Lake Bells tits 1 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Rationally we should be happy tottenham arsenal and Liverpool dont drop points. They will end up above us regardless, we fight for 6th and 7th against villa, stoke, fulham, everton... Emotionally is another issue alltogether.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nortoon 0 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Fucking Tottenham. Is it wrong that I want the likes of Liverpool and Spurs to drop as many points as possible, even though they'll probably end up above us regardless? I was desperately wishing Fulham would pull them back, same as I just didnt give a fuck about the wolves game cos they arent really close to us. Its a good feeling, but a dangerous one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Fulham were unlucky not to equalise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Lucky/incompetent.. take your pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo 0 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Athletico were unlucky not beat the mighty Barca. Muniain looks a canny player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 England friendly selection:: Joe Hart (Man City), Scott Carson (Bursaspor), David Stockdale (Ipswich) Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Man Utd), Gary Cahill (Bolton), John Terry (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Leighton Baines (Everton), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Joleon Lescott (Man City), Kyle Walker (Tottenham) Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Stewart Downing (Liverpool), Gareth Barry (Man City), Adam Johnson (Man City), James Milner (Man City), Scott Parker (Tottenham), Theo Walcott (Arsenal) Darren Bent (Aston Villa), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea), Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Bobby Zamora (Fulham), Danny Welbeck (Man Utd) If you're going to put Rodwell and Jagielka in there, then you might as well call up the Taylors and Simpson since they're 3 quarters of the best defence in the league... ... but I'm happy Capello didn't because I don't care about England and I wouldn't want our boys to risk getting injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4771 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 picks johnson but not richards because hes not sure of richards defending thing is, its not just capello, all recent england managers have had some shite selection policies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 It would be nice to see the in-form players picked for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Walker looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Really gets my goat that the match of the day pundits condone diving - "there's enough contact for him to go down" complete bollocks. Truly incredible save from the Wigan keeper, one of the best I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 England friendly selection:: Joe Hart (Man City), Scott Carson (Bursaspor), David Stockdale (Ipswich) Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Man Utd), Gary Cahill (Bolton), John Terry (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Leighton Baines (Everton), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Joleon Lescott (Man City), Kyle Walker (Tottenham) Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Stewart Downing (Liverpool), Gareth Barry (Man City), Adam Johnson (Man City), James Milner (Man City), Scott Parker (Tottenham), Theo Walcott (Arsenal) Darren Bent (Aston Villa), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea), Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Bobby Zamora (Fulham), Danny Welbeck (Man Utd) If you're going to put Rodwell and Jagielka in there, then you might as well call up the Taylors and Simpson since they're 3 quarters of the best defence in the league... ... but I'm happy Capello didn't because I don't care about England and I wouldn't want our boys to risk getting injured. That squad looks pretty wank to me on paper, especially in midfield and attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Athletico were unlucky not beat the mighty Barca. Muniain looks a canny player. I thought Barca were playing Bilbao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4771 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Athletico were unlucky not beat the mighty Barca. Muniain looks a canny player. I thought Barca were playing Bilbao theyd be pissed off with Duo there, they have a real thing about people getting that wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4771 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Gabon are playing Brazil tonight (on itv4) and the floodlights are out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7034 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Sameobi played 70mins for the U21s tonight. MOM for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 'grats Ireland. Can't believe how easy they've had it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 (edited) Russia are canny but Slovakia aren't anything. Wales, Montenegro, Switzerland and Bulgaria are all better than Armenia, Macedonia and Andorra tbh I'd say they're both easy groups and both similar in difficulty mainly due to us having 1 less team in the group. We both struck lucky. Edited November 12, 2011 by Barton7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 lol are you fucking kidding? You had a group with less teams which also contained bulgaria wales montenegro and the swiss and we had it easy with more matches let alone the likes of Russia and Slovakia who are arguably better than anyone else in your group? (and ye drew with montenegro twice!, i could honestly only name 3 players from that team off top of my head, savic , jotevic and vucinic (all badly spelt)) i'll give ya the easier of all the teams in the qualifier for us though, but about time frankly considering who we've had previously odds on us getting France in our group stage We'd have won all 8 games in Ireland's group imo, and the actual draw to get Estonia, probably the most favourable draw in play off history at any level of football in 30 years? Just hope Ireland get a favourable draw in the actual competition wouldn't want them to be a laughing stock getting beaten 5-0 every game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Russia are canny but Slovakia aren't anything. Wales, Montenegro, Switzerland and Bulgaria are all better than Armenia, Macedonia and Andorra tbh I'd say they're both easy groups and both similar in difficulty mainly due to us having 1 less team in the group. We both struck lucky. Switzerland and Wales are better sides than Ireland in my opinion. Bellamy and Bale are better players than Ireland have had since Roy Keane, Montenegro have more stars than Ireland. Ant is a good lad but he pisses green and gets deluded in the national team and republican politics, much like ewerk. They'll putting their eyes oot when England lose 2-0 tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Ant I posted that whilst watching the Estonia match, and I was talking about that match and nothing else. Estonia were awful. Ireland weren't even that good on the night (very professional), but they didn't need to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty 4 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Some fucking goal by Kenny Miller last night. 45 second mark: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/15610953.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30641 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 lol are you fucking kidding? You had a group with less teams which also contained bulgaria wales montenegro and the swiss and we had it easy with more matches let alone the likes of Russia and Slovakia who are arguably better than anyone else in your group? (and ye drew with montenegro twice!, i could honestly only name 3 players from that team off top of my head, savic , jotevic and vucinic (all badly spelt)) i'll give ya the easier of all the teams in the qualifier for us though, but about time frankly considering who we've had previously odds on us getting France in our group stage We'd have won all 8 games in Ireland's group imo, and the actual draw to get Estonia, probably the most favourable draw in play off history at any level of football in 30 years? Just hope Ireland get a favourable draw in the actual competition wouldn't want them to be a laughing stock getting beaten 5-0 every game. Aye, just like you were going to win the WC last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TicTacWoe 0 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 'grats Ireland. Can't believe how easy they've had it. It was ridiculously easy last night but considering what happened against France in the previous playoff I think it evens itself out. The team is pedestrian and doesn't even include some of the best players available (Coleman, McCarthy etc) but Trappatoni has made us incredibly well organised (and boring) so I'd say any team (apart from Spain perhaps) will have trouble playing us in the Euros. We won't do anything spectacular but we won't get beaten by much either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TicTacWoe 0 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Irelands always been better when we're setup like this tbh, was the same when Charlton was in charge, no passing across the pitch everything down the flanks and don't give possession away cheaply, the only difference is back then we had at least one quality player in every section of the pitch and arguably one of the best centrehalfs in the world even half fit and with a few in him at the back. I agree that it's the right setup but I think a very slight tweak, ie playing Coleman and occasionally McCarthy could make a difference. The full backs we're playing are Kelly (not playing regularly) and Ward (not a natural left back). I just think it's ridiculous that we ignore a player of Coleman's quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Oh aye and like i said Montenegro have 3 stars stevie, two play in italy at juve and fiorentina and one warms the bench at city these days, asides from that who? cause i honestly can't think of any (that's not a dig btw i honestly can't feel free to point them out) sure your not getting them and serbia mixed up, they've a fair few more "names" among the squad Do you think any Macedonian could name Ireland's midfield. Keith Andrews, Glenn Whelan ffs. Sean St Ledger at the back. Talk about limited resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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