Matt Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Townsend you daft bastard, Sturridge was free! Watch England vs Holland in Euro 96, knocking it around the outside of the box until the unmarked player can rifle it in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 why cant people lay things off?! we should be 2 up by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 great effort Townsend. finally some England pressure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 this gonna be a nail biter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 sitter - one overrated player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 great first time passing from Rooney and Gerrard, Welbeck again shouldve done better. Great pressure from England at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Townsend is looking fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 need one before half time. get in!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 (edited) Baines --> Rooney --> goal great delivery, great header. Edited October 15, 2013 by Matt Sibdane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 (edited) another sitter missed, Sturridge this time... edit: Bloody hell Bainesy, only just catching the Pole offside Edited October 15, 2013 by Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 another sitter missed, Sturridge this time... His first touch has been poor all game.....but he's getting into positions so hopefully it'll click sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 did someone tell England that the 2nd half has kicked off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 England need another midfielder on. Welbeck and Sturridge are doing nothing. If only there was a young talent to help play and keep the ball... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Carrick off?! Is that really Lampard coming on?! FFS Woy, why not just invite trouble?! We need Carrick to do the tidying up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 how is welbeck still on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 how is welbeck still on? racial equality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 get in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Rooney MOTM!? Hes been alright but Townsend has caused them no end of grief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Baines, Rooney, Townsend, sturridge all very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Baines, Rooney, Townsend, sturridge all very good Sturridge?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Anyway, thank God thats over... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Carrick off?! Is that really Lampard coming on?! FFS Woy, why not just invite trouble?! We need Carrick to do the tidying up! Lampard was pitiful. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Brian McNulty... LEIGHTON BAINES (LEFT-BACK) - 9 Outstanding again - especially in the first half when he created Wayne Rooney's goal. Can Roy Hodgson really justify recalling Ashley Cole? Man of the match. Mirror.... Mirror Pick Leighton Baines Was absolutely magnificent. He was England’s most dangerous outlet from left back, providing the cross for Rooney’s opener. Making an overwhelming case to be No1 left-back. London Standard.... Leighton Baines 8 Provided great width again on the left flank and was a constant threat to the Polish defence. Supplied a tremendous cross for Rooney to open the scoring just before half-time and certainly put forward a strong case to replace Ashley Cole as the first choice left back from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Bit much getting Bainsy to hold the sign up . Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weebittight Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 (edited) Might have been a different story if Levandowski had put away that early chance. I am glad England are going to the WC finals though. Seems to me it's all were are shit ,we are shit we are shit until Engerland qualify and then it's all were are brill, we are brill we are brill until they go out. Try looking upon yourselves as plucky underdogs this time around. it might take you further and soften the disappointment. Kudos to Scotland, Wales, NI and the ROI last night btw. Edited October 16, 2013 by weebittight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 This annoys me massively - http://www.london24.com/sport/chelsea_star_offered_hope_in_battle_with_everton_man_1_2885106 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Baines is by far the better player going forward, I do think Cole has the edge as a defender though. overall if there was a world class player like ronaldo, ribery or robben on the right then Cole. all other options and it's Baines for me. pete0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weebittight Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 (edited) Baines is by far the better player going forward, I do think Cole has the edge as a defender though. overall if there was a world class player like ronaldo, ribery or robben on the right then Cole. all other options and it's Baines for me. Not much between them now I feel. Baines puts in some tremendous blocks inside the box. I remember one from the away game at Newcastle a couple of seasons ago < a 2-1 win I think>. I recall saying to myself "Self, How did he get to that?" Tough choice for the manger. Cole probably will get the nod. Edited October 17, 2013 by weebittight Romey 1878 and Matt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodisonRoad Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Baines is twice the player Cole is going forward and just as good defensivley. The only thing Cole has over Baines is experience. If Baines was at Chelsea and Cole with us, Baines would be first choice everytime. Matt, Romey 1878 and Sibdane 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Cole has been poor defensively for the last couple of years IMO (well maybe not poor but not as good as he was). For me Baines is now by far the better player in all areas and he should be the England LB for years to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nikica Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 (edited) Agree with all the comments that Baines is better than Cole now, I never rated Cole as highly as most in his prime anyway. I don't think he's been 'the best left back in the world' a day in his life, and his best performances against Ronaldo all came before Ronaldo developed into the player he's become post 2006. He's been average at best defensively for a few years, and he offers nothing going forward. One game which stands out is France at the Euros - his performance that day was amateurish. Debuchy was getting behind him time and again, Cole was awful. When even a one-dimensional pace merchant like Antonio Valencia is giving you the run around every time you meet then you know you have problems. Typically overrated player from the mythical 'golden generation'. It's no shock that England's football has looked a bit better since the likes of Beckham, Terry, Carragher, Owen etc have been shunted out of the team and Lampard has had less time (some of the biggest hype-believing prima donnas ever). Now they just have to cut down on Gerrard's constant Hollywood balls. They've got as much chance of winning the World Cup as I do of having a threesome in the Ritz with Jessica Alba and Scarlett Johansson, but then I say that for every tournament. Agree with the post above - if the idiots in the media stop hyping them up then perhaps the shackles will come off a bit in Brazil. They'll still only get to the quarters at best but they might actually play some decent football as compared to the shite they served up in the Euros and the last two World Cups. Edited October 28, 2013 by Nikica Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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