On the Ball (new Football Focus)

[Ladygooner]

Nice to see Eduardo on the score sheet!

[Keef]

He should have had a penalty from Johnson too to be fair.

[kpc]

An impressive performance against a poor Croatian team. But in times gone by, England have not always taken their chances in similar circumstances. Weak points were Heskey's finishing (harsh to point to an individual but if you only have 4/5 forwards in a squad, you need them to score) and an odd 10 minutes second half spell where concentration lapsed. Think Capello pragmatic enough and won't let team get carried away and will keep their feet on the ground. He can get away with making a couple of changes against Ukraine (how long before Croatia mention fielding weakened teams) and has a free game against Belarus to give a better opportunity to fringe players.

[Atila Reincarnate]

Sandperson Wrote:

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> And cue the tirade....

Don't start, play nicely in the playground

[Atila Reincarnate]

Bok of the net! (Daily Mirror), 3 Lions in Africa (Daily Mirror), Get de beers in (The Sun), Ooh-aah Africa! (The Sun), We can win it (Daily Express), Watch out world (Daily Star), World class (Daily Mail) and Job done (The Independent) are some of the newspaper headlines after Fabio Capello's England side secured World Cup qualification on Wednesday night.

Wonder how long it will be before Capello and his squad are likened to various vegtables and donkeys?

['bout now]

matthew123 Wrote:

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> Save your money - for England are in a very poor

> group. I think you've got to look how England

> performed in their games this year against Spain,

> Holland and France to see they are far from the

> finished article.

Couldn't disagree more. England beat everything put in front of them, it's not Capello's fault that Croatia didn't turn up (they are ranked 9th, Ukraine 25th, so not exactly a "poor" group) We have qualified without play offs, last chance draws against the Italians or a million Beckham freekick attempts. Added to that we are Europes top scoring side and unbeaten under Fabio Capello in all competative matches, which is were it counts.

In the friendly against Spain there was no Gerrard, Rooney, Ferdinand (ok he didn't play last night), Defoe. Abonglahor played up front and the starting midfield was Downing, Carrick, SWP and Barry. Spain were 100% inc. Senna, Iniesta,Torres, Villa etc. Oh and Jagielka played! So I see no real relevance in our worst result.

However I do agree we are far from perfect, this is the England team after all but it's a much better starting point for a final than we've had for a very long time.

[Mick Mac]

Bout now:

In the words of Tommy Doherty:

"They'll be home before the postcards."

['bout now]

MM with the current state of the Royal Mail, we could play in the euros in 2012 and still be home before any postcards from SA.

[Atila Reincarnate]

matthew123 Wrote:

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> Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> > Please someone put me out of my misery. I have

> a

> > very old telly; was Teddy Sheringham orange or

> was

> > that just my TV?

>

> Teddy knows his number is up - it's usually him

> and Andy Townsend but tonight Macca made his debut

> from the now defunct Setanta so we won't be seeing

> too much more of Sheringham - hooray!

Oh Teddy, Teddy, you may have won the treble but you're still a c**t.

[Atila Reincarnate]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> red devil Wrote:

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> > What about Seaweed?

> > ''Nayim from the half way line..''

>

>

> Oh deep joy! How we Spurs fans laughed at the

> pony-tailed ponce at that one.

And who was the goalkeeping colossus for spuds at that time? Was the it the mighty Ian Walker or some other giant of the footballing world?

[ratty]

Was that the sequal to Oh Teddy Teddy, he went to Man Uts and he won fook all?

[Atila Reincarnate]

ratty Wrote:

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> Was that the sequal to Oh Teddy Teddy, he went to

> Man Uts and he won fook all?

Indeed Ratty, indeed.

[Atila Reincarnate]

Or there was the ever popular "Oh Teddy, Teddy, went back to spurs and you're still a c**t"

[Atila Reincarnate]

Goal keeping leg end

[Sandperson]

It was Ratty. But then he won the lot. My particular favourite was seeing him interviewed wearing his European Cup winners medal. The interview ended and he looked into camera, picked up the medal from his chest, kissed it and said "This one's for the Gooners." :)) Couldn't have happened to a nicer chap if you ask me.

[Atila Reincarnate]

Sandperson Wrote:

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> It was Ratty. But then he won the lot. My

> particular favourite was seeing him interviewed

> wearing his European Cup winners medal. The

> interview ended and he looked into camera, picked

> up the medal from his chest, kissed it and said

> "This one's for the Gooners." :)) Couldn't have

> happened to a nicer chap if you ask me.

Oh Teddy Teddy you may have the treble but you're still a c**t. B) I've discovered wotsits

[Jah Lush]

Teddy may have been a shade of orange last night but he was a top player.

[Sandperson]

God like status at OT and WHL Jah!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

He was a wonderful player until he went to West Ham (grrr).

[Keef]

And in an England shirt. Bit of a cock though lets be honest.

[Jah Lush]

Sandperson Wrote:

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> God like status at OT and WHL Jah!

And Millwall (I'm almost tempted to put an emoticon but I'm not a cunt).

[ratty]

I remember hearing the "You may have won the treble......." song and wetting mysefl with laughter!

[Jah Lush]

ratty Wrote:

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> I remember hearing the "You may have won the

> treble......." song and wetting mysefl with

> laughter!

What literally? ...that must have been a bit embarrassing on the way home.

[matthew123]

I remember Teddy Sheringham rousing the West Ham fans behind the goal at Cardiff (as if he was a one club man) in anticipation of winning FA Cup moments before Steven Gerrard equalised :))

Have to say his ashen face last night each time Macca made his views known without prompting from Steve Rider was funny.

Good player but ... was he the one that won the free kick at OT for Beckham in the Greece 2-2 ?

[Mick Mac]

McCarthy said: ?In my day we used to kick them properly and they didn?t have to dive

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1212633/Lets-cheats-kicking-says-Wolves-boss-Mick-McCarthy.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0QkDhkYJm