Nothing about last nights match?

[la gran siete]

dear me!Well at least Gerard had a decent one as did Rooney and Hargreaves .Becks showed what we are lacking when he finally retires.Barry better than Lamps who looked knackered. Ok USA were rubbish but you can only play whats in front of you and a win is win and, no ,friendlies are never meaningless.Lets take the positives and move on

[-Jay-]

Didn't even watch the game i was watching something else as england normally bore me to sleeep.

Glad that stevie scored though shame about Terry getting one.

[Nebby]

Managed the first twenty minutes and then switched off.

[alchemistkevin]

:sob: that just makes me sad!

i was waiting for wednesday to see the match since I heard of it! .... then missed it coz I thought it was today! :doh:

[LostFanBoy]

there was a game ?

[Twinblade]

It was an ok game, probably the best England have played for a while, which was ironic given it was at the end of the campaign when players are supposed to be tired.

Defoe getting a starting place and England reverting to the tried and tested 4-4-2 was a surprise for me, and it shows that we do play better playing with two up front.

Rooney worked his socks off and Defoe played well, got into space, created chances, should have scored at least two. Some players again didn't look like they wanted to be there (Lampard), and Bentley was very poor too.

The only disappointment for me is that he didn't give some of the fringe players a chance, only Glen Johnson as a second half substitute and he was worse than awful.

I would have liked to see Ashton, Young, Theo, Huddlestone, Hart get a run out, but maybe they will do on Sunday in the Trinidad game.

[bekko]

I didn't realise they were playing till 5 mins before the game i was lucky enough to have bbc 1 on at the time that notified me off it starting. I missed the first ten mins then watched it till half time then switched off again.

[Crocodile]

One thing that McClueless did establish beyond any doubt is that Barry/Gerrard is a much better balanced partnership than Lampard/Gerrard has ever been. Shame the dozy git then reverted for the Croatia game.

I simply can't comprehend why Lampard/Gerrard started last night unless it was purely a marketing decision to help sell tickets for another pointless exercise. A bit like the 100 caps circus surrounding the most over-rated player ever to pull on the shirt. As soon as I saw Beckham lined up I switched off.

[the.godfather]

Nope, not even remotely interested in watching it. I haven't watched England for a while now. I just couldn't care less about them.

Friendlies against USA and Trinidad? Please. We should be rolling over teams like that in our sleep with the squad we have at our disposal.

I'm glad we're not in Euro 2008 as it may actually get us to buck our ideas up a little bit. It really does tell you something when no-one even creates a new thread about it on these forums....hardly anyone's interested! lol

[Eddy.]

It was abysmal. Truly shocking.

Gerrard was the only good player last night. Why the heck Capello played Lampard and Gerrard together again is beyond me.

And Rooney was rubbish. Gave the ball away or messed up every single time he got the ball.

[Lateralus]

Originally Posted by Eddy.

It was abysmal. Truly shocking.

Gerrard was the only good player last night. Why the heck Capello played Lampard and Gerrard together again is beyond me.

And Rooney was rubbish. Gave the ball away or messed up every single time he got the ball.

what game were you watching? for me, if rooney and gerrard play like they did together last nite, we have a very bright future

[la gran siete]

Originally Posted by crocodile

One thing that McClueless did establish beyond any doubt is that Barry/Gerrard is a much better balanced partnership than Lampard/Gerrard has ever been. Shame the dozy git then reverted for the Croatia game.

I simply can't comprehend why Lampard/Gerrard started last night unless it was purely a marketing decision to help sell tickets for another pointless exercise. A bit like the 100 caps circus surrounding the most over-rated player ever to pull on the shirt. As soon as I saw Beckham lined up I switched off.

Well he had one of his better half games. Produced a few crosses which showed there is no one in the UK who cam deliver them quite like him.Did ok!

[Twinblade]

Should be an interesting game on Sunday, rumours are that Barry is going to be named captain for it. That should spell the end of the Gerrard/Lampard partnership.

[la gran siete]

Originally Posted by Lateralus

what game were you watching? for me, if rooney and gerrard play like they did together last nite, we have a very bright future

yes agreed .They played well. Rooney was everywhere.
Given that it was at the end of the season it was a good performance against mediocre opponents.Trinidad and tobago match hopefully will tell us which second string players are worth bringing on

[alchemistkevin]

Originally Posted by the.godfather

I'm glad we're not in Euro 2008 as it may actually get us to buck our ideas up a little bit.

Do you honestly think so?


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