The OFFICIAL England - Spain friendly thread

COTR wrote:

Obispo wrote:I have to admit, it was lovely to see Fwank struggle out on the left last night. After all the criticism Gerrard's received for his England performances. Considering he's played as a right-winger, second-striker, left-sided midfielder and a defensive midfielder in his England time and Fwank has had the snug security of the centre to keep him safe the whole time.

what was even funnier was one of the pundit crew putting lampard's lack of form down to being played out of position for england . think it was shearer. does he even realise what he is saying half the time?

He said that with Owen plus rollator and Rooney England are World Class again....

Ricardo Jol wrote:

COTR wrote:

Obispo wrote:I have to admit, it was lovely to see Fwank struggle out on the left last night. After all the criticism Gerrard's received for his England performances. Considering he's played as a right-winger, second-striker, left-sided midfielder and a defensive midfielder in his England time and Fwank has had the snug security of the centre to keep him safe the whole time.

what was even funnier was one of the pundit crew putting lampard's lack of form down to being played out of position for england . think it was shearer. does he even realise what he is saying half the time?

He said that with Owen plus rollator and Rooney England are World Class again....

who or what is rollator?

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollator

HAHAHA!!!

good one ricky

Genuinly laughed out loud then.

Oh. Look. A Zimmerframe.

TeamSpirit™ wrote:Oh. Look. A Zimmerframe.

Is that the English word?

Looks cooler than a zimmerframe.

Ricardo Jol wrote:

TeamSpirit™ wrote:Oh. Look. A Zimmerframe.

Is that the English word?

Yep.

It did make me laugh though. The Dutch version looks like it's got BMX handles on it... your Pensioners must be in with the young crowd with that piece of kit!

If the NHS was run properly English Zimmerframes would look lke that

TeamSpirit wrote:

Ricardo Jol wrote:

TeamSpirit wrote:Oh. Look. A Zimmerframe.

Is that the English word?

Yep.

It did make me laugh though. The Dutch version looks like it's got BMX handles on it... your Pensioners must be in with the young crowd with that piece of kit!

But then the English word. I don't get the name, why Zimmerframe? ....That's .. erm... so .... German....

I'm guessing it was invented by someone called 'Zimmer'

Speakers of British English often call a walker a "Zimmer Frame." That term is a trademark of Zimmer Holdings, a manufacturer of walkers and joint replacement parts.Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_%28tool%29"

Dont'cha love Wikipedia?

Life before Wikipedia was a dark, dark place

Tweedle wrote:Life before Wikipedia was a dark, dark place

Called google

COTR wrote:

Tweedle wrote:Life before Wikipedia was a dark, dark place

Called google

yahoo's older.

google was first formed in 96

Tweedle wrote:

COTR wrote:

Tweedle wrote:Life before Wikipedia was a dark, dark place

Called google

yahoo's older.

google was first formed in 96

How did i find this out? Wikipedia

Roger Hunt wrote:Speakers of British English often call a walker a "Zimmer Frame." That term is a trademark of Zimmer Holdings, a manufacturer of walkers and joint replacement parts.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_%28tool%29"

Dont'cha love Wikipedia?

I thought, in the beginning you could only use it in a room...

Ricardo Jol wrote:

COTR wrote:

Obispo wrote:I have to admit, it was lovely to see Fwank struggle out on the left last night. After all the criticism Gerrard's received for his England performances. Considering he's played as a right-winger, second-striker, left-sided midfielder and a defensive midfielder in his England time and Fwank has had the snug security of the centre to keep him safe the whole time.

what was even funnier was one of the pundit crew putting lampard's lack of form down to being played out of position for england . think it was shearer. does he even realise what he is saying half the time?

He said that with Owen plus rollator and Rooney England are World Class again....

Funniest post I've read in a long time. Nice one Ric

Kevin wrote:Complaint of the day:

Lawrenson reffering to Xavi as a mekelele type player. Is he fuck!

Im so bored of criticising england performances now im gonna move onto new terrotory and criticise the BBC.

It was Motson who said that. Lawrenson just went quiet.

Decent article by Jim White in today's Torygraph – must sum up how a lot of you guys feel.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/02/09/sfnjim09.xml

I haven't been on for a couple of days and can't be bothered to read the 20 odd pages of this thread, so can anyone tell me (neutral or biased) how Puyol vs. Crouch and Xavi/Iniesta vs. Gerrard played out?

kas wrote:I haven't been on for a couple of days and can't be bothered to read the 20 odd pages of this thread, so can anyone tell me (neutral or biased) how Puyol vs. Crouch and Xavi/Iniesta vs. Gerrard played out?

Crouch was fairly woeful but got less than no help from the referee. To paraphrase Allez's article - "The referee seemed to think that being tall was a foul". Gerrard was poor but still created England's best chance of the match for Crouch. Went off at half time though.

Xavi was his usual self, didn't lose the ball once, got loads of hype on here but still didn't create a single opening

Barca's players definitely performed the better though. {size=3]we're luring you into a false sense of security[/size]


On the subject of our matches - how often do you play again before our match?

kas wrote:I haven't been on for a couple of days and can't be bothered to read the 20 odd pages of this thread, so can anyone tell me (neutral or biased) how Puyol vs. Crouch and Xavi/Iniesta vs. Gerrard played out?

well in the start england used the easy way and just gave a long ball to crouch who caused trouble in this way without actually getting chances. if he be as effetive vs barca in a hole match that wont be good. allthough im not sure who was marking him out of puyol/pablo.

Obispo wrote:

kas wrote:I haven't been on for a couple of days and can't be bothered to read the 20 odd pages of this thread, so can anyone tell me (neutral or biased) how Puyol vs. Crouch and Xavi/Iniesta vs. Gerrard played out?

Crouch was fairly woeful but got less than no help from the referee. To paraphrase Allez's article - "The referee seemed to think that being tall was a foul". Gerrard was poor but still created England's best chance of the match for Crouch. Went off at half time though.

Xavi was his usual self, didn't lose the ball once, got loads of hype on here but still didn't create a single opening

Barca's players definitely performed the better though. {size=3]we're luring you into a false sense of security[/size]


On the subject of our matches - how often do you play again before our match?

3 days before. Valencia away. I know.

Check out my post in our thread, I've written a small section about our upcoming month. We have 10 games in the space of exactly 30 days, a game every 3 days, playing all the top teams in La Liga and you in Europe, and it involves all 3 of the competitions we're in. Can't ever remember any club having a month long stretch like that. Luckily our squad is almost fully fit.

Ouch. I think after this weekend - if what I've been reading on the offical site is true - we have no matches before our game against your lot. They've got 10 days off and are going training in Portugal I think.

Good in a way, but I'm sure one of Sissoko or Mascherano will start against you and at most (in Momo's case) they'll have had one game back.

Yeah, but don't forget that Etoo and Messi will also have not had much match-practice. I still expect Giuly to start in the 1st leg.

I just hope Aurelio's back. The way Riise's playing at the moment, I'm beginning to think you may actually get a chance to shoot.

Though not necessarily on target.

Lol, that's interesting, because I never realised Aurelio has moved ahead of Riise in the LB choices. btw, hope you're ready for a tough game away to Newcastle tomorrow