World Cup 2006
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No argument from me on Jenas, who seems to be a jack of no-trades and a master of none. But the striker problem never existed. Owen was short on games but has never let England down in the past. Who would we have taken in his place? As Dave said - Bent or Defoe? Ha ha ha. As for Rooney, his medical condition was never as bad as it was made out by Ferguson. He was always going to go, and his performance in the second half yesterday showed this to be the correct decision. Crouch has his critics - I'm one of them - but you can't deny he's done a job for England since he's been playing for them. And Walcott has the elements of surprise and pace on his side. I think we'll see him.Gerry said:
Much of this kind of conventional wisdom is media nonsense. The best thing that any England fan can do right now is to ignore the newspapers and turn off the coverage until the game starts. Believe me it's a lot less depressing if you don't listen to the 'experts'. I watched yesterday's game without any commentary and saw a different game to everyone else - one where there was plenty to be positive about, especially given the conditions.Mariner said:
Simon F said:What in particular? That you don't get paid an obscene amount of money for kicking a "bag of wind" around a field or that someone of the female persuasion might find that attractive?
Ahem, That guys looking like that get such women. It's not because he's rich, of course
And as far as taste goes, mine says "Gimme, gimme, gimme!!!" (her, not him) mcsven said:
This might be a good time to bring up the fact that Darren Bent was the top English goalscorer in the Premiership last season, who has also scored plenty of goals for England's Under-21s. Agreed, he's lacking in full International experience, but then again maybe he should have been allowed more than a single friendly game (in which he got very little service) to prove himself at that level? If nothing else, he's a regular Gary Lineker compared to Theo Walcott.
I have to agree that there's been a little too much criticism of the performance against Ecuador, it was probably our best overall performance so far, and was all in all very disciplined to boot. However, it is still worrying that we don't know our best formation, and free kick aside, David Beckham's performance was again next to non-existent. As far as Lampard goes, I don't know what to make of his situation - Kudos to him for getting in so many good positions, but you can't help but wonder what's happened to the deadly finisher we know from the Premiership and World Cup qualifiers. It seems that a number of players are having an unusual crisis of confidence out in Germany - Aside from Lampard, Terry and Robinson both spring to mind.
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To put Bent's scoring in perspective, Gerrard scored more goals last season.Hanners said:
I agree Walcott is a gamble - but he's in the squad because he's obviously quality. I watched him at Southampton and you can see it a mile off. Bent does a job in the Premiership - but Owen, Rooney, Walcott... these players have that extra something (Rooney has that extra extra something). If England go no further than the next game I will not be crying about the fact that we didn't take Darren Bent.
Edit: here's an article on the England game that I agree with, from David Pleat of all people.
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She obviously goes for intelligent men full of personality...
mcsven said:
goto the bbc site,, read the stuff there, carrick..
hanson says he was 'man of the match' , taylor (?) says he failed again so why bother.
immediately after the game, they were full of 'this looks good, they're getting the idea of this new formation and playing together , rooney is starting to get thru'..
then they rememberred they had to slag everyone off.
and yeah,,, germany 2002 or greece 2004.. i dont think we've shown we're the best or anything,, but to think we're terrible is bizarre... especially when england have NEVER done well !!
