Yes, but…
England has most of its players operating high up in the Prem, or around Europe, at the club level.
The Greeks, at their best, had 1-2 top level club players.
I’m torn on England. I’m an Englishman and I want them to win. But I don’t like them very much either! Still, it seems a little uncharitable to compare them to the Greeks.
Yes, what Greece did was a tremendous accomplishment (I remember that QF against France in particular). I am not sure what to make of the possibility of England doing something similar.
I’m actually more reminded of when Portugal won it. They were appallingly crap all the way through until Ronaldo got injured and they could actually pass the ball to someone else.
This thread is just a reminder of the drag on LFC squad fitness for the coming season, as well as a brake on upgrading same. Yeah, I know, colour me Mr Anti-International Bollox but, yanowatameen, guy 
Hi Maria, my apologies for replying so late. I was away travelling, also in part in Germany (watched the German team beating Denmark while in Hamburg, and going out to Spain in a bar with a lot of disappointed, but friendly Schleswig-Holsteiners).
For the Swiss team, this tournament is a success. Going out in the quarters, on penalties against one of the eventual finalists, isn’t to be scoffed at for such a small football nation, and with a tiny little bit more luck, it could have turned out differently. This team is in transition, and has done very well considering this.
But I always knew that it was going to be hard, going up against so much individual quality. That England team has at least four or five players within its ranks who can turn a game on its head out of nothing. Bellingham did it against Slovakia, Saka against Switzerland, and Watkins seems to have that quality too, sticking the knife into this good Netherland side when it hurt most… Kane is a monster upfront, and the Rice/Foden/Bellingham midfield is frighteningly good. Even when they don’t play well, they just need to be solid at the back, and it will be enough. At one moment or another, they’ll strike. Spain will have problems against them too, even though they are so good themselves. It will be an intriguing final.
Anyway, Yakin has had his contract renewed and will stay a little while longer, and we’ll see where it leads. He has a lot of work in front of him to keep Switzerland competitive, that’s for sure.
People here expect me to be excited about the final because they know I’m a football fan and an Island Monkey.
I feel a bit bad to disappoint them.
Made me chuckle a bit. Rehhagel was so old school by 2004, it was kind of hilarious and charming at the same time.
Sure, but his tactics were perfect for that team. By the way, the guy must have found the fountain of youth. He is 85 and looks 20-30 years younger.
Plenty of England fans at the Irish pub in Hackesche Markt.
There are other places lads 
At least it keeps them in one place
Mitte is nice this time of year, be lovely in Berlin…
Listening to England fans heading to Berlin. Some of the fans’ stories about the excuses they made that the won’t be in on Mondays are hilarious. 
Some of them haven’t told their wives yet until they cross the channel. One is missing his 5 year olds birthday, after begging his wife at her feet and his car mate is supposed to be on a speed awareness test and he got his wife to take it on his test on his behalf. 
Some England fans need to calm down, we haven’t won anything. . I preferred it when we were miserable.
Some of us still are.
Oh, I’ve already seen the pictures with winners tattoos, already inked.
The problem with fairweather football fans is that they fail to appreciate that your team will fail to win the trophy far more regularly than they actually lift the thing.
Unless they’re cheats.
