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    Default Why are England often so mediocre in sports? (Especially in ones which they themselves invented).

    Think about it. In football, despite having by far the wealthiest football league in the world - the Premiership - they haven't won much since the 1966 World Cup, and in the most recent European Cup were knocked out by Iceland! In rugby, only during the Clive Woodward period (1998-2003), when they won the World Cup, and now under Eddie Jones did they truly harness their potential - 40% of ALL rugby players in the world come from England. In cricket, England routinely lose to Australia and India in particular. Why is this? How can such a talented and sporty country as England be so underachieving and underwhelming internationally, at least when it comes to team sports?
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    Because they have a lot of Non-Whites in their sports teams. The White Supremacists want to make Non-Whites feel as if they are bad at sports and that Whites play better than them. That's why England (and France) basically NEED to be the European teams that lose the most to Whiter teams like Germany and Spain.

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    Personally to me English football is the most entertaining to watch. Beautiful offensive skills and frenetic game style. With that said, it gets harder to compete on the field against teams that place great emphasis on technical quality like the Portuguese and the Spanish or the movement, team spirit and efficiency of the Germans and the not so creative football style of Italians but rather intelligent at defending with excellent efficiency in taking chances in the final third.

    England shouldn't envy that much others because it has the most passionate people for their sports, people who absolutely love it for what it is no matter if they loose or win. The unconditional love for your team is the most important thing, above anything else or any title. I am super jealous and respectful towards those local amateur British teams who never win shit in their life and yet their stadiums are always sold out with people having fun, enjoying the game and supporting their local team.
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    I think the often cold and wet weather limits participation and practice in some sports. Cricket and tennis still have a snob element which puts off talented working class youngsters. I think a UK football team would have been better than the four 'home nations' which makes as much sense as Germany sending teams for Bavaria, Saxony, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neon Knight View Post
    I think a UK football team would have been better than the four 'home nations' which makes as much sense as Germany sending teams for Bavaria, Saxony, etc.
    You guys do so in all sports but only at the Olympic games I believe, including football.
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    climate, along with smaller population than other European countries, like Germany or France

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    developped countries tend to neglect sports.simply because they have other stuff they can be proud of.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mongrel View Post
    developped countries tend to neglect sports.simply because they have other stuff they can be proud of.
    England does not neglect sports at all, they have the highest number of supporters going to the matches in all divisions at all major\popular sports.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Viriato View Post
    You guys do so in all sports but only at the Olympic games I believe, including football.
    Pretty much, but at some point we started having separate teams for the Commonwealth Games too. In football, I think it comes from England and Scotland having separate leagues and governing bodies in the early years.

    There used to be an annual competition between all four home nations but it was stopped for various reasons, including hooliganism. There is some famous film of Scotland fans invading Wembley once and breaking a goal down


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    Quote Originally Posted by Neon Knight View Post
    I think a UK football team would have been better than the four 'home nations' which makes as much sense as Germany sending teams for Bavaria, Saxony, etc.
    England can play as the UK, we can play as Scotland. No Scot would make a UK team as none are good enough and it would deny Scots the chance to play international football.

    The English are good at individual sports and would be high in the Olympic rankings. A lot of that came down to investment.

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