England beatable by US?
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From: Yo Merito on 6 Jun 2010 01:16 bds(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) writes: > Yo Merito (yomerito(a)gawab.com) wrote: > : gsn <gsnarayanan(a)ymail.com> writes: > > : > England could not score against Japan. Also Mexico had a good game vs > : > England. In CONCAF , as Dwight said in another thread, Mexico is only > : > the third best team. The US usually plays better than Mexico and wins > : > more often than not. So it looks like it is possible to beat England > : > (or atleast split points)? > > : thanks for the laugh ;-) > > You'll wait 60 years for your first chance at revenge in a World Cup > just like the English did :-) That's just fine, revenge is revenge! :-)
From: Yo Merito on 6 Jun 2010 01:28 Yo Merito <yomerito(a)gawab.com> writes: > bds(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) writes: > >> Yo Merito (yomerito(a)gawab.com) wrote: >> : gsn <gsnarayanan(a)ymail.com> writes: >> >> : > England could not score against Japan. Also Mexico had a good game vs >> : > England. In CONCAF , as Dwight said in another thread, Mexico is only >> : > the third best team. The US usually plays better than Mexico and wins >> : > more often than not. So it looks like it is possible to beat England >> : > (or atleast split points)? >> >> : thanks for the laugh ;-) >> >> You'll wait 60 years for your first chance at revenge in a World Cup >> just like the English did :-) > > That's just fine, revenge is revenge! :-) Besides, 60 years seems enough time to overcome the psychological block we seem to have when playing the US.
From: higgs on 6 Jun 2010 03:14 On Jun 6, 12:12 am, "Paul C" <p...(a)thersgb.net> wrote: > "higgs" <kenhig...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:a9e9341e-6379-4df8-b36d-3f92cf35fdba(a)23g2000pre.googlegroups.com... > On Jun 5, 7:13 pm, "Paul C" <p...(a)thersgb.net> wrote: > > > > > > > "higgs" <kenhig...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:f4d41327-97a5-49e9-a41a-209989899fb2(a)z13g2000prh.googlegroups.com.... > > On Jun 5, 5:58 pm, "Paul C" <p...(a)thersgb.net> wrote: > > > > "gsn" <gsnaraya...(a)ymail.com> wrote in message > > > >news:63298d4c-ba68-4883-b13a-a28eef4e93a0(a)j8g2000yqd.googlegroups.com.... > > > > > England could not score against Japan. Also Mexico had a good game vs > > > > England. > > > > In CONCAF , as Dwight said in another thread, Mexico is only the > > > > third best team. The US usually plays better than Mexico and wins more > > > > often than not. > > > > So it looks like it is possible to beat England (or atleast split > > > > points)? > > > > Yes it's possible. Remember 1950 when the USA team (captained and > > > managed > > > by > > > Scots) beat England. > > > Yet another WC where the only Scotish representation was via a 3rd > > party > > > Scotland qualified for the 1950 World Cup. > > Yes, by placing 2nd behind England in the Home Internationals. > > However, you obviously missed it the first time,so I'll repeat: > > Yet another WC where the only Scottish representatrion was via a 3rd > party. > > Because they chose not to take up their qualification - very prescient > given England's subsequent humiliation - wouldn't you agree higgsy boy?- Hide quoted text - > That seems like a pretty lightweight excuse to me: 'we didn't go in case we got beaten'. With that sort of an atitude, no wonder Scotland rarely feature in World Cups.......
From: Paul C on 6 Jun 2010 03:39 "higgs" <kenhiggs8(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:b05c7ec9-1afa-4489-af41-429f9e3cd52d(a)n37g2000prc.googlegroups.com... On Jun 6, 12:12 am, "Paul C" <p...(a)thersgb.net> wrote: > "higgs" <kenhig...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >With that sort of an atitude, no wonder Scotland rarely feature in >World Cups....... Scotland has featured multiple times in the World Cup, including occasions when the mighty England with x10 Scotland's footballing resources failed to make it.
From: higgs on 6 Jun 2010 05:30
On Jun 6, 5:39 pm, "Paul C" <p...(a)thersgb.net> wrote: > "higgs" <kenhig...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:b05c7ec9-1afa-4489-af41-429f9e3cd52d(a)n37g2000prc.googlegroups.com... > On Jun 6, 12:12 am, "Paul C" <p...(a)thersgb.net> wrote: > > > "higgs" <kenhig...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > >With that sort of an atitude, no wonder Scotland rarely feature in > >World Cups....... > > Scotland has featured multiple times in the World Cup, including occasions > when the mighty England with x10 Scotland's footballing resources failed to > make it. Indeed, Scotland has featured in 8 of the 19 World Cups, sadly never making it past the 1st round. The last time Scotland qualified for the WC was 1998 (Coincidentally, England were there too). So, Scotland appear infrequently in WCs. I think I was quite correct ion pointing out that 1950 was yet another WC where the only Scotish representation was via a 3rd party. |