there are plenty of rich russians who will be travelling over and are less likely to throw a chair through a shop window in the rabid grip of stella artois fever at 2 in the afternoon.
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there are plenty of rich russians who will be travelling over and are less likely to throw a chair through a shop window in the rabid grip of stella artois fever at 2 in the afternoon.
Perhaps but not near the 60,000 and there are not that many rich Russians. A few very rich Russian alright thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by as_i_say
Good point!
Seriously though, didn't Bilic do a good job with their U21s first?
I feel that Steven Staunton, with his tactical acumen, ability to inspire great players, knowledge of the world game, wealth of experience, candid thoughts on player performance, and unsurpassed achievments in European football, would be the ideal man to lead the English into the next campaign and beyond.
Football was the real winner last night
British (And by extension Irish) football is lagging as far behind the continent as it ever was
Stevie Courageous once again shown up as a huff merchant
Frank Lampard shown up as a non entity again
English football shown up as tactically clueless kick and rush, despite the hype
Was genuinely delighted last night, it would have been a crime against football for that English team to qualify
McClaren and Venables sacked
It was interesting that when they really needed to lump it into the box, they couldn't.
Possibly the only thing funnier than John Motson last night is the fact that the FAI are probably going to give this charlatan a jobQuote:
Originally Posted by Green Tribe
Now watch the FAI give Venables the guy 2nd in charge of that fiasco a job FFSQuote:
Originally Posted by Green Tribe
That's exactly what it was. How many English playmakers can you name? Scholes? That's incredible. Spain have 3 playmakers in their first team in Xavi, Fabregas and Alonso.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
And I wouldn't even consider Scholes a playmaker in the sort of continental sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
He can still be far more hyper at times then the lads you mentioned above
And Xavi is only the third choice midfielder for his club (behind 2 better playmakers in Deco and Iniesta)Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
It all boils down to midfielders for me. And England's is terrible at international level. Gerrard is a sham, and Lampard isn't much better (although his work rate is massive).
In saying that how many of the team that played last night would be considered world class?
Carson - not evn good in a premiership sense
Richards - potentially. Doesn't help playing centre half for club and right back for country
Bridge - only playing as he's one of about 3 english left fulls around
Campbell - 5 years ago maybe
Lescott - good honest premiership defender.
Gerrard - overrated wankbag
Lampard - huffer.
Barry - honest worker. Decent left foot. Slow as hell
Wright philips - Headless chicken
Cole - Decent player. Too inconsistent though
Crouch - Effective but limited
Of those missing, I'd say only Rooney could be considered world class. Owen on his day is a fine striker too. Beckham, despite being completely over rated is still England's only creative midfielder.
Steve Staunton should take the England job, at least he has some international experience under his belt now :eek::DQuote:
Originally Posted by cfdh_edmundo
Gutted this morning. Totally gutted!
Totally gutted that Steve McLaren was sacked. :D I was hoping for another 2 years out of him.
Mind you, look at the players.
A summer without England flags flying from my neighbour's house bringing down the price of my property. Happy f*cking days!
On the minus side, the FAI aren't seriously thinking of hiring Ronnie Knight, are they?
Im glad to see there is no anti england sentiments on here today and no one is taking any joy in them getting knocked out :D
What do you reckon lads?
Almost Spot On AnalysisQuote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
But I don't think you were harsh enough on Joe Cole :)
To think the vast majority of Liverpools fans I know think Gerrard is their/the worlds best midfielder :rolleyes:
Poland qualified ahead of Portugal, Greece ran away with their group, Scotland ran the WC finalists bloody close, Czechs qualified ahead of Germany, NI beating Spain and Sweden, Romania ahead of Holland.Quote:
Originally Posted by mypost
Greece winning last Euros, Turkey and Korea finishing 3rd and 4th at WC 2002, surely this suggests something is changing albeit slowly.
Motson is a world class commentator, isn't he?
he is a world class gee-bag more like, a total flute.