Tiresias

Waaah waah clubs won't roll over and let me take their players, that's not allowed!

Did ferguson give away the penalty?

it's instructions for the england players: "use your feet to kick the ball"

Good goal too

Have you seen any of Woy's teams? West brom are better than this though, rigid at the back and fast and competant on the counter, this is just...shit.

Good on them then, can't see any of our brainless twerps showing any interest / awareness

Is that supposed to improve morale? Not that footballers couldn't use some perspective and awareness in general etc, but seems odd team trip

Belgium should be challenging for the Euros with the squad they have, though admitably it is thin as fuck.

This, along with Colo there are not many footballers in the league imo with better attitudes on the pitch,

Hart would be a decent choice imo, has a decent attitude (makes a point of shaking opponents hands at end of matches etc) and the role of the captain is overplayed anyway

I heard Xavi has had a bit of a poor season by his standards, true or not?

Probably as good as can be expected

Italy first half looked good, passing range much better than we'll ever manage

meanwhile Russia's finishing is diabolocal

i actually quite like the look of this italy, though maybe they're paying russia off...

I am almost certain it is going to be a 4-4-2 with Milner and Gerrard in midfield, young will be up front with carrol and Downing and Walcott on wings

Not sure how that'll work, Parker will have to be a 1 man midfield. I can see us relying on Rooney dropping deep when he's back to have any presence in middle of the park though

Well exactly I assume he's there so Torres can be up front and they can still score For all his muscles is he a good header? Not sure why so many people think he'll flop? Seems a very Chelsea player

Correct me if wrong but Roma missed out on even the europa league didn't they? We should be well able to keep hold of him, if Ashley is intent on making a profit, he'll be worth way more after a full proper season of him adapted to the premier league.

One looking for their retirement fund

Because they reckon Hulk can play with Torres?

WHAT COULD THIS MEAN

Not sure why he would want to go to Villa tbh, Norwich seemed to be a pretty nice setup

Oh god i can see the media's narrative already, we had a great chance at winning the euros but us crashing out is nothing to do with the players but because Barry and Lampard got injured

It's almost less about the players, though their attitude on the pitch for last few tournaments has been pathetic, as much as the media, the hype, the awful analysis, the dreadful puffing up of Stewart Downing etc etc, it's an awful circus that turns a blind eye to the failures of the country in producing great players, and the attitude of the players themselves, and the only way that'll change is if the media stops being able to sell that story to disaffected fans like us. It's especially bad because the england team seems so bereft of a footballing identity, they do not represent all that is good about the premier league, they represent all the bad, the over paid idiots, the aggression without an end and a suspicion of tactics. If the England team could represent all that is good about the english game, the swashbucking attack, the physicality and hard work of it and the never say die attitude, but i suspect that all lies more in the foreign players in our league now than anyone in the England squad. So I'll support France, I'll enjoy watching the games, and I'll feel genuine attachment to Ben Arfa and Cabaye. I'll probably still kind of hope we do ok with England, but on the other hand also feel the worse our band of idiots do hopefully someone somewhere will sort out the catastrophe of our youth system etc etc etc