TimRam Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 After Rooneys performance v Iceland I would not have him near the England team. Come to think of it, none of them should be near the England team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StockholmRam Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 43 minutes ago, TimRam said: After Rooneys performance v Iceland I would not have him near the England team. Come to think of it, none of them should be near the England team. I feel a lot like that about some of Derbys players this season especially after Burton game but perhaps that's for another thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Ram Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Another thing for another thread...International breaks, are they really necessary ? Have we improved as a footballing nation since their introduction ? Personally they annoy me, they interrupt momentum of clubs, if a club wins their last game you want to keep that going, if they lose, you want to put it right as quickly as possible. I would do away with them myself but I suppose that's only because the national team means less to me as it once did. I understand people are still passionate for the national team and fair play to them but England have flattered to deceive too often for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteHorseRam Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Oh for the days of Gazza eating the pineapple cubes out of a urinal when dared ..... I think the big problem England has is that we have ended up with a team of young guys who at their clubs are essentially the coat holders for foreign big hitters. You get them all together and when the pressure comes on, they are lost as they are looking around for people like Aguero and Mertesacker. What they see is some other young worried face under a daft hair cut. Whoever the England manager is gets pressured to pick said promising young players by the wailing media who are as desperate as we are for some England success. We end up with a squad 'full of potential' but no emotional depth/intestinal fortitude. During the Euros Lee Dixon (or one of the other talking heads) said that in big matches you can't hear a team mate screaming at you from 20 ft away due to the stadium noise. We need players who have their own reserves of determination and self motivation. I hope Sam does start picking slightly more experienced players rather than more starlets. Could Troy Deeney and Defoe have done any worse than our team against Iceland? Cardboard cut outs of big Mark Wright and Stuart Pierce come to mind. The captain issue is an interesting factor. Rooney does not seem able to steer the ship when the chips are down mid-game. Its interesting how many club captains (then previous or current) were in the 1990 and 1996 squads. I hope SA can reverse the horrendous decline. 2010 World Cup sucked, Brazil WC we didn't get out of the group, at the Euros this year we couldn't beat Iceland who have the same population as Leicester. When you consider the 'size' of football in England its totally unacceptable that we haven't won a dicky bird since 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Agree with the above comment "I think the big problem England has is that we have ended up with a team of young guys who at their clubs are essentially the coat holders for foreign big hitters. You get them all together and when the pressure comes on, they are lost as they are looking around for people like Aguero and Mertesacker. What they see is some other young worried face under a daft hair cut." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Ram Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 It's just the same game as the euro one, plenty of the ball, but no end product. We need to speed up our passing, Rooney pinging the ball 40 yards across field every 5 mins, is sending me to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Watching Englnd is just depressing. That half time analysis was spot on, Rooney picks up the ball on half way and everyone seems to have tried to get as close to the goal as possible. It's like watching under 10s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRamFan Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Time to drop Rooney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 That will do . But big Sam has a lot of work to do England win 1-0 Goooaaaaal Adam Lallana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Watching the game was as entertaining as sitting through a press conference. Unadulterated turgid tripe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 4 minutes ago, eddie said: Watching the game was as entertaining as sitting through a press conference. Unadulterated turgid tripe. 4-3-3 lol. Lallana gets his 1st goal in 27 games and hit the post as well. Well done England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Ram Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 It was better in the 2nd half against ten men, but it was a sending off. Lallana scores for England, could big Sam be our lucky charm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexydadbod Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Well that was a waste of time. And people say that Derby are boring.... Yes we won but it's the same old with England, ace the qualifiers then bottle it when it matters. How on earth donkey Henderson gets in the team I do not know. Dele should have started instead of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 3 minutes ago, curtains said: 4-3-3 lol. Kane hopeless. Lallana gets 1 st goal in 27 games and hit the post as well. I thought that Lallana was ok - individually most of them were, but collectively they were bereft of ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 3 minutes ago, eddie said: I thought that Lallana was ok - individually most of them were, but collectively they were bereft of ideas. 4-3-3 is not the best for entertaining football at times. Breaking down 2 banks of 4 can be difficult though against 10 men. Big Sam is happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexydadbod Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Starter pack supporting England: 1) Manager wins first game then everyone else says this is a new,exciting England that everyone should fear 2) Qualify then everyone says before the tournemant we are going to win it, our young hungry players will bring the trophy home. 3) Do crap in the tournemant then everyone questions what went wrong. The answer is always because the premier league is so,so tough and our players are tired, discounting that 70% of the players in the premier league are foreign and they seem to do alright when it matters.It's totally not because our players aren't as good as people make out 4) Repeat process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 10 minutes ago, I am Ram said: It was better in the 2nd half against ten men, but it was a sending off. Lallana scores for England, could big Sam be our lucky charm Should have been a straight red - deliberate stamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoetheRam Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I thought we won? Played alright and deserved to win against a side that wasn't interested in playing football. Can't expect fluid, incisive football against two banks of four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Why do England managers hate Vardy? Should be one of the first namex on the teamsheet. Why do they love Rooney? Or Sterling? Neither should be near the squad. Drinkwater for Henderson Alli for Rooney Vardy for Sterling More tempo, more invention and better finishing. Unfortunately the win might convince Sam he got it right, when it was a ponderous team moving the ball too slowly and not pressing high enough. Faults that doubtless sound familiar to us all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Lots of good technical midfield players with no pace. The only thing holding England back is the lack of a Chris Martin figure. Kane was pretty hopeless tonight. Hope he rediscovers his mono. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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