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David Hodgson

David Hodgson

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OK, let's go....

 

For me, international tournaments are all about filling time til LFC are back in my life. To that end, I'm always with the international side with most LFC related interest. This makes England's the most interesting games, for me. AND I'm English, so all the planets are aligning. Woohoo.

 

 

I was looking at possible England formations in the Times the other day, and one of them was this (front 6) :

 

------------------------------------------Gerrard-------Henderson

 

------------------------Lallana-------------------Rooney--------------Sterling

 

---------------------------------------------------Sturridge.

 

What's not to love about watching and supporting that on the 'world stage' ? Well, apart from the obvious thing. I want to see those boys doing as well as possible. f*** bloody Uruguay or anyone else.

 

 

PS Please don't anyone waste their breath telling me that England are unpalatable because of Roy Hodgson. I couldn't give a sh*t about him.

Murphman

Murphman

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OK, let's go....

 

For me, international tournaments are all about filling time til LFC are back in my life. To that end, I'm always with the international side with most LFC related interest. This makes England's the most interesting games, for me. AND I'm English, so all the planets are aligning. Woohoo.

 

 

I was looking at possible England formations in the Times the other day, and one of them was this (front 6) :

 

------------------------------------------Gerrard-------Henderson

 

------------------------Lallana-------------------Rooney--------------Sterling

 

---------------------------------------------------Sturridge.

 

What's not to love about watching and supporting that on the 'world stage' ? Well, apart from the obvious thing. I want to see those boys doing as well as possible. f*** bloody Uruguay or anyone else.

 

 

PS Please don't anyone waste their breath telling me that England are unpalatable because of Roy Hodgson. I couldn't give a sh*t about him.

 

It's true though.

Earl Hafler

Earl Hafler

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OK, let's go....

 

For me, international tournaments are all about filling time til LFC are back in my life. To that end, I'm always with the international side with most LFC related interest. This makes England's the most interesting games, for me. AND I'm English, so all the planets are aligning. Woohoo.

 

 

I was looking at possible England formations in the Times the other day, and one of them was this (front 6) :

 

------------------------------------------Gerrard-------Henderson

 

------------------------Lallana-------------------Rooney--------------Sterling

 

---------------------------------------------------Sturridge.

 

What's not to love about watching and supporting that on the 'world stage' ? Well, apart from the obvious thing. I want to see those boys doing as well as possible. f*** bloody Uruguay or anyone else.

 

 

PS Please don't anyone waste their breath telling me that England are unpalatable because of Roy Hodgson. I couldn't give a sh*t about him.

 

Switch Lallana and Sterling and you have the front 6 for the Costa Rica match

JGL

JGL

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Would anyone on here start Rooney? I don't particularly rate him anywhere but upfront anymore and in that position Sturridge is clearly better.

 

-------------------Gerrard

--Ox/Barkley/Milner/Wilshere ----- Hendo

 

Sterling-----Sturridge-----Lallana

 

 

Which is a pretty strong looking team that could do really well. I think Sterling could be one of the players of the tournament.

Tobes Rafa

Tobes Rafa

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OK, let's go....

 

PS Please don't anyone waste their breath telling me that England are unpalatable because of Roy Hodgson. I couldn't give a sh*t about him.

I agree. I'm from Northern Ireland and I'll be cheering on the Liverpool boys and England in particular. Can't stand Hodgson but we've got Brendan now so no need to be bitter. In fact if Hodgson hadn't been so stupendously s*** we might never have gotten round to Brendan.

 

It wouldn't please me to see him doing well but I'd love to see the Redmen ripping it up.

JRC

JRC

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I can't even sustain any particular ill-will against Hodgson (Roy, that is, not the OP). He came, he acted the c**k, he was found wanting, he got sacked. So be it.

 

He has been quite respectful about his spell here since (I wouldn't say humble, but not as cockworthy as I thought he might be) - his acolytes in the press, and the more simple-minded non-LFC fans have been much worse - and he has managed the LFC players in the England camp pretty well.

 

It reflected well on us when he was given a decent reception when he came back as WBA Manager, and - whisper it - he's probably not the worse England Manager ever, whether in terms of not doing ludicrous flag waving or tub-thumping (not really his style, obviously, when a 15-minute anecdotal drone will suffice) or even, given the squad and the talk of 4-2-3-1 as above etc. in terms of tactics and interesting player selection.

 

Probably personal hubris, but he seems to want to show that he isn't just the rigid, straight-line, tied-together 442 fetishist that was found out - even by much of the pro-Hodgson media - in the Euros.

 

* at the end of the day, I'll be hoping to enjoy Gerrard, Henderson, Johnson, Sterling and Sturridge playing well (and Lallana, provisionally) - whether that be in an England shirt or any other nationality. I will be sorely conflicted over England vs Uruguay.

David Hodgson

David Hodgson

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I agree. I'm from Northern Ireland and I'll be cheering on the Liverpool boys and England in particular. Can't stand Hodgson but we've got Brendan now so no need to be bitter. In fact if Hodgson hadn't been so stupendously s*** we might never have gotten round to Brendan.

 

It wouldn't please me to see him doing well but I'd love to see the Redmen ripping it up.

 

Roy Hodgson is just a non issue to me. He's invisible. In the context of this tournament I simply ask that he picks Liverpool players and doesn't get them injured (and I know that there's a potential contradiction there).

 

It's true though.

 

Each to his own Murph, but I'd be thrilled to see Raheem's beaming face taking the world Cup trophy from Stevie G before passing it on to Sturridge etc.

 

It won't happen, but hey ....

Chewie

Chewie

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I agree. I'm from Northern Ireland and I'll be cheering on the Liverpool boys and England in particular. Can't stand Hodgson but we've got Brendan now so no need to be bitter. In fact if Hodgson hadn't been so stupendously s*** we might never have gotten round to Brendan.

 

It wouldn't please me to see him doing well but I'd love to see the Redmen ripping it up.

 

yup - I'm on board with this... hate friendlies, hate international interrupted domestic seasons - we all know who the best 20-30 teams are... stick em in a tournament every few years and enjoy it for what it is... love all the memories of world cups, right back to the flickering embers of a memory of West Germany v Italy in 1982 (not to mention Gerry Armstrong which even though I can't remember in that particular moment, I have been weaned on to the point where I do actually believe I was there that night...)

honourablegeorge

honourablegeorge

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Read my post again George. Carefully this time. ;)/>

 

 

I assumed Hodgson was the "obvious thing". Well, initially, I reminded myself that I'm Irish, but I can get past all that easier than I can get past Hodgson.

Earl Hafler

Earl Hafler

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rooney's another one of these £300,000 a week status obsessed knob-heads. more important feeling that he's the man, than actually being the man. ferguson had it right with him.

 

I think he's gone a similar way to Mourinho. Once loved the game, now it's all about the aggro.

Duncan Disorderly

Duncan Disorderly

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I agree. I'm from Northern Ireland and I'll be cheering on the Liverpool boys and England in particular. Can't stand Hodgson but we've got Brendan now so no need to be bitter. In fact if Hodgson hadn't been so stupendously s*** we might never have gotten round to Brendan.

 

It wouldn't please me to see him doing well but I'd love to see the Redmen ripping it up.

Right-footer? ;)

The_Adder

The_Adder

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We could have 6 LFC players starting for England if we get this Lallana deal done before it kicks off.

 

Thats pretty damn impressive whichever you look at it, especially since most of them are f***ing boss.

Cobs

Cobs

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OK, let's go....

 

For me, international tournaments are all about filling time til LFC are back in my life. To that end, I'm always with the international side with most LFC related interest. This makes England's the most interesting games, for me. AND I'm English, so all the planets are aligning. Woohoo.

 

 

I was looking at possible England formations in the Times the other day, and one of them was this (front 6) :

 

------------------------------------------Gerrard-------Henderson

 

------------------------Lallana-------------------Rooney--------------Sterling

 

---------------------------------------------------Sturridge.

 

What's not to love about watching and supporting that on the 'world stage' ? Well, apart from the obvious thing. I want to see those boys doing as well as possible. f*** bloody Uruguay or anyone else.

 

 

PS Please don't anyone waste their breath telling me that England are unpalatable because of Roy Hodgson. I couldn't give a sh*t about him.

 

with you all the way, DH

 

feckin love the World Cup - the fact there should be a bunch of LFC players playing for England is an added bonus. Shame about Hodgey but whaddyagonnado?

 

 

Earl Hafler

Earl Hafler

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Watch the games, ignore the interviews. It'll be fantastic.

 

Might also be the odd moment of ass tinged face rubs - should go down a treat in Brazil.

Chewie

Chewie

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So they say ;)/>/> but I don't buy into all that. I'd be cheering on Ireland too if they made it through.

 

 

Hey Tobes... I'm on that bandwagon n all... anyone from these isles - I'll want to see them do well and love the world cup - it's all the qualifying nonsense I don't get... but then it has produced a good few upsets at the boot of the mighty Healy

Cobs

Cobs

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This is like the 70s and 80s when we had plenty of good England players and they were never bothered enough to win anything with England.

 

it's actually feck all like that, as it was feck all like that back in the 70s & 80s

Nate.

Nate.

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Always want England to do well despute there being loads of reasons for me to not feel that way.

 

The idea of them spawning a world cup win while good in theory would mean Roy becomes SIr Roy. Not sure I could deal with that...

 

:unsure:

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