England v Uruguay

[Pam]

Still, it's early days and there will be chances.

Which will be persistently passed up when the likes of Welshit remain on the park. Take the old farts off, ffs. Gerrard, Johnson and Rooney are past it. They start games out of habit and sentiment and it is fast becoming pathetic.

 

[the god Gerry Gow]

What the particular fuck?! Of Engerland go out now, there will be two months of doom-mongering and attacks on "foriegn mercenaries". What wank.

Probably true, even though the real issue is a dearth of English talent.

... because of a shit training system from kids football upwards.
Not emphasis on skill, way too obsessed with results.

Trouble is even if we start putting that right immediately we are 15 years away from achieving anything. By which time all the other teams will have progressed anyway.

 

[SebastianBlue]

What the particular fuck?! Of Engerland go out now, there will be two months of doom-mongering and attacks on "foriegn mercenaries". What wank.

Probably true, even though the real issue is a dearth of English talent.

... because of a shit training system from kids football upwards.
Not emphasis on skill, way too obsessed with results.

I agree.

But I think it is actually too much a focus on athleticism. Only the English focus so much on just that characteristic.

It generally produces extremely fit, incredibly hardworking morons.

Ok, maybe I am being a bit harsh, but you get my point.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Fucking abject. Hodgson is clueless .

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Barkley on now please !

 

[inbetween]

When will we learn, you don't just chuck in Liverpools attack and expect goals. It's so obvious zero effort has been made on defence and playing the ball from midfield. Just a joke, we have done okay going forward and more chances will come but it's still obviously not enough and as against Italy it is just comical at the back.

 

[BlueTG]

We have Roy to blame, Should have changed it and didn't. Tool.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Makes you realise just how good City are when you watch this turgid shit. England have no idea how to work as a team. No rhythm. No technical ability. Nothing.

 

[adrianr]

Probably true, even though the real issue is a dearth of English talent.

... because of a shit training system from kids football upwards.
Not emphasis on skill, way too obsessed with results.

I agree.

But I think it is actually too much a focus on athleticism. Only the English focus so much on just that characteristic.

It generally produces extremely fit, incredibly hardworking morons.

Ok, maybe I am being a bit harsh, but you get my point.

Well we're not even fitter or harder working than plenty of international teams we come up against, so we're really fucking up somewhere.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Same as balo goal - ball played across and over last CB's head, nan pulls away at the back

In fact reminds me of quarterbacks who loft the timed ball over the heads of inexperienced cornerbacks who bite, try to jump for it and miss, and are the left for dead. If honey get good enough at judging it, they learn to play the man unless they are 100% sure they can reach it. At least then you get a lot fewer breakaway scores.