posted Sep 10, 2007

The final score would be 2-1 for England. The team is on high after their win over Israel.

-Stella Roy
http://rahul-stella.blogspot.com

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posted Sep 10, 2007

Stella-roy, I think you are being generous to Russia, they have proved they can only score against a kindergarden defence, they will need to venture out of their own half to reach the dizzy heights of a 2-1 score line.

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posted Sep 10, 2007

brvbelcher - don't try and twist stats Russia have played two games against other teams in the top half so they have scored in 50% of the matches.
Fact is though McClown is still an inept manager who will never take England anywhere.
He has shown time and again he can't cut it when facing tough decisions and though I will watch every England match and support them I will never think McClown is anything other than a brown-noser who was given the job because the FA needed a yes man.

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posted Sep 10, 2007

Can i possibly suggest that yes SWP played well and scored a good goal - he cannot cross for toffee. What happens when a defender with a bit of savvy drops off and then tackles winning the ball. SWP instead of Becks - Becks hasn't the speed but who needs it when you can ping a ball 40 yards on to the strikers toe and head. If SWp is going to fill becks shoes then he needs to take crossing practice from the master !!!

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posted Sep 10, 2007

would you care to tell us exactly when "becks" did that in a major tournament game against a first world opponent with professional defenders nosser?You talk of what happens with swp,well ill tell "what happened" with "becks".This viciously overhyped nomad was utterly found out whenever an intelligent coahcsuch as scolari instructed his defence how to conatin hopelessly limited and one-dimensional players who have npo plan b whatsoever.Are you completely dumbfounded as to why he was so irrelevant across 5 major tournaments or do you just not understand how anyone "so famous" might nt be all hes cracked up to by the celebrity-based media you read so much of in the past?England had width,depth,pace and the ability to truly stretch a side with swp on saturady and going back to the turgid beckham way which had 5 cvhances in tournaments to prove itself and failed horribly on every occassion is no way to go,not in a million years.

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posted Sep 10, 2007

To be honest I do actually agree with you Dwight. I just do not like the scapegoating way you make some of your points.

Whilst yes I think SWP needs to improve a bit on delivery and needs to keep playing at Chelsea (something he was not before), i think he deserves his spot ahead of Becks now. SWP also did a lot of really good working back on Saturday. He played his heart out. I just don;t agree with making any players a scapegoat.

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posted Sep 10, 2007

Richyburger - " I will never think McClown is anything other than"

So in other words, regardless of what McClaren does you wont give him any credit! As you said yourself?

I am not a McClaren fan, but we have to give him credit where its due! And regardless of how weak (or not so weak) they are, England had a very comfortable win!

I just hope he sticks to this team, if Heskey is fit, and also keeps to the Barry/Gerrard partnership in midfield!

And he did show "bottle" to stick with Robinson, and I agree with that too!

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posted Sep 11, 2007

It was a good display all round, but showed how vital Gerrard is to us. He was the one pulling the strings in midfield allowing others to do their job, just wouldn't have been the same with Frank 'I can only score with the aid of a deflection' Lampard. However I must disagree with your comment "Owen remains a master predator at the highest level". He missed at least 4 absolute sitters and while I recognise he is still returning to full fitness and he will no doubt recover form, against better opposition he would only get one maybe two of those chances which he MUST put away. I dare say Andy Johnson would have.

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posted Sep 11, 2007

I think heskey was a wise choice.... I know its weird to say it but hes just what we need ... i would say crouch but he lacks the ONE single thing we need up front and that is strength I mean if rooney was only 6ft tall it would be bliss but sadly he aint so until england brings forth an english drogba.... we will be stuck with heskey.... (next will probably be harewood whom i wanted back when he scored 15 goals for west ham in their first season back up... now he would suck.
) ps - Isreal are an international team. you have to remember that means THE BEST OF ISREAL and we beat em as we wer expected. 3 - 0 these days is harder to do then it was 6 or 7 years ago.

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posted Sep 13, 2007

No 3-0

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