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happytorq wrote: 23 Jul 2018, 13:21 1966: Yes
1970: Yes
1974: No
1978: No
1982: Yes. No. Well, maybe (there wasn't a quarter final)
1986: Yes
1990: Yes
1994: No
1998: No
2002: Yes
2006: Yes
2010: No
2014: No

from 13 tournaments, that's 6 (or 7) times failed to get to the quarters.

Not exactly on a regular basis. It's about half.

When I made that statement by "used to" I meant prior to 2010 (which was the worst World Cup finals performance i can remember). Also we reached the quarter final in 1962.
So from 1962 to 2006 we reached the last eight on 8 times out of 12, 75% of the time (we were ranked 6th by FIFA in 1982).

Plainmoor78 wrote: 06 Jul 2018, 22:46 We used to get to quarter finals on a regular basis and nobody got excited then.
The only time I can remember people getting excited over a quarter final was in 1990 and because we drew Cameroon everyone expected us to walk it; it nearly went tits up so we should be a little weary of Sweden, a team we have a quite a poor record against.

1966: Yes
1970: Yes
1974: No
1978: No
1982: Yes. No. Well, maybe (there wasn't a quarter final)
1986: Yes
1990: Yes
1994: No
1998: No
2002: Yes
2006: Yes
2010: No
2014: No

from 13 tournaments, that's 6 (or 7) times failed to get to the quarters.

Not exactly on a regular basis. It's about half.

midtable wrote: 08 Jun 2018, 00:20I am strangely optimistic about England getting to the semis on the basis they play like a team rather than individuals like France. Then again, I also tipped Torquay for the play offs.

You starting looking like Mystic Meg then, but sadly finished looking like Septic Peg.

Good effort though!

Trojan 67 wrote: 07 Jul 2018, 15:58 Biggest game for a generation Remoaner '78.

It is now.

Biggest game for a generation Remoaner '78.

Trojan 67 wrote: 06 Jul 2018, 20:54 Here it is on the eve of the biggest England game for a generation . . .

We were last in the quarter final 12 years ago. Does that really count as a generation?
We used to get to quarter finals on a regular basis and nobody got excited then.
The only time I can remember people getting excited over a quarter final was in 1990 and because we drew Cameroon everyone expected us to walk it; it nearly went tits up so we should be a little weary of Sweden, a team we have a quite a poor record against.

Here it is on the eve of the biggest England game for a generation . . .

Louis wrote: 03 Jul 2018, 21:18

Getttttinnnnnnnn

Felines on the shirt . . .

Getttttinnnnnnnn

This world cup was about having your expectations in check before it started, I believed a quarter-final place for England would be a success, seen nothing to change my mind, this world cup may have come a couple years to early to some of our talented, emerging youngsters , and think we're still a couple players short in terms of quality to be genuine contenders.


Bruice is right, can't take nothing from the Belgium game, yes both sides made changes, but look at players Southgate could have brought on when they fell behind, but didn't. The only thing that disappointed me about this game from an England point of view was, a number of so called second string players were brought in, they should have stamped themselves on this game, given themselves an opportunity to knock the managers door down and shout 'pick me' but they didn't, this game proved Southgate's original starting line was about right.

Disappointed. I actually think this side is tougher - Croatia are my tip to win the whole thing.

You just cannot make anything of tonights game at all. A tougher game in the last 16 against Columbia but a realistic chance of making the semi final.

Maybe I jinxed it.

If we lose tonight and avoid Brazil in the quarters i think we have a realistic chance of getting to the final. I mean absolutely no disrespect to the likes of Spain or croatia , but I think on our day we could beat those two sides (Spain weren't exactly brilliant against Morocco the other night).

Yes England have made an encouraging start, but we have played two poor teams . I worry that the
better teams will find us out defensively. Funny going into a game where its not the end of the world
if we lose and better if we do really . Who would you rather we had in the quarters , Brazil or Sweden
/Switzerland ? Having said that if we start thinking too far ahead, we will probably cock it up against
Japan/Senegal/Columbia. Think 1-1 tonight