in his 3 tournaments with England they reached the Quarters each time...losing to the eventual winners in 2002, and on penalties in 04 and 06. The tournament before he took over they were knocked out in the first round, and the tournament after he quit they failed to qualify. For some reason...
The defence and midfield were very strong (was always a big Hargreaves fan and Joe Cole was on good form), but up front they ended up majorly lacking...Started with Rooney, Owen, Crouch and Walcott...Owen got injured in the first game and Eriksson wouldn't play Walcott (should have brought...
euro 2004 wasn't a great tournament (what with GREECE winning and all) so I kind of agree in that England had a good chance of winning it. However, the Portugal side we lost to were very strong, containing several of Mourinho's Porto side that won the Champions League plus Figo, Rui Costa and...