Ramar Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 If Van Persie was playing I would have hoped he smacked in a few and beat us. I want McClaren out. He's making all the same mistakes Sven use to make in squad selection, and doing all the wrong things Sven's England did on the pitch. Looking back, if Sven had more bollocks and the team cared about winning a competition he would have still been in a job. But alas Van Persie isn't playing, and its a friendly including England, boring 1-1 draw is my prediction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Pretty decent game, so far. There seems to be a lot of fuss about Micah Richards, but nothing really stands out about him to me. 1-0, nice finish from Rooney. I bet he's relieved to get a goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodleman Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 MCCLAREN OUT :mad: :mad: :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 England should have won that. I think the pundits were right about Johnson feeling frustrated. It's just not happening for him at the moment on an international level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodleman Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 England should have won that. I think the pundits were right about Johnson feeling frustrated. It's just not happening for him at the moment on an international level. Becuase like Jermaine Defoe hes a one trick pony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Becuase like Jermaine Defoe hes a one trick pony? For a start, i think Johnson is a better striker than Defoe. But, i dunno, Johnson likes to run onto balls, and have them played into the box. He doesn't play all that often, so he needs time to adapt to the team and the team to adapt to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddage Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 I don't think Johnson can be blamed, I mean what the fuck was Maclaren doing playing him in that position! When I heard the team I thought great, a good 4-4-2 with Rooney being able to drop deep because Johnson will play further up field and be there to receive the passes, but no the idiot in charge decides to play some crappy 4-3-3 meaning both Rooney and Johnson (and you could even say Joe Cole) were out of position! Why the hell doesn't he just stick to a system everyone knows that makes use of the players best positions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaggle64 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Yeah, I wish McLaren would just get back to basics, and stop trying to be clever. He's coming up with these crazed strategies that obviously don't work and just wastes good players in positions where they can't play their game. Lets keep things simple and at least nail the basics next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Same mentality as Sven, nothing different, same old boring football. Shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 I think McClaren will bow to pressure and end up reverting back to a basic formation. He knows if he messes up like this again he'll be out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babooo Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 The match was OK, nothing special.....I always find international games to be pretty boring..... Premiership OWNS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodleman Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 I don't think Johnson can be blamed, I mean what the fuck was Maclaren doing playing him in that position! When I heard the team I thought great, a good 4-4-2 with Rooney being able to drop deep because Johnson will play further up field and be there to receive the passes, but no the idiot in charge decides to play some crappy 4-3-3 meaning both Rooney and Johnson (and you could even say Joe Cole) were out of position! Why the hell doesn't he just stick to a system everyone knows that makes use of the players best positions! I didnt watch the match because England friendlys are always shit. But i'm going to assume we were shit, nothing has changed since the Croatia match. If Rooney really was the target man in a 4-3-3 that is quite possibly the most retarded thing I have ever heard. Its actualy quite worrying how little international quality strikers we have at the moment. I mean Rooneys hardly an out and out striker, who knows how good Owen will be when he finally returns. Crouch is a bench player at best. Defoe and Johnson aren't good enough imo. Darren Bent is never given a chance for some bizzare reason, I rate him pretty highly. Come on the Theooooooooo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platty Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Game was crap. Last 2 minutes was the best part of the whole match. End to end. Rooney played very well as did Richards. Apart from that there was nothing positive at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babooo Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Yeh Micah Richards did well I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harribo Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 MCCLAREN OUT :mad: :mad: :mad: Fuck McClaren. Allen out :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramar Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 But alas Van Persie isn't playing, and its a friendly including England, boring 1-1 draw is my prediction. I was right. You can tell by McClaren's squad selection he has no clue. Phil Neville?! Kieron RICHARDSON?!!! Whats he ever done for Man Utd that deserved a call up to the national squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babooo Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Richardson is shit. He really is crap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocka Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share Posted November 16, 2006 The match was OK, nothing special.....I always find international games to be pretty boring..... Premiership OWNS. The truth. Recently my passion for England has dropped dramatically from what it used to be and I no longer even consider myself an England fan at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Awww, why the Richardson hate? He's not having a great season, but he has got great potential. Plus, he's still young. He will get better. What i like about him is the fact he's so versatile. He can play in centre midfield, on the wing, leftback and even upfront. There's not many players that can do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 yes but he's not done anything worthy of being called up to the international squad, surely there are other english midfielders out there playing regularly for their teams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harribo Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Awww, why the Richardson hate? He's not having a great season, but he has got great potential. Plus, he's still young. He will get better. What i like about him is the fact he's so versatile. He can play in centre midfield, on the wing, leftback and even upfront. There's not many players that can do that. Lee Bullen has played every position for Wednesday evn goalkeeper that is versatility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodleman Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Awww, why the Richardson hate? He's not having a great season, but he has got great potential. Plus, he's still young. He will get better. What i like about him is the fact he's so versatile. He can play in centre midfield, on the wing, leftback and even upfront. There's not many players that can do that. I imagine the main hate with Richardson is that hes not playing when he does play he hardly sets the world on fire. And Gareth Barry is having a storming season at Villa and much more deserving of a place in the England team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramar Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Awww, why the Richardson hate? He's not having a great season, but he has got great potential. Plus, he's still young. He will get better. What i like about him is the fact he's so versatile. He can play in centre midfield, on the wing, leftback and even upfront. There's not many players that can do that. Everyone bitched about Theo not playing for Arsenal, and yet this muppet gets in the England squad having barely touched a ball this season and no one quibbles. Like Noodleman said he hasn't set the world alight, I just don't see a good player in him. Oddly he has a really punchable face.. On a pleasant note, bought two tickets for Arsenal vs Portsmouth. Another hard earned £95 gone. (Block 99, Row 22, if anyone cares). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babooo Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 On a pleasant note, bought two tickets for Arsenal vs Portsmouth. Another hard earned £95 gone. (Block 99, Row 22, if anyone cares). You lucky bastard.........:wink: Anyway I'm interested in buying the red membership for Arsenal.....do you think its worth it? Cos I really wanna go to the Emirates........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramar Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I'm a red member. Before this season I would have said, really its only worth it so that you can get a silver membership. But this season has been great for Red Members, every home game has gone to Reds, including the Tottenham match (Opera crashed on me just as I got to the end of the queue and was about to search for some tickets ;_; ). Due to financial reasons though I've only been able to get to a few matches. £30 is quite steep, you get a membership pack (which isn't all that great). But I think in the long run its worth it. The only problem is I don't know whether membership has closed for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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