PS: This Hughes guy needs a more interesting name.
See that’s also another problem, people look at names and just because Hughes doesn’t have a glamorous name and are automatically like, meh!
And what’s all this about England only producing 3 WC players to other nations 10? :icon_confused: When you look at the last generation of England players, arguably the worst there’s been for a long time, we’ve had some of the best players in the world in every area of the field. Rio/Terry 2 central defenders highly recognised as being one of the best in the world in their day and 2 captains who have led their teams out in Champions League finals, Gary Neville one of the best RB’s in his day, Ashley Cole highly regarded as the best LB in his day, some still think he is.
Gerrard captaining his side out in a Champions League final, scoring in a Champions League final, motm in a Champions League final. Lampard, scoring in a Champions League final himself and both highly respected WC midfielders outside the UK who have won individual honours by UEFA and FIFA, Paul Scholes only Xavi and Pirlo can compare to his genius in CM, Beckham who imo is more technically gifted and unique than Scholes, Scholes there have been other players you can compare him to, Beckham no one. How he picked out long range passes at ridiculous angles was extraordinary and was the face of football around the world for a long time, then you have Rooney one of the most recognised and respect strikers in world football right now, Michael Owen former Ballon’d ore winner.
This is just last decade or so, the worst state English football has been in for a long time, but as you can see England have still produced and these players have left their marks on the biggest stages of all, but yes have been a massive failure as a unit.
Don’t mistake this failure as what England are though, as said more luck during the 80’s/90’s and early 00’s things could have been so different and it wasn’t lack of talent that held us back then. Spain had 30/40 years of failure and never changed their style or mentality too much for things to change, now look. For all England’s failures though recent times, we are still ranked 6th in the world, even though FIFA’s ranking system is a joke it’s based on a win percentage and this tells me England don’t lose or draw much in friendly’s or competitive fixture.
As for comparing England to Russia & Croatia
yeah that about sums this place up, only on a site full of anti-Englishness and anti-PL could you read something like that. Take it from me though, next 2 years or so you lot are all going to be in for a shock, you'll all be going ‘England are changing’ when in reality we are not ‘normality’ is the word and that’s what England are getting back to and I’ll leave it there, wasted enough time on this and I’ve said everything I have to say on the matter, anything else will be talking to a brick wall.
