The "s**t" performance I watched WITHOUT influence of UK media

Whereby England outplayed Portugal for an hour with only ten men, missing Owen, Rooney, Beckham and eventually also Joe Cole. Even my Portuguese colleagues acknowledge that.

If you think we were s**t, how s**t were Portugal ?

Steve

Posted By: Steve in Holland on July 5th 2006 at 09:58:17

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Last night showed just how much we did not deserve to be in the semis (Other Football) - shoddy, Jul 5, 09:49:11
- players who can run and control a ball at the same time (Other Football) - mr carra, Jul 5, 09:53:16
  - Our defence is as good as anyone's, it was the lack of striking options & unbalanced (Other Football) - lovely old job, Jul 5, 09:59:41
    - For all the complaining, imagine the difference if we'd been just as shit, but (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jul 5, 10:00:25
      - We never played as well as we could (Other Football) - mr carra, Jul 5, 10:09:37
        
        Maybe we did ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jul 5, 10:24:47
        
        true - that's what would REALLY worry me (Other Football) - mr carra, Jul 5, 10:28:47
        
        I think there is an element of that. Was saying it as HT vs portugal. (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 5, 10:29:49
        
        still better than Euro 2004 (Other Football) - mr carra, Jul 5, 10:34:46
        
        as I say below - your judgement on France (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 5, 10:10:54
        
        but there is no comparison... (Other Football) - mr carra, Jul 5, 10:16:52
      - to be fair we were fucking shit all tournament and deserved shit all (Other Football) - phrankin, Jul 5, 10:04:14
  - Oh fuck off, misery guts (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jul 5, 09:56:30
    - England never had a realistic chance if that's the way they were gonna play (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jul 5, 11:02:56
    - it's funny how personal you get about England (Other Football) - pants, Jul 5, 10:28:04
      - Not if it's constructive. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jul 5, 10:39:18
    - I never said we WOULDN'T do well (Other Football) - mr carra, Jul 5, 10:00:46
      - You can say that about any team. Brazil were off form. Out. Germany were on form. Out (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jul 5, 10:02:48
        
        Of course (Other Football) - mr carra, Jul 5, 10:06:38
        
        hold on Mr carra - indanger of some inconsistency here (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 5, 10:09:41
        
        we didn't do well enough (Other Football) - mr carra, Jul 5, 10:14:10
        
        Yeah, not arguing that we did enough to win (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 5, 10:26:02
        
        I think you've misunderstood me (Other Football) - mr carra, Jul 5, 10:33:26
        
        I don't disagree much, really. (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 5, 10:38:14
        
        Spot on (Other Football) - mr carra, Jul 5, 10:44:13
- Tonight's game will show how much we did deserve to be in the semi (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jul 5, 09:51:58
  - I rather doubt that (Other Football) - mr carra, Jul 5, 09:54:17
    - The "shit" performance I watched WITHOUT influence of UK media (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jul 5, 09:58:17
      - i dont care about portugal (Other Football) - shoddy, Jul 5, 10:20:20
      - I watched with just the match sound - no commentary. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jul 5, 10:17:05
      - portugal is s++t! (n/m) (Other Football) - francesco, Jul 5, 10:14:06
        
        without Deco they certainly are (Other Football) - mr carra, Jul 5, 10:17:51

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