Exactly, there was at least some 20 things he did wrong.

I wonder if people even realize that we missed our 3 starting midfielders and 1 reserve midfielder today.
Strootman: got injured at AS Roma before the World Cup, Van Gaal confirmed that he would be a starter before that.
De Jong: got injured against Mexico, played against Argentina again but couldn't play today, normally a starter.
Sneijder: got injured in the warming-up today, normally a starter.
Van Der Vaart: got injured at a training before the World Cup, normally a reserve midfielder but was a candidate to start due to Strootman's injury.

Go Argentina!!!

Found this more boring than the previous game for some odd reason. Playing Hearthstone in the background did help though to get through the game.

Just one more to go then am free from football until next time. Will miss seeing how much they use their hands to pull each others t-shirts, shorts and for the theatrics.

We cri evrytiem :(

Ahem. The pair of you.

The Mighty England, I think you were meaning to say.

Ka-pi96 said: Group D # Country GP W D L GF GA GD PTS 1 Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 7 2 Uruguay 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6 3 Italy 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1 3 4 England 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 1 Doesn't look so 'mighty' to me.

Transitional phase, trying new things and introducing new/ young players.

Euro 2016, WC 2018 will show if its gonna work or not. More importantly, are you Scottish?

GO ARGENTINA!!!

Eh I dunno. You can clearly see where our "talent" dried up (right as we failed to qualify for Euro 08) and the injection of younger, up and coming players is starting to happen post Euro 2012.

Euro 2012 we qualified as group winners. We then topped Group D which included France, Sweden and co-hosts Ukraine. We lost to Italy on penalties, the same team that went on to become runners up. This tournament we had a team that included Andy Carroll, Joleon Lescott, Scott Parker, Ashley Young.

WC 2010 was poor all around. Our goalkeepers were Rob Green and David James. We had a team that included Ledley King, Mathew Upson, an ancient Emile Heskey and Aaron Lennon. Also, we were disallowed a goal against Germany that would have made the game 2-2 and pushed all momentum in our favour. This goal that never was, was the key moment that led to FIFA actually implementing goal line tech. Germany went on to finish 3rd.

Euro 2008 we didnt qualify because Steve McClaren was a fucking idiot. Nothing to do with the players.

WC 2006 was nothing special, lost to Portugal on penalties in the Quarters. Portugal finished 4th.

Euro 2004 again was nothing special, also lost to Portugal on penalties in the Quarters. Portugal were runners up.

WC 2002 we had a great team and played really well, we lost to one of the greatest Brazil teams ever due to a freak Ronaldinho goal. Brazil went on to win the competition.
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Could look a lot worse, but losing in quarter finals to teams that reach the semi finals is nothing to be majorly upset about, especially when you look at the games in more detail.

Spain winning it four years ago was a fluke also.