: Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:48 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

I've said it before and will say it again.

Crouch got into the England side because he played for Liverpool.

He was wa*k tonight. For a tall man he has virtually no heading ability and his close control beggars belief. I think most of us on here could have scored his goal and apart from that he managed to look clumsy and inept - even more than usual.

He got nutmegged by a cross from a team mate FFS.

Get rid now before he embarasses us in SA.

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:50 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

I've said it before and will say it again.

Crouch got into the England side because he played for Liverpool.

He was wa*k tonight. For a tall man he has virtually no heading ability and his close control beggars belief. I think most of us on here could have scored his goal and apart from that he managed to look clumsy and inept - even more than usual.

He got nutmegged by a cross from a team mate FFS.

Get rid now before he embarasses us in SA.

Agreed

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:55 pm  

I shudder to think how he'd perform against Brazil and the likes. It's one thing to score against Andorra but imagine him against the big boys.

Still, there must be a bit of morale in the Engand camp. Funny what a change of manager can do for you.

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:09 pm  

Oh Dear Argentina.

Messi misses from 10 yards, Tevez misses a penalty and then they concede twice in the last 20 mins !.

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:20 pm  

Can't see them winning the WC. They have an abundance of attacking talent, but lack balance and a decent defence and 'keeper. The side they had in 06 should have walked the world cup then, but now most of their defenders have aged and past their best, Riquelme isn't playing and they just look clueless. Seems their side is forever changing.

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:38 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

Can't see them winning the WC. They have an abundance of attacking talent, but lack balance and a decent defence and 'keeper. The side they had in 06 should have walked the world cup then, but now most of their defenders have aged and past their best, Riquelme isn't playing and they just look clueless. Seems their side is forever changing.

Andorra or Argentina...hmmm not sure which to choose. I think Andorra just edges it for the lifestyle.

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:05 am  

changa wrote:

GK Mark Schwarzer
18 GK Brad Jones
12 GK Michael Petković

2 DF Lucas Neill
27 DF Rhys Williams
26 DF David Carney
20 DF Matthew
8 DF Luke Wilkshire
11 DF Scott Chipperfield
3 DF Jade North
16 DF Chris Coyne
22 DF Mark Milligan
25 DF Adrian Madaschi
30 DF Shane Stefanutto

10 MF Harry Kewell
4 MF Tim Cahill
13 MF Vince Grella
15 MF Richard Garcia
23 MF Mark Bresciano
28 MF Dario Vidošić
5 MF Jason Čulina
6 MF Carl Valeri
17 MF Mile Jedinak
19 MF Nick Carle
21 MF Mile Sterjovski
24 MF Jacob Burns

7 FW Scott McDonald
9 FW Joshua Kennedy
14 FW Brett Holman
29 FW Bruce Djite
GK Adam Federici
GK Eugene Galeković
GK Danny Vuković GK Michael Theoklitos
GK Ante Čović

DF Michael Beauchamp
DF Craig Moore
DF Robert Cornthwaite
DF Nikolai Topor-Stanley
DF Rodrigo Vargas
DF Shannon Cole
DF Scott Jamieson
DF Dean Heffernan
DF Daniel Mullen
DF Alex Wilkinson

MF Billy Celeski
MF Matt McKay
MF Paul Reid
MF Tarek Elrich
MF Tom Pondeljak
MF Matt Thompson
MF Michael Zullo
MF Mitch Nichols
MF Ben Kantarovski
MF Fabian Barbiero
MF Brett Emerton
MF Stuart Musialik
MF James Holland
MF Neil Kilkenny
MF Kristian Sarkies
MF Ruben Zadkovich

FW Archie Thompson
FW Daniel Allsopp
FW Matt Simon
FW Dylan Macallister
FW James Troisi
FW David Williams

look how many european names

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:34 am  

Lie down, fredie. Have you been abducted by aliens and rejected?

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:41 am  

It would seem that another thing that Fredie doesn't have a clue about is that names themselves do not indicate ethnic roots. This can be the case with people of mixed race, and it's also the case where people have ancestors who were slaves and were, therefore, given the family names of their owners – which in many cases would be northern European names.

And England is not "in the middle of Europe", as even some basic knowledge of geography would show him.

Given the ethnic diversity of the current England squad, Fredie's claim that four players (with names that he recognises as non-traditional English ones) are picked as a "token" merely illustrates, yet again, that he can manage to make pig shît look intelligent.

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:44 am  

Nemanja wrote:

He was probably England's best player. He or Johnson anyway, nobody else played that well TBH...

Extremely difficult to judge anything against such opposition (not least because they're niggly and with no tactical ambition beyond getting every man behind the ball), but I'd agree with that.