james lawton on eriksson / england. . .

[Ostrich Man]

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Edited June 1, 2006 by Ostrich Man

[cymrococh]

so good he said it twice!

[Guest JamesA]

Coke is no longer it. Theo is.

 

Painted on the naked stomachs of Engerlund fans, so it must be true.

[Cobs]

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Sven's crap

 

Sven's crap

[Guest Anders Honoré]

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"Should we play 3-5-2, 4-1-4-1, 4-4-2? It is almost beyond belief that such basic questions are being asked so near to the moments of truth."

 

Not ten, but I don't care.

[yellow jumper]

poor from lawton. thought he might be above the usual english media hysteria. has he the first idea what's going on in the french squad; domenech's risible selection policy and squad in-fighting. or that peckerman has had to leave out zannetti and veron because his captain won't countenance their selection.

 

germany are still tinkering with their formation, and were losing 0-2 against japan until they reverted to a 4-4-2. spain have been experimenting with a 4-3-3.

 

robson changed formation during the tournament in 1990.

 

think most of the international coaches are still prepared to make changes in personnel at this stage.

[Guest redmilky]

Load of balls.

 

And what is it with articles getting pasted twice? Seems to happen all the time.

[Guest Red Mist]

Well he's right that Sven is hopeless and our laughable bid to 'win' the WC is exactly that, laughable. But his dig against Carra is totally unwarranted. Carra did a good job in an unfamiliar position. Likewise condemning Wrighty for a fresh perspective on Stevie's alleged dive is also out-of-order. We KNOW the opposition are going to try to con the ref at every opportunity, especially if we come up against Germany and especially the Argies. We should stoop low enough to counter these dirty tricks from the opposition.

[Gravy]

Can someone answer me wtf we have got Jenas in the squad when we have 7 other players who can play one of two positions in CM and only 4 people (one an untried 17 year old) that can play in 2 positions up front?

[Stevie H]

has england had an actual left-footed left midfielder since john barnes retired?

[Cobs]

 

 

Germany in Munich in the last 16.

kinda indicates you think Germany have an even more piss easy group that, doesn't it?

 

has england had an actual left-footed left midfielder since john barnes retired?

Lee Sharpe ?

[Guest Anders Honoré]

Le Saux and J.Cole spring to mind. About it though.

[Cobs]

Jason Wilcox

[Ripley]

kinda indicates you think Germany have an even more piss easy group that, doesn't it?

Not really but it's how you beat the 2 weak group members as well isn't it?

 

Germany has a similar group and they are poor at the moment, but I can see them doing Poland in what should be that group's crunch game, whereas I have my doubts about England against Sweden, by which time I'd fancy Larsson and Ibrahimovic to have scored more than whoever England field up front against the other two.

 

Just seems a value bet, England not to win the group.

[Cobs]

Seth Johnson

[Stevie H]

sweet jesus, that's it? lee sharpe, graeme le saux (fullback), joe cole (right-footed, anders you t***), jason wilcox and seth johnson? how can a nation this size fail to produce the occasional left-footed midfielder?

[Guest Scot]

Andy Hichcliffe

Andy Sinton

Edited June 1, 2006 by Scot

[Cobs]

Keiran Richardson

 

 

oh, the names are coming through like a flood now...........

 

did Steve Froggat get a cap?

[Stevie H]

Andy Hichcliffe

Andy Sinton

one left-back and one right-footed short-a*se.

 

Keiran Richardson

oh, the names are coming through like a flood now...........

 

did Steve Froggat get a cap?

 

think he did. and steve guppy.

[Guest JamesA]

What about that one from Boro in the squad...

 

Said Sven (Charltonesque, like).

[Gilps]

What about that one from Boro in the squad...

 

Said Sven (Charltonesque, like).

 

Not been capped yet has he?

 

Does the Bridge in front of Cole experiment count?

[Guest JamesA]

Not been capped yet has he?

 

Does the Bridge in front of Cole experiment count?

 

Says it all about Sven, really.

[Cobs]

Not been capped yet has he?

 

he has 1 cap v Holland

 

 

a dutch cap you might call it

 

 

 

[Armin_Tamzarian]

Lawton's spot on. He wasn't harsh on Carrahger at all, he has more respect for him than most journalists because he understands what an excellent a defender he is.

 

Sven has picked up 4.5 million a year and one injury to Rooney and he falls to pieces. The same thing happened in Portgual. He's had a very talented bunch of players to choose from and he's consistently failed to tackle the obvious problems in his team.

[Cobs]

shouldn't be ignored than Sven picked Rooney for England at a time when i'd bet there was a fair % of posters on here who thought that the fat Shrek-a-like-sell his city down the river-once a blue always a manc - cn*t, shouldn't have been anywhere near the national team.

 

he wasn't falling apart then and i don't think he is now.