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VANFLAMESFAN · 06-24-2010, 02:54 PM

Oh and Locke, a couple pages back you were commenting on Portugal and how they shouldn't be named in the elite teams in Europe. The original post was talking about what they have done in the last 10 years and how they have had some great results. Of course you ignore that and just look for the negatives. Yes, they were brutal in qualifying, yes, they have struggled the last couple of years, but let the end results do the talking.

Euro 2000-Semi Final loss in Extra Time to eventual winners France
WC 2002-Out in Group Stage, debacle
Euro 2004-Lose in Final
WC 2006-Lose in Semi Final to France
Euro 2008-Loss in Qtr Final to Germany
WC 2010-Will get thru to at least Round of 16 in a very tough group.

Yes, they haven't won a title in those ten years, I get that, but if you are going to put Holland, England and Germany at tag them with "powerhouse"(I realize you didn't give them that title, the other poster did, but you certainly didn't disagree with him) you have to put Portugal in there because they have just as good and in some cases better results than those teams. Once again, in the last 10 years. They at the very least HAVE to be in the discussion, but you quickly throw them aside as usual.

Put your hate aside and recognize what they have done over the last ten years as a small country with a history that doesn't come close to the other countries is nothing short of impressive.

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VANFLAMESFAN Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Maple Ridge, BC Exp:	Oh and Locke, a couple pages back you were commenting on Portugal and how they shouldn't be named in the elite teams in Europe. The original post was talking about what they have done in the last 10 years and how they have had some great results. Of course you ignore that and just look for the negatives. Yes, they were brutal in qualifying, yes, they have struggled the last couple of years, but let the end results do the talking. Euro 2000-Semi Final loss in Extra Time to eventual winners France WC 2002-Out in Group Stage, debacle Euro 2004-Lose in Final WC 2006-Lose in Semi Final to France Euro 2008-Loss in Qtr Final to Germany WC 2010-Will get thru to at least Round of 16 in a very tough group. Yes, they haven't won a title in those ten years, I get that, but if you are going to put Holland, England and Germany at tag them with "powerhouse"(I realize you didn't give them that title, the other poster did, but you certainly didn't disagree with him) you have to put Portugal in there because they have just as good and in some cases better results than those teams. Once again, in the last 10 years. They at the very least HAVE to be in the discussion, but you quickly throw them aside as usual. Put your hate aside and recognize what they have done over the last ten years as a small country with a history that doesn't come close to the other countries is nothing short of impressive. Last edited by VANFLAMESFAN; 06-24-2010 at 03:02 PM.