Seen Young's goal. :bow:
Must get.
Seen Baines' assist. :bow:
Must get.
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Seen Young's goal. :bow:
Must get.
Seen Baines' assist. :bow:
Must get.
1-1 is how it finished in Montenegro's game.
Yup. Bar the injuries, hes had a very good season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Goals and assists. Stay clear of injury next season and he'll get 20+ with some ease
The good thing is Capello unlike some of his predecessors have tried to break the icons in English football. Most successful national team managers in the past have had a good mix of youth and experience, talent and industry. If the fans and press stop playing Abrahamovic, he might actually come up with a semblance of a team.
England in first half looked confused particularly all three in midfield trying their best not to try and interfere with the other. The best thing that happened to england was for Lampard coming off, that took the shackles off parker who started playing his game and gave england a great outlet and attacking threat in Young. I would love to see England player 4-4-2 with young on the left , parker and jack in the middle and Zamora and Rooney up front.
Arsenal had 3 current players of whom DJ was abject, Theo was decent and Jack showed glimpses of brilliance before tiring in the second half. Of the past players Senderos looked good as did hole before he went off.
Of the players we were/are linked to -Baines looked really good. Parker unlike many here looked good to me particularly after Lumps went off. He might not be world class but his Industry and box to box play is required for England and for Arsenal. If you took away Industry and fight from Manure, they wouldn't have won the league this season. As for Inler-couldn't really make out there were at least 2 players who looked like him.
To conclude the 2 players who stood out for me were young and Baines
Peter Crouch the latest to quit International football :lol:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...and-stars.html
Come on Sir Jack and Theo. Do likewise
Crouch :bow:
He will be missed.
England's best player under Capello tbh.
A bit petulant from Crouchy maybe, but you can understand it all told. Regardless of who most of them have come against , his record does speak for itself, so being passed over for a crock like Zamora even for a place on the bench is a very fair final straw.
Still a praying mantis though...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13929349.stmQuote:
Jamie Carragher has admitted there is a fear factor playing for England.
"One mistake and you could be absolutely slaughtered," the Liverpool defender told BBC Radio 5 live.
"At your club, you know you will not be criticised as much and perhaps three days later there will be another game.
"With England, it could be months before you have another fixture. There is a fear at times when playing for England."
Carragher, speaking a year after England's elimination from the World Cup, said players sometimes buckled under the media scrutiny.
"The intensity of the press does get to the players," said the 33-year-old. "Sometimes I think players would prefer the press guy to think they had played well, rather than the manager."
England were knocked out of the World Cup in South Africa by Germany, beaten 4-1 in the second round.
Carragher played in the group games against the United States and Algeria after coming out of international retirement but was on the bench for the defeat by the Germans.
In a BBC Radio 5 live documentary, to be broadcast on Tuesday at 1930 BST, Carragher appeared to criticise England's set-up in South Africa, arguing that players were bored.
"You stay in a hotel all day but you are at a World Cup for a long time and should be able to experience different things," he said.
Continue reading the main storyI spoke to a few England players who said they were sat in their rooms waiting for the day to passSpurs boss Harry Redknapp
"I wouldn't want players holed up. Take away the boredom, embrace the country we are in more. You never see anything."
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp echoed Carragher's sentiments.
"I spoke to a few players who said they were sat in their rooms waiting for the day to pass," said the Spurs boss. "Some said they were bored out of their brains."
Redknapp also argued that many Premier League footballers now prioritise club football over representing their country.
"The rewards, the money that is involved in club football and the desire to play in the Champions League - it seems the international game is almost taking second stage," he said. "Players are loved by their clubs but not always when they play for their country."
England won only one of their four games in South Africa, recording a 1-0 victory over Slovenia in their final Group C match, and were widely criticised for their poor performances.
ENGLAND'S 2010 WORLD CUP
Continue reading the main story
- England 1-1 USA
- England 0-0 Algeria
- Slovenia 0-1 England
- Germany 4-1 England
Coach Fabio Capello remains in charge and has started to place more faith in youngsters like Jack Wilshere and Adam Johnson.
Former German international and coach Franz Beckenbauer believes Capello should place more trust in his younger players.
"I like Fabio but maybe he still holds on to older players," said Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup as a player and as a coach.
"Maybe he should be brave and bring on more youngsters. England always has a lot of youngsters."
Fear factor? Possibly but i think a bigger problem is that they are shit.
That particular doc is starting on Fivelive now..
Waddle's "No no nononono - he's quick!" getting an airing :lol:
How exactly are the FIFA rankings determined?Quote:
ENGLAND have climbed to FOURTH in FIFA's latest world rankings — despite their woeful showing at the World Cup.
Incredibly, Fabio Capello's team have moved above Brazil and Argentina, even though they only reached the first knockout stage in last summer's showpiece tournament.
The last time England were as high as fourth was in 1997, when they moved up as a result of a decent performance as hosts of Euro 96.
Spain continue to top the charts ahead of Holland — the team they beat in the World Cup final
Germany have moved up a place to third, while England's points total of 1,146 puts them 16 ahead of fifth-placed Brazil.
Italy, Portugal and Croatia are next in the list. Mexico have moved up 19 places to claim a place in the top 10, ahead of Argentina.
The Republic of Ireland have won their last two Euro 2012 qualifiers and that form has helped Giovanni Trapattoni's team climb three places to 31 in the standings..
Scotland and Northern Ireland are also on the up.
The Scots are now 61st as a result of a five-place leap with Nigel Worthington's side - one of the countries they moved above - one place behind them in 62nd.
But Wales' failure to pick up a single point in their four Euro 2012 qualifiers to date means they remain 114th in the rankings, level with the Faroe Islands.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3666629/England-go-fourth-in-FIFA-world-rankings-ahead-of-Brazil.html#ixzz1QfNN5IHZ
any how Fifa what them to be, Seems like they are trying to get back in Englands good books i mean 1st let us hot the 2013 CL final now this, what ever next.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
If they said fifa was not corrupt before it is now
England 4th? :lol:
Oh dear.
2/9/11 Bulgaria v England
2/9/11 Wales v Montenegro
6/9/11 Switzerland v Bulgaria
6/9/11 England v Wales
England and Montenegro level on points and miles ahead of the rest
Wales :lol:
Wales to batter England.
Wonder how many hat-tricks Bale will score against England.
This will probably get more attention here, so....
England U21s playing Azerbaijan.
Ugly Theo™ and Lansbury started.
England 2-0 up. Dawson of West Brom scored the first from a Lansbury corner. Lansbury scored the second from a UT™ assist.
Arsenal :bow:.
We should have kept Lansbo :(.
England's keeper is called Butland :lol:.
6-0 full time.
:wacko:
Finished 6-0 to England.
Further goals from Henderson, Lansbury, Waghorn and Dawson.
Two goals and two assists from Lansbury. Two assists from Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Arsenal :bow:.
We shouldn't have loaned out Lansbury.
Sky's programme is on now.
England: Hart, Smalling, Cahill, Terry, Cole; Walcott, Parker, Barry, Downing; Young, Rooney.
Jamie Redknapp, Gary Neville and Hoddle are in the studio.
Lampard on the bench. :lol:
Theo theo theo
Cant we have posts all in capitals?
Adzz :pal:
Jamie Redknapp is criticising Capello's English.
:rolleyes:
The pitch has patches of clover and patches of gravel on it apparently. :lol:
Bulgaria: Mihailov, Zanev, Bodurov, Milanov, Bandalovski, Ivanov, Georgiev, Martin Petrov, Stiliyan Petrov, Popov, Genkov. Subs: Vladislav Stoyanov, Iliev, Marquinhos, Sarmov, Raykov, Kostadin Stoyanov, Kostadin Stoyanov, Bozhilov.
England: Hart, Smalling, Cahill, Terry, Cole, Walcott, Parker, Barry, Downing, Young, Rooney. Subs: Stockdale, Jagielka, Baines, Milner, Lampard, Johnson, Defoe.
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
God forbid Hart get injured
Redknapp: "Alan Shearer with his customary goal, what a player he was....but Stoichkov, he wasn't too bad either". :lol:
Why was that free kick disallowed back in 1999?
Gary Neville spoke about how the ground was very full (35 minutes before kick-off). Looks pretty full now to me.
Wall encroachment? No idea really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
Bellamy, Bale and Ramsey all start for Wales.
Wtf are England wearing?
Wales: Hennessey, Gunter, Blake, Williams, Taylor, Ledley, Ramsey, Vaughan, Bale, Morison, Bellamy. Subs: Myhill, Danny Collins, Matthews, Allen, Crofts, Robson-Kanu, Earnshaw.
Montenegro: Mladen Bozovic, Balic, Batak, Savic, Zverotic, Vukcevic, Pekovic, Drincic, Jovetic, Djalovic, Vucinic. Subs: Blazic, Jovanovic, Kascelan, Novakovic, Damjanovic, Vladimir Bozovic, Delibasic.
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Think I have changed it now. It was annoying me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
THEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOO
Testing
It works
Rooney. :lol:
WTF was that?
0-1 England, Cahill.
Theo completely shinned one on the volley just before that. :haha:
0-1 Cahill
Theo assisted the assister :bow:
Harts having a shocker with his kicking
M. Petrov puts it right across goal, nobody else tried attacking it.