England V Malta

[ozzie]

watched it on German tv,another poor England game,did not seem any different than Hodgson. only one game,but v Malta!!.
we won.at least we are better than Malta,thank god it was not Iceland again.
2 things i heard on the tv..
1 was i heard the England fans boo Rooney??
2: about the 80th minute..i heard MALTA fans(nearly 2000) out singing England fans at Wembley!!
Was it that bad,or was the German beer doing my "head" in AGAIN

 

[IloveShrimp]

I turned it off zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

 

[rayleigh dan]

I'll judge Southgate after the Slovenia game. Got to admit I'm worried after today's performance. :unsure:

 

[Swiss Tony]

The FA should thank their lucky stars they have the best supporters in the world bar none,just short of 82,000 playing a L1 standard side(sorry Malta great effort) after an awful Euro's,i went last night wished I hadn't pathetic.:thumbdown:

 

[ozzie]

yes,agree with you.
I thought after about 70 mins,Malta would be knackered and we would then score maybe 3,but nothing.
I thought G.S plan B. !!! looked very much plan A!!
And plan A,proved in Brazil&France,does not work.
We ALL knew how Malta would play and also that England would be free to do what they want in two thirds of the pitch,but again.no change,in the last third.

 

[ozzie]

S.Tony...im coming over from Germany for the JOCK game!!!
It will be different..the Jock fans will sing,etc unlike the England Fans last night,also the Jocks will play hard with heart and sole.

 

[Swiss Tony]

S.Tony...im coming over from Germany for the JOCK game!!!
It will be different..the Jock fans will sing,etc unlike the England Fans last night,also the Jocks will play hard with heart and sole.

Agreed having a team that just may come to play might help us on and off the pitch do hope so,great effort coming from Germany by the way lets hope we get the right result and effort.:thumbsup:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I'll judge Southgate after the Slovenia game. Got to admit I'm worried after today's performance. :unsure:

Agreed.Malta was dire.Especially the second half.:thumbdown:

 

[Kris]

I'm not too worried. Tuesday's game will be more open and that will suit England a lot better.

 

[* ORM *]

One day an English manager is going to have the English national team playing English football. Then we might get somewhere

 

[manor15]

One day an English manager is going to have the English national team playing English football. Then we might get somewhere

What is "English football" then?

 

[* ORM *]

What is "English football" then?

Fast and furious. Not prancing around with pretty little diamonds. Ball forward quick to a speedy winger and delivered early enough in the box to unnerve defenders. English players cannot play continental football as 50 trophyless years proves. The last manager that came anywhere close were Venables and Hoddle though they had the benefit of the backbone of Adams and a balanced midfield of creativity and combative terriers. Not one forward has delivered since Shearer and Lineker before him and we haven't had a world class playmaker since Gazza. Beckham was good but not THAT good.

The annoying thing is that I actually think we have a promising young squad but yet again we are trying to change their games when it comes to international football.

 

[EastStandBlue]

Rooney was once world class. Any other sentiment is revisionism.

 

[Blue_Wes]

Rooney was once world class. Any other sentiment is revisionism.

Agreed, but from Saturday's showing, him starting is far from our biggest issue. The lack of movement in our front line was criminal. Rooney criticised for a lot of sideways passes, but he didn't have a lot of options with the awful and static Sturridge and Walcott in front. Lingaard wasn't much better either.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Fast and furious. Not prancing around with pretty little diamonds. Ball forward quick to a speedy winger and delivered early enough in the box to unnerve defenders. English players cannot play continental football as 50 trophyless years proves. The last manager that came anywhere close were Venables and Hoddle though they had the benefit of the backbone of Adams and a balanced midfield of creativity and combative terriers. Not one forward has delivered since Shearer and Lineker before him and we haven't had a world class playmaker since Gazza. Beckham was good but not THAT good.

The annoying thing is that I actually think we have a promising young squad but yet again we are trying to change their games when it comes to international football.

So English football is basically anti-Kevin Maher and pro-Adam Barrett.

Glad we sorted that out.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Rooney was once world class. Any other sentiment is revisionism.

Agreed.One good shot in the first half and that was about his lot.Will he be dropped tonight though? I doubt it somehow.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Agreed.One good shot in the first half and that was about his lot.Will he be dropped tonight though? I doubt it somehow.

Gareth Southgate confirmed yesterday that Wayne Rooney will not start for England tonight.

 

[Blue_Wes]

Agreed.One good shot in the first half and that was about his lot.Will he be dropped tonight though? I doubt it somehow.

Gareth Southgate confirmed yesterday that Wayne Rooney will not start for England tonight.

So whilst I'm not advocating Rooney be a first teamer for England. He was far from the worst player on Saturday, if he's being dropped based on Saturday's performance, then there's a good four or five players ahead of him that need to be dropped first.

 

[* ORM *]

So English football is basically anti-Kevin Maher and pro-Adam Barrett.

Glad we sorted that out.

The Kevin Maher that made the tackle and drive forward to set up the goal v Bristol City you mean?

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

The Kevin Maher that made the tackle and drive forward to set up the goal v Bristol City you mean?

That you can remember the one time he did that a decade or two later is quite instructive. I rated his sideways passing and pretty triangles.