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were Grammatically, England was poor yesterday, is actually the correct version. 'England' is not a plural. To say, England were poor yesterday, you would have to say 'the England players'. [/pedant] England (national team) is plural. England (as a country) is singular. England were struggling to hit the ball off the square... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6287095.stm The disappointing thing was that England were absolutely cruising until Holland... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6152906.stm England were booed off at full-time... ....etc etc etc Put 'England was' into Word.

Aye, and the Sheffield United game was one match. Under Souness, it was match after match.

were Grammatically, England was poor yesterday, is actually the correct version. 'England' is not a plural. To say, England were poor yesterday, you would have to say 'the England players'. [/pedant]

Has anyone got a youtube clip of that? I still ain't seen it and can't seem to search effectively on the site...

Dances and prances and poncey little things like that on celebrations can be pulled off if it's quick and subtle. Like Martins against Spurs at home. God i love that guy.

Would be great! Although, it's supposed to be a home game for Milan, and if it takes place at St James' Park, it probably swings Celtic's way.

Youy fucking joking? NO ONE in the midfield had a clue what they were doing or where they were playing.

That won't get rid of McClaren. Wish Spain had scored a LOT more.

Steve McClaren - worse than Mike Bassett.

'Play' for Chelsea.

This is just awful.

This team has absolutely no formation, and no one has a clue where they are supposed to be. Something that appears to be the case with every single game since McClaren's become coach. There's simply EVERYTHING going on in midfield - everybody is everwhere. Not a clue. Lampard? Where the hell is he supposed to be? He's been crap but i can sympathise with him because, well, he simply has not been given a position. And if he has, its a stupid decision - a la Scholes in Euro 2004 - you're putting a centre-midfielder on the left wing. All this simply to accomodate Steven Gerrard, who is just as disappointing, regularly, in an England shirt. It's all about fitting those two in. McClaren has never played a game with two wingers, simply because one of Gerrard or Lampard has been out there. What the hell is Michael Carrick actually doing? What is he actually there for? Gerrard - erratic as usual. As is Shaun Wright-Phillips, whose international career is simply diminished unless he moves. Dyer's playing well though - but he's playing in midfield, rendering Crouch's role inferior. Crap game, crap set-up, crap manager.

Chelsea.

Absolutely no idea. Five midfielders on the pitch, including Dyer who is playing well but no way playing upfront, and only one of them is a winger.

Wey! Morientes never did it in England.

Phil Neville is left with the entire left hand side to deal with at the moment. Where is Lampard playing?

England started very well. Lamaprd/Gerrard erratic as usual though in the early stages.

Dyer number 9.

Is that dance/French music supposed to get the pulses racing or something?

I love the way the C5 commentators love Peter Ramage, they think he's a good player! Shattap.

It'll finish: 1. Henry's absolutely amazing goal cos it's Henry vs Blackburn 2. Rooney's "best goal ever in FA Cup history *wank*" vs Pompey 3. Pennant's decent chip against the faltering Champions Chelsea Nailed on.

Was gonna say the Channel 5 UEFA Cup coverage, but the hilarity of their patheticness puts an entertaining swing on Levadia, Ventspils, and no doubt, Zulte-type games. It's fun making tallies with the Channel 5 commentators, aswell. Like how many times Joe Royle can say 'outstanding' in one game, or how long it'll be before Jon Helm mentions 'James Milner' and 'Leeds' in the same sentence.

Seriously impressed with the attendance last night... 28,000! Is that normal for an Under-21 game? That's superb. And David Nugent really is a cracking finisher.

Why do you say that? Not having a go, would just like to hear your reasoning. BTW, i think the poll should maybe have one or two more options. Such as this one that Baggio has suggested. Or the one that i suggested: see where we are at the end of his contract... Might be too late though, cos there's already been 40 votes. Just a suggestion, though.

Besides, i like the sound of his transfer policy. It's the one that Bobby enforced - bring in young ones and build a team 'from scratch', for the future. I seriously hope he fulfills it and i have faith in him to do so. He might have a bit of cash to spend in the summer aswell...