January 2013, these 15 teens were indentified (albeit by the Mail). Not sure how many of them have progressed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2260119/Englands-future-15-teen-stars-YOU-excited-about.html
Think George Green many have been the player I heard about.
We'll breeze it through that group scoring about 100 goals and conceding 2, pumping our hopes up, flags will be out pubs will be rammed and we'll flap it again scoring 2 goals and conceding about 100. Then we will go through the same arguments that happen now only for the same fecking things to happen 2 years later.
With the layout of the E2016 it's virtually impossible for us not to qualify no matter what teams are in our group. The main problem with playing crap teams is the way how the FIFA rankings work we would be in a worse position points wise after beating San Marino 7-0 than we were beforehand!
We've got Switzerland & Estonia booked up. Getting Scotland (rumoured to be a done deal), Ireland and Slovenia sorted asap. Really looking forward to this campaign and France. For anyone that wants to go to the games out there I'd recommend you to start going now to at least every home game otherwise you'll really struggle to get tickets. Trust me once you start going you'll catch the bug and will become addicted. It's not as expensive as some make out, you'll meet some great people and visit some amazing places.
Something that gets my goat is how the FA have just changed the way how EnglandFans works. We now get one cap for going to the arse end of nowhere in Eastern Europe or a friendly in Sydney but we get two for paying 20 quid to walk into Wembley! Logically it was the other way round before. Wonder if that was Greg Dyke's idea?
Yep!! Indeed.
That's why I'd much rather see us in a tougher group. When we are in these weaker groups it makes us look a lot better than we actually are.
Get Germany or France in our qualifying group and top that and THEN we are talking.
They've made it pretty easy for anyone half decent to qualify for the Euros. Fully expect the Scots to come through their group containing Germany.
Don't really follow Scottish football but you think they will finish above Poland and ROI?
With the layout of the E2016 it's virtually impossible for us not to qualify no matter what teams are in our group. The main problem with playing crap teams is the way how the FIFA rankings work we would be in a worse position points wise after beating San Marino 7-0 than we were beforehand!
We've got Switzerland & Estonia booked up. Getting Scotland (rumoured to be a done deal), Ireland and Slovenia sorted asap. Really looking forward to this campaign and France. For anyone that wants to go to the games out there I'd recommend you to start going now to at least every home game otherwise you'll really struggle to get tickets. Trust me once you start going you'll catch the bug and will become addicted. It's not as expensive as some make out, you'll meet some great people and visit some amazing places.
Something that gets my goat is how the FA have just changed the way how EnglandFans works. We now get one cap for going to the arse end of nowhere in Eastern Europe or a friendly in Sydney but we get two for paying 20 quid to walk into Wembley! Logically it was the other way round before. Wonder if that was Greg Dyke's idea?
Group E
England
Switzerland
Slovenia
Estonia
Lithuania
San Marino
Just reflecting on England and therefore the future.
Anyone else slightly disappointed with that Euro qualifying group above for 2016? Seem certain to qualify out of that I would think and then it will be back into a major tournament for us to fail yet again. Think it would be much better if we had a much tougher group. Let us see what the team are really made of.
Playing San Marino and Estonia (ranked 101st int he world) and Lithuania (ranked 106th) is hardly going to test our mettle is it. We do usually qualify for finals of competitions, but then of course flatter to deceive.
This is another group we should be able to get out of with little trouble (top 2 qualify).
Switzerland are not a bad side at all, but I think if we want to progress we need stiffer competition from the off, not a breeze through and then to fail miserably in the tournament itself.
I wonder who might be in the squad in 2 years time and how many of the current senior players (if any). Would only guess at Joe Hart.
I've never been to an England game, does it work on the basis of say a club ran side, where the ST holders are looked after first and then whatever is left over goes on general release?
I really fancy going to the competition, even if it's just for a week.
Then all our players will be labelled world class for a decent performance against a country who are an even worse team than CovThis is one of the biggest problems, we don't play too side competitively enough, we generally play European bilge qualify quite comfortably then everyone starts getting a bit excited building up to the tournament because of a) qualifying comfortably and b) managing to get a decent result against the odd good side in a friendly where both teams have made 7-8 subs.
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Kinda yeah. However to get tickets for tournaments and away games you have to be an Englandfans member. This costs £75 for a Euro/WC qualifying and tournament campaign. Some complain about the cost but you will get a fiver off tickets for all home games and 15% off in the store so it's not bad value really.
Due to demand anyone wanting to go to France will need a large amount of caps beforehand. That's why I advise to start going now if you fancied it.
If Dave was starting from scratch now to get to an enough caps (around 20-25) he will need to go to every home game (should be 8-10 before E2016) plus at least a couple of away trips. One issue is that not every ground is like Basel, Dublin and fingers crossed Celtic Park where we should get as many as we want. The grounds in Estonia, Slovinia, San Marino and Lithuania all compare to those in League One/Two so the allocations will be very limited meaning Dave will struggle to get tickets and caps for those games too.
Having said this there is the possibility of getting tickets for games through the UEFA ballot (for what it's worth!). There's also touts but there are obvious risks there.
What I would say is, tournaments are so much more than a few dozen games. A few of my mates are going to France just to experience the atmosphere. Can guarantee they'll still have a great time.
Great info, I think I may avoid the England games then, in reality I'm not going to spend £400+ on the off chance I'll get a ticket. If I could say set up camp in a city that England will play in so you can be involved with all the build up etc etc, then just attend other games.
It appeals to me so much going to this tournament, best to treat it as a holiday with a couple of football games included I think.
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