thebluenose Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 AJ is in the england squad right. i know alot of you lot want him not to play so hes fresh for Everton. but think about it. what happens if he scores. will that be the goal which gets his confidence back. if so i hope he scores (thats if he gets to play more than 5 mins) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 But what happens if he gets hcance after after chance and misses them all and then gets dragged off for jermaine 'im shite' defoe and he scores? I see hwere you're coming from though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fozzie Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 I dont give a horses wank about england tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 COME ON AJ!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuffRob Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Funny enough bluenose I was thinking the same sort of thing. Sometimes a change is as good as a rest as they say. With a bit of luck he will get an England game under his belt. I think that missing the England last game (a game he may have been likley to start) due to a last minute injury has been lurking at the back of his mind somehow. I care less for England than you Fozzie (as I'm Welsh!!!) but think the change of scenery may do him good. All I care about is him getting more goals for Everton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluenose Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 apparently AJ will start with rooney. this will be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droobie Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Wonder if he could give Rooney a punch in the face for us fans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 I'd mich rather he show Rooney up legally, eg by being fucking magnificant and Rooney looking sub-standard next to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droobie Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Yeah... I'll grudgingly conceed that.... 'grudgingly' only mind you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willo Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 I'Am a massive fan of the national side ( second only to the mighty Blues ) and glad to see some Everton players getting the recognition they deserve . Seems Mclaren is willing to give a few players a chance on merit and not just because they are a star name or play for one of the big 3 . As wellas Pedro Crouchinho has done for England he clearly cannot play up front with Rooney as his lack of mobility hinders Rooneys game . I think Johnson will make the perfect foil for Rooney in the England white , a little like when Rooney and Owen played together in Euro 2004 and looked dangerous as fook . God save our gracious queen ............... blah blah blah !!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Well that game will only have knocked AJ's confidence further tbh, not good for us at all. Why the fuck is McClaren playing him our of position, I mean he's picked him because he's played well for us down the middle so why play him on the wing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 my thoughts exactly. i understand mclaren wants to have more than one plan up his sleeve, but these two could really do some damage to other teams if used properly. 442 would have been my choice today, brign the best out of rooney and aj imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saso Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 I can not see any reason for negativity about the game; Moyes did not want him to play the whole game[ that did not happen], he showed he is always a threat to the opposition. The big thing about the game was that Mclaren and his team seem 10 years behind about the game. There are 2 ways of playing 4 3 3; Either with 2 out and out wingers and then you can play any kind of striker or: You play a target man in the middle and the 2 wide players work off that. The only things the game really showed is gerrard is a nothing player when he does not give 100%. Carrick is a waste of space, and Mclaren was out of his depths and Boro and it is starting to look an embarrassment at International level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fozzie Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Again who cares about our world cup blunderers?? And the last time an Everton player got national recognition he ended up playing at old trafford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuffRob Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 I am glad to see Everton players in the England squad - if only that it highlights how much better our squad is getting. If last night game was a competative match, I have no doubt there would have been two Everton players in the starting line up. (Nellive and AJ). As for the way McClaren used AJ - don't think the way the team was set up played to any of AJ's strengths, but he got his start and McClaren has had a chance to work with him proper. I personnally don't think Owen will ever get near to the player he was 4 or 5 years ago, so in my opinion at the moment AJ is the best prospect of beings Rooney's regular partner in a standard 4-4-2. Last night formation was an experiment and don't think 4-3-3 will be the norm, but AJ stuck to his role well and did what was asked of him. My look frustrating for him in the first instance, but he is now in the squad by rights and has started a game - so in my opinion it is a move in the right direction for him regarding aspiration to play for the national squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 I dont think there was much point in experimenting witn AJ on the right wing considering McClaren was around when Sven did the same thing with AJ and it didnt work, so why try it again? I pray we dont qualify for the Euro's so McClaren can be sacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamcoffey Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 I loved Gary Linekars jab a mclaren on MOTD last sat. "David Moyes Controversially playing Englands Right Winger as a centre forward". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcssl Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 lmao...you know, I will never understand by the like of McClaren think that they can get to know a player better than their own manager, and choose to play them in bizarre positions - and still think that the team the field will win. Amazing! Anyway, like Fozzie, I could not give two hoots about England...other than our players are not injured as a result of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 I loved Gary Linekars jab a mclaren on MOTD last sat. "David Moyes Controversially playing Englands Right Winger as a centre forward". He does pop up with a good line every now and then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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