posted May 31, 2008

The team is still adjusting to life under a new regime, and that is possibly why we havnt seen some of the younger/'fringe' players starting; the manager clearly wants to build up a working team confidence in preparation for the World Cup qualifiers considering what was left of a team morale was completley lost under Mclaren.

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posted May 31, 2008

i think Wes Brown should be given his chance - he was given it at united this season and hasnt let down. Micah Richards is exceptional, and a definite contender, but i think both of them deserve their chances.

Aside from those two, i cant really think of any other really strong options at right back, though i may just be missing someone obvious.

As for midfield, the Gerrard-Barry partnership has proved excellent. Lampard has always disappointed in an england strip, Becks is still a good player but he isnt getting any younger.
For me, the ideal midfield (from left to right) is;

J.Cole - Gerrard - Barry - Lennon/Bentley


Hargreaves also has a place in the team, i can picture him and Barry being tireless and would win us a lot of balls i reckon.


Up front, i think Rooney is still an excellent player, he obviously needs to sort out his temper, but he is a great asset when he is allowed to roam. Then we need a real 5-star "penalty box poacher" to go with him - Walcott looks promising, but give him some time. Crouch has done well for england and scored a lot, though a lot of people just dont think he is of the right calibre. Ashton? i dont know him very well frankly, give him his chance by all means.
I think Walcott, Rooney and Agbonlahor (sp?) are the future for england up front.

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posted May 31, 2008

I don't necessarily want Capello to go. What I want is someone who recognises things that don't work. If Capello really believes that Lampard and Gerrard works. If Capello really believes that David Beckham is the way forward (and by the way I am a Beckham fan, I think he has been a great servant to English football). If Capello really believes that a midfield of Beckham-Lampard-Hargreaves-Gerrard is our first choice, given that Cole, Barry and Bentley were all available. If Capello really believes that Wes Brown is the best option for right back. Then I'm sorry but yes he should go. Not only that but he should never have been appointed in the first place. What I'm really saying is that I'm not relishing the prospect of the same disappointment suffered under Sven and McLaren happening all over again. As yet I've seen nothing from Capello to suggest otherwise. To use your first 3 games to do the same thing that has been done to death and been seen not to work is a criminal waste of 3 games. Do you truly believe that the decisions he has made are the way forward? If you do then you are clearly as thick he must be. I will give whole-hearted support to Capello when and if he stops making the same mistakes as those who have gone before. IF HE DOESN'T PICK LAMPARD AND GERRARD IN THE SAME TEAM WHEN BOTH ARE FIT AND AVAILABLE THEN HE MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE OF ACHIEVING SOMETHING AND I'LL GLADLY SHUT MY MOUTH AND START BELIEVING. Do you think Lampard-Gerrard can work? Name one match when it has!!!

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its not a criminal waste cos they will have been playing with his system and ideas, people keep asking for some sort of revolution. football is about evolution. im pretty sure capello knows what hes doing. its been 3 games. why is it wrong that wes brown plays a right back. if capello gets the best out of him i dont care. its about the team not the players.

do i think hes gone forward? yes, and how does that make me thick. watch our second goal, there were several quick passes, leading to the goal. i honestly cannot remeber the last tim we did that. we are not going to se some instant change in our footballing ability, it will take time. he is a great coach not a magician. most sane people will have reailised that it will take time to get us playing at our very best potential. forget wether its the olg gaurd playng, nr the waiting new guard, at the monment we as a team are poor when compared with the individual talents of the players. and its the team that counts. no one is relishing disappointment. but to say hes is failing after three games becuase he hasnt done things the way YOU want it done smacks of egotistical foolishness. you've decied hes thick because he hasnt done thing your way?

fabio Capello:

Italy:

Scudetto: 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1995/96 (Milan); 2000/01 (Roma), [2004/05, 2005/06 (Juventus) later removed]
Runner-up: 2001/02, 2003/04 (Roma)
UEFA Champions League: 1994 (Milan 4–0 Barcelona)
Runner-up: 1993 (Marseille 1–0 Milan) 1995 (Ajax 1–0 Milan)
European Super Cup: 1994 (Milan 2–0 Arsenal)
Supercoppa Italiana: 1992, 1993, 1994 (Milan); 2001 (Roma)
Runner-up: 2005 (Juventus)
Coppa Italia Runner-up: 1997/98 (Milan); 2002/03 (Roma)
Spain:

La Liga: 1996/97; 2006/07 (Real Madrid)

Serie A Coach of the Year: 2005

you:

nothing.

im pretty sure which person is better at finding the winning formula

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posted Jun 1, 2008

I think that it is important to be optimistic about any new regime, if you slate it off as hopeless almost immediatley, then nothing short of a miracle will make you change your mind about the manager. give capello a chance before saying he should go unless he changes things very drasticly.

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posted Jun 1, 2008

Message for Heshootsandscores and redthemadsheep:
Your missing my point, or perhaps I'm just not making it very well and coming across like I've got all the answers. I don't really want Capello to go - that would, indeed, be madness after only 3 games. What I want is to be given reason to believe things will be different and I just haven't seen that yet. In fact Capello is actually seeming to suggest that Lampard and Gerrard can play together when it is abundantly clear that they cannot. They are both great players individually and perhaps it's an ego thing with Capello. He wants to be seen as the man who got the best out of the pairing. Well how long do we the long suffering have to wait for him too to realise that it doesn't work. He should already know it and so should you.
To bring up the second goal the other night as part of your point to suggest that I am an egotistical fool only serves to underline my point. Lampard was off - Barry was on - Barry feeds Gerrard after superb move - Gerrard scores. I refer you to the two 3-0 games during McLaren's reign when it looked like the penny had dropped. Gerrard and Barry were practically telepathic. They ran the midfield. They could have done so again in the Russia and Croatia games but Lampard had, for some reason unknown to me and the rest of civilisation, to come back in!!! OK so we were 2-1 down against Russia before Lampard came on but he was certainly back for the crucial Croatia game.
I am simply suggesting that if Capello insists on making the same mistakes as those who have gone before then there is no cause for optimism. All those wonderful Capello club achievements you have highlighted will be worth nothing, much like Sven's club achievements before him. All that will remain will be the memory of someone else failing to see what is right in front of their eyes.
Like I said, I don't want Capello to go. I just don't want Lampard and Gerrard in the same team.

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posted Jun 1, 2008

Same shit, same smell, different crapper!

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posted Jun 1, 2008

I thnk that Capello is doing well with the players that he has. The England squad is not the best squad in the world, nor has has it been in recent history. If Capello gets us qualified and to the quarter finals (as Sven did 3 times) we will have exceeded expectations. The only time England underachieved was with that idiot, McClaren.

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posted Jun 1, 2008

ok fair enough Jol must go, i do agree that i havnt ever seen Gerrard and Lampard play well together. but like i say, lets be optimistic that Capello can make the pairing work.

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posted Jun 2, 2008

I'm really NOT too sure what most of the complainers have been watching (or, maybe, smokin')...

M*n U only seemed to perform when Rooney was on the park.... I'm most certainly NOT a R*ds fan - but, the games that I caught - he turned it on... EXCEPT the EUFA Final, where, tbh - I didn't notice him - but I did note, that he was playing fairly deep. I AM a Rooney fan - for such a big gorilla he possesses a beautiful touch and vision..... His attitude st*nks tho', and he really has got to learn to be more in control, or maybe realize that the camaras will ALWAYS concentrate on his mouth - as for the Refs - They have simply GOT to punish this sort of behaviour from all Primadonnas!!

Also - the Beckham baters - now I am NOT a fan, but I do recognize talent... There isn't basically any alternative to his accuracy and delivery - OK - Bentley - what did he do????? Did he make any good crosses - or even "fairly" good crosses? Beckham's 33 - Maldini is considered essential to Milan at 38!! Hey, if he's performing - let him alone!!

I am a fan of Crouch - for such a tall guy, to have such educated feet is phenomenal. His heading leaves a lot to be desired, tho'.

I totally agree again with Capello, when he expressed his concerns over the differences between training and match situations.... I do NOT accept these futile suggestions that they are nervous etc. They ARE millionaires, playing in front of sell-out passionate fans week-in, week-out - If they do not possess the experience to deal with the pressure of playing against the likes of the USA/T&T, maybe their clubs should review their situation!!

That's it - I'm done!!

HunKs

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posted Jun 2, 2008

Message for Heshootsandscores and redthemadsheep:
Your missing my point, or perhaps I'm just not making it very well and coming across like I've got all the answers. I don't really want Capello to go - that would, indeed, be madness after only 3 games. What I want is to be given reason to believe things will be different and I just haven't seen that yet. In fact Capello is actually seeming to suggest that Lampard and Gerrard can play together when it is abundantly clear that they cannot. They are both great players individually and perhaps it's an ego thing with Capello. He wants to be seen as the man who got the best out of the pairing. Well how long do we the long suffering have to wait for him too to realise that it doesn't work. He should already know it and so should you.
To bring up the second goal the other night as part of your point to suggest that I am an egotistical fool only serves to underline my point. Lampard was off - Barry was on - Barry feeds Gerrard after superb move - Gerrard scores. I refer you to the two 3-0 games during McLaren's reign when it looked like the penny had dropped. Gerrard and Barry were practically telepathic. They ran the midfield. They could have done so again in the Russia and Croatia games but Lampard had, for some reason unknown to me and the rest of civilisation, to come back in!!! OK so we were 2-1 down against Russia before Lampard came on but he was certainly back for the crucial Croatia game.
I am simply suggesting that if Capello insists on making the same mistakes as those who have gone before then there is no cause for optimism. All those wonderful Capello club achievements you have highlighted will be worth nothing, much like Sven's club achievements before him. All that will remain will be the memory of someone else failing to see what is right in front of their eyes.
Like I said, I don't want Capello to go. I just don't want Lampard and Gerrard in the same team.

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i apologise jolmustgo, i think i did misunderstand your post. from the way it was sounding, i thought you were those who've started to complain about capello after just three games, when its gonna take more than that. i see what you are saying about lampard and gerrard. but if there is one person who could get them playing together its capello. though i find myself being more convinced that it should be gerrard and barry, barry seems to to do the simple things very well, and allows gerrard free passage round the pitch. yes the games were against the usa (who to be fair are a decent side) and t&t, but i wuld like to see that partnership start against the czech republic, to see they can do it against quality opposition.

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