England Squad

Tweedle wrote:

borocooper wrote:

Tweedle wrote:

borocooper wrote:Might not matter if he drops deep if Gerrard and Lampard are behind him as they can push on.

I can't see it working.

If you want to do that then you either need to play a Barcelona style of football or play with a target man - which Rooney isn't

Play like Barca it is then.

Great. Should be easy enough for Mclaren to manage

Don't know about you, but im fucking excited.

borocooper wrote:

Tweedle wrote:

borocooper wrote:

Tweedle wrote:

borocooper wrote:Might not matter if he drops deep if Gerrard and Lampard are behind him as they can push on.

I can't see it working.

If you want to do that then you either need to play a Barcelona style of football or play with a target man - which Rooney isn't

Play like Barca it is then.

Great. Should be easy enough for Mclaren to manage

Don't know about you, but im fucking excited.

Better go grab the Kleenex then

Parks lives wrote:As a left back though -

Phil Neville > Carragher.

Carragher never moves 10 yards from the corner flag.

yeah and replace rio with carragher in the two above statements and you could say the same thing

Carragher is not a left back yet is constantly slated not least by you spank as 'not being able to cut it for england'. he never gets the chance to bloody cut it in his own position. if he doesn't merit a starting place ahead of the injured terry after being MOTM vrs barca twice and man u then it's a form of racism

stick Rio to left back

I'm not sure I remember an England squad with strikers this inexperienced.

It's usually one of the strongest points of the squad, but these guys aren't exactly frightening. They have their qualities, but it's the weakest line-up I've ever seen from you guys.

Luso wrote:I'm not sure I remember an England squad with strikers this inexperienced.

It's usually one of the strongest points of the squad, but these guys aren't exactly frightening. They have their qualities, but it's the weakest line-up I've ever seen from you guys.

england only really have crouch, rooney and owen who are capable of being international strikers.

owen and crouch are injured so it all looks very weak especially seeing as rooney cannot score goals

So what's the consensus now then? Who is better, Lampard or Gerrard?

predicted line up:

- - - - - - - - - - - - Paddy Kenny Jr
'Tache - - - - - Jar Jar - - - - - Butcher Jr - - - - - Carradona
Sir Steven Gerrard MBE - Flumps - Maple Kraut - Wannabe Gangster #223
- - - - Illiterate fucking wanker - Balding bitter twat.


Edit: Knowing McLaren though, it'll be 4-3-3 with the onus on Carragher to provide the width down the left.

Obispo wrote:predicted line up:

- - - - - - - - - - - - Paddy Kenny Jr
'Tache - - - - - Jar Jar - - - - - Butcher Jr - - - - - Carradona
Sir Steven Gerrard MBE - Flumps - Maple Kraut - Wannabe Gangster #223
- - - - Illiterate fucking wanker - Balding bitter twat.


Edit: Knowing McLaren though, it'll be 4-3-3 with the onus on Carragher to provide the width down the left.

Good one.

I'd had to think about the "Illiterate fucking wanker" one for a sec, but I'm assuming it's Johnson. Evertonian, I doubt you'd dislike the others so much.

Luso wrote:

Obispo wrote:predicted line up:

- - - - - - - - - - - - Paddy Kenny Jr
'Tache - - - - - Jar Jar - - - - - Butcher Jr - - - - - Carradona
Sir Steven Gerrard MBE - Flumps - Maple Kraut - Wannabe Gangster #223
- - - - Illiterate fucking wanker - Balding bitter twat.


Edit: Knowing McLaren though, it'll be 4-3-3 with the onus on Carragher to provide the width down the left.

Good one.

I'd had to think about the "Illiterate fucking wanker" one for a sec, but I'm assuming it's Johnson. Evertonian, I doubt you'd dislike the others so much.

Rooney's the illiterate Wanker.

Johnson's the balding bitter twat. Everton fans/players are generally referred to as "the bitters"

There was just soo much that could have been written about Rooney. I just stuck with a straight ahead dig at his lack of intelligence. Silly cunt he is.

Johnson is a diving cheat

blutgraetsche wrote:So what's the consensus now then? Who is better, Lampard or Gerrard?

the fact that you are even asking the question is an insult to gerrard

COTR wrote: the question is an insult to gerrard

Well, it was worth a try.

I think he'll go with

...............robinson

tosser......rio.......terry....carragher

lennon...gerrard....OH.....flumposhit

............zero.......defoe

didn't put as much work into the nicknames as your good self obi but you should be able to decipher them

after the stunning left hand side performance from neville and lampard in the previous game I think he'll make neville the scapegoat and replace him with a right footed centre back

It makes you wonder, the amount Steve McClaren gets paid, and still he makes elementary errors, like playing with no width, players out of position and still no plan B !

From the looks of things recently and under Sven the players choose the team anyway.

What we need a truely world class manager who will actually make decisions.

the FA are a fucking joke.

The best team he could put out frrom this squad IMO.

-----------------------Foster---------------------

G Neville--Ferdinand--Woodgate--*who cares?!*

------------Hargreaves-----Carrick------------
Gerrard------------------------------------Dyer
----------------Rooney--Bent-------------------

Sorry, where's Bridge?

They should just stop all international football anyways, it gets in the way of the domestic game which I think everyone on here cares far more about.

Fuck it.

Luis wrote:Sorry, where's Bridge?

Rooney will know seen as he lives under one.

Don't tell me he's avilable and Macca just didn't pick him?

Obispo wrote:

Luso wrote:

Obispo wrote:predicted line up:

- - - - - - - - - - - - Paddy Kenny Jr
'Tache - - - - - Jar Jar - - - - - Butcher Jr - - - - - Carradona
Sir Steven Gerrard MBE - Flumps - Maple Kraut - Wannabe Gangster #223
- - - - Illiterate fucking wanker - Balding bitter twat.


Edit: Knowing McLaren though, it'll be 4-3-3 with the onus on Carragher to provide the width down the left.

Good one.

I'd had to think about the "Illiterate fucking wanker" one for a sec, but I'm assuming it's Johnson. Evertonian, I doubt you'd dislike the others so much.

Rooney's the illiterate Wanker.

Johnson's the balding bitter twat. Everton fans/players are generally referred to as "the bitters"

There was just soo much that could have been written about Rooney. I just stuck with a straight ahead dig at his lack of intelligence. Silly cunt he is.

Forgot Johnson is bald. Rooney doesn't exactly have a lot of hair himself though. It threw me off. It did sound like him at first...

Obispo wrote:They should just stop all international football anyways, it gets in the way of the domestic game which I think everyone on here cares far more about.

Fuck it.

It's become a joke, the players obviously don't care about it and it's becoming less and less popular with the public. International football is dying, and club football will follow it eventually.

Kimbo wrote:

Obispo wrote:They should just stop all international football anyways, it gets in the way of the domestic game which I think everyone on here cares far more about.

Fuck it.

It's become a joke, the players obviously don't care about it and it's becoming less and less popular with the public. International football is dying, and club football will follow it eventually.

how so?

Kimbo wrote:

Obispo wrote:They should just stop all international football anyways, it gets in the way of the domestic game which I think everyone on here cares far more about.

Fuck it.

It's become a joke, the players obviously don't care about it and it's becoming less and less popular with the public. International football is dying, and club football will follow it eventually.

Do you know how much more popular football has become over the last ten years?

Its become a truly global sport

I swear if we put out 11 conference players we'd still end up witnessing a game with only one shot.

Luis wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

Obispo wrote:They should just stop all international football anyways, it gets in the way of the domestic game which I think everyone on here cares far more about.

Fuck it.

It's become a joke, the players obviously don't care about it and it's becoming less and less popular with the public. International football is dying, and club football will follow it eventually.

how so?

because of the big four billy bollocks of course

when do we get to slaughter england on here again. is their a game midweek?

Luis wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

Obispo wrote:They should just stop all international football anyways, it gets in the way of the domestic game which I think everyone on here cares far more about.

Fuck it.

It's become a joke, the players obviously don't care about it and it's becoming less and less popular with the public. International football is dying, and club football will follow it eventually.

how so?

Sooner or later the fans will realise they're being taken for mugs.

Look at the financial gap between the top 4 and the rest, it's MASSIVE, they just can't compete. Eventually the fans will realise that paying a fortune every season to watch shit football is pointless, nobody outside the top 4 will EVER compete for the league again(unless they get an Abramovich).

The bubble has to burst eventually, and a european "super"league will probably follow. The top 4 will be sorted, what will happen to the rest? Who knows...

Any team outside the top 4 can easily go to Anfield or Highbury this season and get a result if they play with a bit of bollocks, it's not good coming and looking for a draw, you will not win that way, Liverpool and Arsenal aren't even that far off the 5th and 6th place teams, the top two are so far ahead because they have played good football and got results

Luis wrote:Any team outside the top 4 can easily go to Anfield or Highbury this season and get a result if they play with a bit of bollocks, it's not good coming and looking for a draw, you will not win that way, Liverpool and Arsenal aren't even that far off the 5th and 6th place teams, the top two are so far ahead because they have played good football and got results

This season is irrelevant, i'm talking about the next 5/10+ years.

The financial gap is getting bigger and bigger. A couple of years ago our budget was £2m less than Liverpool's, now it's over £30m less, that number is only going to get bigger. And Arsenal, Man U, and Chelsea all have higher bugets than Pool.

Is this gap EVER going to close? I doubt it.

It's the other way around Kimbo. Club football is being ruined by money, international football is the only refuge left for the football fan interested in football foremost, and less in marketing and gimmicks. In international football, poor countries like Ivory Coast have a much better chance competing than poor clubs in international club competitions, for example.