International Friendlies - England vs Norway/Belgium [May 26th - June 2nd 2012]

[pingwing]

Can only hole the Norwegians really really want to win and put some leg breaking tackles on the England team so we can whittle down the rubbish that just shouldn't be going to the Euros...

I stand by Lambert being the top champ scorer would have been a much better choice than Carroll

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

"You don't have to use short passes, not if you use your big man up front" - Roy Hodgson 25th May 2012

#hearditallbefore

 

[timebomb26]

Oh god no.

 

[pingwing]

"You don't have to use short passes, not if you use your big man up front" - Roy Hodgson 25th May 2012

Oh and with Downing and Carroll starting tonight the Norwegians will be supporting England.

We're starting Green to copy West Ham's tactics this season!!

Norway will be in for a surprise...

 

[Robbo]

Mohammed Abdellaoue is meant to be a pretty decent striker (for Norway).

It's absolutely boiling hot, I don't know who that will affect more, us or them!

 

[drunkenmaster]

Germany 2-0 down, pretty strong team they are playing even with the Bayern lot missing.

 

[Azza]

Switzerland beating a strong German team at the moment, 2-0.

 

[Secret_Window]

Any word on the team line up for tonight? It will be interesting to see which formation he uses.

 

[Robbo]

Any word on the team line up for tonight? It will be interesting to see which formation he uses.

Yep, it's most likely going to be this:

Not massively exciting really.

 

[Combat Fighter]

These 2 friendlies will be a test for us against 'average' European opposition. Norwegian game should be easier, Roy will probably experiment a lot for the first game

+1

Would be nice to see England win obviously, but you never know . . .

Coming from someone who like a flutter, I'm not putting any money on this one!

 

[drunkenmaster]

Germany pulled one back but the Swiss are 2 goals ahead again, hattrick for Derdiyok.

 

[drunkenmaster]

4-2 to the Swiss, not bad at all.

 

[timebomb26]

Don't really know how to feel about the game tonight. Naturally I'm slightly excited by a new manager (falling in to the same trap as usual), but the squad/team selection has made me feel pretty flat. Can't see us doing anything exciting really.

 

[drunkenmaster]

Switzerland 5-3 up now, good game to watch, also Spain 2-0 up.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

------------Green-----------
Jones-Jagielka-Lescott-Baines
Milner-Gerrard-Parker-Downing
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----------------Young-------
------------Carroll-----------

 

[BaZ87]

Young won't play that far forward.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Young won't play that far forward.

Think it's 50/50 whether he'll go all out attack or not so thought I'd go with his attacking line up.

 

[Robbo]

I hope it'll be 4-2-3-1 as ITV suggest. Doubt it though, far too attacking.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

I hope it'll be 4-2-3-1 as ITV suggest. Doubt it though, far too attacking.

Would be very surprised. 4-4-2 is his formation and he rarely deviates away from that. Did it a few times at Liverpool, we actually beat Chelsea using 4-2-3-1 IIRC, but he soon reverted to type.

 

[BaZ87]

I hope it'll be 4-2-3-1 as ITV suggest. Doubt it though, far too attacking.

As Hodgson said in his press-conference yesterday (and when he was at Liverpool too), there's no difference between all these formations. They're all the same.