited)
Holland were pretty awful in the semi's. England more than matched Portugal so I'd have fancied them to match the Dutch too.

That Czech team in that tournament doe:ex: Pisstake that Greece knocked them out. If not for Nedved going off injured I think they'd have won the whole thing. Fucking silver goal they went out to as well if I remember right.
 
#38 ·
Greatness.

I have never been so demoralised about England than I am with this Hodgson & Rooney axis of WOATness. No wonder the stadium was so empty after the awful team selections and tactics at the world cup. Guess it was too much for the greedy FA to put ticket prices down.
 
#53 ·
I remember when Moz used to hate Naismith. Also when he used to slate him in the chat box, which usually led to a goal or an assist from him. Good times.



I'm surprised that this hasn't been linked yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WEfCX6OJtU

It's good to see more people with influence over the football industry (even if it is only Rio) coming out and criticising Hodgson's tactics, whilst also pointing out that we do have some talented players that are suited to playing good football, as they regularly prove at club level. Hopefully more people with influence (in the football industry and media) start to crank up the pressure as well.

I don't understand why the FA are so complacent with Hodgson in charge. With the new Euro qualifying system it SHOULD be a breeze for England in terms of reaching Euro 2016, especially with the group they're in. So why stick with a man who has an obvious tactical glass ceiling when this is the perfect time to bring in someone with fresh and exciting ideas, during a campaign that offers the chance to test new ideas out in a competitive environment when qualification has never been easier? Makes more sense to make the change now than before the next WC qualifiers, which is when Hodgson is likely to move on. Add in the fact that England Wembley attendances are reaching all time lows and you have to wonder why the FA are so complacent right now when the one thing that they care about (aka revenue) is actually being threatened. It truly baffles me why Hodgson remains in charge when his dinosaur philosophy is causing issues on all fronts.
 
#66 ·
First time I've ever actively cheered an England goal, I think. Two of them tonight, in fact. Now that Gerrard and Lampard have retired, other than Rooney and Jordan Henderson I can't think of any England players I flat out dislike.

Have to be honest here, if we get England in the Euros and Welbeck starts for them, I think they might sneak it. Best England #9 since Alan Smith.
 
#123 ·
Didn't watch England. Forget that. Instead watched Spain. Who continue to not like to shoot unless shit is perfect. Costa should be dropped and sent home, tbh. He doesn't fit the team. Neither does Cesc and Azpi. Send them home too.

Casillas is pure lol. Makes one amazing save and then just fucks up completely. de Gea who just put on a God mode performance is on the bench to this clown. Iniesta, Cesc and Silva all had some nice sparks, but they were mostly off for the whole night. Koke did next to nothing. Nice little cameo by Alcacer, who really deserves to start.
 
#325 ·
From a portuguese, I remember the times of 2004-2006, when Portugal was scary good. Even in qualifying matches where we didn't have to win, we would still massacre some poor team like Estonia or Israel as if they were nothing. We fucked up Russia by beating them 7-1. Why? Because we felt like it.

It feels pretty good, I must say. You have high expectations about the team and they actually deliver. Even when we didn't win Euro 2004, we were still pretty happy to reach the final since we've never done it before.
 
#335 ·
For the first time since (well, ever), I'm actually somewhat optimistic about Scotland's qualification group.

England are easily the weakest of the top-seeded teams (sorry all Englanders, it's true) and an Auld Enemy match is always fun. Slovenia and Slovakia are beatable teams, but we could easily slip up against them - then again, so could England. Lithuania and Malta are the jokes of the group.

We could actually qualify here :mark: provided the SFA don't withdraw over the whole "Russia being a fundamentally corrupt country of bigots" thing.
 
#336 ·
As if that is exclusive to England? Spain barely beat Andorra, Portugal barely beat Armenia. Qualifiers are ugly games full of players who don't want to get injured and will take any result.

England have done better than anyone in Euro 2016 qualifying, that's not arrogance that is a fact.

England are easily the weakest of the top-seeded teams (sorry all Englanders, it's true)
England are weaker than Wales and Romania, right. Based on what?
 
#338 ·
No matter how crappy England play against Slovenia and whoever else you want to bring up, they'll still end up qualifying in shit groups. The group drawn today is garbage, so they'll qualify with relative ease. Slovakia may get a win at their place vs England, but that'll probably be the only place they drop points.
 
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