How Could We Manufacture A Loss Against Sweden?
 

It could be that we would want to lose against Sweden in the World Cup if winning the game means we would have to face Germany ..... Germanys group will be decided by the time we play.

So?? what do we do? Lose to play Poland instead??

Pete

I dont see what the problem is, we're going to have to play someone good at some stage, whether it be the last 16 or the final. I dont care who we get tbh.

didnt we win 5 -1 the last time we played the boxbeads ;) so whats the problem

they will surely top their group anyway so it wont be an issue.if we top our group we will play the 2nd in their group wont we? which is likely to be poland.

and anyway if germany cant win their own group we have nothing to fear from them anyway.

I wish I was as confident as you lot appear to be!! :eek:

Pete

How arrogant is this - thought John Motson was posting.

Hardly arrogant - with our squad, and the teams within our group, we expect to finish first.

Some results for you - not very good reading:D as you have'nt beaten them in the last 9 games!! As I said before, seems arrogant that some people feel results are a foregone conclusion.

31/03/04 Friendly (Sweden) Sweden 1 England 0 (0-0 HT)
02/06/02 World Cup (Japan) England 1 Sweden 1 (1-0 HT)
10/11/01 Friendly (England) England 1 Sweden 1 (1-1 HT)
05/06/99 Euro Qual (England) England 0 Sweden 0 (0-0 HT)
05/09/98 Euro Qual (Sweden) Sweden 2 England 1 (2-1 HT)
08/06/95 Umbro Cup (England) England 3 Sweden 3 (1-2 HT)
17/06/92 Euro (Sweden) Sweden 2 England 1 (0-1 HT)
06/09/89 WC Qual (Sweden) Sweden 0 England 0 (0-0 HT)
19/10/88 WC Qual (England) England 0 Sweden 0 (0-0 HT)
10/09/86 Friendly (Sweden) Sweden 1 England 0 (0-0 HT)

Remind me, which group are Scotland in?

I feel you're probably unaware of what expection actually is.

Maybe not, but I can at least spell it:lol1:

Don't understand your reasoning as to why Scotland not being there has got anything to do with taking Sweden for granted. We're used to not being at major tournaments now.:( All thanks to the dreaded Herr Vogts.

Considering it was 2am this morning, I did quite well. ;)

Just for you - expectation.

Oh, and it's haven't. :D

Lets see how the group pan out first - I seem to remember Costa Rica not being the pushovers Scotland expected them to be...

Oh dont you worry, wait till Rio Ferdinand has to cope with Zlatan Ibrahimovic LOL