England v Algeria

[Pie 1]

What a crock of shit

 

[gnoriac]

Same lacklustre performance as against the USA, gave away possession far too easily (though they seem to have got even less of it in this match).

 

[Fedayn]

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

What bit, the pish 39 minutes or the no scoring 6 minutes.... It's bloody dire....

 

[agricola]

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

You cant really blame some of the players - after all, Green has just been fucked off because of a single error, and Capello has replaced him with James, who has made dozens of them. Carragher has got into the squad despite being (a) retired and (b) shit, and Heskey keeps his place despite having a goalscoring record only slightly better than Tony Hibbert.

If Capello has any sense he will take Heskey off, put Rooney up front by himself and bring on Joe Cole, put Saint Steven back in the middle and stop all this long-ball shit.

 

[tommers]

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

No offence but you sound like a carling advert.

 

[butchersapron]

What bit, the pish 39 minutes or the no scoring 6 minutes.... It's bloody dire....

The minutes 28-30, 37, 39 and 43. Fantastic stuff.

 

[kabbes]

Utterly useless.

 

[Lord Camomile]

No offence but you sound like a carling advert.

Yeah, a bit

I just mean they don't look like they have any confidence in themselves or each other - they look nervous.

Oh God, Keegan has just said what I've been saying. Oh God

 

[fen_boy]

Still, not as bad as France eh? There's a positive for you right there.

 

[Espresso]

This has been tripe. At the risk of quoting someone in a different thread, can I just say

COME ON FOOTBALL

 

[Lord Camomile]

You cant really blame some of the players - after all, Green has just been fucked off because of a single error

I do think dropping Green was a mistake, if it was just for the spill - sends out a terrible message to the rest of the team.

 

[past caring]

Still, not as bad as France eh?

That would be hard.

Heskey off, Defoe on. Gerrard can fuck off too.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Capello's team talk: "It's my fucking birthday you twonks, sort it out or you'll each be getting my birthday bumps "

 

[Fuchs66]

Loads of facepalms and slagging off from the Cloggy commentators.

 

[Proper Tidy]

The Carlsberg advert at half time has suddenly become a comic masterpiece.

"Men of England" indeed.

 

[London_Calling]

How many times have we seen a team doesn't function with both Lampard and Gerrard - is it 20, 30, 50?

Is it really that fucking hard to not play one of them . . .

 

[QueenOfGoths]

That fucking tiny streaker ad is almost as bad as the match

 

[ChrisFilter]

You cant really blame some of the players - after all, Green has just been fucked off because of a single error, and Capello has replaced him with James, who has made dozens of them. Carragher has got into the squad despite being (a) retired and (b) shit, and Heskey keeps his place despite having a goalscoring record only slightly better than Tony Hibbert.

If Capello has any sense he will take Heskey off, put Rooney up front by himself and bring on Joe Cole, put Saint Steven back in the middle and stop all this long-ball shit.

Cripes. You're blaming Heskey for that? You're more biased than I am. Or just stupid.

 

[Lord Camomile]

The Carlsberg advert at half time has suddenly become a comic masterpiece.

"Men of England" indeed.

I do think it's very poor form showing happy England fans during games like these.

 

[Shreddy]

Vive la France!!! Compared to England, apparently they can actually play...

 

[1927]

Can anyone tell me why Joe Cole who looked superb in the two warm up games has not played a single minute yet?

 

[kabbes]

This has been tripe. At the risk of quoting someone in a different thread, can I just say

COME ON FOOTBALL

Told you that you'd say it at some point.

 

[agricola]

Cripes. You're blaming Heskey for that? You're more biased than I am. Or just stupid.

Sorry, are you saying it makes perfect sense to keep someone on as a centre forward despite him not holding the ball up, not being a target and not being a goal threat himself? And when his strike partner plays better by himself anyway?

Are you his dad?

 

[twistedAM]

Can anyone tell me why Joe Cole who looked superb in the two warm up games has not played a single minute yet?

He's just a Chelsea bench player. Apparently Villa benchwarmers are better.

Or, um, I don't know.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Sorry, are you saying it makes perfect sense to keep someone on as a centre forward despite him not holding the ball up, not being a target and not being a goal threat himself? And when his strike partner plays better by himself anyway?

Are you his dad?

His lover. He just doesn't know it yet.

 

[1927]

He's just a Chelsea bench player. Apparently Villa benchwarmers are better.

Or, um, I don't know.

Thing is Cole is actually the sort of player that can do something different, something magic, and this game needs it.

 

[Lord Camomile]

James to his defense: "Fuck off! "

 

[1927]

Commentator clutching at straws. "There are signs, just signs, that Rooney and Gerard might spark something"

 

[Fedayn]

The minutes 28-30, 37, 39 and 43. Fantastic stuff.

Hehehehe

 

[1927]

Algeria just want this more.