Was that stat I just saw in some Asian language goalscoring attempts - Croatia 16, England 3 ?!? (And none on target)
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Official Thread: Croatia vs England - 6pm [Merged]
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Juan Albion
Chicken Sniffer 3rd Class
Scotland losing and down to 10 men in Ukraine.
Virgo's Haircut
Resident Train Guru
Big Sam, Stuart Pearce, Martin O'Neil, Mark McGhee, Alan Curbishley would all have been better choices than this f*** monkey.
McClown (mk2) OUT!
McClown (mk2) OUT!
The only decent attempt on goal England have had is Gary Neville's. Still, that's a 100% strike rate.
jonny.rainbow
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- Oct 29, 2005
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Your boys took one hell of a beating.
Is anyone gonna tell me that ANY of our midfielders warrant their place more than Beckham now?
What was that bollocks they kept spouting about Carrick's so-called 'range of passing'? Utterly ridiculous.
Scott Parker put about two tackles in and Lampard did what Lampard does nowadays, fucks up and looks to the sky.
Swallow your pride and put someone who plays with some BALLS back in that team, until then I'm not watching.
What was that bollocks they kept spouting about Carrick's so-called 'range of passing'? Utterly ridiculous.
Scott Parker put about two tackles in and Lampard did what Lampard does nowadays, fucks up and looks to the sky.
Swallow your pride and put someone who plays with some BALLS back in that team, until then I'm not watching.
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Jesus. Mind you, sometimes it's better to play shite and actually get well and truly turned over than get away with it, as we have so many times. Then nothing changes.
I called this one here in the office before kick-off just looking at the teamsheet. Crazy to try a new system for this match, midfield looked well short of creativity. We looked like a team there for the taking.
Obviously you can't plan or legislate for that second goal - but as a colleague just said, 'I was told playing Under-10s that you never aim the ball between the posts for a back-pass'. Well, quite.
I called this one here in the office before kick-off just looking at the teamsheet. Crazy to try a new system for this match, midfield looked well short of creativity. We looked like a team there for the taking.
Obviously you can't plan or legislate for that second goal - but as a colleague just said, 'I was told playing Under-10s that you never aim the ball between the posts for a back-pass'. Well, quite.
It's just like watching the Albion. Players in unfamiliar positions, stupid defence, bad luck. The stadium looked like Withdean too!
Silent Bob
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- Dec 6, 2004
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Yeah, Lennon, Hargreaves, Gerrard.ChapmansThe Saviour said:
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Basil Fawlty
Don't Mention The War
That was utterly dreadful from start to finish, the second goal was a comedy act.
3-5-2 is a definite NO! Mclaren please just go before we lose to Holland and Israel.
3-5-2 is a definite NO! Mclaren please just go before we lose to Holland and Israel.
chez
Johnny Byrne-The Greatest
gvce26 said:Poor Neville, gets credited with an own goal!
Only way he will ever score for England!!
Seriously though, Robbo cannot be blamed for the goal and made two top top saves tonight to keep the score down. McClaren though has got some serious questions to answer - why the f***, when we were so lucky to go in 0-0 did he not eat humble pie and say I was wrong, the 3-5-2 aint working I'll change it before it costs us? McClaren out!!!!!! Oh and we need Beckham back.
Tooting Gull
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ChapmansThe Saviour said:
Good call, probably deserves a thread on its own.
I reckon he wrote down 'Barbados or Thailand'. Those being his holiday destination choices for June 2008.
Seasider78
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- Nov 14, 2004
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Thought McClaren was a bad choice from the day they appointed him and have seen nothing of him as a club manager that made me think he should be national coach.
However I think its time the players also started to come under some criticism. Where is the pride passion and effort that we used to be so famous for? Half the team don't look interested.
Don't get me wrong the manager has a role to motivate them but should players really need that much motivation to put in a bit of effort for their country?
You can't win games when only half the team are putting in any effort...ask Dean Wilkins!!
However I think its time the players also started to come under some criticism. Where is the pride passion and effort that we used to be so famous for? Half the team don't look interested.
Don't get me wrong the manager has a role to motivate them but should players really need that much motivation to put in a bit of effort for their country?
You can't win games when only half the team are putting in any effort...ask Dean Wilkins!!
Silent Bob
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He's a PASSIONATE Englsihman you know.ChapmansThe Saviour said:
Dear God that was depressing. Why didn't I choose a nice hobby like bird watching when I was younger? Football's going to have me in the looney bin pretty soon.
sir danny cullip
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Seasider78 said:
Exactly, the job he did at boro wasn't that great. He was giving good backing by the chairman and spent a lot of money yet failed to deliver anything special. One of the main reasons why I can't understand how he got the job over Allardyce who has acheived so much at Bolton.
sir danny cullip said:
Because Allardyce plays one dimensional football with a team of looneys and would be found out in 2 minutes at international level whereas McLaren got a fairly crap Boro side to a European final playing nice football.
McLaren made a HUGE f*** up playing 3-5-2 tonight but my guess is he won't do it again soon.