Jump to content

Recommended Posts

The first hour was like watching England of old. Playing in rigid lines, no improvisation and predictable.

 

For the last half hour, we loosened up and looked a lot better, so there is hope, providing Hodgson learns his lesson. Okay, we may then be more vulnerable defensively, but we were so hopeless up till that point, that it feels we've got no choice but to take the chance.

 

I swear you don't actually say anything in particular when you post about football Cronky.  :lol: :lol:

 

'The Portugal back four that started tonight's game were 30, 38, 34 and 32 years old. Yet Roy Hodgson, an international football manager, didn't have the foresight or the gumption to give Jamie Vardy license to run at them and their old legs. I give up'

:frantic: that true

 

 

Sums it up really. I like Roy (who doesn't...he's a very nice bloke) but as someone else said earlier in the thread, what is the actual gameplan? What are we looking to achieve? The only discernible tactic for me is when we don't have the ball, where we invite teams to pass through us, in a kind of half-court press.

 

The lack of width is criminal, and for an international manager in this day & age to rely solely on the fullbacks to spread the pitch is laughable.  The squad he's picked doesn't allow us to change it up at all, it's not like our Plan A is that solid.

 

I am hopeful still, simply because it's tournament football at the end of the day, but tactically we look unproductive and a bit random to be honest.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Both Bruno Alves and Pepe are truly violent players. They have the FC Porto modus operandi well programmed in their minds. Alves used to get away with this type of challenge all the time in the portuguese league.

 

Disgusting.

Link to post
Share on other sites

His record is like 1 in 2 for the past 5 year or something. Shite or something though because someone said sometime.

 

So he's about as effective as Peter crouch. 1 in 2 should be the minimum for a striker up front for England, given how many piss easy games we play.

Link to post
Share on other sites

f*** JOTENKO!!!

 

Nah we were totally s**** like.

 

Why the swearing? One can only imagine what your mother would say if she knew you were behaving like that on the Internet.

 

:lol:

Link to post
Share on other sites

His record is like 1 in 2 for the past 5 year or something. Shite or something though because someone said sometime.

 

So he's about as effective as Peter crouch. 1 in 2 should be the minimum for a striker up front for England, given how many piss easy games we play.

But Peter Crouch did well for us. Not sure what your point is like?

 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites

f*** JOTENKO!!!

 

Nah we were totally s**** like.

 

Why the swearing? One can only imagine what your mother would say if she knew you were behaving like that on the Internet.

Shots fired

Link to post
Share on other sites

'The Portugal back four that started tonight's game were 30, 38, 34 and 32 years old. Yet Roy Hodgson, an international football manager, didn't have the foresight or the gumption to give Jamie Vardy license to run at them and their old legs. I give up'

:frantic: that true

 

 

If it was that easy then of course he would have. You speak about a lack of gameplan, but the one you suggest is 'give the ball to Jame Vardy so he can try and run past their defence'. Not exactly going to get Jose Mourinho quaking in his boots that one.

Link to post
Share on other sites

f*** JOTENKO!!!

 

Nah we were totally s**** like.

 

Why the swearing? One can only imagine what your mother would say if she knew you were behaving like that on the Internet.

She'd have the swear filter off, for one!

 

Lol. Good!

Link to post
Share on other sites

Aguero's record is shite for Man City given the amount of easy games they play. It's total bollocks, Rooney has been one of our better players for the past half decade despite the fact we've been shite. Replacing him doesn't solve the problem.

 

His record going back 5 years is completely irrelevant to how shit he is now.

Link to post
Share on other sites

http://i.imgur.com/8j336Sc.png

 

We should probably shoot him.

 

Aye but San Marino won't be in the knockout phases.

 

Seriously though, he's gassed man. Definitely has no place up front (Kane and Vardy comprehensively piss all over him) and in midfield he's gassed. Doesn't track those five yards around him and his inability/unwillingness to run means he's spraying 60 yard Hollywood passes from deep with diminishing returns. He's got good technique but he's not Scholes no matter how much he wants to be.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Seriously though, we do well as a team in the qualifiers. We do shit in the actual cup. The point is it's not Wayne Rooney's selection that's the problem.

Given he's/we've been shite in every tournament since 2004 maybe there is a link.

Link to post
Share on other sites

http://i.imgur.com/8j336Sc.png

 

We should probably shoot him.

 

Aye but San Marino won't be in the knockout phases.

 

Seriously though, he's gassed man. Definitely has no place up front (Kane and Vardy comprehensively piss all over him) and in midfield he's gassed. Doesn't track those five yards around him and his inability/unwillingness to run means he's spraying 60 yard Hollywood passes from deep with diminishing returns. He's got good technique but he's not Scholes no matter how much he wants to be.

I'd start Kane and Vardy but I don't know how well it'll work, same as I wanted a Liverpool core in the World Cup but that failed. Rooney, regardless of opposition, has done well for us though despite the criticism.
Link to post
Share on other sites

Guest neesy111

Rooney simply isn't a tournament player, other countries with far stronger managers would had dropped him at least to the bench.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Seriously though, we do well as a team in the qualifiers. We do shit in the actual cup. The point is it's not Wayne Rooney's selection that's the problem.

Given he's/we've been shite in every tournament since 2004 maybe there is a link.

Aye, maybe our top scorer was the problem :thup:
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...