Originally Posted by: KrunekThanks!! I am so very glad now.Looks like we finally have the team able to achieve something...At least we all hope so.Well, dunno about England...Not so sure about the rules this year, but if only first two teams ine each group go further, well...Russia is much better.No offense here, being objective.
As far as the Izrael part (darn, I keep writting that wrong...it is Israel, right?Well, in my language is Izrael...) I think it has to do with the religion.
Nobody in the Asia wants to play with them...That is why they are competing in Europe...No offense to anyone ment here.

You can imagine what the crowd security would be like...!

England are a headless chicken right now. Some very good players but a coach who doesn't know what formation to play, because he daren't drop one of the 'stars' - Lampard and Gerrard both have to play and the formation gets moved around them trying to find something that works. Bah!

Croatia have some very skillful players, but they play as a unit, and also play a good game to watch at the same time. Good luck to ya...!