Bobby Robson's best game?

[readingbedding]

In 1986 there was a hell of a lot of expectation. Losing to Portugal was a huge shock. These were the days before the golden generation of 89. It was the first tournament they had qualified for since 1966.

Eh? Are you talking about Portugal or England here?

Not only are you incapable of writing what you mean, you are incapable of reading what others mean. Its pretty clear.

Portugal had a golden generation of 89 and 1986 was the first tournament they had qualified for since 1986.

Easy for you to say.

[Arch]

watching Italia 90 on youtube reminds me of just how good the old West Germany teams were..

The teams were often built around a world class sweeper, be it Matthaus in this example or Beckenbaur going back further..


why doesn't the modern game really use sweepers anymore?

Matthaus didn't operate as a sweeper in 1990 WC, he was a conventional midfielder who scored some good goals in the tournament. I think he played as sweeper in the 94 WC although this is going on memory and it was a long time ago.

He played more like a point guard. And Ideal's right, you couldn't play the same way with the pace of the contemporary game. Germany were able to give Matthaus the ball deep and then set up a formation to run a designed play. He would start the attacks from deep, but he wasn't a DM or a sweeper as you rightly point out.

[Ralph Jolly]

Dare I say it, vs Poland in Mexico 86. Lost to a shit Portugal side, drew with Morocco, needing a 2-0 win against a decent Poland side to progress? Barry Davies going mental, laughing his head off in the background of Motty's commentary as Lineker completed his hat-trick?

I'd also like to re-iterate what Lux said about the Belgium game in 1990. Great goal from Platt but a oxf*rd shit game of football.

I always thought it was Jimmy Hill going ballistic in the background (although at the time It sounded like my dad!)