buzza Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Gareth barry looked pretty solid when he was on...(another one who "slipped through the net"). Wright philips was a thorn in their side all night. The real masterclass was given by Xavi in their midfield, didn't give a pass away all night and was involved in EVERYTHING...think Glenn needs to go out and look at him (couple of times at least- just to make sure...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Wright-Philips was a thorn in my side, the useless fucker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Crouch has his faults, but at the moment are there better options for the advanced striker position? Defoe? Bent? I also agreed with Lawrenson that he was getting penalised unfairly tonight. Rooney is a withdrawn striker and it's a waste to play him further forward. Basically tonight Dyer showed that he's a more than capable understudy to Rooney in that role. There were a few times when the ball just didn't fall right for us in the box, and we were a bit unlucky to lose. I'm a bit worried about McLaren's judgement though. With all the pressure on England managers, there's a bit of a tendency for them to pick players who the pundits and the press are shouting for at the moment, but who aren't really international class. Normally that effects the manager after a while in the job, but it seems to have happened early with McLaren. Against Croatia, it was Parker. Tonight, it was Barry in midfield. If he's worth a place at all at the level, it's got to be in defence. Does he really have to pick him to find that out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I can be very frustrated at Crouch. Why on earth is he using his arms when he jumps?! He´s tall enough to win the longballs. Again Frustrated by the lacking of goal, as I am with Newcastle. England under McClaren = Newcastle under Roeder Why do we bother? Hope Richards gets in ahead of Neville from now on, like a breath of fresh air. Crouch needs to bulk himself up as he hopes rather than believes he'll win the ball in the air. All his flicks and tricks piss me off too, just fucking get it down and play it, takes an age to get it under. Dyer looked lively, made some excellent runs. Ferdinand was like a rock, deserved MOTM. Villa is a class act aswell, a cut above atm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Dyer was back to his old self. Good movement and running, dire end product. Frustrating, because hes got the ability to be a good player at that level, hes just extremely hesitent when he gets the chance to do something and lacks composure. Maybe he was just nervous... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFC06 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Carick was shite all game Why the hell McClaren didnt use Parker? :idiot2: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Villa is a class act aswell, a cut above atm Brilliant little player. Hopefully, our one wont be too far off that level if he continues to improve (talking about Newcastle, ie Martins). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Once again I kept a close eye on Carrick. And once again I ask myself this- what's so special about him? Ok so we know that he has great passing range and good positioning. But what else does he offer? Overrated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Villa is a class act aswell, a cut above atm Brilliant little player. Hopefully, our one wont be too far off that level if he continues to improve (talking about Newcastle, ie Martins). Hopefully, Villa does have it all though. His game isn't particularly based around anything like Martins' pace. The best thing about Villa imo is his brilliant football brain, can pick team mates out of nowhere like in the first half when he was running backwards, half swivelled and whipped out to the right wing. Anyone else would have punted it back to the keeper. I really enjoy watching him. Hope he moves to Barca or Madrid so he's on every week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 anyone can have a great passing range when they are allowed 10 seconds on the ball, different story when two players are breathing down your neck. I thought he was the worst player on the pitch tonight! Second that.... overated!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brewer Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 he'll go to Liverpool Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 anyone can have a great passing range when they are allowed 10 seconds on the ball, different story when two players are breathing down your neck. I thought he was the worst player on the pitch tonight! Second that.... overated!!! Keyword for most of Englands players.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 he'll go to Liverpool If your talking about Villa, that would be a catastrophe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Once again I kept a close eye on Carrick. And once again I ask myself this- what's so special about him? Ok so we know that he has great passing range and good positioning. But what else does he offer? Overrated. His passing ability is pretty overrated too. Hes definately a good passer, but not much more than that. Several of the Spanish players tonight were alot superior in their passing, they were spreading passes nonchalantly that Carrick would need time and a small run up to play. Decent player in his own right, and a good player for ManU beause theyve always wanted/needed that type of player for their system (hence the reason for spending so much on Veron), but im glad the Carrick wankfest is now well and truly over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Forget Rooney, I think England missed Hargreaves the most. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nguyen Van Falk Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2002390000-2007060372,00.html Full of praise for Dyer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest duffyg Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 rooney and lennon wouldve made a difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest smoggeordie Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I'm fuming that Dyer played 90 mins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Thought that Ferdinand and Woodgate were superb, Dyer was good too. The rest of them were fucking shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest duffyg Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 woodgate got mugged off for their goal.don't let the bbc brainwash you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 woodgate got mugged off for their goal.don't let the bbc brainwash you. I didn't even listen to the BBC stuff, saw his hour with my own eyes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Thought that Ferdinand and Woodgate were superb, Dyer was good too. The rest of them were f****** s****. :o. Woodgate was far from superb. Did you see how easily he got beaten for the goal and how he continuously kept backing of from the spanish front men. He's performane was poor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Phil Neville was utter shit all game too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 How did Dyer do? Sorry if posted, can't be arsed to look through the thread... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 How did Dyer do? Sorry if posted, can't be arsed to look through the thread... Hehe, it might be worth a look through the thread as it seems to be unanimous that he was either England's best player, or second best behind Ferdinand in an otherwise tepid display... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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