Euro 2008/The Final

Originally Posted by Pedrosa

So what realistic hope is there for England in the next World Cup. How would they have contributed to Euro 2008? Was the tournament poorer for their absence?

Discuss.

hope for england in the next world cup? well, of course depends on seedings, but anything further than the 1/4's has to be considered an achievement. of course the red tops will be whipping the nation (of single iq holders) up into a frenzy of expectation. and when we dissappoint as will inevitably will, there'll be the usual outbreak of good old english violence.

was euro 08 poorer for england not being there? i dont think you could get one team which qualified for the finals to think that was the case. from what i saw - and admitedly it wasnt a great deal - but it was pretty good quality, couldnt see how we could have improved it any. and i quite enjoyed not giving a monkeys who won/lost/drew for a change.

Was cheering on Germany, but Spain definately deserved to win.

Originally Posted by Warthog

I am half German as well, I also find the pointless anti-German sentiment stupid. Am I offended? Nope, I just think less of anyone that speaks like that. "It's just a football thing". How does that justify it? Just proves that football is a violent and racist game too. We have had 1 and a half pages about a football match and already had two racial slurs and one comment about a manager also being vilified under racist pretences. Why can't anyone in football just concentrate on the game??

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Ok as far as (the can't stand the krauts)thing goes ,maybe that was a bad choice of words so if i offended anybody i apologise .

Basically as a Liverpool fan i hate manchester utd,that does'nt mean i hate people from manchester(i don't)likewise when i commented i can't stand the krauts,again i mea'nt the football team,not the country as a whole.

Hope this has cleared up any misunderstanding.

Wish i had'nt started this thread now......sometimes i wonder why i bother on here anymore.