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« Reply #15 on: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 13:01:36 »

I think that we do actually have some decent players though - Lampard, Gerrard, Ferdinand, Rooney, Terry, Beckham and we have some decent youngsters coming through as well - the problem I see coming up is actualyl being able to score goals, Rooney is not a natural striker, Owen seems to be increasingly injured, Defoe don't seem up to it and Crouch is no good for Rooney.

I think Capello needs to stick to 4-4-2 and actually play the players in their best position  who can play with each other (i.e. not Lamps & Gerro together or either on the left)

England I would say have the players to qualify if not to go far in the major tornaments but they need to play the right way....

As has been said we need a result in the next game or the sh!t will start hitting the fan..and that will be messy
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« Reply #16 on: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 13:23:50 »

I think that we do actually have some decent players though - Lampard, Gerrard, Ferdinand, Rooney, Terry, Beckham and we have some decent youngsters coming through as well - the problem I see coming up is actualyl being able to score goals, Rooney is not a natural striker, Owen seems to be increasingly injured, Defoe don't seem up to it and Crouch is no good for Rooney.

I think Capello needs to stick to 4-4-2 and actually play the players in their best position  who can play with each other (i.e. not Lamps & Gerro together or either on the left)

England I would say have the players to qualify if not to go far in the major tornaments but they need to play the right way....

As has been said we need a result in the next game or the sh!t will start hitting the fan..and that will be messy

Given the next match is against Andorra...you're damn right.

What i can't understand is why players play out of position so all the 'big' names can play.  If England are going to play 442, then the coach should select the best players in each of those postions...if that means Lampard or Gerrard missing out, then tough.  The player left out will have to try harder before the next England game to give the coach a reason to change his mind.

I should also point out that this was not a good Czech side...worst for a number of years...
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« Reply #17 on: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 17:19:13 »


Czech Republic are better than us, as are Croatia. Anyone who seriously expects us to beat sides of this caliber needs a reality check.


With the football infrastructure that this country has I expect an England team to win at home against the 2nd tier of World football and below. I expect us to have close thrilling games at home against the top tier. Away from home. I expect us to lose (narrowly at most) or maybe scrape a draw or sometimes gain the odd win against top tier sides. Second tier side matches away from home should result in a narrow victory or draw with the odd 'unexpected' defeat. For 3rd tier and below I expect comfortable wins.

We don't seem to be able to live up to these 'modest' expectations.

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« Reply #18 on: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 21:54:22 »

Get the Cyclists to play for us.  Players are over hyped and under skilled and generally find playing for England a bit of a chore I'd say.  I would, right now, sacrifice the next tournament and use 3-4 years to completely overhaul the team.  Get in some youngsters yet to be fully tainted and build an England Club team around them - that's how all our other successes in sport recently seem to have been molded.  The current Olympic squad should pay close attention to what happened to England in the rugby and cricket afterwards though, and the above idea would probably produce 1 maybe 2 good tournaments before we get back to the same problem.
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« Reply #19 on: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 22:46:15 »

Best cyclist is a sweaty though isn't he. I hope to god he doesn't win the BBCSPOTY award.
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« Reply #20 on: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 22:47:29 »

I think Paula Radcliffe should win it.
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« Reply #21 on: Friday, August 22, 2008, 09:14:51 »

Best cyclist is a one of God's own, from the glorious nation of Scotland, though isn't he. I hope to god he does win the BBCSPOTY award as he flippin deserves it.

I assume your original post was a poor attempt at fishin'.  I've made a couple of amends for you Mick.
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« Reply #22 on: Friday, August 22, 2008, 22:00:24 »

untill we have a balanced team with the best player playing in his natural position we will have big problems ,it,s been a long time since that happened.
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« Reply #23 on: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 19:37:21 »

i'm waiting to see how long before the media and fans turn on capello. i don't think it'll be much longer although because he's a "name" he'll get more time, regardless of results

Regardless of what Manager is in place they still have to work with the same shit.

Beckham has his 100 caps so he can go and live his celeb lifestyle in America, Lampard needs to be dropped so Gerrard can play in the centre of Midfield and players like Agbonlahor and Ashley Young need to be given a chance.
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