The Football.....

[PaulB]

Not into the international stuff but watched that and saw that the best of what we have left of England is all Scouse. Scouse cross, Scouse goal for one-nil and then it took a Scouse captain's efforts to ease all jitters. Which was nice.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I havn't watched England much recently, not only because of a lack of success but due to disillusionment with the celeb circus that surrounds it.
Is it just me or does this bunch of one or two golden oldies amongst the less storied youngsters have a hard working dynamism throughout the team that starts to make them resemble a half decent unit ?
Even if they won't make it far in the WC, I like the way these guys seem to be not shy of putting a shift in. Hodgson seems to have found a way to join up the dots and create quite an energetic English picture.

Yes, I'd agree: lively and surprisingly positive.

 

[thom]

Yes, I'd agree: lively and surprisingly positive.

Yeah - Sturridge and Welbeck are so quick to get far forward and around Rooney it really takes the pressure off Wayne. Townsend obviously as well as Baines and Walker complement all that with a good amount of impetus - there is no single attacking focus for a change.

 

[Doseone]

Yeah - Sturridge and Welbeck are so quick to get far forward and around Rooney it really takes the pressure off Wayne. Townsend obviously as well as Baines and Walker complement all that with a good amount of impetus - there is no single attacking focus for a change.

Good point. So often in the past we've had a lone forward who appears cut off from the midfield and has had to come increasingly deep as the game progresses to try and get the ball. There was none of that tonight.

I really like Baines and Hodgson has a tough choice when Cole is fit again as to which to pick. IMO I think I'd stick with Baines as there is little to choose between them but Baines is so good on set pieces.

I also thought Stevie G's goal was excellent, a really good finish.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

[QUOTE 2712828, member: 30090"]These predictions still in this thread?[/quote]
Have a guess, you should get this one right....

 

[Kies]

An entertaining game, and good to qualify with a solid performance. The big guns will dismantle our defence, but some promising youngsters

 

[swee'pea99]

Can't remember seeing an England team looking so positive and threatening. Townsend could frighten any defence - he looks strong and fearless, and like he always thinks he could score. I agree they still look worryingly vulnerable to the quick breakout, but overall, much better than expected. Good to see it settled by a very deft goal scored by a player determined to score rather than go down looking for a penalty.

 

[Dayvo]

Not into the international stuff but watched that and saw that the best of what we have left of England is all Scouse. Scouse cross, Scouse goal for one-nil and then it took a Scouse captain's efforts to ease all jitters. Which was nice.

Fortunately the fans are from all over England and not just Liverpool: think of all the whining if England only had scouse fans.

 

[Dayvo]

There are probably more scousers in the England squad than in the Liverpool squad!

Four here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_F.C.#Current_squad

I don't suppose the West Ham fans, cockneys, Londoners or English fans went on about Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst in the same vein as PaulB does about Liverpool.

Mind you, in his eyes, a win over Poland ensuring qualification to the World Cup, is probably more prestigious than the 1966 WC win, because there were SOME scousers involved, FFS!

 

[PaulB]

There are probably more scousers in the England squad than in the Liverpool squad!

Four here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_F.C.#Current_squad

I don't suppose the West Ham fans, cockneys, Londoners or English fans went on about Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst in the same vein as PaulB does about Liverpool.

Mind you, in his eyes, a win over Poland ensuring qualification to the World Cup, is probably more prestigious than the 1966 WC win, because there were SOME scousers involved, FFS!

Kiss my ring, Demento. I fully understand your ire but instead of pissing down my neck and telling me it's raining, you'll have to find some way to deal with it. If you can?

 

[Spartak]

Was there a game on yesterday? I seem to have missed it.

I only managed to catch the highlights, but England did look good going forward !
The defence looks a bit dodgy & Chris Smalling is NOT an international full back

 

[User482]

It was an entertaining match but let's not get carried away: we were a bit better than the 65th best team in the world. Any decent side given that amount of space will stuff us.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It was an entertaining match but let's not get carried away: we were a bit better than the 65th best team in the world. Any decent side given that amount of space will stuff us.

Yes, true, but at least the gaping holes were clear to see and can be worked on. Perhaps more of a problem might be that all the forwards' interplay in front of goal, whilst fun to watch, broke down. And the goals came from a classic cross and a one-man-on-a-mission attack. It looks like they're working on this clever stuff but they haven't managed to get the hang of it

 

[i hate hills]

Right big game this weekend when the Rangers come up to play Brechin in the league. Got my ticket yesterday. Going to avoid the pubs beforehand as they will be mobbed. Come on City.

 

[AndyRM]

Right big game this weekend when the Rangers come up to play Brechin in the league. Got my ticket yesterday. Going to avoid the pubs beforehand as they will be mobbed. Come on City.

I have a couple of Sevco fans who are decent blokes. Unfortunately, most of the supporters I've encountered in boozers are bigoted idiots. Best avoided.

I hope you smash them.