World on alert Germans marching again!

[Dokko]

 

Here's the proper article:

 

http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/story/0,27032,12016_6241161,00.html

[Dave]

"I obviously missed the tournament through injury which isn't like me. Whether I would've been picked is another matter, but I believe I would have been. I missed it because I wasn't available but I've definitely not retired from international football."

 

Fucking hell.

[Guest elbee909]

"I obviously missed the tournament through injury which isn't like me."

 

No, of course.  Of course.

 

There's self-belief and then there's self-delusion.

[Guest Stephen927]

"I obviously missed the tournament through injury which isn't like me. Whether I would've been picked is another matter, but I believe I would have been. I missed it because I wasn't available but I've definitely not retired from international football."

 

Fucking hell.

 

 

I just ... wow.

[Cajun]

Thing is, how much some even hate him, he would have scored goals for England.

 

So be mad he wanted to be there, because he would probably be the one putting England past the Germans

 

I don't think he would.

[Guest elbee909]

Would you preferred Heskey or Owen, that is the ultimate question.

 

He'd still have taken Heskey instead.

[David28]

Thing is, how much some even hate him, he would have scored goals for England.

 

So be mad he wanted to be there, because he would probably be the one putting England past the Germans

 

I don't think he would.

 

Of course he wouldn't. He needs great service to get a chance - and he needs many chances nowadays to score one goal. With that kind of service Rooney/Defoe/Heskey got he would not have scored.

 

He isn't the Owen who once scored a hattrick against Germany. 

[Wullie]

Fucking knob.

[Cajun]

Would you preferred Heskey or Owen, that is the ultimate question.

 

Would have preferred Bent over both.

[Dave]

Owen has been called up once by Fabio Capello in his 28 games in charge. He played 45mins against France over two years ago.

 

Just give it up Michael.

[Village Idiot]

Owen

[David28]

Owen has been called up once by Fabio Capello in his 28 games in charge. He played 45mins against France over two years ago.

 

Just give it up Michael.

 

I guess just has a bit new hope now. And he's right, I think. If Capello gets sacked he'll be in the next squad if he plays for Man U.

[Dokko]

"I obviously missed the tournament through injury which isn't like me. Whether I would've been picked is another matter, but I believe I would have been. I missed it because I wasn't available but I've definitely not retired from international football."

 

Fucking hell.

 

I did add them bits for effect like. But we all know that's what he's thinking. 

 

[Guest elbee909]

Man Utd was meant to be the making of Owen.  "With that sort of service he'll get loads of goals, he won't be feeding on scraps like he was at Newcastle!"  Hasn't turned out that way and everyone can see it but him.

[Cajun]

TT

[Guest Stephen927]

Man Utd was meant to be the making of Owen.  "With that sort of service he'll get loads of goals, he won't be feeding on scraps like he was at Newcastle!"  Hasn't turned out that way and everyone can see it but him.

 

True. Had that good game where he bagged a hat trick but otherwise he's been average.

[Dokko]

TT

 

Sorry.  Worked a little too well like.

 

I did add:

 

 

Here's the proper article:

 

http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/story/0,27032,12016_6241161,00.html

 

But the red mist had people too blind. 

[Dave]

Well he obviously thinks that, why else would he say he 'missed the tournament through injury'?

[Village Idiot]

Owen will be 32 by the time the next major tournament comes around. If he thinks he has a chance of making the squad as a forward he's deluding himself. Accept it, you're finished.

[Cajun]

Well he obviously thinks that, why else would he say he 'missed the tournament through injury'?

 

He had a career ending injury to his abillity a few years ago.

[Guest elbee909]

Yeah, makes no difference to me - you just added what he probably wanted to say!

[indi]

One of the many things that've pissed me off about the media's reaction to what happened is the criticism Capello's got for sticking to 442, these are the same useless twats who've criticised every other England manager whenever they've played some alternative system because "it's not the 442 they're used to playing in the Premiership". I know it's hardly an insight, but the football media are 99% clueless, I mean, who the fuck is Andy Townsend to be criticising anyone, especially someone with the track-record of Capello, I'd be offended if he criticised me, for fuck's sake!

[Wullie]

Owen missed the tournament for the same reason I did, detestable little fuck. We're gonna get bollocksed at Old Trafford on the first day anyway, might as well go down to ten men for someone crippling him. Hope Alan Smith does it actually, he'll get suspended, two birds, one stone.

[Wullie]

One of the many things that've pissed me off about the media's reaction to what happened is the criticism Cappello's got for sticking to 442, these are the same useless twats who've criticised every other England manager whenever they've played some alternative system because "it's not the 442 they're used to playing in the Premiership". I know it's hardly an insight, but the football media are 99% clueless, I mean, who the fuck is Andy Townsend to be criticising anyone, especially someone with the track-record of Cappello, I'd be offended if he criticised me, for fuck's sake!

 

On a slightly related note, and I've already posted this earlier in the thread but fuck it, while I don't think there's anything wrong with having a foreign English coach per se, I think hiring foreign coaches who've never worked in the English game is silly.

[Dokko]

Sky Sports News were showing the stats of coaches and their badges in the UK compared to other top countries and it was something like A, B and Pro badges, UK had around 3,000, Spain had around 30,000 and Germany had 44,000.