Man Utd's Ashley Young?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 August 2013 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
Zaha in there is a bit of a joke as well.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 8 August 2013 13:50 (eleven years ago) link
been tearing it up in pre-season tbf (one of the few)
― Number None, Thursday, 8 August 2013 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
Ruddy; Jones, Smalling, Jagielka, Walker; Milner, Ox, Young, Zaha; Lambert, Welbeck
This team stays up imo
Not without a midfield that can protect that pissweak back four it doesn't.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 8 August 2013 14:00 (eleven years ago) link
well spotted woy, if chelsea bid for ruddy then he must obviously be better than fraser forster
To be fair to big Fraser he's been fucking pish since people started rating him.
― Rummmpatitum, Rummmpatitum Traboo, Traboo, Traboo (onimo), Thursday, 8 August 2013 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
Where's Scotty Parker in that squad, is he injured?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 August 2013 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
Combination of age and form I'd guess.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 8 August 2013 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
Steven Gerrard is 33.
― Rummmpatitum, Rummmpatitum Traboo, Traboo, Traboo (onimo), Thursday, 8 August 2013 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
"the ageless steven gerrard"
2 results (0.09 seconds)
disappointing
― Number None, Thursday, 8 August 2013 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
"mercurial steven gerrard"
About 201 results (0.23 seconds)
― Matt DC, Thursday, 8 August 2013 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
No results found for "spritely steven gerrard"
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 August 2013 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
"ageing steven gerrard"About 22,000 results (0.24 seconds)
― Rummmpatitum, Rummmpatitum Traboo, Traboo, Traboo (onimo), Thursday, 8 August 2013 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
"past it steven gerrard"About 699 results
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 August 2013 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
No results found for "passed it steven gerrard".
ha
― Dr Peter Who? (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 August 2013 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
RICKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
― William Bloody Swygart, Thursday, 8 August 2013 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
England u21 just went 6-0 up against Scotland u21. The future's bright.
― oppet, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
hm
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
Lambert scores with his first touch more or less
― Number None, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
When Roy Hodgson was asked this week which player he would most like to pinch from a rival team at the coming World Cup finals, the England manager gave his questioner, Garry Richardson of Radio 5 Live, an answer that was both amusing and diplomatic. He would take Mario Balotelli from Italy for the opening Group D fixture, he said, followed by Luis Suárez from Uruguay, and then, for the final group match, "whoever is Costa Rica's best player – I haven't quite done my research on that yet".
― mizzell, Friday, 3 January 2014 17:47 (ten years ago) link
god i am going to be the biggest CR partisan that day
― anky, Friday, 3 January 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
hes probably the least provincial england manager since robson so i assume that is because he wants to give an honest answer rather than saying whichever of oviedo or ruiz came to mind first
― Pedro Mba Obiang Avomo est un joueur de football hispano-ganéen (nakhchivan), Friday, 3 January 2014 19:50 (ten years ago) link
sturridge rooneylallanasterling milnergerrard
― mizzell, Friday, 18 April 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
whoops, didn't mean to submit that.
― mizzell, Friday, 18 April 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link
I was gonna say is that supposed to be a functioning front six?
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 April 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
lallana in the pfa player of the year nominations ahead of david silva
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
raheem sterling in michael owen's team of the year ahead of david silva, lallana on the rw with gerrard/yaya CM
― pandemic, Friday, 18 April 2014 15:56 (ten years ago) link
the emergence of some actual fitba players means england could probably field a team that wouldn't look like an england team, but hodgson will probably play a mixture of fitba players and vermin like carroll, townsend, milner etc
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 15:58 (ten years ago) link
if they had a manager whose morés derived from somewhere past the 1980s (as much as i like hodgson personally, he is an old 66 year old compared to wenger, lucescu, del bosque, van gaal and other surviving contemporaries) then things could be different
they would probably be best served recognizing that twp without speed is not really worth building a team around and playing a proper 4-3-3 with a midfield of gerrard wilshere and carrick or henderson, sturridge as first choice #9, then either play twp or welbeck as inside left and sterling or chamberlain as a right winger
with twp as support striker or '#10' as he is sometimes risibly categorized, england have so little useful possession that they can barely even play a counterattacking game let alone an expansive one, it will just be two deep midfielders desperately trying to clear the lines every time they regain the ball
tenacious, aggressive high energy midfield with good long passing ability and at least one runner (maybe barkley if wilshere can't play) to break the lines and plenty of speed in attack is probably the best combination they have
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
not sure i believe in wilshere any more
― pandemic, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
TWP - Studge - SterlingHendersonCarrick - GerrardBaines - Cahill - Fuck Knows - JohnsonHart I suppose
Assuming Wilshere isn't going to make it but that actually wouldn't be bad. Although even the good England players will get sucked down into the general torpor when the actual tournament comes round.
(Xpost - hah)
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
the backlash against him is a bit over the top
he wouldn't get near the midfield of the best teams but as england's only midfielder with close control and dribbling ability, he has to play if he is fit
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
I'm assuming that Wilshere isn't going to be fit. He should go if he is.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:14 (ten years ago) link
he will be fit but probably not in form
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
----Ox---------Studge---------Raheem--------------Lallana-------------------------Gerrard--Delph-------------Baines---Cahill--Jagielka----Johnson--------------Hart------------------
― pandemic, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
that midfield would get exposed so badly vs anyone? delph and lallana have never played in europe or done anything outside of midtable epl
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link
Carrick might be suffering from a Moyes-induced malaise but he's been pretty awful this season
― Number None, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:22 (ten years ago) link
how about old gareth barry instead?
― mizzell, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
any of our experienced midfielders can't run. Carrick/Gerrard axis too slow. Ox badly found out when playing centrally. Wilshere prob won't be in peak condition. Henderson can run but likes to go forward too much for an Eng CM.
― pandemic, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:25 (ten years ago) link
counter attack with speed and hope for the best
― pandemic, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:26 (ten years ago) link
England aren't getting out of that group whoever they play in CM.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
gerrard isn't really slow, he has slowed but that is from being a player whose sprint times were better than michael owen, as a deep lying midfielder he's fine
barry lampard or carrick provide different varieties of slowness from geological time to the merely arthritic but the options are just so limited
delph lallana etc are just nowhere near good enough, even henderson can look very lightweight at times, but he is the only =< 25 y/o midfield runner who has experience of playing in a champions league level team
choice of naivete or immobility
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
Sturridge - RooneyOxlade-Chamberlain - Lampard - Gerrard - Townsend
God, imagine that.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:34 (ten years ago) link
could see that lineup being fielded this summer, give or take a james milner
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
Stick Carroll in there for Studge.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link
=<
― imago, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link
Roy Hodgson has likened the pressure Wayne Rooney faces at the World Cup to the expectation on Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson to churn out Oscar-winning performances.
"You can only hope your attention to prepare him falls on soil which will enable the plant to grow and that when he gets on the field he will feel 'right, I am Wayne Rooney, I feel good, I am going to play, I am going to do all things that built me up to what I am'.
"I am sure it must be the same for Hollywood film stars. When you start off, you make your first film and no-one knows much about you. You might get a few good reviews, but one day you're going to be Al Pacino or be Jack Nicholson, and then suddenly you better make a f***ing good film.''
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 20:08 (ten years ago) link
in the same way that Pacino and Nicholson's best work is a long way behind them maybe
― coign of wantage (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 20:11 (ten years ago) link
its actually quite an apt comparison the way he says it. if you are treated as the best thing going, then you best back it up. if yr not going to live up to the hype, then buck the fuck up or be seen as a failure. as much shit as we give the white pele, we have all seen him be a world beater at times but its way more anne hathaway 'i loved this one film they were in so fuck the romcoms they do' and less matthew mcconghey 'hey every film this guy is in actually lives up to the hype these days' sorta shit.
― a hoy hoy, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 22:48 (ten years ago) link
was rather just expecting some crap movie puns tbh guys
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 23:15 (ten years ago) link