grimsby blue said:Immaculate Pasta said:Not Rooney the fat whinging scouse ****.
Not Gerrard the diving whinging scouse ****.
Not Lampard the fat clever ****.
Not Terry the serial shagging ****.
99% of people in this country are to blame even if you don't know it.
"Robinho doesn't track back"
"Micah Richards is quality"
A team keeping posession "get it fucking forward, stop fucking about"
"Berbatov is shite, what a waste of £30m"
On a Saturday morning "CLEAR IT" - "GET RID" - "STOP FUCKING ABOUT YOU LITTLE SHIT" - "YOU'VE COST US THE FUCKING GAME BECAUSE YOU TRIED TO DRIBBLE INSTEAD OF GETTING RID"
And Capello's just to blame. Lennon is a decent player in the prem but only because teams defend a high line here so he has the oppourtunity to use his pace. At international level it is different and you need someone with class on the ball who can get you out of tight situations like a certain person on the bench (J.Cole) and a lad back home in Manchester (A.Johnson)
We are the only country that would give the likes of Heskey 1 cap let alone nearly 60 because he is strong, big and causes havoc.
We are the only country that hails decent players like Wayne Rooney world class.
We are the only country who picks two gaff prone keepers who have been in a relegation battle all season over an outstanding young keeper who took and it was him only took a promoted average side to a top table finish because of experience. Iker Casillas was playing in the champions league final at 19 FFS!
We are the only country who persist on playing that outdated formation of a standard 4-4-2 with no adapability.
This country may have invented the rules of the game but it's an embarrasment and it's not because of Rooney, Capello and co but because of the people in this country.
What we need to do is to get a group of talented 6-10 year olds and send them to Spain, Holland and Argentina and tell them to not come back until they have completed their football education as thats the only way we will achieve major honours as a country.
"Robinho is shite, he doesn't track back! Come on Bellers run like a headless chicken and shout alot, thats what us english want" FFS
Actually im not to blame, because i say this to everyone and was saying to people in the pub tonite, infact ive been saying it for years, but good on you for writing it, i agree whole heartedly
Marvin said:But this was Algeria with City flop Djamel Abdoun and Rooney and Gerrard playing so badly it was unbelievable. Why did they collectively bottle it, and under perform to such a level? Something's wrong behind the scenes? I don't know.
I agree with your point that English players are technically weak, but Rooney, Gerrard & Lampard perform well in the Champions League which is at the same standard or higher. They should have sowed the weakest Group at the World Cup no problem
S04 said:What we need to do is to get a group of talented 6-10 year olds and send them to Spain, Holland and Argentina and tell them to not come back until they have completed their football education as thats the only way we will achieve major honours as a country.
This..
Adidas Barry Silkman said:very good post Pasta.
Our so called premier league stars are clueless on a world stage against true world class opposition or even Algeria - their team knew how to quickly and confidently control, pass and keep possession of a ball which we treat like a hand grenade. And they're meant to be shit? More like we are. Unfortunately we've swallowed all the hype about the likes of Rooney, Lennon, Ferdinand who are, as you said merely "decent" players, no more. We've got the poorest control and retention of the ball of any team in this competition by some distance.
Its becoming blatantly obvious that the Champions League is not of a higher standard than the world cup, its there for us all to see.Marvin said:But this was Algeria with City flop Djamel Abdoun and Rooney and Gerrard playing so badly it was unbelievable. Why did they collectively bottle it, and under perform to such a level? Something's wrong behind the scenes? I don't know.
I agree with your point that English players are technically weak, but Rooney, Gerrard & Lampard perform well in the Champions League which is at the same standard or higher. They should have sowed the weakest Group at the World Cup no problem
Marvin said:But this was Algeria with City flop Djamel Abdoun and Rooney and Gerrard playing so badly it was unbelievable. Why did they collectively bottle it, and under perform to such a level? Something's wrong behind the scenes? I don't know.
I agree with your point that English players are technically weak, but Rooney, Gerrard & Lampard perform well in the Champions League which is at the same standard or higher. They should have sowed the weakest Group at the World Cup no problem
spot onImmaculate Pasta said:Not Rooney the fat whinging scouse ****.
Not Gerrard the diving whinging scouse ****.
Not Lampard the fat clever ****.
Not Terry the serial shagging ****.
99% of people in this country are to blame even if you don't know it.
"Robinho doesn't track back"
"Micah Richards is quality"
A team keeping posession "get it fucking forward, stop fucking about"
"Berbatov is shite, what a waste of £30m"
On a Saturday morning "CLEAR IT" - "GET RID" - "STOP FUCKING ABOUT YOU LITTLE SHIT" - "YOU'VE COST US THE FUCKING GAME BECAUSE YOU TRIED TO DRIBBLE INSTEAD OF GETTING RID"
And Capello's just to blame. Lennon is a decent player in the prem but only because teams defend a high line here so he has the oppourtunity to use his pace. At international level it is different and you need someone with class on the ball who can get you out of tight situations like a certain person on the bench (J.Cole) and a lad back home in Manchester (A.Johnson)
We are the only country that would give the likes of Heskey 1 cap let alone nearly 60 because he is strong, big and causes havoc.
We are the only country that hails decent players like Wayne Rooney world class.
We are the only country who picks two gaff prone keepers who have been in a relegation battle all season over an outstanding young keeper who took and it was him only took a promoted average side to a top table finish because of experience. Iker Casillas was playing in the champions league final at 19 FFS!
We are the only country who persist on playing that outdated formation of a standard 4-4-2 with no adapability.
This country may have invented the rules of the game but it's an embarrasment and it's not because of Rooney, Capello and co but because of the people in this country.
What we need to do is to get a group of talented 6-10 year olds and send them to Spain, Holland and Argentina and tell them to not come back until they have completed their football education as thats the only way we will achieve major honours as a country.
"Robinho is shite, he doesn't track back! Come on Bellers run like a headless chicken and shout alot, thats what us english want" FFS