Third place was worth it tbh.

>>62722341
Well, it's a bit misleading though: the 84, 88 and 92 euros only had 8 teams, so it was infinitely more difficult to qualify.

1996 was the first one with 16 teams.

When you consider this, Netherlands failure is worse by several orders of magnitude.

>>62722357
This

>>62722469
This

>european nation has been third at every world cup since 1982
impressive

>>62722469
Not so hard. Greece has qualified in 1980, Romania has qualified in 1984 and Ireland has qualified in 1988.

>>62722469

this, back in the day when 8 teams played only the elite were in, now it's everyone and their grandma

>>62723418
>Turkey
>European

>>62723989
>2edgy

>>62722357
>>62722508
no it wasn't

>>62723975
>now it's everyone and their grandma

except for Holland

>England has never been third at a WC.

i would rather see us go out like this than having to watch cut inside & co get humiliated at age 33+. at least they went out on a great world cup.

gOD don't real

>>62723418

>celebrating mediocrity

>>62724792
are we supposed to be good or something

>>62722357
>bulgaria 4th
was it all just stoickhov

>>62724854
Top 3 out of 32 is by definition not mediocre.