What a game 4-2

LOL yea but Croatia FFS they scared us far too many times IMHO!

was i the only person who still thought we could get beat even when we were winning 4-2 ????????? after watching the france game, i wouldnt have put it past the tossers to throw it. i thought gerrards passing was woeful, scholes still isnt fit, owen the invisible man and ashley cole who does his level best to try and see us lose... ahh well at least heskey didnt get a look in. were getting better, but we just never seem to look 'polished' always a bit loose, a bit rough. Why the fvck would chelsea want Gerrard after his performance tonight, they have a far better player in Lamparrd already.

:D potato head played very well...... :cool: :cool:

Portugal next, they are a good side "on paper" - but they haven't been that impressive so far. If we play the same way as we played tonight we should be ok. But I reckon the Czech Republic could run away with the trophy in the end.

No I did too,why was Peter Reid and co saying how good we were?I think they need a trip to SPECSAVERS! Or were they watching the French game LOL:D

1st half was brill IMO pissed all over them after they went ahead we won most tackles!they were always going to be good at freekicks,corners etc as they were against france but there defence and keeper were crap and let the wonder boy rooney show them whos boss WE WON :dance: :dance: revenge france in the final the bunch of :xxx:

Portugal will never win a major tournament.. they are the football equivalent of colin montgomerie, or david coultard... every year all the people in the know go its colins year this year, or coulthard has got a good chance... *****cks theyll never win aslong as theyve got holes in their asses, Portugal are the same, every time theres a big tournament you get ' Portugal are the dark horses this year, theyve got a great team' .... Crap!!! Theres too much infighting.. .Figo whos the captain and thinks hes the best player doesnt even want Deco in the team (as he is Brazillian) but Deco is the best palyer in the team, Ronaldo is getting there and can cause a few probs, but he is too lively for his own team who are to be fair kicking on a bit now!!

No I did too,why was Peter Reid and co saying how good we were?I think they need a trip to SPECSAVERS! Or were they watching the French game LOL:D

Mac, talking about SPECSAVERS, How bad are Svens Specs ?? They looked Bloody awful, he needs to take a trip down to Specsavers. :rofl: :rofl:

Rooney desrved to stay on til '80 mins to attemp the hat-trick :rolleyes:

 

Beckham & Gerrard were non-existant, Owen looks sluggish atm, but he still managed to make an impact in the game.

 

Me an' the missus both cheered when the Roon scored both his goals! After Euro2004, there's no way Everton are going to be able to hang on to him! 35-40 mil I reckon!

 

:) Dare I say it! :eek: Come on England!

was i the only person who still thought we could get beat even when we were winning 4-2 ????????? after watching the france game, i wouldnt have put it past the tossers to throw it. i thought gerrards passing was woeful, scholes still isnt fit, owen the invisible man and ashley cole who does his level best to try and see us lose... ahh well at least heskey didnt get a look in. were getting better, but we just never seem to look 'polished' always a bit loose, a bit rough. Why the fvck would chelsea want Gerrard after his performance tonight, they have a far better player in Lamparrd already.

 

 

let me guess who you support???? umm everton

 

if you think lampard is a better player than gerrard, its not specsavers you need, its headlights on the white stick, he had one of his lesser games, but was still head and shoulders better than half the team, his passing was woeful probably because he gave away a few more than normal

wonderful english fans aren't we, croatia scored after 5 mins' then never threatened until we were 3-1 up, we were playing croatia a world ranked team, the same team who came from two goals down to draw with france, yet for 75 minutes we had comfortable control, yep i'll agree cole is a liabilty, and if we don't sort out the set plays:(

 

owen yep he's had a quite few games, lets not forget his goals almost single handed got us to portugal, and he's had quite spells before then..........

 

lets give england some credit, they needed a draw but didn't once look like they were playing for one, they have improved with every game and are now in the 1/4 finals without playing well, some of englands passing tonight was

top notch, including big parts played by owen and gerrard in the goals, so far only rooney has been doing the business up front, if they all hit form, they can beat anybody, but 4-5 players need to hit top form to make it happen

 

?????colin montgomerie has won 37 major trophies in his career including a record 5 in '99, making him the most consistent golfer in the world during the 1990’s, so not sure thats a good comparison

 

lets all get behind england whatever club shirt they wear, and wait 'till august for the slagging to begin lol (or until we get knocked out at least)

Rooney desrved to stay on til '80 mins to attemp the hat-trick :rolleyes:

 

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yeah but what if he got those yellow cards? if he stayed on

i thought Croatia wud win.

*yawn* :D

Rooney desrved to stay on til '80 mins to attemp the hat-trick :rolleyes:

 

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yeah but what if he got those yellow cards? if he stayed on

 

He came off because he's been making 50 yard runs in 30 degree heat three games running, I should think! Vassell looked buggered after 10 mins. :)

 

FYI yellow cards are ditched at the end of group stage, only suspensions carry over.

 

Ashley Cole was my man of the match and he is SO MUCH BETTER than he was in the World Cup. I was seriously worried about missing Hargreaves, but in the end Cole played a blinder so no matter.

 

Owen and Rooney look like a genuine strike partnership, which you don't see much now - it just happens that Owen has seen less of the ball - and they've created chances for each other in all the matches. (Most Premiership clubs now play 4-1-1 whether they call it that or not, with the possible exception of the Arse, so it's nice to see the good old fashioned proper stuff.)

 

Not sure about Croatia's 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4 towards the (desperate) end :rofl:

 

But also consider - Crotia were genuinely playing 4 at the front for the last 20 mins or so - and we coped admirably once King was on.

 

All we need to do now is sort out set pieces... the occasional defender on the post wouldn't go amiss!

 

I don't think Beckham has lost it - I just think a) his style has changed at Madrid and b) the team depend on him less now because they are a TEAM - not two or three heroes (Beckham, Scholes, Owen) plus others to make up the numbers. He's not used to that and neither are we.

Come On England, Do The Same As We Did In The Rugby World Cup !!!!