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DJKillaQueen

DJKillaQueen

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Joe Hart is the in form keeper, he's been fantastic all season. Pundits say he has no World Cup experience but he has to start somewhere.


Other players lacked too though. Aaron Lennon had a brilliant chance to chip the keeper, but chose instead to errr...cross it in front of three US defenders. We had no link up player to dominate the midfield (although Barry should solve that one) and against better teams we won't get any play in the midfield without someone filling that hole.


There were a few instances of good passing and towards the end Rooney suddenly woke up, but on the whole our crossing was poor and our game was the usual 'up in the air' instead of controlled passing.


I think the biggest problem is that these players are not used to playing with each other. You can't throw a team together for the first time and expect them to have an instant understanding of each others movement and runs. And why on earth did Capello ignore what everyone else knows, that Ledley King barely plays two games in a row. He's been like that all season and now after just one half he's injured. It's a shambles.


It was the kind of game you'd want to see in a friendly....where there are glimpses of things to build on. By the time you get to a World Cup, those things should be dominating your game.


OK my stint as footy critic is over....lol....:)-D

kpc

kpc

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Agree about Lennon, not just the wasted chance in the first half, but the quality of his crossing (and Johnson's) was poor all game. He needs to actually look up to see where players are. Early-ish in the second-half Ronney had lost his marker seven yards out ans was crying out for a decent cross.
DJKillaQueen

DJKillaQueen

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LOL ....I do love your pics. In fact I have a pair of inflatable hands I can send Rob Green if the FA are a bit short of funds and I do believe Kenn Dodd can supply the cloggs.


I agree kpc. Beckham apparently though has been telling the wide plays that if they cross the ball and there's no-one there to meet it then that's not their problem!


Rooney just wasn't getting far enough forward yesterday and part of that was the lack of holding player for the midfield. If Gerrard and Lampard are dropping back (which they did whenever USA were in posession), Rooney drops back to fill the forward hole. That's why Heskey was often in a lone striker position and the only one there to meet the long ball (another overused aspect of the English game) which is how we seem to play when we can't get much joy from the midfield. When the wide players did find some pace down the lines they had to hold up waiting for the midfeild to push up, because there was no-one to pass to. Our own midfield kept Rooney out of the game as much as the USA did.


Meanwhile my online dreamteam is going down the pan....so what do I know about anything :))

Brendan

Brendan

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What the fuck is it with those stupid fucking trumpets?


It?s not just the noise but the puerile gormlessness of having to make as much noise as humanly possible for no apparent reason other than to bring attention to oneself.


WWhhaaaahhhhh! Look at me look at me! WWWhhhaaaahhhh!


Arseholes!



And don?t even get me started on the nursery school play style celebration dances of the players.



Didn?t see the England game unfortunately. I left booking a restaurant for after the football in my sister?s hands yesterday so of course she booked it for 7:30.

kpc

kpc

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Keef Wrote:

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> Who cares if Hart lacks experience in the WC. He

> plays against world class players week in week

> out, in argubly the strongest league in the world.


But he knows exactly where he stands with the guys playing in front of him week in week out and he's not going to get the same level of commitment out of Terry, King, etc.

katie1997

katie1997

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I heard they had better players back then.



Disclaimer: I'm not english, I know NOTHING about football and am usually not interested in it but feel I am qualified to comment upon it for the duration of this specific tournament only ;-) I DO want to see England to win (or Spain who I picked in my team's competition).


INGE LAND (tu)

Annasfield

Annasfield

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DJKillaQueen Wrote:

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> Typical bloody germans.....of to a storming

> start...and looking like the best team in the

> tournament so far....grrrrrrr......lol.....helped

> by the card happy ref of course ;-)



It's okay. It was only Cahill.

woofmarkthedog

woofmarkthedog

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Katie.....



This is for SERIOUS people like your self...


I'm sure you'll be made welcome, in fact you've been PreQualified? & the keyring is in the post



W**F?


( Terms & conditions on application* )






katie1997 Wrote:

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> >

> I heard they had better players back then.

>

>

> Disclaimer: I'm not english, I know NOTHING about

> football and am usually not interested in it but

> feel I am qualified to comment upon it for the

> duration of this specific tournament only ;-) I DO

> want to see England to win (or Spain who I picked

> in my team's competition).

>

> INGE LAND (tu)

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