England Suck!

[LeperMessiah26]

Overpaid,set of losers...they dont give a fuck,just pick up the wages and play like idiots

No Fight,totally outclassed,poor excuse for a national team

ENGLAND SUCK!

[Luís]

I don't understand, that's great for England. At least this time, they won't lose to Portugal in penalties...

Just kidding, Portugal has been playing like crap lately, but at least we still got in.

[LeperMessiah26]

I don't understand, that's great for England. At least this time, they won't lose to Portugal in penalties...

Just kidding, Portugal has been playing like crap lately, but at least we still got in.

Or to Germany on penalties!!

But yes,Portugal may be playing crap lately,but they are through....At least they played with enough fight and passion to do the job....England just think they have to turn up,that the players are sooooo good,that they can win anyone.

They couldnt even beat Macedonia for god sake,they just cant admit,they are simply not good enough.

You see,in Brazil....when they are young,they teach Skill,technique,to be good on the ball....in England,they dont teach that,they instil the will to win.....but that needs backing up with Talent...and they just dont have it

Its ironic,that the players who put us out,are English Premier league players....and thats the problem,too many foreign players are killing our national team...as teams like Arsenal etc,just buy abroad,which means English youngsters cant break through....

Since Michael Owen broke through over 10 years ago....how many world class players have England produced?? Answer...ZERO

They dont deserve to play next years tournament,and they got what they deserve

[Luís]

I think the situation in the English Premier League is getting ridiculous in terms of foreigners. You will have troubles in your national teams for decades when your own players can't make your league. And it's not like there are many top English players outside the Premier League.

[LeperMessiah26]

Oh i agree totally mate...once the players we have now are too old,who is going to take their places?
I can think of maybe 3 players who will play...Theo Walcott,Ashley Young,and the young lad who plays for Manchester City,who i cant think of his name right now lol

But yeah,outside England,there is no one playing for Europes top teams,we had owen Hargreaves at Bayern,and Man utd bought him,so i cant think of anyone else whatsoever!!

Its looking very grim for our future im affraid

[Greystoke]

Awesome match, I bet on Croatia and earned some money.

[Snow]

There is no way that the clueless one (McClaren) should stay in charge after this abysmal campaign, the loss to Croatia away was bad enough but to lose to Russia and Croatia, draw with Macedonia..... bad news all round for this group of players I guess, we do have some good young players but there needs a balance of youth and experience, and oh yeah the need NOT to play Gerrard and Lampard in the same team, they don't compliment the team. I agree that McClaren did the right thing in dropping Beckham and I think since he has returned, when he's played he has played well, as good if not better than most of the so called English Lions.

Ben Foster, Scott Carson, Chris Kirkland, Shaun & Bradley Wright-Phillips, Neil Lennon, Micah Richards, Wes Brown, Keiren Richardson, Theo Walcott, Garath Barry, Alan Smith are all under the age of 30 and all have been capped at senior level, some making a better showing than others, but they now have 2 years before the world cup qualifiers start and they should be the nucleus of the team, yes Gerrard, Terry, Ferdinand, Beckham etc should help out and pass down their vast experience but they should be looking to the future NOW, not in 3 or 4 years time.

Get a manager like Jose in to shape the team up, play to their strengths and not allow other teams to dictate the pace of the game, otherwise in 4 years time we'll be bitching that we didn't qualify for another major tournament.

Good luck to both Russia and Croatia, they both deserved to beat England and get their places booked for next summer.

[Pete-Rock]

Well I think that England wont play in the European Championship 2008 is a shame, but a great chance, too. In football you have to be totally down before anything new can start. And maybe with this big big shame the people to decide realize that theres something going wrong with the english football since years and start a renewal. Was the same here in Germany after our team didnt make the first round in the Euro 2004. And now we were the first team to qualify for the Euro 2008 because there was a BIG renewal started by Klinsmann. I wish England well, they are the motherland of football and the belong to all big tournaments.

[Judge B]

Portugal has been playing like crap lately, but at least we still got in.

Finland almost got in the tournament, haha. And we really suck in football.

[LeperMessiah26]

Well I think that England wont play in the European Championship 2008 is a shame, but a great chance, too. In football you have to be totally down before anything new can start. And maybe with this big big shame the people to decide realize that theres something going wrong with the english football since years and start a renewal. Was the same here in Germany after our team didnt make the first round in the Euro 2004. And now we were the first team to qualify for the Euro 2008 because there was a BIG renewal started by Klinsmann. I wish England well, they are the motherland of football and the belong to all big tournaments.

Pete,thats the problem,England think they *Belong* in any tournament...when quite frankly,we dont..we have to *Earn* the right to play in them,same as any country,you gotta qualify,then you can say you belong there,you`ve earned the right to be there.

We always get grouped with lesser nations,and always struggle against those teams,Macedonia for example,we made very hard work of it away,we won the match,but not convincingly..then drew at home,we thought we just had to turn up,that we would win no probs,and look what happened

Israel,we should have beat them away,we didnt,so,with that and the Macedonia game,thats 4 points dropped,if we had won those 2 games,we would have won the group..despite losing 3 times

This country has to wake up,stop thinking we have the devine right to be in major tournaments,as we are a 1st rate footballing nation....we arent,we are 2nd rate at best,dont deserve to be in the top 10,theres no fight in them anymore,that got proved last night

Mark...out of the players you listed,how many can you say are of International quality?
Micah Richards has the potential to be world class,as Does Walcott and Carson,the rest just arent good enough...Barry got caught out last night,SWP is a good player,but his end product just isnt what it should be.....same with Aaron lennon,fast as hell,cant cross a ball though

Richardson and Smith have been tried,and they just dont cut it,Bradley wright phillips,does he not even play in the premier league now?

Kirkland,well he was touted as the next big thing,but turned out to be a sick note...and Ben foster is a good keeper,but needs to prove himself,and look what happens when you blood keepers in big matches?

Unless there is a big shakeup of how we coach young kids in England,we will end up with an even worse national team,and thats down to the amount of Foreign players in our league

It bugs me,that when the managers say,*As soon as we show interest in an English player,the price shoots up,and they are too expensive* but yet they can go out and spend £30 million on someone like Shevchenko,who is totally not the player he used to be,30 years old,past it.....you could have bought 2 very good english players for that cash,young,eager,bags of time to develop....look at Ashley young for Aston Villa? £11 million,and hes already very very good,its just an excuse from the big wealthy teams in my opinion