International Friendlies Thread

[adzzzbatch]

Wenger :bow:

[adzzzbatch]

Lovely stuff.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Tyldesley calls Friday's events 'extraordinary'. Is that the best word he could come up with?

He did consider ROOOOONEY!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Someone with a RIP France sign. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He did consider ROOOOONEY!

He'll still inject that in the game no matter the situation.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Is Giroud starting because all the team lineups have Gignac? :unsure:

[Ollie the Optimist]

Germany's game is abandoned after a concrete threat was made to bomb the stadium. Reports around that an ambulance was found full of explosives.

Jesus

[adzzzbatch]

La Marseillaise again :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lloris out well.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Delle Alli. :haha:

Piss poor.

[Globalgunner]

Not much chance of a football game breaking out I'm afraid. Might as well have called it off.
That would have meant refunds of tickets though, so no

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gary Neville not happy with Gibbs. :lol:

[adzzzbatch]

This is soooooooooooooooo boring!!!!

I knew there was a reason why I only tend to watch Arsenal.

[adzzzbatch]

Kos :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wazza. :lol:

[adzzzbatch]

FFS

[adzzzbatch]

Kos made a crap attempt at blocking.

[adzzzbatch]

Ali is now the best playa in the world eva!!!!!!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Forgot this was on.

Shrek and Barkley :doh: Sad.

[Globalgunner]

Koscielny really needs to stop turning his back on shots. Its pathetic. Never heard of someone being maimed by a shot. Take it full frontal man!

[adzzzbatch]

Koscielny really needs to stop turning his back on shots. Its pathetic. Never heard of someone being maimed by a shot. Take it full frontal man!

Yeah that pisses me off too.

[Niall_Quinn]

Koscielny really needs to stop turning his back on shots. Its pathetic. Never heard of someone being maimed by a shot. Take it full frontal man!

All our defenders do it. Hair gel endorsements.

[Globalgunner]

Need Tony Adams or GG to come in and knock a few heads together amongst our defenders. Bunch of pansies.

[adzzzbatch]

This is sick :sick:

[Niall_Quinn]

Nightmare. That fat cunt has scored in another nothing game.

[Globalgunner]

Rooney is back no doubt. Pay raise to 400k pw next season

[Niall_Quinn]

Too dull. When is the real footy back?

[selassie]

Ali is now the best playa in the world eva!!!!!!!!

in all fairness I do think he looks a talent.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England 2-0 France, FT.

England for the Euros.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Netherlands 2-3 France from last night,

Griezmann and Bif made it 0-2, De Jong and Afellay scored to equalise, Matuidi with the winner.

Also, Germany v England tonight.

:lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

That cunt Woy is starting Welbeck. What a cunt that bloke is.

4 spuds in the starting line-up - so basically, come on Germany!

[adzzzbatch]

Komm Deutschland!

[adzzzbatch]

Ozil is Germany's player of the year.

[Niall_Quinn]

England in Russian colours, Germany playing as Cameroon or Egypt or something.

[adzzzbatch]

I'm hoping In-ger-lund get a proper mauling.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Red kit with blue socks? :sick:

[adzzzbatch]

very cheap corner to give away

[Niall_Quinn]

What a ridiculous effort from Cahill :doh:

Professional footballer?

[adzzzbatch]

WTF neuer

[adzzzbatch]

Some shit passing from Germany.

[Niall_Quinn]

Few weeks to go until the Euros kick off and this England team is nothing like the one that will start. Woy is as far away as ever from getting a settled team. Useless manager.

[adzzzbatch]

Few weeks to go until the Euros kick off and this England team is nothing like the one that will start. Woy is as far away as ever from getting a settled team. Useless manager.

A rival to Wenger.

[Niall_Quinn]

Dire from Alli. What the fuck is this pubber doing playing for England?

[Niall_Quinn]

A rival to Wenger.

Very similar. Negative. Horrible. A dinosaur.

[Niall_Quinn]

I'll give this another 10 mins. Shitball.

[Niall_Quinn]

They're determined to have Alli as a world beater, doesn't matter what he does on the pitch.

[adzzzbatch]

danny fucking rose, we made that cunt when he scored "that goal" against us in the league.

[adzzzbatch]

the quality of football on show is pretty shit. I expected better from Germany.

[Niall_Quinn]

the quality of football on show is pretty shit. I expected better from Germany.

They won't show up until the games that count. Exact opposite of England.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ozil has done fuck all so far. Is he injured?

[adzzzbatch]

They won't show up until the games that count. Exact opposite of England.

They do always seem to bring it all together and play their best football in tournaments.

[Niall_Quinn]

This is terrible.

[adzzzbatch]

Ozil has done fuck all so far. Is he injured?

He's been anonymous, much like when he plays in big games for Arsenal. :satan:

[Niall_Quinn]

Kane is actually a giant turd of a footballer. Undoubtedly he can score goals but he's a total pubber when it comes to anything else.

[adzzzbatch]

ON SIDE!!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Gomez scores. Either offside or terrible defending.

[Niall_Quinn]

It was onside. Just terrible, terrible defending. Cahill and the other lump in the middle just let him go.

Real score 1-0

Official, pretend score, 0-0

Technology not needed in football.

[adzzzbatch]

It was onside. Just terrible, terrible defending. Cahill and the other lump in the middle just let him go.

Real score 1-0

Official, pretend score, 0-0

Technology not needed in football.

Confident finish though, you wouldn't catch any of our players doing that. (apart from maybe Iwobi)

[Niall_Quinn]

They're still going on about Alli who almost made a good pass, almost linked the play, almost got a shot on target. Can you imagine the hype if his eternal almost turns into actual?

[Munchies]

LMAO

Delle Alli is f'n useless

and he's being praised right now

[LDG]

Come on Germany.

Fuck this spurs love in.

[adzzzbatch]

LMAO

Delle Alli is f'n useless

and he's being praised right now

Showing slow mo replays of him not doing a lot and saying how amazing he is :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

The sad, sad truth is Lala has been Engurlund's best playa so far.

[Niall_Quinn]

Kroos :doh:

I could have done that.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

The sad, sad truth is Lala has been Engurlund's best playa so far.

He's been not-half-bad for Liverpool as well, to be fair to him.

Will still make way for Gotze though :coffee:

[Niall_Quinn]

Ozil's having a laugh - he's doing everything he can to avoid being involved. Maybe WUMger has had a word.

[adzzzbatch]

ozil :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Welbz and Lala clear the danger for Germany.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I'm sorry, but Welbeck is not a good footballer.

Plenty of pace and willingness, getting himself in to good positions, but as a footballer he's poor.

[Niall_Quinn]

Can kept working to earn that yellow. Shows persistent fouling can pay off.

[Niall_Quinn]

Fuuck, Engurlund have Danny fucking Rose taking FKs :doh:

[LDG]

I'm sorry, but Welbeck is not a good footballer.

Plenty of pace and willingness, getting himself in to good positions, but as a footballer he's poor.

Yeah, us Gooners were under the impression he was a worldie.

[Niall_Quinn]

I'm sorry, but Welbeck is not a good footballer.

Plenty of pace and willingness, getting himself in to good positions, but as a footballer he's poor.

You leave him alone. he's keeping legends like Theo and Bif out of the Arsenal team.

[Niall_Quinn]

Hoddle - Woy will be delighted with this half so far.

And I think that's the problem, in a nutshell.

[adzzzbatch]

1-0 What a goal!

[Niall_Quinn]

Butt-land :haha:

Kroos hit and hope makes it 1-0

[Niall_Quinn]

Who's the #4 for England? What a fucking shit player.

[Niall_Quinn]

Hoddle - Best 45 I have seen from England for a long long time :doh:

Although possibly true.

[Niall_Quinn]

Germany contrive to avoid scoring a second.

HT 1-0 Germany.

Despite BBCs pretences, England absolutely shit. Germany in total cruise control, they haven't really turned up but haven't needed to.

Alli is shite :haha:

But world beater tbf

[Munchies]

40% of the players (minus the keeper) are Spuds

fucking wanks

[Niall_Quinn]

40% of the players (minus the keeper) are Spuds

fucking wanks

And they are all shite. Rose, Dire, Almost and that bloke up front who can't control a ball.

[LDG]

Germany contrive to avoid scoring a second.

HT 1-0 Germany.

Despite BBCs pretences, England absolutely shit. Germany in total cruise control, they haven't really turned up but haven't needed to.

Alli is shite :haha:

But world beater tbf

You said BBC :haha:

Same shit I guess.

[Munchies]

F'n hell

even this random pundit , who the fuck is he? , is praising Alli

make it stop

[Niall_Quinn]

You said BBC :haha:

Same shit I guess.

It's so bad I just assumed.

[Niall_Quinn]

F'n hell

even this random pundit , who the fuck is he? , is praising Alli

make it stop

Well he gets the script too.

[Munchies]

Lee Dixon praising Dier AND ALLI

:haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

They can't find a single bit of coverage of Alli doing something decent - so they are blagging it :haha:

They are literally showing Alli giving the ball away and cooing - what a player!

[Niall_Quinn]

Manu Petit :bow: (except the bit where he was a chav)

[LDG]

Lee Dixon praising Dier AND ALLI

:haha:

Alli's hair

http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/NUP_158591_0725.JPG

[Munchies]

Manu Petit :bow: (except the bit where he was a chav)


I never think of him playing there tbh

Arse/barca lol

[Niall_Quinn]

German sub Tah on for Hummels.

[GP]

Alli's hair

http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/NUP_158591_0725.JPG

JAMM'D!

[GP]

They can't find a single bit of coverage of Alli doing something decent - so they are blagging it :haha:

They are literally showing Alli giving the ball away and cooing - what a player!


Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at The Olympiastadion, Berlin
Posted at
20:49
Tottenham's Dele Alli claimed many of the pre-match headlines as talk turned to him developing into a player who might eventually bear comparison with former England captain Bryan Robson.

He is doing very well on his own merits tonight getting forward in support of Harry Kane, working back to help in defensive areas and also rolling neatly away from Toni Kroos and Thomas Muller in one movement.

A top player in the making,

[Munchies]

All my non-Arsenal mates are saying Alli is the best player for us

FFS!

He's done NOTHING

[Niall_Quinn]

Dier is the #4 - why does that not surprise me? Shit player too.

[Niall_Quinn]

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at The Olympiastadion, Berlin
Posted at
20:49
Tottenham's Dele Alli claimed many of the pre-match headlines as talk turned to him developing into a player who might eventually bear comparison with former England captain Bryan Robson.

He is doing very well on his own merits tonight getting forward in support of Harry Kane, working back to help in defensive areas and also rolling neatly away from Toni Kroos and Thomas Muller in one movement.

A top player in the making,

If we can keep him fit I think we'll win the Euros.

(Phil McNulty I mean)

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Is the Smalling still the best defender in England?

[adzzzbatch]

they think everythink ali does is fantastic :rolleyes:

[Niall_Quinn]

Absolutely superb punt by Alli. Was never going to trouble the keeper in a million years but saved on all that build up play.

He follows that up by passing to the German defenders. Superb!

[Niall_Quinn]

Is the Smalling still the best defender in England?

No. Shaw has become the best since his injury.

[Niall_Quinn]

Hoddle reckons the Germans need to up their training stroll if they want to contain the legend Alli.

[Niall_Quinn]

First bit of good play for a long time. Henderson should try to score there really.

[GP]

https://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5uov9vFsP1qzofz5o1_500.jpg

[adzzzbatch]

YYYYEEEESSSSS!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Two nasty challenges from Alli. But he's excellent.

What's pissing me off is they keep mentioning other players. Just talk about Alli FFS!

Meanwhile 2-0 Germany. Excellent defending again.

Gomez takes it as well as Alli would have.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I'm no defence coach, but shouldn't the centre back mark the striker rather than the right back?

I guess I'll have to ask Neville...

[Niall_Quinn]

England still dominating this against the beach towel and sunglasses krauts. Very unlucky to be 2-0 down. Should be 3-0.

[adzzzbatch]

Ozil :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Ozil helps England out with a friendly backpass.

Excellent running around from Alli though.

[Niall_Quinn]

Alli superbly gets tackled.

[adzzzbatch]

Oh FFS!!! :sick:

[Niall_Quinn]

That's actually quite a good goal by that useless fuck Kane.

[adzzzbatch]

That's actually quite a good goal by that useless fuck Kane.

Shut your mouth :angry:

[Niall_Quinn]

Cryuff Kane - "a lovely tribute to the great man".

They actually said that.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

That was pretty good.

He doesn't do much else, but then there are a great many strikers who did nothing but stick the ball in the goal. Not a bad knack for a striker really.

[Niall_Quinn]

Shitizer on, Reus off.

[Niall_Quinn]

Muller does something. Not very good but it was something.

Looks like England will soon be building the team around Barkley. Vardy warming up too.

[Niall_Quinn]

Kane donkey hoofs the FK into the wall.

[Niall_Quinn]

"Mesmerising" attack from England. It's almost as if they knew what they were doing.

[Niall_Quinn]

Vardy and the amazing Barkley on.

Welbeck and Lala off.

[Niall_Quinn]

Barkley and Alli on the same pitch.

Privileged times.

[adzzzbatch]

FFS!!! :sick:

[adzzzbatch]

Disgusting.

[Letters]

Good game, this!

[Munchies]

Wow :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Gave up watching and missed the goal :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Who scored?

[Niall_Quinn]

Good game, this!

Biggest pile of meaningless shite since the last time Engurlund played.

[Letters]

Vardy. Good goal.

[Niall_Quinn]

Oh it was Vardy. A player who can actually play football. No surprise then.

[Niall_Quinn]

Welbeck with ice on his knee, having played in a fucking nothing match selected by that turd Woy.

[Niall_Quinn]

Alli with more of his brilliance.

[Letters]

Yeah, you might want to hit the target there fella. :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Even ITV aren't attempting to spin that moment of football magic from Alli. His only blemish. The myth lives on.

[LDG]

Alli's deli :haha:

Awful cheeses and cured meats

[Munchies]

LMAO

[Niall_Quinn]

Alli's deli :haha:

Awful cheeses and cured meats

He meant to do that. Scoring an open goal would have been beneath him.

[Niall_Quinn]

They're singing god save our queen :doh:

And for their next trick they'll vote to stay in europe :doh:

Just :doh:

[LDG]

:sick:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

WE'RE GONNA WIN THE LEAGUE :trophy:

[Letters]

Oh good. Now the press will declare us champions elect

[Niall_Quinn]

That useless fuck Dier has barged one in.

Engurlund definitely winning the Euros now.

Nothing can stop them, except all the usual shit.

[Munchies]

FFS :haha:

[adzzzbatch]

Absolutely disgusting.

[Niall_Quinn]

Not even the Hun could stand up to Alli and Barkley. Just need to add Rooney and we have the best team in world football. We're winning this lads.

#believe

[GP]

John Murray
BBC Radio 5 live commentator at the Etihad Stadium
"This is the stuff of fairytales. Talk about sprit in Roy Hodgson’s young England team."

Fairytales? :lol:

They do know it's a friendly, right?

[Letters]

Absolutely disgusting.

What's wrong with you?

[adzzzbatch]

What's wrong with you?

What's not wrong with me is the question you should be asking.

[Munchies]

Absolutely disgusting.

:gp:

[Letters]

What's not wrong with me is the question you should be asking.

What's not wrong with you?

[Özim]

Low :haha:

What a shocker.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Good performance by young players against what was admittedly rather disinterested looking German side

Not really hit the heights since the World Cup

No chance of winning it because need a coach with more about him than Woy, but I think we will not embarrass ourselves either....may even threaten a semi final berth.

[WMUG]

It's coming home, boys.

[Munchies]

Wilshere better be fit and replace that mug Alli in the starting 11 when the tourny rolls around

[Marc Overmars]

Kane and Vardy :sick:

Is this charade ever going to end?

[Andreas_AFC]

Really good game from England, but as a german i know it is always the same, the squad are never motivated in friendly-games and bring horrible results. But that Kane and Dier scored....Löw must sacked :-)

[selassie]

I thought England were superb. They passed and moved the ball at pace and kept hold of possession well. I think this team will surprise a lot of people at the Euros.

[WMUG]

I thought England were superb. They passed and moved the ball at pace and kept hold of possession well. I think this team will surprise a lot of people at the Euros.

So what you're saying is, it's coming home?

[Niall_Quinn]

It's a double blow for most Arsenal fans. We get the seasonal progression of false dawns at domestic level and the same with the national team every two years. This time it's coming home, for sure.

Ooops - null point :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

View from the media ward.


Dele Alli oozed class against the world champions in England's 3-2 win

He fucked up almost everything he touched. They couldn't scrape up a single example of him not fucking up during the half time tribute. So they just pretended and invited everyone to ignore their lying eyes. Culminated in his shocking missed open goal that demonstrated the same lack of composure he showed all night. The truth about this guy is he has some fairly decent technical skills but after that he doesn't have the first clue how to use the ball. If England go with this guy it will place huge pressure in the forwards to create for themselves.


Eric Dier enjoyed a superb night in holding midfield in Berlin

Absolutely inept from start to just about the finish. Good header for the goal but that was it. Shocking for the second German goal. So easily bypassed. At best a bog standard, thump it, lump it British defender. The fact he's in an England shirt shows how far the national team has fallen down the pecking order.


Jack Butland had a nightmare evening, picking up a first-half injury

Looked fine until he got injured and conceded a poor goal as a result. Typical of the media to consider 30 seconds rather than 45 minutes. If matches were won by highlight reels then England would have a chance. As it is the media will trumpet an shite performance by Alli while slaughtering a player for getting injured. Perhaps he should have kicked the ball out of play when he felt the injury. Or perhaps the invisible captain should have been there to make that decision.


Harry Kane showed why he must start in the European Championship

He can finish, that's for sure. But that's it. Outside the 6 yard box he offers nothing. Slow, predictable, limited technical ability. Put him in the box though and he's lethal. I suppose on form you have to give him a shot, provided you have decent players around him. Which isn't the case.



Woy has spent so much time fucking around with the team it's hard to know what England can put out in order to seriously compete in the summer. Who are the genuine English world class players now? It's a struggle to name one. The media will say Hart, Smalling, Alli, Kane, Rooney, but that's to sell chip wrapping.

[selassie]

So what you're saying is, it's coming home?

Nah, but I think we're capable of getting to the Semi's. We have some very good young players coming through, it pains me to say this but those lads at Spurs are quality, they know how to pass and keep hold of the ball.

[Özim]

He can finish, that's for sure. But that's it. Outside the 6 yard box he offers nothing. Slow, predictable, limited technical ability. Put him in the box though and he's lethal. I suppose on form you have to give him a shot, provided you have decent players around him. Which isn't the case.

He's a very good finisher and to be honest, I'd love us to have someone who's task is just to put the ball in the back of the net, non of the other fancy pointless stuff Wenger rates over finishing, a striker is there to score goals, if he does that's good enough for me.

[Marc Overmars]

If we had a finisher like Kane we would have strolled to the title this year. We've been blessed in the past to have great goal scorers who also happen to be great all round forwards but strikers like that only come round a few times in a generation. As a result we now place too much importance on "link up play" but if you have the playmakers in place like we already do, then all you need is someone to come alive in the box and that's what we're missing.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Van horseface scored about 3 times outside the box in his entire career. The mug was still lethal though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England: Forster; Walker, Smalling, Stones, Rose; Drinkwater, Milner, Vardy, Barkley, Lallana; Sturridge
Subs: Clyne, Heaton, Walcott, Cahill, Jagielka, Henderson, Dier, Kane, Alli, Welbeck.

Netherlands: Zoet; Veltman, Bruma, Blind, Willems; Wijnaldum, Bazoer, Afellay; Promes, Janssen, Memphis.

Dixon, Wright and Wazza in the studio.

Asking Wazza how it will be to captain the team in a major tournament; isn't that just clamouring for him to start basically?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Should have been a pelanty against Rose.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England 1-0 Netherlands, Vardy.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty to Netherlands!

Rose. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 Jansen!

[Niall_Quinn]

Why is Danny Rose playing at international level? Has Woy let anyone into the secret?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Who the fuck is Shane Walker, Hoddle?

[GP]

Danny Rose is not good.

[GP]

Neither is Dier, for that matter.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Theo coming on.

[Niall_Quinn]

Somehow ITV has created a shittier player than iplayer. Impressive.

Walnut coming in for some reason.

[Niall_Quinn]

Neither is Dier, for that matter.

Walker is superb though. And Alli is a bit hyped so I don't go along with the theory he's better than Messi - yet.

[Kano]

Theory Walcott on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Clyne. :haha:

[GP]

That's the worst free kick I've ever seen.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

OZIL!!!!! 4-0 Germany against Italy. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Theo way too slow. Should have been touch, bang, goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Drinkwater. :haha:

[GP]

Drinky :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Theo clears one.

[Niall_Quinn]

Theo runs in a straight line so well. Shame about everything else.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Theo runs in a straight line so well. Shame about everything else.

Are you saying he'd be great at just painting the pitch?

[Niall_Quinn]

Are you saying he'd be great at just painting the pitch?

Provided the contract was right.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England 1-2 Netherlands, Narsingh!

:haha:

England complaining.

[Niall_Quinn]

These £80k per week lads could do with a bit of practice on FKs.

Alli coming on :bow: MOTM for me.

Meanwhile 1-2 Holland.

Woy looks perplexed that his randomly generated team is behind.

[Niall_Quinn]

Is Hoddle going to cry?

[Niall_Quinn]

DePie's "pace" :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Milner hauled off, Delle Alli on.

[Niall_Quinn]

Johan Maradona Alli on for Milner.

[Niall_Quinn]

Eric Dier :haha:

Why?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pele Alli. :bow:

Stunning performance so far.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stones is dead.

[Niall_Quinn]

Football is fucked. Team losing 1-2 at home and all they want to do is keep possession. Tip, tap, tip, tap.

[Niall_Quinn]

Unbelievable. Both the ease with which Alli was beaten in the middle and the way the Dutch managed to work their attack all the way back to the keeper.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England 1-2 Netherlands, FT! :lol:

England remember who they are.

[Niall_Quinn]

Two pub teams. Fucking awful. Apart from Alli who was absolutely superb.

[Niall_Quinn]

Are they seriously going with the England robbed angle?

[Globalgunner]

Does this mean England are no longer winning the Euros.? Whose gonna repay my £20 bet?

[selassie]

Is there a player more overrated than John Stones in world football right now? Great on the ball but can't defend to save his life, always out of position and getting pulled all over the place. The English David Luiz?

[Niall_Quinn]

Is there a player more overrated than John Stones in world football right now? Great on the ball but can't defend to save his life, always out of position and getting pulled all over the place. The English David Luiz?

That Eric Dier bloke is pretty overrated. Given time I think he can develop into the most overrated player in world football.

[Marc Overmars]

Is there a player more overrated than John Stones in world football right now? Great on the ball but can't defend to save his life, always out of position and getting pulled all over the place. The English David Luiz?

He can pass, let's ignore the fact he can't defend, but he can pass though, how cultured!

Everton have been woeful at the back this season. Stones is a typical English hype job.

[GP]

He can pass, let's ignore the fact he can't defend, but he can pass though, how cultured!

Everton have been woeful at the back this season. Stones is a typical English hype job.

They turned down £50m for him!!

Must be mad.

[Globalgunner]

They turned down £50m for him!!

Must be mad.

No not mad. Just newly minted.

[Niall_Quinn]

This is why England will be coming home without any points.


‘Most teams, if they are any good as teams, don’t throw their captain out the first time a young player comes in and scores a goal unless the captain is playing so badly there is a clear reason for doing so. Rooney has never given us any reasons to do that and I expect him to start playing well again and I expect him to be on the plane to France.’

Woy 'expects' when it's his decision? He's such a dithering twat. And he'll confirm himself to be hopelessly incompetent if he starts the donkey ahead of Kane or Vardy. We need an England manager who can stand up to the press, then the national team has a prayer again. Until Holt, Ashton, Winter and Samuel are banned from picking the team it's always going to be England nul point.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England v Turkey today. :sarcy:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England: Hart: Walker, Rose, Stones, Cahill, Dier, Wilshere, Sterling, Alli, Kane, Vardy.
Subs: Forster, Bertrand, Henderson, Drinkwater, Barkley, Townsend, Delph, Heaton.

Turkey: Babacan, Gonul, Balta, Topal, Erkin, Ozyakup, Inan, Tufan, Sen, Calhanoglu, Tosun.
Subs: Kivrak, Ozbayrakli, Yilmaz Calik, Potuk, Sahan, Tore, Koybasi, Malli, Erdinc, Tekdemir, Oztekin, Soyuncu, Mor, Tekin.

Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

New rules are being used:



Law 1 - the field of play
Logos permitted on corner flags (previously banned).

Mix of artificial and natural surfaces allowed on field of play (previously banned).

Law 3 - the players
If a substitute, sent-off player or match official interferes with play, causing the game to be stopped, it will result in a direct free-kick or penalty (previously indirect free-kick or drop-ball).

If a substitute, team official or outside agent stops a ball going into the goal, the referee can apply the advantage rule and award a goal.

Law 4 - the players' equipment
Players wearing undershorts or tights have to make sure they are the same colour as those worn by any team-mates - and they must also match their shorts.

A player leaving the field of play to change their boots can only be allowed back on by the referee.

Law 5 - the referee
Referees have the authority to take action from when they enter the field of play for the pre-match inspection, not from the start of the game - which means players could be sent off for an offence committed while warming up. But yellow cards can only be issued from the start of the match.

Players injured by opponents who are then sent off do not need to leave the pitch for treatment.

Law 7 - duration of the match
Time taken for drinks breaks can now officially be added on at the end of a game.

Law 8 - the start and restart of play
The ball no longer has to move forward at a kick-off - it just has to move for the game to start.

Referees should not 'manufacture' dropped ball situations, in terms of who takes them, or the outcome.

Law 10 - Determining the outcome of a match
Deciding which end a penalty shootout should take place is to be done by a coin-toss, subject to condition of the pitch, or safety concerns. It is no longer the referee's choice.

A team with more players than the other when the shootout starts must reduce the number of takers so they have the same number of eligible players - this will stop teams who have had a player sent off having their better penalty takers available sooner.

Law 11 - offside
Hands and arms are not included when judging offside.

Free-kicks for offside can be taken from where the offside player received the ball.

Law 12 - fouls and misconduct

Indirect free-kicks used to be awarded when restarting games following offences against match officials. But lawmakers thought this sent out the wrong message, so they have upped it to a direct free-kick
A free-kick or penalty can only be awarded while the ball is in play.

Denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity in the penalty area is no longer a straight red card - unless the offence is holding, pulling or pushing; there's no attempt to play or no possibility of making a challenge; or it's an offence which is punishable by a red card, no matter where on the pitch it happens - violent conduct, for example.

Violent conduct is punishable by a red card even if no contact is made.

An offence against a match official will result in a direct free-kick or penalty.

Law 13 - free-kicks
When fouls are committed off the pitch when the ball is in play, the match is restarted with a free-kick on the touchline nearest where the incident occurred. A direct free-kick will be awarded for direct free-kick offences - and a penalty could be awarded if it happens parallel to the penalty area.

Law 14 - the penalty kick
Players who feint to kick the ball once they have taken a run-up when taking a penalty will get booked for unsporting behaviour. Feinting in the run-up is allowed. And goalkeepers who come off their line too early will also be booked.

Law 15 - the throw-in
Opposing players who try to impede a throw-in will be cautioned if they are standing under two metres away.

Law 17 - the corner kick
The wording has been changed in the laws to say: "The ball is in play when it is kicked and clearly moves." This is to stop players "unsportingly" touching the ball and pretending the corner has not been taken, to gain an advantage.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36256441

Some of those seem a bit shit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England 1-0 Turkey, Kane. :sick:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

1-0 Kane....clearly offside

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

7 minutes in and Clive Tyldesley being an insufferable prick

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England 1-1 Turkey!

Where the fuck was Hart? :haha:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

1-1 Calhanoglu

[Maestro]

Rose and superman Hart

[Globalgunner]

England: Hart: Walker, Rose, Stones, Cahill, Dier, Wilshere, Sterling, Alli, Kane, Vardy.
Subs: Forster, Bertrand, Henderson, Drinkwater, Barkley, Townsend, Delph, Heaton.

Turkey: Babacan, Gonul, Balta, Topal, Erkin, Ozyakup, Inan, Tufan, Sen, Calhanoglu, Tosun.
Subs: Kivrak, Ozbayrakli, Yilmaz Calik, Potuk, Sahan, Tore, Koybasi, Malli, Erdinc, Tekdemir, Oztekin, Soyuncu, Mor, Tekin.

Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Tottenham v Turkey

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I hate this shitty straight-on free kick everyone does now.

[Globalgunner]

1-1 Calhanoglu

Turkey have been the better team since England scored

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rose and superman Hart

The Lion and the Rose.

Also, why is Sterling still a thing?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wheelchair gets a good kicking.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vardy. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 HT. The relentless march to European Champions is just on hold for now.

[Maestro]

Spurs will struggle at the Euros playing shit like this

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

So it wasn't Fatih Terim's phone, and it wasn't confiscated.

Great story, Clive.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Poor from Walker being offside there.

[Kano]

Nice little tournament warm up for Turkey this.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kane offside.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's not just me finding it very difficult to see the net, is it?

[Kano]

The England players too I think.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wilshere booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stones is getting better and better as a defending according to Hoddle.

Panic stations from Turkey's corner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wilshere off, Henderson on.

:lol:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

It's depressing that no one can cross properly anymore surely it can't be that difficult

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vardy dives. :faint:

Pel.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kane misses it!

:haha:

[Power n Glory]

What a dive and what a miss.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kane hit the ring post.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

"To be fair Clive it was a positive penalty"

What?

[Maestro]

What a dive and what a miss.

those two actions deserved each other

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sterling hauled off, Drinkwater on

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Another dive, Kane this time?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England 2-1 Turkey, Vardy pubs it in.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

2-1 Vardy, doesn't want to celebrate. Shame we aren't playing Japan....he'd be well up for that

[Letters]

1-1 HT. The relentless march to European Champions is just on hold for now.
BACK ON!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What is Hoddle on?

[Letters]

And this, remember, without Rooney, the undisputed GOAT.
Might as well start engraving the trophy now, if that's what they do.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rose. :haha:

[Letters]

What is Hoddle on?

£5k an appearance, probably. <_<