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Re:What makes a country good at football? by narag on Sunday June 10, 2018 @02:40PM (#17279529)
Maybe the fact that there is no UK national team?

Edit: Frankly I don't care so much about karma, but this downvote is strange. I would have thought that this reason wasn't controversial at all. I've even heard british players say that. Anybody care to explain?

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Re:What makes a country good at football? by nkg on Sunday June 10, 2018 @10:29PM (#17281314)
Not downvoting, but I think England on its own has what it takes to do well.
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Re:What makes a country good at football? by narag on Monday June 11, 2018 @07:45PM (#17289581)
Of course, but a joint team would minimize luck's role. England won World Cup once anyway, didn't it?
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