Vote: Are England overrated?

Those FIFA rankings are bullshit. Argentina is ranked 7th. Portugal 3rd. Holland has been in the top 4 for the last decade or so, even 2nd at some point, and we have not performed in the top 4 at any tournament during that time. Those rankings are mostly made up out of friendlies and qualification matches, while those games really don't matter.

I think the longer you get away from any previous World Cup then the rankings are all subject to debate.  Next month, once the WC is complete then the rankings should be pretty accurate because it should be based on the outcome of the teams that played.  Whoever wins and the team they played should be ranked 1 and 2 and so on. I would find it hard to disagree that the WC winner is ranked #1. I think they should be.

Press love to build them up to have the pleasure of knocking them down again

Unbelievably overrated.

To be overrated you have to be rated in the first place. Upson ?  Barry ?

To be overrated you have to be rated in the first place. Upson ?  Barry ?

Or have the likes of Andy Gray and Richard Keys licking your ringpiece week in, week out!!

Only James, Lampard and Gerrard were anywere near decent, Terry Barry and Upson were a discrace

On the evidence of the last match against Germany... Yes England are overrated. No Keeper and no creative holding midfielder. Not even a tough tackling holding midfielder who can do the dirty work and allow the rest to attack. Terrible free kick. No players back apart from one of the only fullbacks who cant defend. Yes you should have leveled the game up only for and incompetent linesman but still the weakness would have been found out eventually

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England are to come home to a heroes welcome. They have been diverted to Glasgow airport!

Tell you what I found it quite ironic how ITV pundits and on the BBC too that before the England Germany game they said only one or two Germans would get in the England 11. Quite dismissive of the German players really, I'd say it's more lik 5 or 6, just because their not aware of the talent in the Bundesliga doesn't mean they can dismiss them as inferior players, a lot of them are more technically proficient and basically it was just a sign of ignorance really from alot of pundits.

No. England have all the potential and some of the finest individual players in the world but they are sh*t, and have been for years. Every major tournament they are one of the favourites and so are hyped up by they media to the max., and they always bow out with little more than a whimper.

I don't think England are overrated. There are no easy games in the world cup (just look at France and Italy), England just came up against a very good German side, and were beaten well in the end.

And i didn't laugh at all