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americans who like the epl...:frusty:
but kinda also a little bit is the chelsea game is friday night and a closer drive to being in maryland, as opposed to the inter game on a sunday night and a farther drive to boston. but yea ac v. inter >>> ac v. chelski allllll day.
hey ya never know han, spain has to lose sometime. 27-0-2 is quite the streak, they almost have to lose, right? haha
hopefully Capello uses Lennon 2moro. first time he's used him in the squad... hopefully he puts him to good use.... we need a quick as fuck winger.
yeah, I think Lennon is better than Wright-Phillips and all of them dudes lol
^i wouldn't go that far. i'd rate him as englands third best winger behind Phillips and Joe Cole. and i guess if you count theo as a winger he would be 4th. if not, third.
^theo is a winger.... but yeah, joe cole is definatly above them all. havent seen him play much for england under capello though
hasn't played in general of late. seems to pick up a lot of injuries which is a shame.
yeah, Cole isnt the quickest of wingers though, lennon & walcott (obviously the opposite wing) is alot faster...
if we (England) have Walcott on the right and Lennon on the left.... our strikers would have alot more to go for.
on a different note...
I am glad that Rafa and all of his close staff at Melwood have signed new contracts with Liverpool to stay at Anfield.
YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE...
heres something funny i saw on espn. its a march madness college basketball style tournement, done by the author of the article, about 1 hit wonders in social settings (authors, actors, musicians, sports teams, ect.) most of it you guys wouldn't care about so ill just cut and paste the one that does pertain. which i find funny and true...
Teams Region
First Round
(4) 1966 England World Cup vs. (13) 1914 Boston Braves
We're going to apologize in advance to all soccer hooligans; just call us ignorant Americans if you wish. Anyway, we know English fans love soccer with a passion that surpasses Duke students on a binge of Red Bull. We know our soccer league sucks compared to yours. But why has England reached even the World Cup semifinals only one other time?
Second Round
(4) 1966 England World Cup vs. (5) 1983 North Carolina State
England finished fourth in the 1990 World Cup. Otherwise, no other trips past the quarterfinals. Uruguay has won two titles. West Germany/Germany has finished first or second five times since it lost the 1966 title to England. Turkey, Korea, Croatia and Bulgaria all have reached the semifinals since England last did. What, in the name of Bobby Charlton, sez you, England?
Round of 16
(1) 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey vs. (4) 1966 England World Cup
In an upset, England advances to the regional final! Bend it like Beckham, baby! Truth is, the U.S. team wasn't a one-hit wonder. After beating the Soviets, it still had to beat Finland to win gold.
Regional Final
(4) 1966 England World Cup vs. (2) New York Mets
Really, maybe England needs to try baseball or basketball or some other sport. Or just stick to snooker.
Final Four
Semifinals
1966 England World Cup vs. Vanilla Ice
We love England. Mind the gap. Big Ben. The Queen. And there's nothing like a good pint of English beer. As long as "Ice Ice Baby" isn't playing on the jukebox.
as usual england still doesnt win. *D just playin.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...wonders/090327 for anyone who wanted to see the whole thing.
becks slangin that rock all over the pitch when he was on today.
lol how could I forgot Joe Cole....even tho I don't like small players in the middle...I like him, he can play anywhere actually
out of sight out of mind.
well we lost to Spain 1-0. fuckin boring game cause both teams play the same style of football. We played really well until the Spanish goal. had the 2 best chances in the game. the goal was another "wtf" moment by Turkey. we were aggressive all game then 1 minute of negative football passing the ball back to the keeper Spain get a freekick then some retarded goal. We did play well though until Semih got injured and Terim decided to replace him with a midfielder and leave Nihat alone. which is something Nihat cant do.
to be honest i really dnt think we got the ability to qualify for the world cup. Turkey is not the type of side that can easily put away teams with less talent. we will struggle alot with Belgium and Bosnia. Also the fact our players are made of glass aint gonna help. soo many damn injuries we started the game with one centre back. who did fuckin well against Torres i must say.
we will probably draw the game in Turkey on Wednesday.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/common/i...6554042,00.jpg
This guy does nothing but steal money from Chel$ki but still performs for nationalmannschaft. God bless him.
Ay, HAN, did you see that deal between Australia and Turkey to start playing ANZAC games?
Turkey is a lot better than New Zealand. They're an actual nation that can be taken serious.
I remember Turkey pumped Australia out here a few years ago.
england are shit.
im sorry they are just shit.
central midfield mainly is pathetically inept and incredibly un dynamic.
Lampard without his chelsea players around him is exposed. although he is a goal threat. But he isnt a CM in a 442. Especially alongside Barry.
Where the fuck is Carrick?
Barry isnt international level in many ways, mainly in agilty, speed, and influence. all things needed for a CM vitally.
Only worthwhile England players are Rooney, Gerrard, Walcott and Ferdinand.
Fucking Downing is the most embarrasing excuse for a player in a long time.
Downing came on, against fucking SLOVAKIA, while we were 2-0 up I might add i think, and did NOTHING apart from pass the ball BACKWARDS slowly, and jog around again very slowly.
Non of them work hard enough.
Fuck em.
I wouldnt even care if we didnt have the fucking MEDIA constantly talking shit abotu how good we are.
As for Beckham, SMH.
The love affair with this man is now long past a joke for me.
We have at least 4 players that are faaaaaaaaaaaaar superior RM's
Walcott
Lennon
SWP
J Cole (fuck LM)
Beckhams era HAS PASSED. Hes had like 3 WC's, his chance should be over. He was piss poor in every WC he's played in, non of his England teams have ever acheived anything past QF, why the fuck is he still getting a chance.
Even if he CAN do a job, even if he IS somehow valuable, I DONT CARE, you need to refresh things, regardles of whether he can still whip in a good cross. New blood needs to come in.
Old teams, with no pace, dont do well in international tournaments.
I FUCKING HATE INTERNATIONAL WEEKS
My England team with everyon fit
-Foster
-Cole
-King
-Ferdinand
-Brown
-Hargeaves
-Walcott
-Carrick
-Gerrard
-Rooney
-Young
^you putting stevie g on the wing in that formo?
Can I ask an honest question without being shitted on?
What's the fascination with Hargraeves?
He wasn't anything special at Bayern, didn't hold a regular spot and was basically used as a utility player. In his time at Manchester when he's been fit he hasn't really done much. It seems like the best thing he ever did was shone in an ordinary team at 2006 world cup.
IDK, there just seems to be so much fan fare about a guy who, for the most part, hasn't done anything spectacular.
Honestly, is it because he was playing overseas? I know becks and Owen and Woodgate, McManaman etc... have been overseas but none of them started their career overseas and everybody knew what they were like before they left.
heard about it for now it will jus be the youth teams playing. they might have the senior teams play but i think it would be hard since the end of April is near the end of the Turkish season the teams would get pissed off.Quote:
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its something to do with him playing Overseas, he probably has the best knowledge of the world game in the whole England squad. Plus when he played under Eriksson he was Englands best player. Nothing special though.Quote:
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With England they very good at battering lower tier teams, but when it comes to playing serious games against serious opponents, England's weaknesses are exploited.
No, he is totally underrated over here, yourve got it twisted.Quote:
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Its only really United fans who know how good he is.
He is a brilliant modern day midfielder. Hes dynamic, very athletic, very neat and quick passing, has great stamina, is VERY tactically aware, he has better technique than most english players.
and he has fantastic mentality and mental strength.
He is everything the England team lacks, he is like a argentinian midfielder, not an English one.
Obviously hes been out for 95% of this season, and wont be back until pre season for us, but hopefully his knee will be sorted because next season with a few players ageing in midfield we need him.
There is also the option of playing him at RB for England but really I think Brown is so underrated there, when Browns fit he can do that position.
I wouldnt have it like strict set positions. I would have Young and Gerrard interplaying down the left.Quote:
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Ive seen United play this season without a LM at all a few times. As long as its covered defencivly, if you dont have a left winger then dont play one.
LOL
Wow.
I know you're a United "supporter," but damn, that's an over evaluation if ever I saw one.
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becks??????
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so you'd have them both on the left, without a right mid/winger?
they could do the opposite of what man u did this year, or did you mean play them both on the right in some sort of interchanging formation?
Slovenia played 0:0 against Slovakia. We should've won, altho Baros almost gave us a goal from an action that didn't look dangerous. Uninteresting game to watch, only like 3 real chances on both sides. Even the possesion was 50:50.
N. Ireland beaten Poland 3:2, N.I. were far far better. I don't know what was Poland's defence doing....and their goalkeeper sucked ass.
christ what a piss-take that nederland scotland game was. I guess only 3-0 is a blessing when we've got fucking FOUR second choice defenders.
look at this sad bitter kraut pissing blood out his pussy because his club got ditched in favor of United.Quote:
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PLayers have ambitions, no one who is worth more is gonna stay at a club like Bayern longer than they have to, get usd to it, kraut
Ecuador just took a giant 90min shit all over the brazil "team", but somehow Brazil scored with like their only real shot, but Ecuador FINALLY scored in the last minute. Just watched whole game, great game.
Brasil look terrible lol.
And then tey bring on the midget Dunga-lovechild Josue to try to sort out their invisible mid, and he just makes things worse. Meanwhile Anderson didnt even make it to the bench.
R10 was poor, Pato should be playing, so should The Beast.
Brazil never do well in Qualifiers. I watch alot of their games and they jus play shit. like they cant be bothered. but they seem to do enough to qualify. thats what really matters though.
yeah i know but this was on a different level to what ive seen in the past.
they honestly really couldve lost about 7-0 on another day.
Julio Cesar is one of the best GK's in the world, though, no doubt.
oh yeah Julio Cesar is a pretty sik keeper, really underrated at the moment. His got really good reactions so can pull off some real quick saves.
i think pato is possibly brazils best forward at the moment. and kaka when healthy, but hes not a true forward.Quote:
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ronnie needs to run, plain and simple. for milan he doesnt try and dribble or take anyone on until like the last minute of the game. idk what his problem is. if your not getting the ball at your feet, go get the ball. check down. dont just stand on the wing.
i currently think, and have always thought, baptista is terrible. he is one of the most unbrazilian brazilians i have ever seen. his touch is that of a rapist, and he has poor vision and creativity. also does not score regularly enough to be a forward. does not posses the request skills to be a midfielder.
id like to see mancini there more, but hes way to inconsistent. can be phenomal some games, than just be non existant in others.
theres some talks about the real R9 being able to get back in the squad for 2010. would be interesting.
Kaka is injured, he didnt play.
Baptista is OK, def squad player.
Mancini? hm. I dont think he'll ever get a chance, if he was gonna get a real go, it wouldve happened a few years ago. He hasnt played for Inter even for ages. Well, hes better than Elano, who played today somewhere in midfield, i couldnt tell where though, he honestly only touched the ball 2 times.
Fabiano IMO isnt a TOP level striker, and never will be.
But not only is Dunga one of the most inept national managers in world football (he has somehow managed Brasil to 5 consecutive games without scoring, 3 of which were at home), he also has the worst choice of players.
Their defence is the most shocking part though.
Marcelo pretty much got beaten every single time tonight. Maicon went off injured, whos easily their best player in the back 4, and maybe their whole team in tonights line up, so that didnt help.
im surprised Dunga has not been sacked yet. Usually Brazil sack a manager if they dnt score 3 goals per game.
He does put out shit teams, but the biggest problem with managing Brazil is probably picking the squad. The amount of talent is obviously huge. I think Dunga picks players who will obey his every command and not the ones who would benefit the team more.
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LOL
Who is bitter?
20m for a player who has played about 5 minutes in two seasons.
We went and spent that money on Ribery.
Danke.
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beckham was good for us against slovakia he crossed the ball back in from an uncrossable position and got the head of rooney, and a goal. (think it was rooney)
we didnt play that well... yet we won 4-0.
we fucking dominated croatia at the start of capello's reign.
you think we're shit? hmmmm ok. you have lost all integrity with that statement.
just out of interest... ghostlaced, did you watch the england match live? carrick played second half.
England suffer from being overrated. really we shouldnt expect much from them, yes they are a team that should always qualify for the international tournaments. They are capable of reaching the quarter finals in these tournaments, thats it though. they aint an elite team, the media hypes England up too much.
was unbelievable that 2 strikers got injured, then crouch felt left out so used skrytels kick as an excuse to go off lol
WE NEED OWEN!
they have elite players though. they just dont play elite football as a unit.
English players shine in teams where they have Brazilians, Spaniards, Italians, eastern Europeans, other southern americaners, ect in a team that make up for deficeincies in their game. but when they are all toghether on the pitch they are all too similar in my opinion. their style as a whole is ineffictive on the world stage.
Michael Owen - 89 caps 40 goals
yet, because he "isnt playing much for newcastle" hes not in the squad. even though we have a shortage of strikers.
...this is where England start losing, because of Fabio's stubbornness.
how the fuck is owen not going to be playing at newcastle. they need all the god damn help they can get. the whole team is like 10 games away from playing in the championship.