| England Big games 07:11 - Dec 11 with 1184 views | onceablue |
Really gutted although though we played well
Should have expected it really
Our record in big knockout games is awful since 1966 our records is as follows
1970 - lost 3-2 Germany Q/F
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Did not Qualify
1982 - second group stage
1986 - Lost 2-1 Argentina Q/F
1990 - Lost 1-1 Germany Pens S/F
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Lost 2-2 ARgentina Pens 2nd Round
2002 - Lost 2-1 Brazil Q/F
2006 - Lost 0-0 Portugal Pens Q/F
2010 - Lost 4-1 Germany 2nd
2014 - Did not get out of group
2018 - Lost 2-1 Croatia S/F
2022 - Lost 2-1 France Q/F
If you also look at Euros it is similar story in recent years
2020 - Lost 1-1 Italy Final Pens
2016 - Lost 2-1 Iceland 2nd Round
2012 - Lost 0- 0 Italy Pens Q/F
2008 - DNQ
2004 - Lost 2-2 Portugal Pens Q/F
That’s 13 big knockout games and we haven’t won a single one
THERE IS YOUR PROBLEM - ITS SOUL DESTROYING
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| England Big games on 07:53 - Dec 11 with 1125 views | dickie |
I guess though, seeing as we've not won the world cup since 66 it's probably stating the obvious that we haven't been good enough in big knockout games - if we had we'd have more than one star above the badge | | | |
| England Big games on 08:06 - Dec 11 with 1109 views | Chrisd |
The result was disappointing, but I thought the performance overall was one to be encouraged about. Let’s not forget, a lot of our key players are young too. Strangely, I am more hopeful in going forwards and feel with a couple of squad additions, we are not that far away from having a squad capable of winning a major competition, it isn’t that often I have said that about England. | |
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| England Big games on 08:53 - Dec 11 with 1072 views | Dubtractor |
I agree in principle that we're just not quite good enough, but your premise that we never win big games ignores the big games we HAVE won to get through to quarter and semi finals a few times. |  |
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| England Big games on 09:22 - Dec 11 with 1025 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Astonishing that England have been able to make so many QF/SF/F’s without winning any big knockout games
But yes you’re right that we haven’t been able to win anything since 1966, well done for spotting that. It’s almost like winning international tournaments is very difficult |  |
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| England Big games on 09:28 - Dec 11 with 1021 views | Stewart27 |
Is there any chance you can also research the big games Ipswich have lost and then summarise at the end that we’ve lost all of those games.
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| England Big games on 09:37 - Dec 11 with 990 views | DBaldy |
I get your point but you can't say we haven't won any big knockout games n that timeframe.
What about beating Germany in the Euro's QF last year & then winning the semi against Denmark? They were pretty big games if you ask me.
Or reaching the semi's in the last world cup? Ok so Colombia and Sweden aren't world beaters but we won our first ever penalty shootout vs Colombia in what was an incredibly tense & highly charged atmosphere.
Have we underperformed or underachieved relative to expectations since 1966? Absolutely. But to say we haven't won any big games since then is inaccurate. | | | |
| England Big games on 10:01 - Dec 11 with 948 views | Darth_Koont |
Getting to the QF is a little above par considering England is only just scraping into the top 10 of major footballing nations since 1966.
In Europe, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands and Croatia have all done a fair bit better. Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay too. So it’s England, Portugal and Belgium fighting to join them in the top 10 but still not at the level of the others.
I would say that the England team could do a lot better/stronger over the next couple of major championships but that long-term development has a habit of being thrown away as the pressure grows on the manager and players to deliver in the here and now. |  |
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| England Big games on 15:20 - Dec 11 with 829 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| England Big games on 08:06 - Dec 11 by Chrisd |
The result was disappointing, but I thought the performance overall was one to be encouraged about. Let’s not forget, a lot of our key players are young too. Strangely, I am more hopeful in going forwards and feel with a couple of squad additions, we are not that far away from having a squad capable of winning a major competition, it isn’t that often I have said that about England. |
We were very capable of winning this one. |  | | |
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