1st March Internationals spoilers

JohnnyG · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:02

BaZ87 said:
Nah JM should take the credit

Fair point

Edit: Just don't bet on him being the 1st goalscorer on Sat.

Gilly · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:03

Pigeon_Killer said:
The perfect way to finish off a top performance (Cole). Taking Beckham off really changed the game. We passed the ball around quicker rather than passing to Beckham and relying on his long passes.

We have a much better balance without Beckham.

JohnnyG · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:04

Wales held Paraguay so at least they shouldn't be too much trouble, & Scotland got hammered by Switzerland so a good day all in all

BaZ87 · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:04

Gilly said:
We have a much better balance without Beckham.

Better width with SWP, Beckham insists on playing as a 3rd Centre Mid

atpbx · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:04

We will look better when Austin returns to central midfield.

cheets64 · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:04

cheets64 said:
and i was going to put 2-1 to England :/

bah

LoadsaMoney · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:05

YAY!! Good goal by number 12 Crouch, Oops i meant 21.

Fancy ******* his shirt up.

Gilly · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:05

atpbx said:
We will look better when Austin returns to central midfield.

Damn right.

And force Gerrard into that defensive midfield place or drop him for Carrick. We look a bit lost when he tried to compliment FF

cymatty · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:07

LMFAO at Ian Wright "even his shorts look good"

BaZ87 · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:07

Gilly said:
Damn right.

And force Gerrard into that defensive midfield place or drop him for Carrick. We look a bit lost when he tried to compliment FF

Yea drop Gerrard for Carrick :rolleyes:

. Even if it made sence it wouldn't happen as Sven bums Gerrard, Owen, Beckham and Rio

JohnnyG · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:09

BaZ87 said:
Yea drop Gerrard for Carrick . Even if it made sence it wouldn't happen as Sven bums Gerrard, Owen, Beckham and Rio

I'd drop Gerrard for King assuming everyone was fit

lemonkettaz · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:10

crouch... what a player

SCM · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:10

JohnnyG said:
Wales held Paraguay so at least they shouldn't be too much trouble, & Scotland got hammered by Switzerland so a good day all in all

Scotland+friendly international=guaranteed loss

As we haven't won one since we beat Australia years ago. Just don't know what it is about friendlies that frighten the team so much, as competitive games we seem to play better.

Ah well hopefully Walter learned something from it, hopefully to forget playing friendlies

SCM

BaZ87 · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:10

JohnnyG said:
I'd drop Gerrard for King assuming everyone was fit

Yep thourght you would, well i would drop Lampard for Jenas :rolleyes:

Pigeon_Killer · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:13

If Liverpool don't get knocked out of the Champions League and FA cup soon, Gerrard will be too knackered to give 100% for England. I'd rather he put 100% in for Liverpool and was dropped for England and given a rest for the summer.

JohnnyG · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:13

BaZ87 said:
Yep thourght you would, well i would drop Lampard for Jenas

Nothing to do with what you think mate, just what I think is best for the England team

King played one of the best games I've seen in the holding role, Lamps in front of him, J.Cole on the left & Becks (SWP preferred) on the right, if Lamps is injured Gerrard can have the advanced role

Gilly · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:15

Yeah, I'd have Gerrard as Austin's backup too.

BaZ87 · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:16

JohnnyG said:
Nothing to do with what you think mate, just what I think is best for the England team
King played one of the best games I've seen in the holding role, Lamps in front of him, J.Cole on the left & Becks (SWP preferred) on the right, if Lamps is injured Gerrard can have the advanced role

Trust me Lampard would be dropped before Gerrard. Weather you like it or not Sven preffers Gerrard to Lampard. As for whats better for England, all Sven has to do is say to Gerrard to play as a holding player (he does it better than any other english player). All that has happened in the past is that there has been no clear instruction and Lampard and Gerrard have had to use there own judgement to decide who attacks and who defends at certain times.

JohnnyG · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:18

The ROI's had a field day tonight, I had Sweden down as a bit of a dark horse too :eek:

Tunney · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:19

A very worthwhile friendly. We got to see a number of fringe players get a run out and Cole/Carrick/Crouch showed their worth.

England have got a real depth to them these days. I doubt we'll win the World Cup, but we've got as good a chance as anyone.

Perfectly. Its a light-hearted play on words at the guy's name and the way he plays. Grow up and take it easy.

That kind of remark gets people banned from White Hart Lane these days...

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