International Footy

[Finnegan]

I feel a little bit dirty. I need to go pray at the altar of Barry John for forgiveness.

[Webbo]

I feel a little bit dirty. I need to go pray at the altar of Barry John for forgiveness.

Admit it. You secretly wish you were English.

[Radovan's Caravan]

Take a closer look at the qualifying campaigns of Argentina, France, and Portugal before saying this. It would just be easier for you to come out and say you hate England and think we're useless.

Argentina made a catastrophic mistake in appointing Maradona as national coach - that was always a train wreck waiting to happen as he would never miss an opportunity to mouth off about how inferior his players' abilities were to his own.

France - 'the ego's have landed' and are stirring the pot to get Domenech the boot. I would also like to point out that a certain Balkan nation's qualifying form has severely impacted on France's chances of automatic qualification.

Portugal can hardly be considered a footballing power (no Euro's, no World Cups) just because they stuff you in shoot outs - an oft repeated experience from which you always draw the wrong conclusions.

Yes, England are useless. But not innately so. They are useless because they are DUMB.

[dandannieldanok]

Argentina made a catastrophic mistake in appointing Maradona as national coach - that was always a train wreck waiting to happen as he would never miss an opportunity to mouth off about how inferior his players' abilities were to his own.

France - 'the ego's have landed' and are stirring the pot to get Domenech the boot. I would also like to point out that a certain Balkan nation's qualifying form has severely impacted on France's chances of automatic qualification.

Portugal can hardly be considered a footballing power (no Euro's, no World Cups) just because they stuff you in shoot outs - an oft repeated experience from which you always draw the wrong conclusions.

Yes, England are useless. But not innately so. They are useless because they are DUMB.

Serbia's form has had no impact on France at all, in fact France have taken 4 points out of a possible 6 off Serbia so don't flatter yourselves.

Why are we dumb then? No good saying that and just leaving it, come on let's hear some more drivel to explain it.

[Joe.]

MASSIVE achievement eh? Are you not damning England with hyperbole (good on you if your true intention is to insult them!)? Did they just win the World Cup when I wasn't looking? Or have they just done what every other major footballing power does routinely - QUALIFY automatically with a game or two in hand?

We lost 3-2 and 2-0 to Crotia in 2007. Fast forward a couple of years under Capello, and we've hit nine goals past the same team, conceding just twice. That's a decent turnaround I think you'll find.

I know you love winding people up on here though, just a bit of an arse really.

[shen]

fair enough, it is staggeringly unlikely, but so was the runner's up spot 3 games ago, just a shame norway were so poor in iceland last week

should this miracle series of results happen and norway qualify, even with a year to prepare it will be a couple of seasons too soon, apparently the under21 coach is on record as saying there are no exceptional players coming through so maybe euro 2016

It'd just be wrong if Norway qualified. Apart from the emphatic win over Scotland, they really haven't had anything to cheer about. In fact, I'd say their campaign has been borderline embarrassing, even if they don't possess a great amount of talent. The positive thing in my view is that it will probably improve their seeding for the next World Cup qualification. Sad to hear there are no upcoming talents, but if Drillo stays on, I guess it's for the better. I really don't rate him.

[BlueSi13]

Argentina made a catastrophic mistake in appointing Maradona as national coach - that was always a train wreck waiting to happen as he would never miss an opportunity to mouth off about how inferior his players' abilities were to his own.

France - 'the ego's have landed' and are stirring the pot to get Domenech the boot. I would also like to point out that a certain Balkan nation's qualifying form has severely impacted on France's chances of automatic qualification.

Portugal can hardly be considered a footballing power (no Euro's, no World Cups) just because they stuff you in shoot outs - an oft repeated experience from which you always draw the wrong conclusions.

Yes, England are useless. But not innately so. They are useless because they are DUMB.

Useless, still just another bitter ****, come back to us when you supposedly hail from a half decent footballing "nation"....otherwise that chip on your shoulder still needs work doing to it, and fast.

By the way the result last night for you again RC, England 5 - 1 Croatia, a nice follow on from Croatia 1-4 England....thats 9-2 on aggregate if you want to look at it like that

I doubt we'll win the World Cup, surely no doubt what 95% of the population thinks aswell but we're going to have a bloody good time watching the story unfold....i already can't wait!!

Btw currently living in Germany and we were all over their sports shows, they see us as a major contender for the cup along with Spain, Brazil, and Holland ......they didn't mention Serbia once.

[shen]

Argentina made a catastrophic mistake in appointing Maradona as national coach - that was always a train wreck waiting to happen as he would never miss an opportunity to mouth off about how inferior his players' abilities were to his own.

France - 'the ego's have landed' and are stirring the pot to get Domenech the boot. I would also like to point out that a certain Balkan nation's qualifying form has severely impacted on France's chances of automatic qualification.

Portugal can hardly be considered a footballing power (no Euro's, no World Cups) just because they stuff you in shoot outs - an oft repeated experience from which you always draw the wrong conclusions.

Yes, England are useless. But not innately so. They are useless because they are DUMB.

So just because Portugal haven't won a major trophy, they shouldn't be considered a footballing power? Are Uruguay a footballing power then? Were Spain a footballing power prior to their Euro 2008 trophy? They had to wait 34 years to win a major trophy again! Portugal were rightly seen as serious contenders for the crown in the previous three major championships.

[phillip j fry]

aw,dont worry about radovan,he's just still pissed about our illiegal bombing of the yugo factory back in the nineties.i quite enjoy his posts ,allways worth reading even when bollocks.

[shen]

Btw currently living in Germany and we were all over their sports shows, they see us as a major contender for the cup along with Spain, Brazil, and Holland ......they didn't mention Serbia once.

Anyone who does really well in qualifying gets hyped up. The Czechs used to qualify outstandingly and immediatly got the 'major contender' stamp, the same with the Argies the past World Cups only to fail miserably. France in 2002 being another example of a favourite fecking up monumentally.

[BlueSi13]

Anyone who does really well in qualifying gets hyped up. The Czechs used to qualify outstandingly and immediatly got the 'major contender' stamp, the same with the Argies the past World Cups only to fail miserably. France in 2002 being another example of a favourite fecking up monumentally.

True, its just great to hear after the farce we endured under Mclaren , just a sign of how much things have changed since then

[Radovan's Caravan]

Serbia's form has had no impact on France at all, in fact France have taken 4 points out of a possible 6 off Serbia so don't flatter yourselves.

Why are we dumb then? No good saying that and just leaving it, come on let's hear some more drivel to explain it.

So explanations are drivel eh? An insight into the boorish English footie mentality? OK here's some drivel for you to ponder.

England have exited three out of the last four World Cups for which they have qualified on penalties. The post mortems on each of these occasions has focused on one issue - the pro's and con's of practising penalties. Nothing else.

I can tell you now the reason why England lose such a high percentage of shoot outs (80% failure rate including Euro's) has little to do with practising penalties. In fact, in a practice session England would merely rehearse their mistakes. England's penalty problem is a triple whammy:

(1) A very high percentage of English players (including internationals) do not know how to correctly address a football (a point onfirmed by Pat Nevin in his autobiography). They are still largely self taught when it comes to the art of striking a football and very few do any of the rep work (with or without guidance) to master the skill.

(2) Players are selected on ad hoc basis to take penalties and the criteria is often who's up for it on the night. The coach should select and make known the five principal takers before any knock out match. The criteria should be age (older players are LESS confident) and ability. The weaker takers should go first (their technique and confidence is more likely to fail as pressure mounts). When it comes to sudden death the younger players should be selected.

(3) The main reason why England screw up shoot outs is because of poxy keeping. This truth has never been publicly acknowledged It doesn't have to be this way. Keepers can be taught to up their penalty save rate. Penalty saving is about basic stats (right footed kickers prefer placing to the left), enhancing agility (principally through resistance training) and, most importantly of all, learning to read the body language of penalty takers (Ricardo of Portugal is the master of this - he has stated the majority of takers telegraph placement in their run up).

Don't tell me - you knew all this drivel already. Like fook you did.

[Brainy]

I've seen chainsaw's speak more sense than Radovan.

[dandannieldanok]

So explanations are drivel eh? An insight into the boorish English footie mentality? OK here's some drivel for you to ponder.

England have exited three out of the last four World Cups for which they have qualified on penalties. The post mortems on each of these occasions has focused on one issue - the pro's and con's of practising penalties. Nothing else.

I can tell you now the reason why England lose such a high percentage of shoot outs (80% failure rate including Euro's) has little to do with practising penalties. In fact, in a practice session England would merely rehearse their mistakes. England's penalty problem is a triple whammy:

(1) A very high percentage of English players (including internationals) do not know how to correctly address a football (a point onfirmed by Pat Nevin in his autobiography). They are still largely self taught when it comes to the art of striking a football and very few do any of the rep work (with or without guidance) to master the skill.

(2) Players are selected on ad hoc basis to take penalties and the criteria is often who's up for it on the night. The coach should select and make known the five principal takers before any knock out match. The criteria should be age (older players are LESS confident) and ability. The weaker takers should go first (their technique and confidence is more likely to fail as pressure mounts). When it comes to sudden death the younger players should be selected.

(3) The main reason why England screw up shoot outs is because of poxy keeping. This truth has never been publicly acknowledged It doesn't have to be this way. Keepers can be taught to up their penalty save rate. Penalty saving is about basic stats (right footed kickers prefer placing to the left), enhancing agility (principally through resistance training) and, most importantly of all, learning to read the body language of penalty takers (Ricardo of Portugal is the master of this - he has stated the majority of takers telegraph placement in their run up).

Don't tell me - you knew all this drivel already. Like fook you did.

!..............and you have the cheek to call the English dumb.

[Radovan's Caravan]

!..............and you have the cheek to call the English dumb.

Have a Phd in sports science do we?

That finding was from a world centre of excellence in sport not a million miles away from you...

[Joe.]

Seriously, who is this man? I really don't get him.

[Fosse Boy]

Seriously, who is this man? I really don't get him.

Does anyone?

[Finnegan]

He doesn't respond to the posts that shut him up

[Flynny]

He's a troll. A proper one, not someone who's just accidentally a bit of a prick and gets on peoples' tits. If he means half of what he says then I'm Fern Britton.

[Fosse Boy]

He's a troll. A proper one, not someone who's just accidentally a bit of a prick and gets on peoples' tits. If he means half of what he says then I'm Fern Britton.

Is Phillip Schofield nice in person?

[Corky]

So explanations are drivel eh? An insight into the boorish English footie mentality? OK here's some drivel for you to ponder.

England have exited three out of the last four World Cups for which they have qualified on penalties. The post mortems on each of these occasions has focused on one issue - the pro's and con's of practising penalties. Nothing else.

So we're not actually that bad a team then?

[lavrentis]

Hes an annoying ****

[Radovan's Caravan]

He doesn't respond to the posts that shut him up

Is that so? You lot should think ahead a little more before taking me on. Maybe I have a little evidence that could seriously damage your credibility. Heres a little something for you to chew over:

Billsberry, J. and Nelson, P. (2007) Alternatives to the penalty shootout. Paper presented at the 6th World Congress on Science and Football, Antalya, Turkey. Abstract published in the Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 6 (10), 96.

Recent research into penalty shoot-outs indicates that they are not a pure lottery. For example, it is known that younger players are more effective than older ones during penalty shoot-outs (Jordet et al, 2006).

And now for something for you to choke on:

Jordet, G., Hartman, E., Visscher, C. and Lemmink, K. A. P. M. (2006) Kicks from the penalty mark in soccer: The roles of stress, skill, and fatigue for kick outcomes. Journal of Sports Sciences, 1-9, Preview article.

This paper is an essential starting place for an analysis for the impact of penalty shoot-outs in competitive international football as it reports some empirical findings on events in penalty shoot-outs in the World Cup (WC), European Championships (EC) and the Copa America (CA). The results are fascinating; here is a glimpse. The percentage success rate in the World Cup is 71.2% compared to 82.7% (CA) and 84.6% (EC), possibly reflecting the greater importance and consequent pressure of the world stage. The success rate of each penalty kick changes throughout the competition:

•First kick 86.6%

•Second kick 81.7%

•Third kick 79.3%

•Fourth kick 72.5%

•Fifth kick 80%

•‘Sudden death’ kicks 64.3%

These results highlight the increasing pressure as the competition progresses and may also highlight the ‘best player should go first’ fallacy. The idea of ‘getting off to a good start’ by putting the best penalty taker first appears wrong as there is least pressure on this kick. (my emphasis of quote in context)

Game, set and match to me you retards...

[Mikey]

Is that so? You lot should think ahead a little more before taking me on. Maybe I have a little evidence that could seriously damage your credibility. Heres a little something for you to chew over:

Billsberry, J. and Nelson, P. (2007) Alternatives to the penalty shootout. Paper presented at the 6th World Congress on Science and Football, Antalya, Turkey. Abstract published in the Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 6 (10), 96.

Recent research into penalty shoot-outs indicates that they are not a pure lottery. For example, it is known that younger players are more effective than older ones during penalty shoot-outs (Jordet et al, 2006).

And now for something for you to choke on:

Jordet, G., Hartman, E., Visscher, C. and Lemmink, K. A. P. M. (2006) Kicks from the penalty mark in soccer: The roles of stress, skill, and fatigue for kick outcomes. Journal of Sports Sciences, 1-9, Preview article.

This paper is an essential starting place for an analysis for the impact of penalty shoot-outs in competitive international football as it reports some empirical findings on events in penalty shoot-outs in the World Cup (WC), European Championships (EC) and the Copa America (CA). The results are fascinating; here is a glimpse. The percentage success rate in the World Cup is 71.2% compared to 82.7% (CA) and 84.6% (EC), possibly reflecting the greater importance and consequent pressure of the world stage. The success rate of each penalty kick changes throughout the competition:

•First kick 86.6%

•Second kick 81.7%

•Third kick 79.3%

•Fourth kick 72.5%

•Fifth kick 80%

•‘Sudden death’ kicks 64.3%

These results highlight the increasing pressure as the competition progresses and may also highlight the ‘best player should go first’ fallacy. The idea of ‘getting off to a good start’ by putting the best penalty taker first appears wrong as there is least pressure on this kick. (my emphasis of quote in context)

Game, set and match to me you retards...

You've still not responded to the post Finnegan was referring to.

And don't call people on the forum 'retards,' disrespect to us, and retarded people to its highest point.

[Radovan's Caravan]

You've still not responded to the post Finnegan was referring to.

And don't call people on the forum 'retards,' disrespect to us, and retarded people to its highest point.

Sorry but I can't reply to all my fan mail and that bitter and twisted pseudo Taff gets far too much attention from me anyway.

So the PC brigade has decided that 'retard' is so last season and that 'disabled' is this year's 'flid'?