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« Reply #15 on: Sunday, October 8, 2006, 00:50:42 » |
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Rooney was bad, Crouch made a few chances for himself. At about the 60th min I thought we shouold have bought on Gurney.
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« Reply #16 on: Sunday, October 8, 2006, 09:47:20 » |
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The midlfield problem seemed to be better solved with Hargreaves. He understands the holding role much better than anyone else. Just because you're a holding midfielder doesn't mean you can't go forward to support the attack on the right occassion. I'm with DV on this one, we need Parker in the centre as he's much better at this than Carrick at understanding this role.
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« Reply #17 on: Sunday, October 8, 2006, 10:10:16 » |
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Surely, if McCLaren is going to revert to 3-5-2, you would rather have Beckham in there than the proposed Phil Neville?!
No matter what people say Beckham can take free kicks and corners and can pick out a guy perfectly on the other side of the pitch
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« Reply #18 on: Sunday, October 8, 2006, 11:36:06 » |
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Yeah but Beckham's a cunt.
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« Reply #19 on: Sunday, October 8, 2006, 11:37:31 » |
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NO HE IS NOT!
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« Reply #20 on: Sunday, October 8, 2006, 11:38:48 » |
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Seriously he's just a cunting cunt cunt, and somehow he's had 3 kids so the cunting ness has been passed on to the next generation. Shouldn't Mi5 used there forced abortion powers?
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« Reply #21 on: Sunday, October 8, 2006, 11:40:54 » |
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McClaren had to drop Beckham, because the tabloids demanded it.....he's a weak manager, so wanted to look tough.
Taking tough decisions would be to cast off the likes of Lampard, who has been poor for a while, and not picking Rooney straight back, as his form is an embarrasment at the moment.
Croatia are usually difficult in Zagreb.....a draw would be a decent outcome.
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« Reply #22 on: Sunday, October 8, 2006, 20:32:24 » |
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a defeat will probably be the outcome
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« Reply #23 on: Sunday, October 8, 2006, 21:00:10 » |
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McClaren had to drop Beckham, because the tabloids demanded it.....he's a weak manager, so wanted to look tough.
Anyone see the Sunday papers? Most of them were asking whether Beckham should have been called back up given the injuries... How quickly they change their tune..... |
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« Reply #24 on: Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 09:45:53 » |
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0/10 for every player. a truly shocking performance. im also starting to think that it wasn't Sven's fault. maybe we are just a shit team full stop? There is the answer. |
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« Reply #25 on: Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 10:08:03 » |
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I am not a Beckham fan, the quality of dead ball from him of late was sub par, but surely he warrants a place in the squad. having him on the bench and perhaps Rooney (I missed the other qualifiers no idea how defoe played) would send a message that no one is infallible. Lampard is class but out of form lately, certainly he might need a wake up call. Inevitably Ferdinand will stroll into the team on wednesday, but again I feel King deserves to keep the shirt for one more match. It defeats the object of the squad if the manager refuses to change things irrespective of how well replacement players have done. I do however hope Joe Cole returns when fit, as his game has come on tenfold of late.
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« Reply #26 on: Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 10:11:08 » |
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King's out injured, so Ferdy will go straight back in again (not Wes Brown - please God!).
Defoe played well with Crouch - the key was they worked well together, something Rooney and Crouch can't seem to do. Defoe shouldn't have been dropped.
Lampard is off form - I think Beckham in the squad would fire a warning shot to those currently in position. Mclaren doesn't even have to play him, just give him the option.
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« Reply #27 on: Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 11:10:30 » |
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My twopeneth:
Stewart Downing - a man who rarely beats a player but can cross a ball.
David Beckham - a man who rarely beats a player but can cross a ball better than Downing. And can deliver quality dead balls.
I personally wonder if dropping Beckham was more about dropping someone who had too much influence in the team selection than dropping the player because of his abilities. Could just have be paper talk mind.
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