danswan

Is he the one who scores from all over the place occasionally?

I said yes but I live in Cullercoats.

What a fucking cunt Lawrenson is.

Throw in a bit of 'Killer' Kilcline's facial hair and you could be onto something. Any budding Dr Frankensteins out there?

True, we basically have no bottle. Practicing penalties "every day" like SGE said isn't could enough if your only player with any bottle is a German / Canadian cross breed. Shearer had balls of steel and he never played abroad.. I mean you're right that few of our current players have the bottle for pressure situations (other then maybe Owen and possibly Rooney) but I don't think playing abroad is what gives you bottle.. I never mentioned bottle. I just think our players are happy with their lot and are unwilling to complete their footballing education by moving to another country to see how it's done there. Lampard, Gerrard, Ashley Cole, players like this have had opportunities to move abroad but as yet have declined. As our biggest failing is the inability to control posession, and in turn the game, these are qualities that are part and parcel of the game on the continent and surely being involved in this environment all the time would have to help. TBH the greeks were a one-off. The Italian and German domestic games seem inherently suited to achieving success at international level, just look at their records. England have only qualified for one major semi-final in our history when the tournament hasn't been held in this country. Not saying this is the only reason, but to me it has to be a pretty important one

Get him in, will probably improve our qualiying record a la Sven, we will always fail at the penultimate hurdle in tournaments though. At least until the english mentality changes and we have a decent number of our best players plying their trade abroad IMO.

I can just see the headlines after our new trophy signing comes out with "I only came here for the money. There is no chance of this club ever winning trophies, the best I can hope for in my time here is the odd quarter-final and getting sucked off by some charver lass from Walker."

Did they manage to beat anyone apart from us? *edit* Quick check of the league table says 'no'. Sigh..

Not about to try to second guess Sam's team selection, but controversially I can see a win here, for no other reason than because we have a good record at Ewood Park. Even Souness got us a win and a performance at Blackburn. 1-3 to emulate Souness. Please.

I resisted answering this yesterday, as after that performance I would would have said sack him. After sleeping on it, I now say keep him. Simply because I can't see any change being beneficial to the club. If things haven't improved by the end of the season, he needs to go. I thought Sam was the man for the job before he came here, he isn't doing himself any favours with the current tactics though.

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HAWAY THE TOOON LETS BEAT TEAMS AND THAT AND NOT KEEEP PLAYING SHIT AND LOSING ALL THE TIME

He'd need to learn English first, other than that, impressive c.v Yes. An England manager who can't speak english is surely not an option. At the age of 61, will he be able to learn a new language? Bearing in mind most people of that age can't learn to use a mobile phone, program a video etc?

Aye. A bit like me paying 8 grand for a mars bar.

So would I. Unfortunately they are busy elsewhere in the summer.

The Happy Mondays, Whitley Bay Ice rink. Dunno the year, probably circa 1990.

It wouldn't be such a problem if the ACN wasn't held so frequently. They should hold it every four years. The Copa America is every 4 years now due to similar concerns, I believe.

wHAT?Ok whose being better besides Cech?Ya since the star trek fucker nearly killed him!I would,he has being out for any serious amount of time!Im confident that Sam and his team can sort it! Sorry if I'm being dim. Star Trek fucker?

No. The problem is the game is full of xenophobes who trot out this shite whenever England are in a slump. There's nowt wrong really. Apart from the manager. And the perpetual notion that the England side should be selected almost entirely on the basis of club form. I'm kind of in agreement with the good doctor, on the other hand I do think that English players' wage demands cause a lot of it. We don't have any truly class foreigners in our squad, I think english players would be in if their foreign counterparts weren't significantly cheaper. Never really understood why an average english player should demand more ££ than an average foreigner.

Too thick? :giggle: Too English.

Sell Owen - Yes. Get Anelka - Yes. Get Crouch - No.

Yep. Whether there's something in it or not, I can't help feeling it is inevitable he is going to go. If he is, it should be ASAP so we can look at building something rather than trying to accomodate him into Sam's style which clearly doesn't get the best out of him.

Long winded diatribes are cool.

Of course foreign managers have the added advantage of a Euro knowledge base and contacts that can identify young talent. Unless they are shit?

Arse Shaving. Is it just me? Nearly as good as Pinas.