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Thing is, probably like many others, I want England to do well, but I don't really want to see the European style of footy.

Good example of this was when watching the Dutch play France. There were times during that game where I found myself shouting at the Dutch players just to get the fucking ball forward rather than knocking it back to the keeper or the back 4 and retaining possession, I was quite frustrated. English mentality I guess.

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Joeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

I wish we could play proper football like the dutch or the Spanish. We just don't have the players with the required skills to do this. The player that everyone goes on about in england is Rooney, and sometimes his control is bleedin awful.

Haven't checked to see if anyone's said it yet but Slart is fairly obviously a racist

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I've been saying this for years.

We should stop trying to beat them at their game, and do what we do best, but with more accuracy. Arsenal play good english football. Counter attack quick, fast passing moves played at pace, and good movement off the ball. The only difference is they do it well. But we've done it well on the odd occasion. Remember England V Holland at euro 96? Or Germany V England the 5-1? We can do it if we stick to it.

Indeed, to quote the great Mike Bassett.....

"Today gentlemen we will be playing 4, 4, fucking 2!!"

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Joeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

The EPL is the best marketed in the world and hence has the best TV deals and the most cash. As a result everyone in the world wants to play in England. 15 years ago it was Italy and 10 years ago it was Spain. It'll be Germany's turn next.

The top clubs in England are amongst the best in Europe, but after that there is a big drop off in quality. Most teams in the bottom half of the table are poor and the bottom five or six are utter shite.

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And put on that wig I bought you. No, no, no, no. The reddish-brown one.

I think that's changing slart, we've seen over recent weeks several high profile transfer targets state they don't want a move to the EPL. The only players that seem half interested are the likes of Ronaldinho and Deco looking fro one final big pay day.

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Joeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[color="Red"]New Blackburn boss Paul Ince has slammed Ronaldo for 'souring' United's success of last season.[/color]

He really needs to shut the fuck up. He's done nothing to prove himself as a manager at a decent level and yet he's already telling other teams players what to do. Ince is the worst kind of rag. Hated him as a player and I hate him as a manager. I expect him to fail and I won't be sorry if he does. I can see Blackburn struggling at the foot of the table this year.

Bit like watching city last season then

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