When was the last time you genuinely got excited about the england team

ok guys so when was it ? (its LFC all the way for me)

wednesday night did not surprise me at all, i almost laughed in fact.

for the last 10 years now i have been watching / scrutinsing the circus that is the english FA.

Ive seen their many appointments, procedures on development, grass roots etc and then witnessed, as we all have, something resembling sunday league football by our so called 'superstars' of world football.

I enjoyed our systematic thumping of the germans in munich. (although they were poor at the time)

euro 96 had some great moments - 11 years ago now!

and world cup 90 wasnt bad either was it.

but since then ive seen england get outplayed on numerous occasions due to our technical inability to keep the ball.
only to see us get lucky here and there, until we meet a half decent team, and then we prompty surrender and roll over...

What England needs is a Manager that is not scared to make technical decisions, a Manager that knows that it is not the size of the Names in the squad that guarantees a win but the quality of game they can bring, not the size of their wallets.

i think jose mourinho would be a great acquisition.
as much as i hate the righteous c**t ,
i think he would not stand for any sh*t and would kick these jumped up prima-donnas into shape.

but i think england as a nation has a long way to go before we see real talent being nurtured properly from youth academies and into prem teams and then into the national side.

we see one or two, but not enough..

I think id have to say the last time I got really excited about England would be the 5-1 game v Germany,that was mainly due to the fact all the goals were score by Liverpool players.

there was a time i wouldnt miss an england game for the world,

now id rather watch paint dry, fill out a tax return or my favourite - turn over & watch 'the open university' , episode 14 - the process of osmosis - classic stuff!

 because the bottom line is, watching england is so annoying and mostly pretty dull.

the fact we are not not seeded for the world cup has just compounded the disaster !

Wednesday was quite exciting for me

do you get excited easily nicola?

not always a bad thing 

wednesday night did not surprise me at all, I almost laughed in fact.

I actually did laugh.

Last time I got excited about England was probably when the Paddy Power website stopped working and I could bet on the result after the England game had actually finished.  Made about £300 that day thanks to my quick thinking.

I actually did laugh.

Last time I got excited about England was probably when the Paddy Power website stopped working and I could bet on the result after the England game had actually finished.  Made about £300 that day thanks to my quick thinking.

Lucky sunuvaslut.

England vs Russia that year.
Even my mother said that it hadn't been necessary for England to go Russia. It was seen how better were England.
She put  a bet on 100$ that England would win!
 

And I remember about 2002 in Japan vs Argentina!
That time I felt for the first time the atmosphere of football!
It was in my University in french room where students learn french and listen to french texts in very old earphones.
The day before an exam. It was fine when all boys turned the volume of those earphones full aloud!I loved that atmosphere!
I'm sorry to be ununderstandable!

I think it was when we beat Spain 1 - 0 on 25th November 2007 but even more so when we beat Belarus 4 - 0 on 27th October 2007.

I think it was when we beat Spain 1 - 0 on 25th November 2007 but even more so when we beat Belarus 4 - 0 on 27th October 2007.

We are on about England in this forum, not, well I don't actually know a team that has done that?
Ignore the above, I now know (s)he is on about the Womens team, but isn't this a mens team topic?

We are on about England in this forum, not, well I don't actually know a team that has done that?
Ignore the above, I now know (s)he is on about the Womens team, but isn't this a mens team topic?

The topic refers to getting excited about England.  Gender is not mentioned.

Twenty two women running about a football pitch will get me excited everytime.

It was an attempt to bring a bit of humour into a dour discussion.  Obviously failed with you.

Probably failed with everyone.

I'm off to sulk.

The topic refers to getting excited about England.  Gender is not mentioned.

Twenty two women running about a football pitch will get me excited everytime.

It was an attempt to bring a bit of humour into a dour discussion.  Obviously failed with you.

Probably failed with everyone.

I'm off to sulk.

Sorry, here you go: Hahahahahahahahah, funniest thing i ever heard

I think it was when we beat Spain 1 - 0 on 25th November 2007 but even more so when we beat Belarus 4 - 0 on 27th October 2007.

 
At first I thought I'm going crazy.Before I have understood things.
Sorry, I'm not interested very much in women's football.You opened my eyes.Now I'll know that in my native Belarus there is also a women's football team!
But it was one Belarus won England (men's team!).Though it was England B.
May be you remember that.

It would have to be the 5-1 against Germany. Trouble is it was 6 years ago now.

They were selling the England tops for a fiver in debenhams,tenner with player name on i got a GERRARD one well excited.

When England (Michael Owen) lost on penalties to Argentina in the WC...I think you guys should've won that game.

I still think you would've made the final (Germany 06) if FRANK-footer wasn't given a better role than STEVIE.

Hopefully the rest will give the new coach enough time to prepare...and hope to see a strong England team here in South Africa for the 2010 WC.

There are ads on buses here that predict a SOUTH AFRICA vs ENGLAND SEMI in 2010...people say whoever did that was being too optimistic for England. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXauYVy_dws
One of the best goals England have ever scored? Listen, 30 seconds in!

Bleedin' Yanks!

1966... and I wasn't even born! 

That 5-1 drubbing of the Germans at their place was good fun! I got so excited I nearly wet myself! 

I hope England will  make me get  excited when they come to Belarus.

When...

Sorry never.