moreblack Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 There were signs of progress with hiring foreign managers, but then they went back to old ways with Hodgson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyTron Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 We love you, Roy!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 That is magical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Partly in europe, the toll of the prem takes it's toll innit. you see City playing Stoke (stoke have been much better under hughes) on staurday and have to get involved in a physical game. Then flick to Barca strolling around in the sun on saturday. There seems to be less desperation from the oppo. I'm not sure if it's just resignation or the league is smaller so the teams mid table are safe. but Barca dominance in La liga sure helps in europe. Often you see Arsenal sacrifice prem games just to rest players for mid week. Ozil is obviously knackered. No winter break. He's leggy. But I've noticed some prem games are getting more la liga looking swansea v liverpool.The prem still rewards strength and running. Rooney gets praise for sprinting all the way back into his box to make a clearance. While Messi is hanging around up front waiting for his chance.In terms of England, it's the Liverpool players like Johnson, Gerrard, Henderson, Sterling, Sturridge that seem more suited to Hodgson's italian set up. Wilshire and Rooney can fit in too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 The reason England never win at football is because our game, on a grassroots level, hasn't changed in the last 50 years, there's no emphasis on short passes, on flair, it's all about strength, it's all about punts, crosses, long balls, hammering it, it's all about get up that end of the field. Every countrys game evolves except ours, look at the Brazilians, the reason they are the dogs bollocks at football is that their game preempts changes in the game on a global scale...and if it doesn't it certainly catches up, like in 82 when they were 'the best team to ever lose the world cup', that team was on a par with their 60s squad, their 1970 squad, y'know, the most rated fuckin' squads of their history...but they were fuckin' devoid of defence. So they lose that, they go back to the drawing board and then look at them defensively from 94 onwards, thats the way you do shit, you fix it up. England don't do that, we just make our bed and lay in it.You can't play tic tac in the mud though. When it's Holbrook Miners Welfare v Heanor on a saturday morning in -4 weather and the size 4 multiplex slaps against your thighs you just huff it up the middle and push up.Also, Brazil has a huge pool of players to pick from. Everyone's playing from an early age, football crazy. Also they often come from poverty, there's a real need and desire. If Lampard doesn't score he can always before a milkman like Neil Webb. or sign on.When it's 100 degrees you can't play the tempo of the prem, you can't really player counter attack really, definitely not get it wide and in or long ball. You have to keep the ball and England players a lot can't do that. But I think some are coming through who can. But we still favor wingers. Box to box mids and wingers. Wenger, Moron and Rodgers must be helping. It's just finding a Xavi or Inesta or a Messi. Look at Utd though a player like Kagawa playing for Dortmund was a genius or even Zaha had the skill to threaten defenses if given the ball and license. But utd favored Rooney and Valencia. Basically strong cloggers who put in a shift every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) It's no coincidence with Brazil either. Across most forms of the sport, be it Beach, Futsal, or the regular game, they've won the most World Cup trophies by far. Nobody else is even close. Edited February 21, 2014 by moreblack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russel Nash Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 It's no coincidence with Brazil either. Across most forms of the sport, be it Beach, Futsal, or the regular game, they've won the most World Cup trophies by far. Nobody else is even close.They enjoy playing football. That's their secret. They don't take it as a job, the money and glory comes second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 FUCK!!!!!! Fuckin' 92nd minute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1989 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Thank you Mr. Chelsea!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Oh so it was Terry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 He's been credited with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Whats supposed to mean, was it a dodgy one then? Sorry for all the questions every saturday by the way lads, just at work so im never catching the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Well Lampard threw in a freekick, Terry and Howard went for it. People weren't sure who got a touch if any and by the looks of it Terry got the final touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1989 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 If Terry didn't touch it, his sheer presence was enough to force Howard to throw it in his own net Arsenal are on it today, Sunderland are doing no favours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Watching a United game for the first time in a while, fuck me, are they this poor regularly now, Palace are kinda bossing em. Looks really odd, like just to behold, it ain't natural, all my conscious life I can remember United were a force in English football and I'm 30 years old so i'm no spring chicken, it just don't look right, they don't play like United. I mean they were never pretty to watch ever but their was a certain spirit there. As i type this there's a pen being lined up…and it's gone in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 2nd half was a different story, they ran out of gas or something. Could've been 3-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Is it just me or are Real Sociedad doing Barca 3-1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Is it just me or are Real Sociedad doing Barca 3-1?Fuck me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Typical Moron Chesea. No effort made and still a 1-0 win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Swansea are gonna get a kicking if they are not careful today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) Shelvey gets a round of applause at Anfield...and people say The Kop ain't got no class . Cracking game too, switch over if you're not watching. Edited February 23, 2014 by sugaraylen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Saw this scrolling through Facebook today.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Didn't Ibra miss one of those today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Oh dear Moyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 There's only one Joel Campbell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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