England V Italy, Quarter Final 2012 (merged)

[City Raider]

any discussion about hodgson is just a smokescreen for the real problem - the way we produce players

has every manager since 66 been a dud?

 

[davymcfc]

Still happy with football. City are champions. Nothing else can get me down.

 

[jus moochin]

Do you all think Wilshere will be as good as he's hyped up to be?

I'm starting to think he seems to be a better player the longer he doesn't play, it's like his ability or perception of it is growing in people's minds.

The only good game he has had is against Barca with Fabregas at his side.

Yes, he has an excellent touch, has a great engine, is a decent tackler, excellent dribbler and has good vision, so yes.

P:roblem is, he's permanently fcked....

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Ashley young was shite for 125 minutes.

395 1/2 I think you mean. He cheats well though.

I've never seen such a blatantly covert performance,apart from the previous 3 of course.

 

[Blue Haze]

Rags on Rooney, posted today before the game

Rooney on top form is only behind Messi and Ronaldo and arguably in Xavi/Iniesta bracket. Tevez isn't. When both of them are on their day, the only thing Tevez has to his advantage is workrate - even better than Rooney's.

I personally agree that he's above Aguero, but I'd only have him slightly ahead of Tevez to be honest, and I certainly don't see anything to suggest that he's better than Ibrahimovic.

Wayne Rooney is comfortably one of the ten best footballers in the world and anyone who thinks otherwise needs to have a word with themselves.

Bang on. It's a shame, because when on fire he is only inferior to Messi and Ronaldo.

delusion

 

[Joehannes]

Do you all think Wilshere will be as good as he's hyped up to be?

I'm starting to think he seems to be a better player the longer he doesn't play, it's like his ability or perception of it is growing in people's minds.

The only good game he has had is against Barca with Fabregas at his side.

Yes, he has an excellent touch, has a great engine, is a decent tackler, excellent dribbler and has good vision, so yes.

P:roblem is, he's permanently fcked....

I know, he has a distinct running style that will cause him numerous ankle/knee problems unless he changes it

 

[intheknow!]

England are shit, Hodgson is shit and we all wish we were German.

Night night xx

 

[jus moochin]

Rags on Rooney, posted today before the game

Rooney on top form is only behind Messi and Ronaldo and arguably in Xavi/Iniesta bracket. Tevez isn't. When both of them are on their day, the only thing Tevez has to his advantage is workrate - even better than Rooney's.

I personally agree that he's above Aguero, but I'd only have him slightly ahead of Tevez to be honest, and I certainly don't see anything to suggest that he's better than Ibrahimovic.

Wayne Rooney is comfortably one of the ten best footballers in the world and anyone who thinks otherwise needs to have a word with themselves.

Bang on. It's a shame, because when on fire he is only inferior to Messi and Ronaldo.

delusion

The defence and central defence did the biz, the rest were generally totally shite!....Ashley Young might as well have worn speedo's....

 

[Damocles]

Re: hodgson

I cannot give you one name of an English player in this mould. Frightening

They're all different moulds to be fair.

Both Gerrard and Barry can run games for England, Rooney when he fancies it can make an impact too or Lampard if he's picked.

wilshere has the potential, he did not look out of place against xavi and iniesta against barca last year.

This is our bigger problem, we hugely overrated players in our team based off a handful of performances. Wilshere has done nothing, and proved nothing. He's a kid and should be way behind proven talents until he's had a few years at the top.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Rags on Rooney, posted today before the game

Rooney on top form is only behind Messi and Ronaldo and arguably in Xavi/Iniesta bracket. Tevez isn't. When both of them are on their day, the only thing Tevez has to his advantage is workrate - even better than Rooney's.

I personally agree that he's above Aguero, but I'd only have him slightly ahead of Tevez to be honest, and I certainly don't see anything to suggest that he's better than Ibrahimovic.

Wayne Rooney is comfortably one of the ten best footballers in the world and anyone who thinks otherwise needs to have a word with themselves.

Bang on. It's a shame, because when on fire he is only inferior to Messi and Ronaldo.

delusion

Grow up. Who the fuck cares what they think.
You're proving the point that you can't learn football from a packet,young yank.