Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
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Nor me.
Historically, one of the four biggest footballing nations on Earth and they haven't made it. Come on Denmark.
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[Football] World Cup Play-Offs.
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Nor me.
Historically, one of the four biggest footballing nations on Earth and they haven't made it. Come on Denmark.
Perfidious Albion
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" How art the mighty fallen" .....2 Samuel Chapter 1.....
However, all power now to the Irish! .......Go on, Shane !
However, all power now to the Irish! .......Go on, Shane !
Lower West Stander
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Would have loved to be in the crowd for the Italian game. All the theatrical shouting and breast beating - especially after the final whistle.
Love Italians
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Jam The Man
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Once they were paired with Spain in their group, it looked tough.
Failing to score twice against Sweden in either leg of the play-off shows they're not good enough.
That 2-1 defeat in the last World Cup ultimately f**k*d up our chances in the group stage opener. And I still haven't forgotten Italia '90 when the referee awarded them a penalty in the third place match so Salvatore Schillachi could finish the tournament as top goalscorer.
to be fair, it was a pen though
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Italian football has been slowly going down the pan for the last 15-20 years in my opinion. This is the kick up the backside Italian football needs. They are also not producing the world class players they used too. Mum is disappointed, it's a bloody disgrace.
We had the players but not the coach.Had Conte stuck around we would not have been in this mess.Some on here think it's funny and that's fair enough however personally when I watch the world cup which I now won't be doing I want to see the big teams.The World Cup will not have Italy or Holland and that's a big shame for any true football fan.
If you look at english football during that time then the Prem has become very strong and with that many more foreign players are now playing here and making it so much more difficult for english players to get a game.Look at the England team and without doubt they have had better over the years.Alot of it is about the draw and not all about the quality of the teams.Italy had to contend with Spain but England and others had it eaiser.
It's only a shame if they are any good, and Italy and the Netherlands are not - they are shite. Italy couldn't score a goal in two games against Sweden and had a home draw against Moldova in qualifying. No big loss.
Come back when they are good enough.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
This. No side has a divine right to be there, they need to qualify.
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It's like not having ferrari in F1. It's been a bad year for Italian sport.
Wardy's twin
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what makes you say that - southgate will still be in charge...
GT49er
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He kept a clean sheet, didn't he? What more can a goal-keeper want!
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
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LOVE this
Ventura wants to send DeRossi on. DeRossi says "Why the F**K would I come on ? We need a win, not a draw", and points to Insigne.
(Ventura now sacked)
LOVE this
Ventura wants to send DeRossi on. DeRossi says "Why the F**K would I come on ? We need a win, not a draw", and points to Insigne.
(Ventura now sacked)
Mo Gosfield
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Apart from the hosting nation/s.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Thanks for that
However they DO still need to qualify, however their form is not by playing matches of football but by hosting the tournament. Technically they still have to qualify.
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LOVE this
Ventura wants to send DeRossi on. DeRossi says "Why the F**K would I come on ? We need a win, not a draw", and points to Insigne.
(Ventura now sacked)
Read this on the BBC feed last night:
Yes, yes it could.
But there's some quirky teams like Panama, who will have a cult following. To be honest I'm looking forward to watching them in high-scoring games rather than Italy and USA playing for a dreary draw in order to secure a point they need for the knockout stages. Where can I buy a Panama hat to watch their matches?
I don't know about Holland but Italy are not 'shite'.We just had a 'shite manager'.If you look at our players man for man we are not 'shite'but if you want to post 'shite'because you are ignorant then go ahead.
nicko31
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So good to see the Italians out, so jammy for so long