England vs Switzerland Official Thread

[Jake Manthorpe]

rooney is sooo shit!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

thats for Capello to rise above it, all we have to do is qualify and thats half his job done.

But the media will make his job unmanageable (spl) after all, we are England we should be play flair football, we invented the game....

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

I'll take "dull but effective" if it sees us winning games and delivering when it matters.

Trying to play entertaining, flashy football under McClown and SGE didn't exactly fill up the trophy cabinet, did it?

Early days yet, but I will too.

Problem is thought we're not used to winning games in that manner, meaning there's going to be a lot of people 'bored' by it. Especially when they are paying £50 to watch

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

rooney is sooo shit!

Rooney is not a target man, and never will be

 

[RM-Taylor]

It was so boring that I was actually starting to fall asleep infront of the tv

Expect England to score one more and then we'll be "world-beaters" again acording to the tabloids.

 

[Stevie Boy]

i have given up watching, its crap and i have better things to do, like taking a dump

 

[ali jenkins]

Indeed. It was impossible to get the message through that we were not using these memberships tonight and they could be resold. I gave up in the end because I don't have time to phone everyone connected to the English FA for the sake of a few tickets. I told three different people (all who failed to process this information blaming everything from a system failure to being new in the job) we did not want to use them and my husband is there tonight, sat beside the seats we are not using and they are empty.

Why didnt you just sell them yourself??

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

why did Rooney not attack that first time?

 

[The Merry Prankster]

I like the idea. Keep possession. go forward if you can, sideways or backwards if you can't. Pass the ball to each other on the ground. When oppotunity arises score goal. Some players will be able to do this, some wont. Capello will get rid of those that can't.

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

why did Rooney not attack that first time?

Because it was on his wrong foot going away from the goal?

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

Why didnt you just sell them yourself??

Just what I was thinking. I can think of at least a dozen mates that would have snapped my hand off for them.

 

[ali jenkins]

why did Rooney not attack that first time?

Thats what I thaught, why take a touch on the edge of the 6 yard box with a defender and the goalie right by him??

Hit it first time!!

And theres LOADS of empty seats!!

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

Because it was on his wrong foot going away from the goal?

He was coming in on it 4 yards out. If he'd attacked it rather than try and control it he'd have scored.

 

[Dover]

The radio still report lots of empty seats at the time of typing.

 

[beorhthelm]

how does Brown get into the squad, definate weakness? Jenas as pointed out isnt a complete midfielder but then with Barry holding you can afford the luxury of a attacking midfielder and certainly took his goal well.

I wonder how long it will take for Capello to work out what we already know, that Rooney own his own up front doesnt work so well as he's prone to come deep to find the ball (cant fault his workrate).

And both we and the crowd is going to have to get used to the ball being passed back and around for the sake of possesion rather than constant pump the ball forward and losing it, you cant score if you dont have the ball.

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

He was coming in on it 4 yards out. If he'd attacked it rather than try and control it he'd have scored.

Hmm, suppose.

Probably a confidence thing - although he's been playing well lately, he hasn't been scoring. Although having said that, a bloke with no confidence wouldn't try and dink one over the keeper from a wide angle!!

I'm suprised he's playing to be honest - Owen has been dropped for his lack of goals, it can only be Rooney's good team play that's kept him on the park.

 

[Starry]

Why didnt you just sell them yourself??

Paddy touted them around at work and nobody wanted them, the same again at Elland Road on Saturday and no one wanted them.

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

I have NEVER seen a passing display at poor as Wes Brown's tonight

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

Great defending lads...

 

[ali jenkins]

That was a good goal, has to be said!