Apparently so. To be fair, up until 2014, our biggest moment was beating Austria 1-0 in 1990. It's tough. The double over Greece and the subsequent rise has been nothing short of a miracle. But there hasn't really been much to shout about
Hull City players at the World Cup: Richard Garcia (2010) Nikica Jelavic (2014) Maynor Figueroa (2014) Jackson Irvine (2018) Seb Larsson (2018) - I think Larsson left during the tournament though from memory. Kamil Grosicki (2018) Hull City players at the Euros: Paul McShane (2012) David Meyler (2016) We were absolutely robbed in 2014 of having a player in the England squad. Davies should've gone, and Huddlestone and Livermore had great shouts to be there too.
So the Euros group is England Scotland Croatia Czechia I think England should be fine. Croatia aren't the team they were, Czechia are a decent outfit though. Honestly, Scotland might finally get out of the group stage this time round, now that a few third place sides go through as well.
You know how annoying it is when you text someone with two questions and they always only answer one. So which view don't you share; we all accuse footballers at all professional levels of not giving a ****. It was refreshing to see their emotion after the game?
I would hope so. I imagine travelling may be reduced though, but due to Wembley so many matches, that shouldn't be a problem should England get far. If England went all the way, they'd play 5 of 7 matches at Wembley.
When we reached the promised land of the Premier League and obviously hated anyone in that league (Rooney/Gerrard/Lampard etc), we were massively represented by the Oirish contingent (Macca, Brady, Quinn, Meyler, Long, etc). Had we played in a major tournament, I'm really not sure who I would have wanted to win? Blind nationalism vs a cohort of players who I feel very attached to. Therefore it was good to see us represented in the Scottish team albeit by ex players
I think it's fair to say that there's no love lost from both sides of the border....The majority of Scots want to see England beat at just about any sport and at times it's ****ing embarrassing!!! My 4 kids (all born in Glasgow)sway towards England footballwise,mainly because their Father is English(well at least I think I'm their Father).But I've seen idiots up here buying football shirts of opposing sides we've been playing,be that Germany,Argentina,Croatia.The last time we played Croatia my daughters partner bought a Croatia top,needless to say he was excluded from family activities for quite some time!!In fact he's no longer with her...Thank ****!!!
The accusation of professional footballers not giving a ****. Also lots of footballers show their emotions after a game, some even disco dance. Other home town players run half the length of Wembley at the final whistle, after a victory.
My view is that the Scots sense of humour overrides the apparent seriousness of their bitterness or malice. Despite the history between the countries over the centuries. Maybe the ones who emigrated, as well as the English, Welsh and Irish who did the same, have managed to overcome their differences. Maybe all the innuendo on the threads on this forum is imaginary ? I do hope so.
