Yes, England could only draw with Wales at Wembley, in fact. I recall the press taking the pee out of Tomaszewski, the Polish keeper, before the match and, of course he played a blinder. England ended throwing half a dozen strikers on and they all fluffed their lines.
Mourinho was already past his sell-by date by then and has never shown faith in younger players.
Yes, I think you're right, but the press latched onto it before and certainly after the match to mock Clough.wasn't that Brian Clough who called him a clown
I would suggest a lack of quality/technique rather than winning mentality. Especially re penalties !
Was unthinkable for England not to qualify having won the wc 2 tournaments previously and 1/4 in 1970. We had some good players then too. Colin Bell, Tony Currie etc. Think the real damage done was losing in Poland.
Clough .. a genius.
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Maybe both BG. The Argies in football and Springboks in rugby regularly display winning mentalities. They seem to be able to find a way to win even in great adversity and when they don't have the greatest squads. Both are capable of the pretty stuff, but also capable of being pretty ugly. Huge passion and hunger to win from the players and their countries urging them on. Our national character seems weaker than when I was a nipper.
A question for someone who remembers, as I was born in the mid seventies. Why do you think we did so badly in that decade when we were so strong in club European football? Looking at the squads we didn't look weak. Freak circumstances?
The frustrating thing for me is English players over the years have always had the quality and technique in the premier league and champions league, but in most cases can’t replicate that in an England shirt..beckham could for instance, but gerrard , lampard and scholes couldnt..of our current crop, Kane , saka and Bellingham can and Phil foden can’t …he looks one of the best players in the world at city, but can’t remember him having a good game for England…frustrates the hell out of me
