From: Peter Saxton on
On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:29:19 -0400, William Clark
<wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote:

>In article <8994s7FpvjU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Maria wrote:
>> > On 7/3/2010 3:08 PM, The Truth wrote:
>> >> 4 classes difference.
>> >
>> > Germany is a confident nation that is perhaps finally at ease with
>> > itself. They have much to be proud of. I would say that perhaps we could
>> > learn something, but we have become a self-indulgent, self-pitying
>> > nation and thrown away everything that we had to be proud of.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> You also have to bear in mind, that Germany has a bigger pool of players
>> to choose from.
>>
>> England only has about 50 million
>> Germany has got closer to 82million.
>>
>> Bod
>
>On that basis, the US should win every WC. Population does not equal the
>number of active players - there are other sports, you know :-)

Why the US?

China has over 4 times the population of the USA.
From: William Clark on
In article <eej1361br3avhdqsjsbq9nj28m64qougd4(a)4ax.com>,
Peter Saxton <peter(a)petersaxton.co.uk> wrote:

> On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:29:19 -0400, William Clark
> <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >In article <8994s7FpvjU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Maria wrote:
> >> > On 7/3/2010 3:08 PM, The Truth wrote:
> >> >> 4 classes difference.
> >> >
> >> > Germany is a confident nation that is perhaps finally at ease with
> >> > itself. They have much to be proud of. I would say that perhaps we could
> >> > learn something, but we have become a self-indulgent, self-pitying
> >> > nation and thrown away everything that we had to be proud of.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> You also have to bear in mind, that Germany has a bigger pool of players
> >> to choose from.
> >>
> >> England only has about 50 million
> >> Germany has got closer to 82million.
> >>
> >> Bod
> >
> >On that basis, the US should win every WC. Population does not equal the
> >number of active players - there are other sports, you know :-)
>
> Why the US?
>
> China has over 4 times the population of the USA.

That, too. Silly idea, isn't it ;-)