TaylorJ_01

Cote d'Ivoire playing pretty well

lol, Kaka is getting dicked.

Heskey is gash. I feel sorry for him. He clearly knows he's gash, it's as if his performances are saying 'stop picking me, I'm gash!'.

Both have won recent World Cups, I'd be happy with that!

Hart, Johnson, A Cole (maybe), Milner, Gerrard (maybe), Rooney, Lennon should be about from our first teamers

I think the no points for a 0-0 is something they could easily do. Would love to see it introduced.

There are many reasons why this wouldn't work. But we could scrap 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss and just have a point for every goal scored. Would mean higher scoring games. However, it would take the shine out of actually winning. Winning would, ultimately, be pointless... hmm...

Maybe been said. French squad refusing to train http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8750302.stm

It doesn't hide our massive flaws but it's extremely reassuring to see other teams f***ing up too. Exactly. Feel alot better now!

Things I found wrong with the performance. 1) Heskey is a liability. While he may not have been the worst on the pitch he totally limits our play. With Rooney constantly coming deep to get the ball we have zero goal threat because of his utterly awful finishing, composure and awareness. 2) Glen Johnson was way off the pace. He was getting burned by their left sided players every minute. 3) Gerrard is floating in and clogging up the area that Lampard should be pushing forward in. Lampard, being a bit of a smarter player, sees this and holds back. We need a winger on both sides if we are going to play 4-4-2. Joe Cole for me on the left. 4) Bring off Aaron Lennon? He is terrifying when he gets going whereas SWP just isn't. 5) Our defence is far too slow. This shouldn't matter against Slovenia mind. Our fullbacks will have alot of work to do though. 6) Ashley Cole was decent, but we need to get him further forward... not sure how. 7) Other than Defoe we don't have anything exciting to come off the bench. As others have said Agbonlahor, Walcott, Young among others are great because pace is a good way to liven up the game and force the other team into mistakes. Utterly wank performance. Unfortunately, unless he plays Gerrard behind Rooney, he is going to need to drop Lampard or Gerrard. It won't be Gerrard because he is captain so would have to be Lampard (who is probably my favourite player btw).

Always thought it was just an advertising channel for them. 'WATCH THIS ON SKY SPORTS 1 TONIGHT!' etc

They look like training tops.

That's actually a really good way of summing it up.

I didn't think Sky 3 had anything original on it, you're right, totally crazy.

Unless you want to watch highlights it's usually no better than having a quick look at the BBC sport website.

I was the Emile Heskey of my team, so I didn't score much. Got a couple though, the best of which was from just outside the box to make it 4-4 (coming back from 4-1) on a muddy champions league final night (the liverpool - AC one). Happy memories.

Pros - Very pacy, tall player. Thunderbolt shot. Good dribbling. Cons - Awful stamina, terrible composure (leading to some bad finishing) and too panicky on the ball sometimes. Conclusion - I'm a great player to have a kickabout with, but I've always struggled in real matches unless as an impact sub. For this reason Obafemi Martins!

You could say it could come back to bite him on the arse. Glad it has though, Carroll is a real option next season, hopefully he can get around 10 league goals, if so that's some progress. Well, no. I held my hands up a few months ago regarding Carroll, I was too harsh on him. Sorry you missed my admisson, you were probably banned for advocating manslaughter at the time. Still a little confused why my post is being quoted. The majority thought he should start (over Carroll) when he signed. It was pretty much for the reasons Dave outlined. Just to remind us not to be too harsh on our current players. They are our children, we must protect them. However, in the interest of fairness, I'll fix it.

If I'm reading that right you can still get it free but an hour later no? It's on a loop anyway, you'll miss breaking news, but since you are on here 20/6 I wouldn't worry about missing out on the latest too much. Read it again.

It's especially worrying (for them) when he has looked the most dangerous so far and still isn't scoring.

*posts fishing smiley* Of course I did. No way can we get Samaras.

Harper Taylor - Colo - Mike - Taiwo Jonas - Barton - Veloso - Routledge Samaras - Best Best in the starting line up?? You mad!? Hughton would be mad not too!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!!

Harper Taylor - Colo - Mike - Taiwo Jonas - Barton - Veloso - Routledge Samaras - Best Best in the starting line up?? You mad!?

Clarke Carlisle

*generic "they can't even afford that!" comment*