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Can England qualify for the 2010 World Cup?
Published 30 days ago by Ahmed Bilal at Soccerlens
Trevor Brooking thinks that the talent pool in England is so shallow that thinking about semi-finals is the stuff of fantasy - England players and fans must buckle down and focus on qualifying for South Africa first. The FA have (ambitiously) aimed for the semi-finals of either the World Cup or Euro 2012. The press bashed the FA for setting such a ‘low’ aim, but it’s high enough to be a challenge and low enough to be realistic (especially with Scolari having gone to Chelsea). There are many ...

Sir Trevor channels Jim Mora: "Semis? SEMIS?!!"
Published 29 days ago by Autoglass (noreply@blogger.com) at Unprofessional Foul
... Sir Trevor Brooking, head of the English Football Association, recently engaged in some tactical expectations-lowering when discussing the National side... ...