England Squad vs Holland

[Alex]

We're going to do absolutely **** in the Euro's regardless of who's captain.

If Gerrard was England captain for the Euros he would bear the brunt of that.

Let the media blame Scotty "The Lionheart" Parker instead

He didnt in the world cup. He was one of the only that came out with any credit infact

[malg]

We're going to do absolutely **** in the Euro's regardless of who's captain.

If Gerrard was England captain for the Euros he would bear the brunt of that.

Let the media blame Scotty "The Lionheart" Parker instead

Ye going to laf me tits off when the mighty Engerrrrland fail at the Euros.

[Pablo]

He didnt in the world cup. He was one of the only that came out with any credit infact

You obviously didn't read Patrick Barclay's article from the other day

[Alex]

Nope. That blokes a hack anyway.

[Muddled]

So Alex can share our pain:

Mystic Steven Gerrard should get rid of crystal ball

Patrick Barclay
27 Feb 2012

Congratulations to Steven Gerrard on adding the Carling Cup to his garland of honours. And thanks to the Liverpool captain for kindly allowing us an insight into the strategy for what, it is hoped, will be a glorious culmination to his career.

Delivered in interviews with the BBC and a Sunday newspaper, it boils down to this: Liverpool, after duly beating Cardiff (Gerrard seemed not to envisage the difficulty of that task), would defeat Stoke at home to book at least one more trip to Wembley while climbing into fourth place in the Premier League (Arsenal must have provided another surprise).

As for England, they would restore Gerrard to the captaincy this week and for Euro 2012, after which he would decide whether to quit international football in favour of devoting all his energies to his undoubtedly beloved club.

You may be thinking two things. One is that this hugely gifted but loyal club man deserves every bit of success that comes his way. The other is that his England presumptions must have been liberally hedged with phrases such as "if selected" and "depending on the manager's opinion". They were not.

And nor was this the Steven Gerrard who, after giving England an early lead in their opening World Cup match against the United States, led them to further victories over Germany and others before giving an inspirational performance in the final against Spain, establishing himself as an all-time great.

This was the Steven Gerrard who, after giving England an early lead over the United States, ran alone to celebrate on the touchline, brushing aside Emile Heskey, whose superbly weighted pass had laid the goal on. The Gerrard who was then distinguishable from the rest of a crumbling team only by the armband he forlornly wore.

If he gets the armband back this week when the selfless Scott Parker is available, Stuart Pearce will have begun his England stewardship with a mistake.

[Alex]

Thats a hell of a spin he put on that story.

[Tee]

What a ****ing cunt that Barclay is. Shocking take on the situation.

[Phoenix07]

Somewhere outside the offices of Wembley stadium are a pile of sticky tissues.

[Shaggy]

Pearce ****ing hates us and clearly for our lads from the same era the feeling is mutual

John Aldridge: England would be a laughing stock if they chose Stuart Pearce as their next manager

THE FA, for once, deserve credit. Wembley is a great stadium, a great base for the home of English football.

Their good work, however, will be undone if they allow Stuart Pearce’s ‘reign’ as England manager to be anything other than brief.

Mark my words, if England give him the job for Euro 2012, they will be a laughing stock.

He has done nothing as a manager. His work with the Under-21s last summer was dreadful, and I genuinely don’t know how he has the nerve to put himself in the frame for the job.

He might call himself ‘Psycho’ – what a joke that is – but the FA should be advised to steer well clear.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...#ixzz1nmiC7OlQ

[Phoenix07]

[Exiled_red]

Just seen this Parker as England captain WTF

Is it just for this match or is it a long term appointment?

[Exiled_red]

I'm just wondering if Pearce is picking an inexperienced team tonight leaving out the likes of Gerrard, that seems the only sensible* explanation.


* To me at least. I suspect my definition of sensible and England setups definition are very different

[red g]

Pearce ****ing hates us and clearly for our lads from the same era the feeling is mutual

So obviously a personal decision. Parker over Gerrard

[Liverpool]

Gerrard isnt going to start after 120 minutes on Sunday so he cant be captain, means nothing unless he does play that is

[Muddled]

I dunno:

Interim England coach Stuart Pearce has confirmed Steven Gerrard will end his 15-month international exile on Wednesday night.

"I would fully expect Steven to play,"

But yeah, you never know - Gerrard might have said he's knackered and might come on in the second half.