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Gerrard was poor against France apart from the free kick

Gerrard was average agains the Swedes apart from the cross

Gerrard was good against Ukraine

I won't bother with the Italian game

Man was chasing shadows and suffered cramp after an hour

But let me guess he wasn't playing alongside Torres/Alonso/Mascherano that's why

f*ck*ng bullshit of a reason to mask his average his international performances

Where England are concerned your opinion is null and void, you're saltier than Platini and Blatter combined.

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Nothing to be salty about I just tell the truth

Euro 96

Played good football throughout

were average against The Swiss/Scots (until Shearer's goal)

Where excellent against Holland from the passing/movement the swagger was too much

Awful against Spain and were very lucky to win

Germany it was 50/50 it could of gone either way

France 98

Very professional against Tunisia

Ok against Romania

Against Colombia, England were excellent the two changes Hoddle made were long overdue Beckham and Owen as starters

Argentina this was 50/50 but going down to ten men didn't help and I would of loved it to be 11 v 11 because that game could of been any score

Euro 2000

Awful couldn't keep the ball

Treated it like a hot potato (12 years on still the same)

Against Portugal raced into a two goal lead then Figo pulled one back then Rui Costa handed out a master class when it comes to classic playmaking

Against Germany they got dominated after Shearer scored

20 year Steven Gerrard was excellent the way he bossed Hamann and Jeremies

Onto Romania

No Gerrard because he was having them back problems when he couldn't sit down something his posture

Losing Seaman didn't help because Martyn was at fault on one of the goals

It could of gone either way then Phil Neville brings than Molodovan then out goes England

Japan/Korea 2002

Score early through Campbell against the Swdes and sit back only for Alexanderson to equalise

Beat a toothless Argentina with an Owen dive(Hargreaves was excellent)

The game against Nigeria the less said the better

Onto the 2nd round against the Danes who get destroyed by England

Quarters against Brazil

Go 2-1 behind with a man advantage but struggle to get the ball of Brazil and there is no plan B

Euro 2004

Rooney bursts onto the scene

Lampard scores early against France then after that get dominated for large parts of the game

King and Campbell are immense at the back

Beckham misses the pen then Zizou truly takes over

Beat Switzerland and Croatia comfortably playing counter attacking football with a fearless 18 year old Rooney

Quarters against Portugal

This could of gone either way but IMO if Rooney was still on and Scen grew some balls England would of gone through in normal time but instead England sat back and went out on pens

Germany 2006

England were horrible against Paraguay and T+T but got over the line

Then their first test in Germany when they came up against Sweden

End to end it was a good game

Onto Ecuador

England were average it took a Beckham free kick and poor finishing from Tenorio

Quarters vs the Portuguese again

Should of played Crouch instead of Rooney

He was isolated from the start and looked unfit which was understandable

Both teams played for pens

Euro 2008 didn't qualify

South Africa 2010

England were poor in all three group games and should of gone home at that stage but inept finishing from Slovenia

It would of saved the embarrassment from Germany in Bloemfontein.

Euro 2012

Rigid/defensive/relied on set pieces to win games

Went out on pens but if truth be told should of list badly in normal time

Euro 96 - Seaman Neville Adams Ince McManaman Sheringham Shearer

France 98 - Campbell Owen

Euro 2000- Gerrard

Japan/Korea 2002- Mills/Campbell/Ferdinand/Cole/Butt/Hargreaves

Euro 2004- King/Cole/Rooney

Germany 2006- Cole/Cole

SA 2010- Cole

Euro 2012- Terry

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I always cringe when guys who are like 25 talk about van basten, best, puskas, zico and people who the ould clearly only have seen in highlight reels or when they were toddlers

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Yeah I did

I don't like people chatting sh*t and calling me salty on subjects I have a very good insight in

You clearly have a dislike for the English game that goes beyond being rational.

My guess is it stems from being overlooked yourself as a footballer in favour of players you thought were technically inferior to yourself and less knowledgeable about the game.

I am not one of those coaches that llowed you in favour of Jonny who showed plenty of determination, let me live.

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I have a dislike for the Media/Pundits/deluded fans who don't appreciate the fact there is more than just the Premier League

I appreciate highly technical players I won't lie

That's why I am a big fan of Scholes

There is a saying you have to treat the ball like its your wife

Keep it

Look after it

Cherish it

Now explain why it goes behind rational?

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Yeah I did

I don't like people chatting sh*t and calling me salty on subjects I have a very good insight in

You clearly have a dislike for the English game that goes beyond being rational.

My guess is it stems from being overlooked yourself as a footballer in favour of players you thought were technically inferior to yourself and less knowledgeable about the game.

I am not one of those coaches that llowed you in favour of Jonny who showed plenty of determination, let me live.

SHATAP

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What about them clutch players Porchy who only need the ball twice in a match to score 2 goals?

I understand these kind of guys are needed but i hate them with a passion. These kind of players are the reason english football is so far behind other nations. Players like darren bent who have no technical ability and offer nothing to the team except goals. Manager will leave them on the pitch for 80 mins just on the off chance a half chance will fall to them. Whilst a good player with tekk would be off at half time every week putting in them kinda performances

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