Group G - England, Swiss, Bulgaria, Wales...

Group G
England
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Wales
Montenegro

4/6/11 England v Switzerland
4/6/11 Montenegro v Bulgaria

Englands draw with the pub team :lol:

"Cuckoo-clock makers" drinking game today anyone?
Or maybe a who-can-spit-out-their-drink-the-furthest-at-the-mention-of-the-phrase - "Star Man - Alexander Frei"- game

:cold:

"They're very well organised".

Five Arsenal legends on display today: Wilshere, Walcott, Djourou, Senderos and Inler.

England: Hart, Glen Johnson, Terry, Ferdinand, Cole, Parker, Lampard, Wilshere, Walcott, Milner, Bent.
Subs: Green, Jagielka, Baines, Barry, Young, Downing, Zamora.

Switzerland: Benaglio, Lichtsteiner, Senderos, Djourou, Ziegler, Behrami, Barnetta, Inler, Shaqiri, Derdiyok, Xhaka.
Subs: Wolfli, Von Bergen, Emeghara, Dzemaili, Fernandes, Mehmedi, Margairaz.

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

England's defence. :lol:

I wonder if the media will notice or comment on the fact that Arsenal are responsible for 5 of the 22 players on the pitch: Wilshere; Walcott, Djourou; Cole and Senderos.

So long as our team is predominantly 'foreign' I wouldn't have thought so. Not that they would praise us with regards to Djourou and Senderos in any case.

Baines on for Cashley.

It's in!! Fully deserved and all

England 0-1 Switzerland, Barnetta. :lol:

"Splat The Blatt - Make The Swiss Pay"

You can guess which publication went with that on their back page today

Walcott demonstrating yet again that hes simply not good enough

:haha:!

0-2.

:haha:

Wilshere wins a pelanty. :bow: Djourou gave it away. :doh:

1-2 Lampard.

Great first-touch from Lumps there.. :whistle:

Well, Arsenal "responsible" for the Swiss second goal (Wilshere breaking from the wall) and the England penalty (Djourou foul on Wilshere).

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Originally Posted by Sirjackofwilshere

Walcott demonstrating yet again that hes simply not good enough

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Which incident are you talking about?

Again the picture quality is truly execrable. Motion blur, grain, poor definition? You got it. The light channel :bow:

Lampard's freekick.

:haha:

Lumps corner-flags it :pal:

1-2 half time. Sounded like boos to me. :lol:

More than a few boos as far I can hear.

"Capello's grasp of English isn't as good as it is should be for someone who has been in the country as long as he has". You'd know I suppose Lawro...

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Originally Posted by Toronto Gooner

Well, Arsenal "responsible" for the Swiss second goal (Wilshere breaking from the wall) and the England penalty (Djourou foul on Wilshere).

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And they say arsenal never contribute anything to the england team.

:bow: Arsenal

:bow:Wenger

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Originally Posted by Rors

"Capello's grasp of English isn't as good as it is should be for someone who has been in the country as long as he has". You'd know I suppose Lawro...

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I daresay Capello has learnt the essential English football phrases, like hoof it and er, hoof it.

just about everything he's done. Hes just an average footballer with pace...and thats putting it kindly.

in reply to toronto gooner

Was it Milner in the wall for the second Swiss goal? If so, then I apologise to Wilshere.

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Originally Posted by Sirjackofwilshere

just about everything he's done. Hes just an average footballer with pace...and thats putting it kindly.

in reply to toronto gooner

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Okay, I was just curious if there was something specific you were commenting on. I would agree that he is an average player, but then again most of the England team are less than average.

Just to clarify, it was Milner who broke away from the wall, not Wheelchair.

Lampard hauled off, Ashley Young on.

Those Sharp idents almost make me miss Keith Ian and Andy...

Theo appealing for a pelanty, Djourou brought him down I thought, even if it was outside the area.

Trust it to be Djourou to give away the penalty. Bloody lucky not to give away another one.

Forgot this was on. Seen the goals though.

Theo :bow:

Wilshere :bow:

Jo Djo :bow:

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

Trust it to be Djourou to give away the penalty. Bloody lucky not to give away another one.

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You can tell he's an Arsenal player, giving away a chance to score a goal within seconds of taking a commanding lead.

Joe Hart :haha: an awful keeper. And the back-up is Green :lol:.

Both Djourou's goals imo; he confused Hart well.

Wilshere should get the credit for the pel, as he won the ball and and drove forward like he actually gave a damn.

Parker has been absolutely awful; given the ball away about fifty times. Making Barry seem good.

You can't really criticise the front three if they're getting no service.

2-2, Ashley Young.