butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Don't need brakes where we're going comrade.
England vs. Slovenia
- Thread starter London_Calling
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Don't need brakes where we're going comrade.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Lo Siento.
Second As Farce
listening to Terry speak it sounds like they've all thrown their toys out of the pram because Fabio treats them with discipline...Tbh, if I wasn't English I'd be pissing myself laughing at a bunch of children bickering about having nothing to do at the training camp whilst pissing away an opportunity to win their greatest sporting competition on Earth.
Paul Russell
Psychogeographer
I think it's a cultural thing. Capello doesn't understand that it's essential to England's players preparations to get shit-faced a couple times a week, and getting papped coming out of Shaggers nightclub at 4am with a mystery blonde.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
For once I concur
g force
Affects Shatner's Basoon
Formations work when you have the right players. England don't. A backline including Johnson and Upson is average at best.
4-3-3 works for Brazil because they have Maicon, Bastos and Alves. They can play one touch football and whichever tempo they like. Again, England can't....some of the players most def can with their clubs but an international level it's lacking.
Simply the talk of wing backs etc is a blind alley because England have no one who can deliver a decent ball into the box. SWP can't, Lennon can't, Walcott can't, Bentley sometimes can but unconvincing, Young again sometimes can but is hit and miss. England became too reliant on Beckham as their 'out'...if in doubt get it to the right and let him do the rest.
4-3-3 works for Brazil because they have Maicon, Bastos and Alves. They can play one touch football and whichever tempo they like. Again, England can't....some of the players most def can with their clubs but an international level it's lacking.
Simply the talk of wing backs etc is a blind alley because England have no one who can deliver a decent ball into the box. SWP can't, Lennon can't, Walcott can't, Bentley sometimes can but unconvincing, Young again sometimes can but is hit and miss. England became too reliant on Beckham as their 'out'...if in doubt get it to the right and let him do the rest.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Terry looking a bit daft now.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
That's new, is it?
You can play any formation you like but Gerrard is going to play exactly where he wants. More than that, as at Liverpol, he'll expect every player around him to instantly respond to his changes of position, and feed him the kinds of passes he wants as well. It is always, and will always be, about what Steven thinks is best for Steven.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Terry Butcher: England need to work harder
One answer man speaks.
One answer man speaks.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Yep, another graduate from King Kev's School of Playing For The Shirt
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
I'm partly right (so far): BBC is reporting Upson starts
Mr Grizzly Grin just needs to fuck off Gerrard and pick Crouch and Joe Cole, and then I might start to calm down.
Mr Grizzly Grin just needs to fuck off Gerrard and pick Crouch and Joe Cole, and then I might start to calm down.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i'm going to put a tenner on slovenia to beat england 
i've a solid record on the england upsets, like winning £80 when croatia beat england, and i fancy another balkan team to turn them over.
i've a solid record on the england upsets, like winning £80 when croatia beat england, and i fancy another balkan team to turn them over.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
you're a goon as well aren't you? That would be about right.
Idaho
blah blah blah
i'm going to put a tenner on slovenia to beat england
i've a solid record on the england upsets, like winning £80 when croatia beat england, and i fancy another balkan team to turn them over.
I think you've probably missed the value on that bet.
I reckon we should play with 8 players on our own goal line blocking and 2 players running up field passing the ball to each other and scoring loads of goals. We'd win by masses then.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
"To me"
"To you"
"To me"
""To you"
"To you"
"To me"
""To you"
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i'm going for 2-1 to slovenia: which should bump up the value considerably.
kained&able
Here for the football.
I agree with the team in the op except i'd play gerrad instead of crouch and green instead of hart.
If we don't win i'm rioting.
dave
If we don't win i'm rioting.
dave
Chilean players on BBC1 now talking about how they wake up every morning thinking of the people back home that lost everything in the earthquake and how they just really want to bring some joy to those people. They have a flag at the training ground and it reminds them of the earthquake every day.
Maybe England could do with a bit of that attitude (although I could live without the earthquake).
Maybe England could do with a bit of that attitude (although I could live without the earthquake).
mattie
missing in inaction
I'll be with dave on this one. I'd prefer we trashed Bedford than Bath though. My council taxes paid for those flower displays.
Idaho
blah blah blah
You think Slovenia can score 2 goals?! What are you basing that on?
stupid kid
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Idaho
blah blah blah
It's a plan that's brilliant in it's simplicity. Audacious even.
Alternatively we could get one of the players to hide the ball under their shirt while the other players huddle around pretending to kick the ball to each other, the player hiding the ball could nonchalantly stroll upfield, undetected. Then when in prime position, drop the ball out of their shirt and kick home the winner.
I reckon we could get 2 or 3 goals like this before they cotton on.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
A nice idea, but one fatal flaw - modern football shorts do not feature pockets. How are our players to act nonchalantly without the ability to casually put their hands in their pockets?
George350r
New Member
Mawkish rot I'd say. 'We're doing it for the little people'.
