Israel v England

[Bob]

FLMAO

We're not Brazil we're norn iron.

[AFII]

I'm not even sure that England will beat Andorra.

[Bob]

I'm not even sure that England will beat Andorra.

THey will, just casue Andorra are truely awful. My work team could beat them.

[MrMichael]

FLMAO

We're not Brazil we're norn iron.

[rushscored4]

I feel sorry for those poor ****ers who went all the way to Dublin to watch a **** Irish team beat a ****ter Welsh team in Slattery's pub on Capel Street followed by watching an even ****ter England side in Fitzsimon's in Temple Bar. Poor *******s...

[tsb]

England is so overrated.

Surely that should be "England ARE overrated"? Why refer to a team using a singular term?


Not that I'm disputing what you're saying!

[The Glove]

Surely that should be "England ARE overrated"? Why refer to a team using a singular term?


Not that I'm disputing what you're saying!

He probably means the country. (he is a scando so that might explain a lot of things)

[Fiddy]

That's what you get when you put a mediocre Premiership manager who flukes his way to a European final (where he gets battered 4-0) in charge of the national team.

I can't remember the last time and England manager was so woefully under-qualified. His CV is pure wank. Although there wasn't much else in terms of English options, I don't know why they didn't just get another foreigner in now the precedent's been set. Curbishley isn't pulling up any trees at West Ham and dodgy fat Sam was about the only other alternative...wonder if we'd be doing any better with Scolari?

[Fiddy]

I can't believe that they are still trotting out the old Lampard and Gerrard can't play together debate.

Have they ever considered that Lampard just can't play full stop?

When will the press start another campaign to get him dropped, I can't wait to hear him whinging about being treated unfairly again.

What a poor man's Scholes he really is...if he's got no space to shoot he's nothing at all

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

Watching the English fans and media build up to an international game has become - in recent memory - a completely bizarre experience.

Now I'm paraphrasing here but Einstein said something along the lines of - to do something the same way, over and over again, each time expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity.

Here's a cliche that applies; mediocrity breeds mediocrity. The FA, and the people who make the decisions regarding the footballing operations are mediocre, they hired a mediocre manager who by and large selects mediocre players - largely through no fault of his own it should be said. But of course England can't be mediocre because they won a world cup and most of their players play in "the best league in the world".

It's time the English fans and media stopped lying to themselves, but the cold light of day is too hard I suspect. They need to believe in England being great to fill whatever void they have in their pathetic little lives.

[Bob]

Watching the English fans and media build up to an international game has become - in recent memory - a completely bizarre experience.

Now I'm paraphrasing here but Einstein said something along the lines of - to do something the same way, over and over again, each time expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity.

Here's a cliche that applies; mediocrity breeds mediocrity. The FA, and the people who make the decisions regarding the footballing operations are mediocre, they hired a mediocre manager who by and large selects mediocre players - largely through no fault of his own it should be said. But of course England can't be mediocre because they won a world cup and most of their players play in "the best league in the world".

It's time the English fans and media stopped lying to themselves, but the cold light of day is too hard I suspect. They need to believe in England being great to fill whatever void they have in their pathetic little lives.

[jonesie]

I've heard a rumour that Andorra will be playing a weakened side in their next match. It's England.

[tomasjj]

(he is a scando so that might explain a lot of things)

Oh?

[Red_Polo]

England's best creative talents are clearly Gerrard and Rooney. Yet Rooney is constantly average for England as opposed to often average occasionally sublime for Man Utd, and Gerrard is marginalised to make room for Lampard. Ludicrous. McClaren thinks it's just a matter of finishing, well he's wrong. England don't make clear chances because they don't use their few technically gifted players properly. Same as it has been for a long time.

[Dhav]

England's best creative talents are clearly Gerrard and Rooney. Yet Rooney is constantly average for England as opposed to often average occasionally sublime for Man Utd, and Gerrard is marginalised to make room for Lampard. Ludicrous. McClaren thinks it's just a matter of finishing, well he's wrong. England don't make clear chances because they don't use their few technically gifted players properly. Same as it has been for a long time.

I dont think Rooney is one to lead the line, and I dont particularly think Gerrard is a second striker, but in the absence of any decent strikers in the England squad perhaps the best thing would be to play Rooney on his own up front with Gerrard in behind him.

It is time for Lampard to be dropped, but to be honest I'd rather see him continuing to play for England. The reasons for this are two-fold: a) I enjoy seeing all the criticism that is directed his way for his consistently inept performances b) I live in the hope that he will suffer an injury while playing for England.