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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 13:22:47 GMT
England didn't lose a single game in 82.
Dumb fucking group systems!
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Post by weststigersbob on Nov 15, 2017 14:23:20 GMT
New Zealand didn’t lose a game during the entire qualifying stage nor the finals in 2010.....
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Nov 15, 2017 14:39:32 GMT
Did you look that up or did you know? Well top marks if you knew or had an educated stab! Ten out of ten. And if you did look it up, you could have at least made it believable by getting you first guess wrong! So yes, the correct answer is wee Scotland. It might come as a surprise to some non-natives that the noises that come out of their mouths is in fact normally English. It is interesting that Scotland qualified for six of the seven World Cups between 1974 and 1998 but not once since, even though there are now more spots available. Of course UEFA has more member countries too, so there is that.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 18:39:19 GMT
Did you look that up or did you know? Well top marks if you knew or had an educated stab! Ten out of ten. And if you did look it up, you could have at least made it believable by getting you first guess wrong! So yes, the correct answer is wee Scotland. It might come as a surprise to some non-natives that the noises that come out of their mouths is in fact normally English. It is interesting that Scotland qualified for six of the seven World Cups between 1974 and 1998 but not once since, even though there are now more spots available. Of course UEFA has more member countries too, so there is that. Scotland used to produce quality players up till about the 90s, but there really hasn't been anyone of outstanding talent since the millennium. So they've been in a rut for a while now, not sure what the exact reason could be, maybe it is just normal that for a country of their size they are going to have periods where there just isn't the players. I guess if it was England, and we went 20 years without producing any great players from say Essex, Kent & Surrey, no one would notice.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 18:51:59 GMT
It is interesting that Scotland qualified for six of the seven World Cups between 1974 and 1998 but not once since, even though there are now more spots available. Of course UEFA has more member countries too, so there is that. Scotland used to produce quality players up till about the 90s, but there really hasn't been anyone of outstanding talent since the millennium. So they've been in a rut for a while now, not sure what the exact reason could be, maybe it is just normal that for a country of their size they are going to have periods where there just isn't the players. I guess if it was England, and we went 20 years without producing any great players from say Essex, Kent & Surrey, no one would notice. You're comparing Scotland with Kent? Secondly, look at the size of Holland and Belgium. The dutch (until recently) have always maintained a high turn over of quality. Dare I say it? Is it possible that Scotland are producing exactly the same level of player as they always have; it's just that... we didn't notice how poor it was until everyone else caught up (same goes for England, in truth).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 19:13:00 GMT
Scotland used to produce quality players up till about the 90s, but there really hasn't been anyone of outstanding talent since the millennium. So they've been in a rut for a while now, not sure what the exact reason could be, maybe it is just normal that for a country of their size they are going to have periods where there just isn't the players. I guess if it was England, and we went 20 years without producing any great players from say Essex, Kent & Surrey, no one would notice. You're comparing Scotland with Kent? Secondly, look at the size of Holland and Belgium. The dutch (until recently) have always maintained a high turn over of quality. Dare I say it? Is it possible that Scotland are producing exactly the same level of player as they always have; it's just that... we didn't notice how poor it was until everyone else caught up (same goes for England, in truth). Well I don't know what the combine pop. of Essex, Kent and Surrey is, but you get my point. I don't know how the Netherlands continue to do it, maybe just have outstanding academies or something with Ajax and what have you, but I think it is fair to say they have been punching above their weight for years (until very recently). They do have a population of 17m though compared to Scotland's 5m. I do agree though that the standard has probably gone up, when I was very young I used to think of countries like Turkey and Greece as absolute pushovers, now they will normally give anyone a tough match, Yugoslavia being split as well, same with Czechoslovakia, and all these other newer nations like the Baltic countries, Ukraine, some of them decent, Scandinavia has probably improved, there are now more nightmare games for a country like Scotland. 3-4 tough countries in each group now, with only 1 automatic qualifier.
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Post by WullieFort on Nov 15, 2017 22:11:05 GMT
When I lived in Glasgow, in my teens, there were football pitches all over the city. All filled to overflowing on a Saturday with amateur and secondary juvenile matches. Now when I tour the city using Google Streets view or whatever you call it, I cant'find ANY. They didn't just disappear !!. The Corporation had to be paid for the hire of.....so a healthy source of cash was lost. Some say it's because indoor 5-a-side and 6-a-side took over. Others say the the younger generations have gotten so hooked up with computer games they've forgotten all about the game. Others think that the old community feeling that was very very strong when the tenements were there has evaporated. But the Scottish youngsters, who play for the country's U21, U19, etc sides don't perform any better than the senior side. That's why Malky Mackay was appointed. To recommend a way thet the country can encourage its youngsters to play football, not Dungeons and Dragons.
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