Grout, you're not paying attention, the formation is the capuccino machine
― That mong guy that's shit, Friday, 23 November 2007 09:54 (sixteen years ago) link
and Beckham is the choc sprinkles, applied right at the end.
I get it now.
― Mark G, Friday, 23 November 2007 09:56 (sixteen years ago) link
They are now in the group of second seeds and could possibly face Italy, France or Germany in a potentially hazardous qualifying group.
About fucking time
― Tom D., Friday, 23 November 2007 09:58 (sixteen years ago) link
"ersatz centrocampista" pretty summarises the state of the English game at the moment, tbh
― That mong guy that's shit, Friday, 23 November 2007 10:00 (sixteen years ago) link
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4W-tX_Bjbo0
― ailsa, Friday, 23 November 2007 10:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Capello 7/2 O'Neill 4/1 Mourinho 15/2 Redknapp 14/1 Shearer 16/1 Scolari 20/1 Lippi 20/1 Hiddink 25/1 Coppell 25/1 Peace 25/1 Klinsmann 33/1 Pardew 40/1 Morten Olsen 50/1 Hughes 50/1 Ancelotti 50/1
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 23 November 2007 10:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Morten Olsen = the guy from A-Ha?
― Tom D., Friday, 23 November 2007 10:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Rafa for England would be a pretty good call I think, he's got a good track record of making average players play about themselves and knows how to win knock-out tournaments.
The downside is that his teams take about six games to get going at the start of every campaign which is kind of disastrous in international football.
― Matt DC, Friday, 23 November 2007 10:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, hopefully Rafa would bring the glamorous, sexy, high-scoring brand of football that's made Liverpool so popular amongst neutrals to the England team.
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 23 November 2007 10:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Can we have a sarcasm indicator? I'm losing it here. Something like an (S) would be nice.
― Mark G, Friday, 23 November 2007 10:22 (sixteen years ago) link
You certainly won't be getting anything glamorous, sexy or high-scoring from O'Neill or Mourinho.
― Tom D., Friday, 23 November 2007 10:24 (sixteen years ago) link
They're both good looking guys, O'Neill could do with more hair though.
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 23 November 2007 10:26 (sixteen years ago) link
That's what managing Bobby Petta does to a man.
― onimo, Friday, 23 November 2007 10:30 (sixteen years ago) link
About time Steve Guppy added to that one England cap
― Tom D., Friday, 23 November 2007 10:32 (sixteen years ago) link
<i>Peace 25/1 </i>
I am frankly amazed that Didcot Town manager Stuart Peace is in the running.
― Grandpont Genie, Friday, 23 November 2007 10:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey Dave B (The Boyler), I emailed you via this thread, just in case you don't check your ILX connected email account!
― Ronan, Friday, 23 November 2007 10:40 (sixteen years ago) link
The ELO football ratings still has Scotland as far down as #33. One place behind Ireland!
Jeff Lyne in anti-Scotland shockah
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Friday, 23 November 2007 11:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Don't Bring Me Down, Jeff
― Tom D., Friday, 23 November 2007 11:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Don't Bring Me Down, Brian.
(Damn, his name wasn't Bruce Barwick, what the hell, used it anyway)
― Mark G, Friday, 23 November 2007 11:26 (sixteen years ago) link
The FA should either
a) Run a Football Manager 2008 competition for the job; or
b) Hand over team selection and tactics to a bunch of Internet nerds with 50 quid each to burn
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 23 November 2007 11:43 (sixteen years ago) link
ILX?
― Tom D., Friday, 23 November 2007 11:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm so happy it's Friday and payday I just skipped right into that one.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 23 November 2007 11:46 (sixteen years ago) link
ILXors who should manage England as a committee:
Pipecock Nude Spock Ian Riese Morraine Kate the Saint ithappens
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 23 November 2007 11:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I wd bet cash money that they would achieve more than MacLaren.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 23 November 2007 11:48 (sixteen years ago) link
they should make the England job the prize for winning fantasy premier league this year
― ken c, Friday, 23 November 2007 11:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Kate the Saint
oh that'd work! she'd abolish the team completely and make the players form bands instead.
― Grandpont Genie, Friday, 23 November 2007 11:49 (sixteen years ago) link
They should give the job away with a DVD covermount of Trevor Brooking's Tactics for Dummies in the Mail on Sunday.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 23 November 2007 11:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Apt as England appeared to be fielding a back four consisting of showroom dummies on Wednesday
― Tom D., Friday, 23 November 2007 11:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I will still defend Joleon.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 23 November 2007 11:52 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Grandpont Genie, Friday, 23 November 2007 11:49 (4 minutes ago) Link
One of the players would claim that two of his team mates had died in the Munich Air Crash, he'd put on a testimonial match for them...
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 23 November 2007 11:54 (sixteen years ago) link
^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^
― ken c, Friday, 23 November 2007 11:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Ian R-M would be castigated for his dogged persistence in putting his mum in goal.
― Matt DC, Friday, 23 November 2007 12:00 (sixteen years ago) link
That's apparently more than he can manage, fangyewfolksyouvebeenawunnerfulaudience
― Tom D., Friday, 23 November 2007 12:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Penis Error Sank Sorry England
instead of singing 'Mila kuda si planina' ('You know my dear how we love your mountains'), he instead sang 'Mila kura si planina', which translates as 'My dear, my penis is a mountain'.
― onimo, Friday, 23 November 2007 13:41 (sixteen years ago) link
There's a great picture of a Croatian mascot smirking at that.
― Matt DC, Friday, 23 November 2007 13:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I wondered why those kids were grinning. I assumed they were English kids in Croatia tops and they'd found Lampard's sweet stash before the game.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 23 November 2007 13:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I read "sweet stash" in a Cheech & Chong sorta voice there before I saw "Lampard"
― DJ Mencap, Friday, 23 November 2007 14:04 (sixteen years ago) link
OH NO O'NEILL DOESN'T WANT THE ENGLAND JOB THIS IS TERRIBLE
― That mong guy that's shit, Friday, 23 November 2007 14:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Our royal family on hearing the news:
http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/images/windsor/princes_fune.jpg
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 23 November 2007 14:06 (sixteen years ago) link
"DOES ANYBODY WANT THE ENGLAND JOB?" IS THE 2000s FOOTBALLING EQUIVALENT OF "DID ANYBODY EVER SEE THAT MOVIE TRON?" AND HARRY REDKNAPP IS PROBABLY CHIEF WIGGUM
― That mong guy that's shit, Friday, 23 November 2007 14:07 (sixteen years ago) link
HARRY REDKNAPP HAS SEEN TRON
― That mong guy that's shit, Friday, 23 November 2007 14:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Mourinho doesn't want it either. Don't think Capello will get it. Put a coupla nicker dahn on 'Awwy, alwight?
― Tom D., Friday, 23 November 2007 14:09 (sixteen years ago) link
DEFAULT: TWO SWEETEST WORDS IN VEH FACKIN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
― That mong guy that's shit, Friday, 23 November 2007 14:10 (sixteen years ago) link
As in "it was all de fault of that Steve McClaren"?
― ailsa, Friday, 23 November 2007 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I was gonna say what with 'Awwy being a little bit waaaaaaaaayy and a little bit woooooooooh, the FA might be wary of giving him the job but I forgot the gave Venables the job once
― Tom D., Friday, 23 November 2007 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link
If, within six months of 'arry becoming England boss, there's not at least four guys from Sierra Leone who've suddenly discovered an English grandmother in the squad, I'll be shocked.
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 23 November 2007 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Redknapp won't talk to the Beeb, can you have an England manager who refuses to talk to the BBC? Or will Joe Jordan be still doing it for him?
― Tom D., Friday, 23 November 2007 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I IMAGINE HIS LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE BBC MUST BE NEARLY AT A CLOSE BY NOW SO ONCE HIS NAME HAS BEEN CONCLUSIVELY CLEARED MAYBE HE'LL LET BYGONES BE BYGONES
― That mong guy that's shit, Friday, 23 November 2007 14:19 (sixteen years ago) link
'Arry becomes manager w/ Jordan as his assistant, who does the talking. Paul Jewell goes to Portsmouth. Sorted.
― Grandpont Genie, Friday, 23 November 2007 14:21 (sixteen years ago) link
MORE ODDZ
Capello 7/2 Mourinho 6/1 Redknapp 12/1 O'Neill 14/1 Shearer 16/1 Benitez 20/1 Scolari 20/1 Klinsmann 25/1 Coppell 25/1
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 23 November 2007 14:21 (sixteen years ago) link