**The World Cup 2018 Official Thread**

[African_brehda]

This is the so called "golden generation". I don't know why ppl on here rate them.

No one actually rates them. We only talk about how they had top notch players but never achieved shyt.
IMO they were better than the current Belgian and French team, just never had a good coach
David James, Neville, Ferdinand, Terry, Campbell ,Ashley Cole( GOAT PL left back), Gerrard, Lampard, Scholes, Beckham, Owen, Rooney






How do you fukk this up?

 

[J Money]

Southgate has done a good job but I'm still not convinced he's the guy to put England over the top. He stays making tactical mistakes

 

[Ohene]

No one actually rates them. We only talk about how they had top notch players but never achieved shyt.
IMO they were better than the current Belgian and French team, just never had a good coach
David James, Neville, Ferdinand, Terry, Campbell ,Ashley Cole( GOAT PL left back), Gerrard, Lampard, Scholes, Beckham, Owen, Rooney






How do you fukk this up?

CRAZY

 

[merklman]

Southgate has done a good job but I'm still not convinced he's the guy to put England over the top. He stays making tactical mistakes

Hes guaranteed himself atleast another 4 years in the job though

 

[Trajan]

No one actually rates them. We only talk about how they had top notch players but never achieved shyt.
IMO they were better than the current Belgian and French team, just never had a good coach
David James, Neville, Ferdinand, Terry, Campbell ,Ashley Cole( GOAT PL left back), Gerrard, Lampard, Scholes, Beckham, Owen, Rooney






How do you fukk this up?

We cant put it all on the coaches. They had different managers

Sven-Göran Eriksson
Steve McClaren
Fabio Capello

Like someone said earlier...names on paper don't always translate into a good team. They were always missing a creative mid and were completely devoid of any ideas. England hasn't had one since Gazza. Gerrard charging around the pitch doesn't do shyt. He was trash for England and in any case couldn't play with Lampard. Rooney was trash for England....Scholes called it quits kinda early and wasn't really around like that.

Also while those players were good..a lot of it was hype as well because they're good English players in the EPL.

If you look at the squads of the other teams at that time

Italy: Buffon, Cannavaro, Nesta, Del Piero, Totti, Pirlo

Netherlands: Van Der Saar, Kluivert, a young Sneijder, young Robben, De Boer, prime Van Nistelrooy, Seedorf, Edgar Davids, Overmars

France: Prime Vieira, Pires, Zidane, Henry, Desailly, Thuram Trezeguet, Makalele



They were average when you put them against contemporary teams.

 

[FakeNews]

No one actually rates them. We only talk about how they had top notch players but never achieved shyt.
IMO they were better than the current Belgian and French team, just never had a good coach
David James, Neville, Ferdinand, Terry, Campbell ,Ashley Cole( GOAT PL left back), Gerrard, Lampard, Scholes, Beckham, Owen, Rooney






How do you fukk this up?

Sven wasting Scholes on the left

 

[merklman]

We cant put it all on the coaches. They had different managers

Sven-Göran Eriksson
Steve McClaren
Fabio Capello

Like someone said earlier...names on paper don't always translate into a good team. They were always missing a creative mid and were completely devoid of any ideas. England hasn't had one since Gazza. Gerrard charging around the pitch doesn't do shyt. He was trash for England and in any case couldn't play with Lampard. Rooney was trash for England....Scholes called it quits kinda early and wasn't really around like that.

Scoles was around . . . He was played at left wing wing or not at all by them clowns to fit in Gerrard and Lampard at CM

 

[noodles]

Exactly, trying to fit in that glorified penalty taker Lampard...

 

[Bboystyle]

Exactly, trying to fit in that glorified penalty taker Lampard...

dont hate on Lampgawd

 

[Extasy]

If Ronaldo does it in Seria A

Legendary status in the top three leagues

He knows Pele and Maradona are the default GOATS in most lists so he's pulling all the stops to stake his claim.

37 year old Luca Toni won the serie A golden boot a few years ago

 

[dtownreppin214]

@Kunty McPhuck who's up from U20 in 2020?

 

[MikeyC]

World Cup 2018: Who makes your team of the tournament?

GOAT team right there

 

[jdubnyce]

World Cup 2018: Who makes your team of the tournament?

GOAT team right there

Wheres Kylian?

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Say what you want about Kane, but in my eyes Salvatore Schilacci is still the WOAT golden boot winner

3 penalities
1 accidental deflections
2 point-blank putbacks

Half his goals against a terrible Panama side, 0 goals in the knockout rounds

12 "shoulda passed it but was trying to goalhog so I missed the net entirely" shots

No one will ever overtake Kane for worst golden boot ever

 

[noodles]

Replace Kane with Mbappe