Three words which tell you England have no chance in France

ab asino lanam

canis in via laborat

Splendid work DIE LINKE. Wool from a donkey indeed.

vvv  Googled (nap)

Citius  Altius  Fortius

Wouldn't mind them at Spurs though.

nil desperandum. faber est quisque fortunae suae.

Spurs have a latin motto: Audere est Facere

Hearing is easy

The club's Latin motto is Audere est Facere (lit: "To Dare Is to Do")

is that really our motto? I had no idea. is it.  that would be self-satirizing i fink.

I was expecting: France. Germany. Spain. (In no particular order. )

are fixture dates out - I'm really looking forward to the misery of it all and want to book holiday from work to make sure I catch the high-points

Or Belgium, Italy, Wales.

I'll give you three letters, R O Y.

oh yes ^^^  thats the best yet.  thread over.

Caecilius est mercator.

I can see Roy Hodgson already, head in hands as he watches his team struggle against 'small teams' like Iceland, Wales or Slovakia, thinking to himself: "Dabit deus his quoque finem."

Sep 8, 2015 -- 11:17AM, back to the day job wrote:

Caecilius est mercator.

lol

Another orange latin book scholar I see Yommama?

Or Yomomma even!

Yes I did 1 year of latin. I still remember bits and pieces of it.

The only Latin Rooney knows is carpe pasty

Yep I can't tell you how many times 'Coquus in culina laborat' has come in handy over the years!

And I always find myself slipping in to a Yoda accent when syaing anything in Latin

no its two words- wayne rooney

The Premier League, is whats wrong with Englands National side.

Bunch of Qyntes

going to Championship finals with the same manager that fluffed the last Championship final is never a wise move imho

Every national side has a weakness. Italy's first choice striker plays for Southampton. Brazil are a one man team. Spain have a suspect defence and a clown in goal. Our weakness is our midfield, but defence and attack are more than capable.

Also, Milner and Shelvey are good players. And Delph can't be doing too much wrong if he's just got a move to one of the most important sides in the world.

Milner will not be a good player so long as he has a hole in his ar$e.

Also, Milner and Shelvey are good players.

ego sumus mercator.

it's the worst back 4 and by some margin i can ever remember england fielding. the likes of cahill and jagielka wouldn't have made the 3rd XI even 10 years ago

yet Cahill plays for Chelsea, who could buy any centre back in the world they choose

a sunday league side would have been embarrassed by the goal suarez scored to knock england out of the world

him and terry get brilliant protection from the likes of matic. they look awful when you get people running at them

3 words... SN A KE

Based on past experience, the three words that should frighten an England team are 'penalty shoot out'.

Roy Fuc5ing Hodgson .

Why even bother discussing this?  Tell me when England have done well at a tournament.  We are crap at them always have been always will be, it doesn't matter who the players are or the manager, we can't do tournament football.

Only an idiot would  expect anything other than the usual dross.

after
leeds
villa [twice]
n.castle
city
england
l,pool
one day it will dawn on one of these looney chairmen,managers ,what supporters have known for years,milner,s just not very good

another 31 mins of conclusive proof that milners is gash,if anyone needed reassuring

England won't get past the group stage at the euros, off with Woy's head.

even this england side won't manage not to get out of the group. they'll be at least 1 truly awful side in each group maybe 2 in some with 24 teams. 3 or 4 points will et you through as well

Plenty of those looney chairmen have made good money on him, 1TP.

1.  Can't keep ball
2.  Jagielka centre half
3.  Hope this helps

Jed's three word summary was more succinct, imo.

They've finished bottom in both 2012 & 2014

As soon as they play anyone half decent they'll lose. I hope I'm wrong. Suarez wasn't even fit and he tore England apart .. Embarrassing

Just for the sake of balance, we are the only team in Europe to have still have maximum points in qualifying.

I know getting carried away with that would be a big mistake for a number of reasons, but I think this thread might be a little on the pessimistic side.

PatraTheCat, people love to knock England whether it's on here or in general. We have got an outside chance. Less chance than France, Germany and Spain but as much chance as anyone else. We've got a good team spirit, good attacking options and a good goalkeeper. We need to find a settled and more coherent back four between now and next summer but that's not impossible.

Team of watercarriers

We have any number of problems, chief among which will be the continuing fallout from the impression Rooney made upon the nation, and indeed the world, in 2004, when he looked like becoming a truly great player.

Unfortunately, several observers - including every subsequent England manager - believe that that is what he has become, when the reality is that he is nothing of the sort. Of course there is some merit in his achievement of scoring more goals than anyone else for England, nobody is denying that, but at Major Championships post-2004 his performances and his goalscoring record have been truly abysmal.

Hodgson's fixation with James Milner will also cost us - noticeable again last night that he was booked after showing the touch of a rapist in trying to control the football.

Ultimately though, the players are irrelevant when the pattern of play is so stilted, so 1970s. Time and again last night, Shelvey has the ball in the middle of the park, he's looking forward for movement - and there is none. Rooney just can not make the kinds of runs to offer and create space because he is too slow and too worn out by years of unprofessional preparation.

More worryingly, the three young players behind Rooney - Barkley, Sterling and Oxlade-Chamberlain - are all showing the signs, at least they were last night, of the real English disease. The failure of a succession of managers to encourage individuality and creativity from their players. A fear of the responsibility to express themselves, a responsibility just as vital to any team as the willingness to run around chasing and tackling the opposition.

Finally, when you have a manager who can not see that Harry Kane should be on the pitch from the start of the match whoever has to be left out to accommodate him, then we are going nowhere. Again.

Back home they'll be thinking about us
When we are far away (on our holidays out foreign after our early exit)
Back home they'll be really behind us
In every game we play
They'll share every goal we are scoring (steady on !!!)
Out there we will still hear them roaring
And we'll give all we've got to give (but keep the £200k a week)
For the folks back home

Back home they'll be watching and waiting (and waiting, and waiting)
And cheering every move
Back home though they think we're the greatest (what?)
That's what we've got to prove
Once more we will meet with the best
Like before we'll be put to the test
Oh we will give all we've got to give (not a lot, not a lot)
For the folks back home

They'll see as they're watching and praying
That we put our hearts in our playing
We'll fight until the whistle goes (red cards !!!)
For the folks back home

Yes lets ignore the past 50 years of crap tournaments everthing's gonna be great this time

Not Good Enough
Real Opposition Awaits
Big Boys Only


I could go on, and on ... 

Going on past tournos you could also have:

England face minnows.