England squad for Austria and Croatia

L r d wrote:

Fucking hell that's stretching it.* But Spurs got us into this mess with Robinson **

Ill go for 35% In the second half i remember just one accurate pass.

* I was taking the piss a bit.

** Sadly, it's true. We almost made up for it though.

I wonder what the odds are on McLaren writing a book in the near future. "Mein Kampf" might be an apt title for it.

Apparently Venables has claimed that England have world class players and only two Croatians might get into England's side. Didn't think any Croatians played badly enough to deserve such a fate. By the way did the tv show Bilic's Pleat-like celebration after the third Croatian goal?

Venables opinion isnt worth a lot after that shambles. EMP what did you make of the whole Wembley experience?

Christ lerd, what the hell are you doing up at 6am on a Saturday morning?

Grant has allegedly said that both Terry and A Cole were ready and could have played against Croatia. If true, why on earth did that witless wonder not play either of them (or worse still not have either on the bench at least)?

One report said Terry pissed on the floor of a stripclub a couple of nights before the game. Whilst another England played shagged a stripper.

Rio, Richards or Bent is my guess.

It was all Chelsea players there S4P.

SWP, Terry, Lampard, Joe Cole and Ashley Cole.

Chelsea scum

Tweesus of Nazareth wrote:Chelsea scum

Well at least you know Arsenal's England players won't be getting up to anything like this. Walcott is probably still too young for most clubs and as for the rest of them well...

EMP wrote:Apparently Venables has claimed that England have world class players and only two Croatians might get into England's side. Didn't think any Croatians played badly enough to deserve such a fate. By the way did the tv show Bilic's Pleat-like celebration after the third Croatian goal?

Would as many as two England players get in the Croatia side?

S4P wrote:Interesting. Despite having a $h!t game, Lampard ran more and further than any other player on the park last night.

I sincerely hope this doesn't mean that Koeman is lining up a bid as we speak.

L r d wrote:Venables opinion isnt worth a lot after that shambles. EMP what did you make of the whole Wembley experience?

I enjoyed the experience if not the performance. I was near the Croatia supporters at the level nearest to the pitch. They made it a great atmosphere. Stadium took ages to fill. Seriously thought it wouldn't fill which would have been pathetic for such a match. In my opinion only one side played football and the crowd were more patient and supportive than England's performance deserved. They only really booed at the end of the first half, which was actually generous in my opinion. They booed Lampard being MOTM and the end result and the Croatian national anthem which Tony Henry sung to emarassingly wrong lyrics apparently. Basically the experience was great, but the crowd deserved a hell of lot better than they got. Met Bilic after the match and congratulated him.

Cinders wrote:

EMP wrote:Apparently Venables has claimed that England have world class players and only two Croatians might get into England's side. Didn't think any Croatians played badly enough to deserve such a fate. By the way did the tv show Bilic's Pleat-like celebration after the third Croatian goal?

Would as many as two England players get in the Croatia side?

Crouch might get a look in and Beckham as a sub. Apart from that no.

Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has reportedly expressed an interest in becoming the new England manager.

Mourinho, who left Chelsea in September, said he would be happy to talk to the Football Association.

"You will have to speak to the FA to see if they are interested in offering me the job," he told The Sun newspaper.

"I cannot say what I think until they say they are interested. Tell the FA to come and get me. We will have to wait and see, but I rule nothing out."

Mourinho would be a popular choice to replace Steve McClaren at the helm with England because of his hugely impressive record with Chelsea and Porto.

He won two Portuguese championships, the Uefa Cup and the Champions League with Porto, before leaving to win two Premier League titles, two League Cups and the FA Cup with the Blues.

The 44-year-old had been tipped to stay in club management in Europe, having previously suggested that he would only be interested in coaching his native Portugal at international level.

FA chief executive Brian Barwick has said that nationality "would not be an issue" when it came to appointing the next England coach.

England, who have dropped down to the second pot of seeds in qualification for the major tournaments, avoided Portugal in Sunday's draw for the World Cup.

Barwick will lead the FA's search for a new coach, alongside FA development director Sir Trevor Brooking.

The FA has already had to listen to several potential candidates rule themselves out of contention for the position with Aston Villa's Martin O'Neill, West Ham's Alan Curbishley and Newcastle's Sam Allardyce all distancing themselves from speculation.

Wow this has made the vacant England position more interesting. He will be looking at getting a very high salary to make out for the lack out skilled players to work with...