Quote: Mystic Eddie "Well, barring the same crap when you did not get 2006, that you only fail cos your current boss is Italian, like the Swede some time before him. The failure to accept that you are International also rans rather than the big country you believe you are. If Beckham never got a red card in 1998 then the World Cup was there for the taking (remember the abuse he got?), and the same with Rooney in 2006. Pesky refs.
Maradona is a cheat (apparently Owen isn't though) and he cost them 1986. Amazing how many World Cups you have been robbed in. 2002 was worse with that complete fluke from Ronaldinho
Then we get scapegoats - Paul Robinson, Robert Green, Scott Carson, all costing the country their divine right.
I see however that there are a few on here that are not taking this at all well. '"
Who's been reading the Scottish press too much?
Scots are so bitter these days it's laughable. At the end of the day, when the Scottish/Irish Euro bid was turned down by UEFA, out went your last chance of ever qualifying for a tournament, so to amuse yourselves, the anti-English propaganda has been turned up by yet another notch or two.
It's kind of cute in a way, even if slightly embarrassing.