GordonS Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 In the last 20 years, in the eleven major tournaments since and including 1998, France have made the final five times. They're won three, lost one on penalties and lost one in extra time. In that time Spain, Italy and Germany have each made three finals, and Netherlands, Portugal, Greece and Croatia have made one each. Obviously England haven't reached any, only making one semi final. It often feels like we don't think of France quite on the same terms as Germany, Italy and Spain; is it time to reconsider their place in the current scheme of things? And they're a young squad, do we expect them to continue at the top for a long time, or maybe even come to dominate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford Bridge Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Spain winning 3 tournaments in a row gives them the edge IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 6-1 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Spain Germany Italy France. France have the potential to be the best though due to the age of their squad. They don't have the defence of Italy, the workmanship of Germany or the class of Spain hence why they've probably been underlooked but we can easily be talking about the attack of France in the next few years to come. That said, the way they saw the game out against Belgium was easily their most impressive display for me even if it wasn't easy on the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrebleTwenty Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Immigrant central. They pretty much have the whole African continent to choose from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 46 minutes ago, Crawford Bridge said: Spain winning 3 tournaments in a row gives them the edge IMO. This. Although another France tournament in 2020 or 2022 would do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 In the last 20 years, in the eleven major tournaments since and including 1998, France have made the final five times. They're won three, lost one on penalties and lost one in extra time. In that time Spain, Italy and Germany have each made three finals, and Netherlands, Portugal, Greece and Croatia have made one each. Obviously England haven't reached any, only making one semi final. It often feels like we don't think of France quite on the same terms as Germany, Italy and Spain; is it time to reconsider their place in the current scheme of things? And they're a young squad, do we expect them to continue at the top for a long time, or maybe even come to dominate?If they ever remake Fantasy Football you are a shoe-in for the Statto gig. Do you own a nice dressing gown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Probably helps that the Brown envelope loving c***s who run football have awarded France two home tournaments in 18 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 15 minutes ago, TrebleTwenty said: Immigrant central. They pretty much have the whole African continent to choose from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: Probably helps that the Brown envelope loving c***s who run football have awarded France two home tournaments in 18 years. Two different organisations though. They also hosted the Rugby World Cup in 2007 and will again in 2023, and then they'll host the Olympics in 2024. Either they're very good at brown envelopes or they're very, very good at bidding for sports events. 14 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: If they ever remake Fantasy Football you are a shoe-in for the Statto gig. Do you own a nice dressing gown. No. I do have an unacceptable level of love for a spreadsheet, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 It did come across a bit ‘I’m not racist, but...’ I wish Scotland had got some African colonies out of the better together, family of nations stuff. Ghana for example. Imagine Zidane had moved to Scotland instead of France. Or Viera. Basically England fucked up by not getting Algeria and Senegal. Top Trumps. France get Cameroon too (Mbappe). That’s not fair. These French c***s are basically reaping the benefits of colonialism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 29 minutes ago, TrebleTwenty said: Immigrant central. They pretty much have the whole African continent to choose from. Not sure I totally agree with your writing style but you make a very valid point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szamo's_Ammo Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 To be fair Scotland did try to colonise an area of modern day Panama. What might have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: I’m did come across a bit ‘I’m not racist, but...’ I wish Scotland had got some African colonies out of the better together, family of nations stuff. Ghana for example. Imagine Zidane had moved to Scotland instead of France. Or Viera. Basically England fucked to by not getting Algeria and Senegal. Top Trumps. It was quite racist as you say. France were lucky Paul was the only Pogba born in France. Nigeria has certainly provided a few players to all the home nations through family links. We had Iwelumo and Ikechi Anya off the top of my head. Germany have certainly benefited a fair degree to economic migrants over the years. John Barnes could have played for any of the home nations. I guess we will never get much of a benefit from immigrants due to the political process, tbh. Thistle are looking at a lad from Pollok but I don’t think he can actually sign a professional contract due to his immigration status. I don’t think there is much in the way of new players coming to Old colonial powers these days as policies have drastically changed over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 17 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: It did come across a bit ‘I’m not racist, but...’ I wish Scotland had got some African colonies out of the better together, family of nations stuff. Ghana for example. Imagine Zidane had moved to Scotland instead of France. Or Viera. Basically England fucked up by not getting Algeria and Senegal. Top Trumps. France get Cameroon too (Mbappe). That’s not fair. These French c***s are basically reaping the benefits of colonialism. England got the Caribbean. A poor man's Africa (in terms of football). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 To be fair Scotland did try to colonise an area of modern day Panama. What might have been.Lol. It could have been us getting pumped 6-1. If only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 34 minutes ago, jagfox99 said: It was quite racist as you say. France were lucky Paul was the only Pogba born in France. Nigeria has certainly provided a few players to all the home nations through family links. We had Iwelumo and Ikechi Anya off the top of my head. Germany have certainly benefited a fair degree to economic migrants over the years. John Barnes could have played for any of the home nations. I guess we will never get much of a benefit from immigrants due to the political process, tbh. Thistle are looking at a lad from Pollok but I don’t think he can actually sign a professional contract due to his immigration status. I don’t think there is much in the way of new players coming to Old colonial powers these days as policies have drastically changed over the years. Two words David fùcking Livingstone. Remind them of who it was that civilised them. Sign up the good ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Two words David fùcking Livingstone. Remind them of who it was that civilised them. Sign up the good ones.What country was Dave in about? I’ll bet it’s one that’s as rubbish as Scotland are at football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Just now, Scary Bear said: What country was Dave in about? I’ll bet it’s one that’s as rubbish as Scotland are at football. I think it was to be honest, we'd still be rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 1 minute ago, Scary Bear said: What country was Dave in about? I’ll bet it’s one that’s as rubbish as Scotland are at football. The Scottish school system is failing, David Livingstone INVENTED Africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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