Ronaldo Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I hate the Crouch wankfest. Any average Premiership striker could score goals for England against the opposition he has in the past. Yep, even Owen managed it He also managed it against the top countries. (Germany, Argentina, Brazil...) Aye. Barring '98 in a couple of games he was normally absolutely horrific for England in the major tournaments. (I am aware his goal against Brazil was in the quarter final of the World Cup) Said it before on here, but it's ignored. His reputation is an absolute f***ing sham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Haha, how fed up did Owen look there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Nowhere near as bad as Beckham has been in the majors. Utterly, utterly wank in each tournament. Beckham was an utter disgrace at Euro 2004 during the whole thing. Too often overlooked. Hated him in that tournament. Cost us goals by fucking up and by not bothering defending. Aye. Barring '98 in a couple of games he was normally absolutely horrific for England in the major tournaments. (I am aware his goal against Brazil was in the quarter final of the World Cup) Said it before on here, but it's ignored. His reputation is an absolute f***ing sham. I recall this discussion on here before. But my personal feeling is that he was very decent at E2000 and WC2002 and scoring, then really poor at E2004 and WC2006 and not scoring! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I hate the Crouch wankfest. Any average Premiership striker could score goals for England against the opposition he has in the past. Yep, even Owen managed it He also managed it against the top countries. (Germany, Argentina, Brazil...) Aye. Barring '98 in a couple of games he was normally absolutely horrific for England in the major tournaments. (I am aware his goal against Brazil was in the quarter final of the World Cup) Said it before on here, but it's ignored. His reputation is an absolute f***ing sham. Give over man. Top class player until we signed him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 How many games has Crouch played against the 'top' teams? Genuine question btw. Would be interesting to see how many opportunities he's actually had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I hate the Crouch wankfest. Any average Premiership striker could score goals for England against the opposition he has in the past. Yep, even Owen managed it He also managed it against the top countries. (Germany, Argentina, Brazil...) Aye. Barring '98 in a couple of games he was normally absolutely horrific for England in the major tournaments. (I am aware his goal against Brazil was in the quarter final of the World Cup) Said it before on here, but it's ignored. His reputation is an absolute f***ing sham. Give over man. Top class player until we signed him. A good goalscorer, never a top class player in a million years post 2002 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Crouch's international goals - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Crouch#International_goals EDIT: Think someone has been a bity hasty in predicting the final score of tonight's match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 glen johnson has been the only defender i'v been impressed with in the first 25 mins, terrys passings looked really poor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Terry has never looked like a top defender at international level. Capello should have given the armband to Rio. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Is Owen in the stands? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Is Owen in the stands? Yep. Sitting next to Jimmy Bullard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Yeah. All the people who have played a part in the squads for the qualification stage have been invited. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Terry has never looked like a top defender at international level. Capello should have given the armband to Rio. To be fair, Terry was immaculate during WC06 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Cracking finish that Glen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I hate the Crouch wankfest. Any average Premiership striker could score goals for England against the opposition he has in the past. Yep, even Owen managed it He also managed it against the top countries. (Germany, Argentina, Brazil...) Aye. Barring '98 in a couple of games he was normally absolutely horrific for England in the major tournaments. (I am aware his goal against Brazil was in the quarter final of the World Cup) Said it before on here, but it's ignored. His reputation is an absolute f***ing sham. Give over man. Top class player until we signed him. A good goalscorer, never a top class player in a million years post 2002 4 goals in 3 major tournaments following 1998 isnt that disasterous tbh considering how the rest of our side played. Or how anyone else has done for us in that time either. He actually tended to score against the better sides in major tournaments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Excellent non-tackle from Johnson there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Excellent non-tackle from Johnson there. He's good at running forward and stuff though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Johnson would have been class for us in that team of Sir Bobby's if Chelsea hadn't outbid us right at the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 If Bridge didn't stop there for a second and check his run he'd have been away. That's where Cashley Cole is way superior to him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 If Bridge didn't stop there for a second and check his run he'd have been away. That's where Cashley Cole is way superior to him. And most other left-backs in the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I hate the Crouch wankfest. Any average Premiership striker could score goals for England against the opposition he has in the past. Yep, even Owen managed it He also managed it against the top countries. (Germany, Argentina, Brazil...) Aye. Barring '98 in a couple of games he was normally absolutely horrific for England in the major tournaments. (I am aware his goal against Brazil was in the quarter final of the World Cup) Said it before on here, but it's ignored. His reputation is an absolute f***ing sham. Give over man. Top class player until we signed him. A good goalscorer, never a top class player in a million years post 2002 4 goals in 3 major tournaments following 1998 isnt that disasterous tbh considering how the rest of our side played. Or how anyone else has done for us in that time either. He actually tended to score against the better sides in major tournaments. stop it, please. And it's 4 tournaments tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Owen's played in 4 major tournaments post '98 though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 And completely shit in all of them. But hey, 7 years past his prime lets stick him in there, for a laugh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Hardly crap in all of them. 2002 he was top scorer. Euro 2000 shearer got the most with 2, 1 more than owen. 2004 scored against portugal what would have been a winner if theyd not scored 7 mins from time. Talk about pointlessly biased. If owens been crap, the entire England squad has been far worse. So pointless to focus much at him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 And completely s*** in all of them. But hey, 7 years past his prime lets stick him in there, for a laugh. I remember before Euro '96 the media were trying to push Les Ferdinand forward to replace Shearer who hadn't scored in yonks for England. He went on to take the tournament by storm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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