gav Wrote:
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> Yup, does seem rather ignorant.
>
> Lets not forget Greece are the holders though, and
> they've been awful since (not that they've had
> much to play for). It's a lottery. Regarding
> seedings, I wish it was a proper lottery without
> seedings at all. Give us some cracking group stage
> games then, rather than the almost inevitable
> happening in many cases (more for the World Cup
> than the Euro's though).
>
> Speaking of the World Cup, anyone else happen to
> think that the World Cup is of a lower standard
> all round than the Euros? Obviously we're missing
> Argentina and Brazil from the Euros, but then
> there are a lot of very good teams playing that
> can't qualify for the World Cup from Europe too.
Every time Italy wins the World Cup, football loses. People think you must play very defensively to win instead of trying to do something or put a show. And when the World Cup comes is like some teams change completely and coaches are afraid of trying a new youngster and so on...