England v Algeria

[Lord Camomile]

For now. You just wait for Ramsey to get a bit older, mind.

Oh sure, no doubt he'll be the Giggs of his generation.

Desperately wishing he was in a better team

And yes, I am bloody watching what England are doing right now

 

[Lord Camomile]

The England squad should have been given a Panini sticker album each, so that they recognised who's on their team

 

[tommers]

For now. You just wait for Ramsey to get a bit older, mind.

if there's one thing the england team of the past 10 years has taught us it's that gifted players do not necessarily make a good team.

oh, and that players in the PL are a bit overhyped.

That's 2 things.

 

[skyscraper101]

I wish they'd stop passing that ball back to David James to hoof. You just know he's gonna fuck it up eventually.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I think that was an England chance... It's been a while so I could be wrong.

 

[free spirit]

looking better now

eta - ish

 

[Lord Camomile]

I wish they'd stop passing that ball back to David James to hoof. You just know he's gonna fuck it up eventually.

One of the many things I love about Rooney is how angry he gets when 'keepers just hoof the ball - lad's got the right idea

 

[Proper Tidy]

if there's one thing the england team of the past 10 years has taught us it's that gifted players do not necessarily make a good team.

oh, and that players in the PL are a bit overhyped.

That's 2 things.

Your first point is incorrect. Gifted players do make good teams. You have simply lacked enough gifted players. Bob on with your second point though.

 

[Infidel Castro]

Tbf, you can say that about pretty much every team.

Well, apart from the welsh.

I wish they'd stop passing that ball back to David James to hoof. You just know he's gonna fuck it up eventually.

lols

 

[tommers]

Your first point is incorrect. Gifted players do make good teams. You have simply lacked enough gifted players.

well, that was my point.

Ramsay, even if he's as good as maradona, isn't going to make wales good on his own.

 

[Lord Camomile]

There's a kid on Table Mountain...

 

[skyscraper101]

No yellow cards yet. Fairly decent refereeing so far given some of today's awful decisions.

I'll live to regret saying this.

 

[agricola]

England are making Algeria look like a competent football team, which is a damning indictment of how shit they have been.

 

[1927]

Oh sure, no doubt he'll be the Giggs of his generation.

Desperately wishing he was in a better team

And yes, I am bloody watching what England are doing right now

That'll be not much then!

 

[Lord Camomile]

That'll be not much then!

It's not funny because it's true

 

[skyscraper101]

This is BULLSHIT. We should be trashing them by now

 

[1927]

USA and Algeria may not be the best teams in the world but they both have pace out wide and it seems to unsettle England!

 

[tommers]

After a while you just have to laugh about it.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Chuntering has started on the sofa next tme. Disgruntled chuntering.

 

[agricola]

USA and Algeria may not be the best teams in the world but they both have pace out wide and it seems to unsettle England!

"both are able to play football" more like.

 

[Proper Tidy]

well, that was my point.

Ramsay, even if he's as good as maradona, isn't going to make wales good on his own.

He doesn't need to make us good, just marginally more fluid so that we, too, can embarrass England.

He's no Maradona but reckon in a few years he'll be a top player, and a creative attacking midfielder to boot so we can build a team around him.

I still think we missed a trick by not scanning Argentina for a few uncapped players with Welsh grandparents a few decades back. They'll all be too old now, so unless the rules get changed to great grand-parents then its a missed opportunity. Boo.

 

[London_Calling]

Just tragic; no shape, no balance and it’s pretty much all down to Gerrard deciding he’s going to duplicate roles elsewhere than where he’s put. They’re on top of each other, they don’t know which of them is making runs and which isn’t, what to do about leaving huge gaps, how to not stand on each others feet. Everyone's natural positional instinct is shredded.

Just get him the fuck off the pitch and put someone on who won’t hijack shape and balance and any purpose.

 

[butchersapron]

Great 6 minutes of football in that half there England. See if you can repeat it in the 2nd half.

 

[skyscraper101]

RUBBISH

 

[twistedAM]

Hey, any Arabic speakers on here?

Is Matmour really pronounced "Matt Moore"?

 

[Lord Camomile]

They just don't look like they believe. It's bloody depressing.

 

[Proper Tidy]

So far, lol

 

[Shreddy]

Oh England. So very very very meh...

 

[scooter]

They started to look a bit better towards the end even if no end result. Passing it around a bit. Algeria had hardly any possession so not all bad news.

Just need to pick up the pace a bit and get the ball into the box

 

[colacubes]

Dullsville. The USA Slovenia game this afternoon was much more exciting.