Beren Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Martinez is a very likable chap. Done a good job, given his resources at Wigan. Big future in the game, I suspect. Looks like he made a poor call by not going to Villa but he does try and encourage good football. Poor call by what criteria? I know Wigan are an unpopular club (on this board, at least!) but they play decent football. Good on him for sticking at it. Hopefully he will go on to bigger and better things eventually, but he's still very young in manager years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Jones at points reminds me Boris Johnson in that game ages ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 @OptaJoe Opta Sports 348 - Spain have touched the ball 348 times in the opposition half, while England have managed to do this only 75 times. Camped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Spain have had 340 odd touches and managed to create nothing... Sparse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Spain have had 340 odd touches and managed to create nothing... Sparse. They also managed to deny England the chance to have possession in their final third. Possession is never a bad thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Spain have had 340 odd touches and managed to create nothing... Sparse. They also managed to deny England the chance to have possession in their final third. Possession is never a bad thing. Drugs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Spain have had 340 odd touches and managed to create nothing... Sparse. They also managed to deny England the chance to have possession in their final third. Possession is never a bad thing. Drugs? True and five year old rent boys Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Martinez is a very likable chap. Done a good job, given his resources at Wigan. Big future in the game, I suspect. Looks like he made a poor call by not going to Villa but he does try and encourage good football. Poor call by what criteria? I know Wigan are an unpopular club (on this board, at least!) but they play decent football. Good on him for sticking at it. Hopefully he will go on to bigger and better things eventually, but he's still very young in manager years. do wigan even have a youth system? remember someone saying bolton dont bring through any youngsters - wigan might be even worse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Martinez I would get cruel pleasure from putting Spain against Wigan. Nothing against Martinez, of course, I think he's quality. What I would like to see is Spain v. Stoke. It would have to be on a Wednesday night. A rainy one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Said it in the other games thread but fuck me, Bent is the least equipped man to play against Spain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Our performance reminds me of 2004 greece. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Was it Dave who said the Sharp advert was only Southerners? Still not a single Northerner on one of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Martinez is a very likable chap. Done a good job, given his resources at Wigan. Big future in the game, I suspect. Looks like he made a poor call by not going to Villa but he does try and encourage good football. Poor call by what criteria? I know Wigan are an unpopular club (on this board, at least!) but they play decent football. Good on him for sticking at it. Hopefully he will go on to bigger and better things eventually, but he's still very young in manager years. In that Villa could have been a springboard to better things, the problem he's got at Wigan is that while his brand of football is great to watch he's going to struggle to jump to a top club without having a mid table club first IMO. If you look at him at Swansea he was highly rated and people were talking about having him here, they don't now because he's struggling with Wigan despite using the same brand of football, so a job in the top flight where he could show what he can do on the big stage is what will get him a top job eventually but you have to admire his loyalty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Mata and Fabregas to come on. Reina too. Downing for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Their oncoming subs man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Spain are taking the piss with these subs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Martinez is a very likable chap. Done a good job, given his resources at Wigan. Big future in the game, I suspect. Looks like he made a poor call by not going to Villa but he does try and encourage good football. Poor call by what criteria? I know Wigan are an unpopular club (on this board, at least!) but they play decent football. Good on him for sticking at it. Hopefully he will go on to bigger and better things eventually, but he's still very young in manager years. do wigan even have a youth system? remember someone saying bolton dont bring through any youngsters - wigan might be even worse. http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/page/YouthIndex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Said it in the other games thread but f*** me, Bent is the least equipped man to play against Spain. Aye, he's just a finisher, not a team player at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Meanwhile we've brought on Stewart Downing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Spain decided to go easy on England. They're downgrading form the best players in the World to just the best players in the Premiership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Downing for Walcott pleases me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Have to say that I'm unduly fond of "God Save the Queen" for some reason. As far as national anthems go, it's pretty baller. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Martinez is a very likable chap. Done a good job, given his resources at Wigan. Big future in the game, I suspect. Looks like he made a poor call by not going to Villa but he does try and encourage good football. Poor call by what criteria? I know Wigan are an unpopular club (on this board, at least!) but they play decent football. Good on him for sticking at it. Hopefully he will go on to bigger and better things eventually, but he's still very young in manager years. do wigan even have a youth system? remember someone saying bolton dont bring through any youngsters - wigan might be even worse. Bolton's problem is that with the old rule about only having youngsters from within a certain distance that all of the better youngsters were snapped up by the bigger clubs in the region, I'd imagine it's the same for Wigan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 "We're rattling them, they're making changes." :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Dour and flat imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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