Sven: “We Will Win the World Cup”

That’s the ticket. That should be the attitude of every coach and player going into a World Cup.

what gives them this confidence?

a 3-2 win against argentina’s subs?
a 2-1 lucky win against a not qualified uruguay??

i didn’t see italy singing in the streets when they thrashed holland and germany 3-1 and 4-1 respectivly

i dotn think freindly wins should be taken so seriously

if they are this over confident
then they will not get far they will get crucified by teams who give it there all

WC and freindlies are totaly different

same usual jokes from england before the start of each world cup. ‘we are going to win it’, ‘we will win it’ ,’we can obviously win it’. How about for once, the whole english teams places a media ban before the world cup so instead of talking the talk, they can actually prepare to properly to walk the walk. But i guess this is england, so they’ll talk it up and lose in the quaters. Same story of failure every four years

i have to disagree with the ones turning down the idea of England being seriously a candidate for the Cup i know that Eriksson being so soft spoken sounds a bit goofy saying what he has been saying ..yet maybe with what he has been and will be dealing at home (London i mean) he must somehow say things like that ..the truth is that for me England was even more than Italy (where my hearth resides)the european favourite up until the day wayne got hurt now who is going to make things happen up front things must be a bit desperate if now a 17 year old with no international experience gets to go…or maybe is the strike of genius and luck who knows.?.but the reasons for having England as a favourite were from the start 4 :
beckam,gerrard,lampard,j.cole no matter what anyone from anywhere in the world says i challenge anyone to match such a powerful,talented dangerous well blended midfield..they can tackle,cross,change the pace and yes all of them can score !!
So give the guys some credit !

England talks the talk and we will see if it can walk the walk. Brasil is better than England and has a better chance to kiss that cup. Viva Brasil.

pigs will fly, new guinea will qualify for the world cup, Henry will transfer to Reading and Tevez will play in the MLS.

Maybe he was talking about Sweden :-)

those 4 names you mentioned are just names but there hype is over whelming

what ppl have to realize is that
EVERY teams fans will make them seem better than they are

the midfields of argentina,italy,brazil, holland france

are all in par or better than englands

truthfully england has really accomplished ntohing to warrent such a high rating

thats the bottom line cause thats all that is looked at really

totally agree fab. Can we take a team seriously that loses 1-0 to northern ireland????????????

What should he say then? “No, I don’t think we’ll win it”? What would be the point of going if he didn’t think he could win it? To be honest, we know that it probably isn’t going to happen but England is a good team and has as much of a shot as anyone else. If they believe that they can do it that’s only going to help.

how about some humility and say “we have a chance just like everyone else”. That way you don’t 2 much pressure on yourselves n can focus on the job at hand rather than having to worry about backing up the comments u make before the tournament.

England has the same chance of winning the World Cup as teams like Brazil, Argentina and Portugal have. It would be silly to suggest that England cant win and then saying that Argentina will win. fab, England didnt beat the Argentinian subs, they beat the first team.

Hey lets agree that england have good chance and can do it..but the thing is the way they are speaking is as if they are the only ones who have in them to win it.we all now english have habit of overhyping things whether its wolrd cup soccer or tin henman at wimbledon…it will be better if sven focus on game and the tactics rather than going ga ga about it

Well, to be fair, England only scored their 2 goals to tie, and take the lead against Argentina after they subed out Riquelme, Ayala, and Crespo….

But England are a strong team and have a fair chance to win the cup.

Every coach should think his team is good enough to win, or else why go?

England reminds me of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL. They’ve got a great team on paper that does nothing but disappoint when it counts. Can’t wait to see Croatia take their Euro 2008 qualifying group too.

im sorry, i had respect for this guy back when he coached Lazio to serie A champions, but ever since then he’s been on a downhill spiral of idiocy. whatever he says or does just doesnt make sense, i mean putting rooney on the team? common, rooney is some serious talent, AND hes young, its gonna suck not making it to the WC but wouldnt u rather that than jeapordize the rest of his young carrier?
thats my opinion, and now with the guarantee of the world cup, its good to be confident and its obviously every team WANTS to win, but they wont, there gonna choke or find another way to loss, not that i dnt like england, on the contrary i hold the premiership in high regards as the best of european soccer, but after Sven guarantees the world cup, he’s just blowing his own horn

England will no win lets be serious every time they lose they say we played a good half game until the loss they will not win same thing if i say that brazil will be trashed in all three games they play for euro no way will england top croatia russia and isreal they will need to play and after trash talk after they win remember 1 world cup in 40 years if they here like brazil it would not bother me but come email me at phatman88@net.hr for i hundred reason they will loss

Argentina subbing out Ayala, Riquelme, and Tevez would be like England subbing out Terry, Lampard and Rooney.

It is still the first team, but a very different first team.

I think all the talk of “winning the world cup” is bad. Its important to believe that you can win but focus on the game at hand. Looking past “lowly group” opponents is a great way to go home early.

I never understand the British press.

In every World Cup and Euro, they always create the hype that England is a serious contender to win the championship.

And then when England get kicked out in the second round or quarter final, they always say the team is not good enough, mediocre at best, etc.

The British press seems to change their mind all the time. We all know that England is not good enough to win the World Cup. I wonder why they enjoy creating all the hype.

Did everyone remember how much the British press hailed Sven as the messiah, super coach, etc, who would bring England to the top of the world? And now, the same press criticize him heavily .

Ups and downs are exciting, but you have to admit that England don’t really have ups and downs since 1990. You can tell that they’ll always bow out after the round of 16 or after quarter final. So predictable that they’re boring.

Agreed.

I could see England choking in the first round.

Stranger things have happened.

I do not think England will win even with the presence of Rooney. In fact, the 2006 team is not as strong as the team in 2002.In 2002 they unlucky to met Brazil in the second round and they lost. In my projection this time round, the furtherest they can go is the semifinals where they will meet Brazil where they will lose again. This team is only good for entertaining us every weekend but does not have the quality to lif the world cup.

2006 world cup again brazil should win

ENGLAND WILL WIN! USA will lose thier group, Italy and Czech Republic will qualify. England will win their group. Then face Poland in Second Round – Win. Quarters: Argentina/Holland/Portugal (depending on their successes) – We can beat all of them. Semis: Brazil -we only lost 2-1 last time we played them. and that was when we had a s-h-i-t-e team. we will get to the final. And WE WILL WIN!
CANADA AND USA SUCK ASS!

Lets be honest England is a country that adores football to the point where players like George Best (woman beater and drunk) are idolised and mourned,they have an ok team but the media always kill them with pressure,which will never change.
England has a very good chance of qualifying but if they meet Brasil they will lose-no argument,England still remind everyone of 66 but they do it as if they have won it 5 times,uraguay have more to be proud of.
Good team with good players,but bottom line is England will always sadly be the nearly men and i dont think i will ever eat these words-sorry.

Weird reading all these replies. England have a VERY good chance of winning the trophy. Friendlies mean nothing, especially the one against Argentina. The one thing England has more than any other team, is the fact that every other team are scared of them, including Brazil. They are completely unpredictable, and come together in tournaments. Has anyone seen Theo Walcott play? Does anyone know if Rooney is actually going to play? Midfield is the strongest in the world right now, and everyone knows games are won thro’ the midfield. I wouldnt bet against them.

What’s all this “Everyone knows England can’t win the world-cup” rubbish? England do often under-perform when it matters, but we have plenty of world-class players. Gerrard, Lampard, Owen, Beckham, Terry, Rooney, some of the best in the world, we should be winning sometime soon.
The thing is, we are capable of beating anyone and losing to anyone.

By the looks of these posts, people just enjoy picking on us, call any win we get ‘lucky’, and use any loss we get as a way of trying to prove that we ‘can’t win the world cup’. We have a better chance than most of you, so there!

100% agree with Jim, for the first time in a long time we have a world class team capable of beating any side but the question is can they play together as a team with real hunger to win? Its something I fear has been missing for some time. Fingers crossed the raw talent comes through with or without Wayne R. Come on England !!!!

USA, Canada, Australia who are these jokers talking about. USA only play things they can win at like rounders, sorry I meant Baseball, Australia got slapped at cricket and rugby and are just hurting cause all they can do now is swim and

as for canada – I need the toilet has anyone got a Maple Leaf!

Sorry Richard. The US will advance to the semi’s. In another 8-12 years, we will own the Jules Rimet Trophy. It happens in three’s Ricky:
1. Revolutionary War
2. War of 1812
3. 2014 World Cup Champions

Go cry in your fish and chips and leave the sport to real athletes!

Jim, with or without Rooney, you should see the English win the Jules Rimet Trophy. I see you downing Brazil 2-1 to win it all. I see my ‘yanks” losing the third place game to Argentina by a 2-1 score.

I strongly agree England could go all the way this year, also Bill W wake up before you drown in your cornflakes!!! you idiot

There is no chance England can win it….I don’t even believe they’ll pass the first round…Sweden’s too good…Ibrahimovic Larsson Källstrom Ljungberg…The last time England beat Sweden was in 1968….too bad guys !!!!England with the prestigious trophy?It’s never going to happen again…sorry

England is not reaching anywhere.

Even Germany is doing it way better this wc. I hope the Swedes will crush England very soon.

Argentina is gonna make it this year and I see a lot english fans crying a river.

i think that england have got a very good chance of winning the world cup and i wish them all the best :D

oh yes and all the people saying that they can’t win, do not know anything as rooney is getting better each day and people think this year is going to be lucky :D:D:D:D:D so haha people!! ur going down!!

ENGLAND WILL WIN!!!!! ENGLISH WILL TAKE HOME THE WORLD CUP THIS YEAR….. I HAVE FAITH IN THE TEAM

“bookmakers report that there has been a surge of Brits betting on their team to win it all”

Really ?, and what team would that be then. Britain consists of England, Scotland and Wales. There is no British Team only the constituent nations that make up Britain and only one of these is the competition that would be England, and by no stretch of the imagination would the Scots or Welsh consider England to be their team. Poor writing, no grasp of geography.

To answer eddie’s question on wether scotland and Wales consider England to be their team would be certanly not. We are individual countries which make up Great Britian. Sometimes the Englsih press and companies in England seem to forget this and consider us part of “England”

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