First of all I'm a massive club before country man, even more so these days with the overpaid rubbish that turns out for England. Still I was still jumping around the room when Gerrard put us in the lead early on.
There were 2 really annoying factors for me watching the game on ITV. Firstly the bloody horns. I hate them and for me they are ruining the tournament. I don't mind them so much when you're watching S Africa v Mexico because they don't know any better and that's the only way you're going to get any sort of atmosphere, but when it's England I want to hear the fans not a deafening din that just makes it sound like planes are flying over for the full 90 minutes. Is this someone's pathetic attempt to prevent trouble by just drowning any banter between rival fans ? It's pathetic. Secondly, Clive Tyldesly - is he bumming Emile Heskey ? My god, how many times did he mention how good Eskey was last night ? It was nauseating. I thought Heseky did the basics ok but how many times was he off-side and when he got his one and only chance as a striker in a one on one he did what Heskey does best and fluffed it. I also thought he didn't play well with Rooney at all - some of that first half might have been down to Shrek but as a partnership it just didn't happen. Also, Tyldesley kept reminded us that the Lampard / Gerrard combination was working effectively ? Really ? I thought Gerrard, apart from the goal, was average. He gave the ball away more times that I've seen him do all season for his club. He looked lost. Main reason for that though, I thought, was his partner Lampard who was shite. I've never been a Frank Lampard fan, never considered him good enough for England despite all his goals for his club. He had one decent effort and then there was a couple of unbelievably bad free-kicks. Why is he in the team ? As for the result and performance in general I have seen us play worse in opening games. I thought 1-0 to us would have been a fair result although 1-1 wasn't unfair. I thought the USA showed they can play and they had some decent chances. Scores: Green - 2. I used to bang on about how Nigel Martyn should be England no 1 when Seaman had made the position his for so long. When Nige did get his chance he looked like a novice, shat himself and ended up costing us the match. It demonstrated to me that going into the big competitions you need experience in this position and you just can't go in with a rookie keeper. The occasion is too big. Johnson - 8. Definitely one of the positives both defending and attacking. Cole - 6. Didn't do enough going forward but not really troubled at the back. Terry -6. Did ok. King - 6. Thought he did ok whilst on but he's obviously not fit so why we pinning or hopes on him. It seems to me that with the keeper position and the Rio injury (blessing in disguise IMO) that Capello never had a Plan B for these 2 positions. 6 million a year !!!! Lampard - 3. Poor, Gerrard - 6. Great goal. Lennon - 6. One or two good moments and one or two disapointing moments. I think he always looks like an Under-16 player taking part in a man's game. He never seems to connect cleanly with the ball as if it's too big for him. He does however have pace and can create chances but not today. Is he a luxury in that midfield ? Milner - 2. Not a winger, not a left back, not an England player. Heskey - 6. Did ok but hasn't scored since Feb. Rooney - 7. First half anonymous. Really tried second half to make things happen. Nearly worked. Subs: Wright Phillips - 3. Looked out of his depth. Crouch - 3. Oh dear. Can't remember who else came on. I think we'll win this group. ----- Original Message ---- From: Damian Walsh <[email protected]> To: list leedslist <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, 13 June, 2010 7:23:55 Subject: Re: [LU] 1-1 who's mistake cost the game - Green's "assist" or Heskey's miss? Discuss. I have to say though that over the whole match Lampard was the most disappointing England player, at least Heskey & Green made some positive contributions to the match whereas Lampard seemed (through the distorting lens of the telly) to contribute nothing. I thought that England's passing was poor - not to the level you'd expect from an international team. Damian _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
