by sussexpob » Sat Nov 11, 2017 11:31 pm
Bit of a silly post, Yuppie. I'd like to gauge the Aussie response on these boards had your cricket team just scrapped a 1-0 victory at home to Zimbabwe with a one wicket win, in a game where your only batsman who made scores were all dropped before they made anything. Not sure it would be all "a wins a win", pretty sure you would have a good solid moan about how terrible your boys were.
Slovenias top player is a winger who played about 5 matches in 3 years for Milan a few years back, and is now over 30, lost all his pace and cant hit a barn door playing for Verona. Their top defender also plays for Verona and is 36. Their main goal threat couldnt get into a 2nd level German team, where he only played 11 substitute apperances in 2-3 years without scoring. When we played this creme de la creme of footballing powerhouses, Joe Hart made a string of saves in a game Slovenia absolutely dominated in, with Hart winning man of the match. We scrapped a 1-0 win at home in a game nothing happened in.
Lithuania's best player scored 5 goals in 4 years in Scottish football, his most notable achievement in a 20 year career and currently plays for Trakai in Lithuania, who are that good they got a hiding in the Europa League qualification rounds from the 3rd placed team in Macendona, KF Shnasdadadsadfkn or whatever.
The only player to score more than 2 goals in internationals to play for Malta recently, Misfud, is a 36 year old who's only notable achievement was to play two years at Coventry a decade ago when they were in League One. As a striker he didnt score in his last season there. He is by a long way Malta's best player.
Scotland have 3 players playing in the Premier league, all the rest play in lower level leagues. Out of this three, Robertson has played 2 games this year. Matt Philips has not started a game this year for West Brom, neither has Ryan Fraser (who was loaned to the Championship last year and not played this).....
Slovakia have a proper player in Hamsik. All the other players they have are well passed their best playing in a string of less glamourous leagues. Their defence is all way past best and over 30, their main striker plays in a romanian mid table to relegation candidate team.
These arent teams you should be struggling against. These are teams way below the status of our D team. Malta are a Vanarama Conference team at best, if not lower. Lithuania arent much better. Scotland is largely a Championship quality team. Sloavkia are Championship/League One standard. Slovenia are League One/Two standard.
So yes, England supporters should expect to do FAR better against these. We should be thrashing them to pieces.
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sussexpob on Sat Nov 11, 2017 11:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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