Really? Did you not watch the French game????
As for Milners mark Richy. BIG mistake by Capello. It was obvious from
the first few minutes that he wasn't 100%, whatever he's had during
the week has blatantly had an effect on him. I'd had started with Cole
and was confused why he brought Wright Phillips on.
Smugly I won money by predicting the score and first scorer. I also
think Joe Hart is the best keeper of the three by miles and should be
backed up by Robbo and the lad who brum have just bought from old red
nose.
The overall impression at my local bistro was:
By far and away thr worst game so far. England started out favourites
( that in itself in Israel is amazing due to our relations with the
US. Not for here). But by the end the feeling was England were
rubbish. Everyone was asking were is Rooney ?
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On 13 Jun 2010, at 09:56, Richard Walker <[email protected]>
wrote:
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
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