QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Sep 7 2009, 08:23 PM)

We've already over-acheived by wining it once. In theory, being ranked 8th in the World, the best we should do is reach the QFs - which is what we often do. So those (mainly foreigners) that say we are under-acheiving are over-rating is. Which is ironic considering they all say the English team is over-rated by English people. (IMG:
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We don't 'suck'. There's about 4 teams in the World better than us, hardly an embarassment.
On paper I think England have a great team, but the fact that they come up short in every major tournament is not something to be overlooked. I think they'll do one better this time out because they have Cappello behind them. They won't be pretty to watch but they'll get the job done.
Technically there are countries that are better, Spain, Brasil, Argentina, Italy (only if Lippi gets his head out of his @ss that is and actually picks the good players over his favourites (IMG:
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