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Post by Red Dragon on Feb 23, 2012 12:47:05 GMT -5
On Englands squad against Holland, I was supprised to see Pearce basically just name a Capello line-up. Thought since he was the U-21 coach he would bring some youths up. I suppose he brought in Richards which is alright but some of the other choices and misses are shocking. Campbell what? I just don't get it, he's been injured for ages. Would much rather someone who's scoring well in the Prem like Holt or Graham, plus some other Swans players would have been nice. Carson and Green as back up GK, theres better players in the Prem. The defence is muddled up, Cahill is the only full CB there and he's not any good. Its not like Eng haven't got any CB's. Should have brought in Lescott and Jags again, they were great against Spain. The Ox deserved a call up, I know he hasn't done much but he's been more effective in the last few games than Walcott have all season.
Coleman announced the Wales squad for the Gary Speed match against Costa Rica. Seems like the same squad really, which is good. It's strange that I'm condemning Pearc for following the previous manager but prasing Coleman for following his previous manager. I can see James Collins partnering Williams at the back, I'd prefer Blake since he's been doing well there. Just hope Collins at the back isn't perminant if so. Don't know who will start in midfield behind the almighty threesome of Bale, Ramsey and Bellamy. Allen should start, guessing Ledley. Would like to see some youngsters get a call up for the next game, Johnthan Williams from Palace and Henley from Blackburn.
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Post by wyleecyotee on Feb 23, 2012 13:50:57 GMT -5
Jagielka is injured Good squad, some I dont agree with but Pearce wont be the manager come Euros (I hope) so I'm not really bothered by this squad.
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Post by Hammersmith Hardman on Feb 23, 2012 14:24:43 GMT -5
On Englands squad against Holland, I was supprised to see Pearce basically just name a Capello line-up. Thought since he was the U-21 coach he would bring some youths up. I suppose he brought in Richards which is alright but some of the other choices and misses are shocking. Campbell what? I just don't get it, he's been injured for ages. Would much rather someone who's scoring well in the Prem like Holt or Graham, plus some other Swans players would have been nice. Carson and Green as back up GK, theres better players in the Prem. The defence is muddled up, Cahill is the only full CB there and he's not any good. Its not like Eng haven't got any CB's. Should have brought in Lescott and Jags again, they were great against Spain. The Ox deserved a call up, I know he hasn't done much but he's been more effective in the last few games than Walcott have all season. Way to contradict yourself. Pearce highly rates Campbell after managing him in the U-21's and what he's achieved since suffering his career threatening injury is nothing more than remarkable (kept us in the FA Cup for starters and scored a belter in what turned into an easy victory against Norwich.) and imo this is atleast what he deserves.
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Post by Red Dragon on Feb 23, 2012 17:47:59 GMT -5
I was thinking more of the current crop of U21 players. Didn't realise Campbell had been in the U21's. I understand to come back from a bad injury and score two goals is good but others have been playing well all season. I'd say they should be in there, I'd even say Crouch deserves to be in there more.
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Post by McBlake on Feb 23, 2012 19:55:28 GMT -5
On Englands squad against Holland, I was supprised to see Pearce basically just name a Capello line-up. Thought since he was the U-21 coach he would bring some youths up. I suppose he brought in Richards which is alright but some of the other choices and misses are shocking. Campbell what? I just don't get it, he's been injured for ages. Would much rather someone who's scoring well in the Prem like Holt or Graham, plus some other Swans players would have been nice. Carson and Green as back up GK, theres better players in the Prem. The defence is muddled up, Cahill is the only full CB there and he's not any good. Its not like Eng haven't got any CB's. Should have brought in Lescott and Jags again, they were great against Spain. The Ox deserved a call up, I know he hasn't done much but he's been more effective in the last few games than Walcott have all season. I was thinking more of the current crop of U21 players. Didn't realise Campbell had been in the U21's. I understand to come back from a bad injury and score two goals is good but others have been playing well all season. I'd say they should be in there, I'd even say Crouch deserves to be in there more. Pearce didn't work with any of them at U21 What's the point in having Rooney in there? Everyone knows what he can do and he's missing the first two games anyway. The whole point of this friendly for England will be preperation for Euro's and testing different players. Also, Walcott's selection over AOC is farcial. Walcott really is crapand the Ox has been fantastic since joining Arsenal.
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Post by Red Dragon on Feb 24, 2012 6:07:37 GMT -5
On Englands squad against Holland, I was supprised to see Pearce basically just name a Capello line-up. Thought since he was the U-21 coach he would bring some youths up. I suppose he brought in Richards which is alright but some of the other choices and misses are shocking. Campbell what? I just don't get it, he's been injured for ages. Would much rather someone who's scoring well in the Prem like Holt or Graham, plus some other Swans players would have been nice. Carson and Green as back up GK, theres better players in the Prem. The defence is muddled up, Cahill is the only full CB there and he's not any good. Its not like Eng haven't got any CB's. Should have brought in Lescott and Jags again, they were great against Spain. The Ox deserved a call up, I know he hasn't done much but he's been more effective in the last few games than Walcott have all season. I was thinking more of the current crop of U21 players. Didn't realise Campbell had been in the U21's. I understand to come back from a bad injury and score two goals is good but others have been playing well all season. I'd say they should be in there, I'd even say Crouch deserves to be in there more. Pearce didn't work with any of them at U21 What's the point in having Rooney in there? Everyone knows what he can do and he's missing the first two games anyway. The whole point of this friendly for England will be preperation for Euro's and testing different players. Also, Walcott's selection over AOC is farcial. Walcott really is crap and the Ox has been fantastic since joining Arsenal. That was two seperate points, obviously I didn't explain myself well here. What I meant to say is firstly he should look into bringing in some U21 tallents (although now looking only Ox should be called up. I suppose Kelly and Hendo are decent enough back ups but both got plenty of better players in front of them) But also, aside from the U21 squad theres other players who deserve a chance. I agree with the Rooney point, but it seems like Pearce won't experiment and will just name his strongest side including Rooney.
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Post by AV1 on Feb 24, 2012 15:09:29 GMT -5
If they think im paying 4.99 to watch the next scotland game on primetime they can shove the idea right up their arse.
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Post by wyleecyotee on Feb 29, 2012 17:11:03 GMT -5
The first half, I dont know remember it. It was so boring.
Second half beside the goals was only slightly better, at least there was goals. 3-2 really doesnt sound like the football I just watched. Need better for the Euros.
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Post by RavenRulz on Mar 1, 2012 8:12:28 GMT -5
Lets be honest we are never going to win the Euro's this year, are we! For me it's the perfect chance to take a majority young squad with some experience and let them give it a go. Great learning curve and can help build on for the future, let them gain all the experience they need and give it a real go next time round, because again I can't see us winning the next World Cup either.
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Post by AV1 on May 27, 2012 14:26:35 GMT -5
Craig Levein has to go, shocking performance from Scotland last night. Team selection was awful. No one was covering Mulgrew, who Donovan destroyed. Webster and Caldwell no understanding. Bannan in a sitting role, no support to Miller, didn't attempt to get the ball to Phillips. Overall was just a shocking performance.
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Post by OmegaGaijin on Sept 10, 2012 5:11:00 GMT -5
Craig Levein, your own stubbornness is going to be your downfall. Just because the fans out there do not have a tonne of coaching badges, doesn't mean our opinions are wrong. Common sense, use it & stop over analyzing everything, otherwise you will get the sack.
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Post by AV1 on Sept 10, 2012 13:35:36 GMT -5
Craig Levein, your own stubbornness is going to be your downfall. Just because the fans out there do not have a tonne of coaching badges, doesn't mean our opinions are wrong. Common sense, use it & stop over analyzing everything, otherwise you will get the sack. Hoping he does get the sack he is stubborn and clueless.
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Post by OmegaGaijin on Sept 10, 2012 17:05:42 GMT -5
Craig Levein, your own stubbornness is going to be your downfall. Just because the fans out there do not have a tonne of coaching badges, doesn't mean our opinions are wrong. Common sense, use it & stop over analyzing everything, otherwise you will get the sack. Hoping he does get the sack he is stubborn and clueless. Did i say i wanted him to get the sack?
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Post by McBlake on Sept 12, 2012 3:31:36 GMT -5
Hoping he does get the sack he is stubborn and clueless. Did i say i wanted him to get the sack? Did he say you said you wanted him sacked? I do though. How people still believe the crapthat comes out his mouth about moving forward is beyond me. We're no better than under Burley. Usually I'd have been there last night, but I refuse to go to another game with Levein in charge. His team selections and tactics are an embarrassment to the country. 32k for a WC qualifier is hilarious though. Maybe if he started picking players based on form rather than reputation and the league they play in, we'd have managed a bit better than 2 points against 2 of the lesser teams in the group at home. Talking about attendances, Templeton was slated for lack of ambition in joining Rangers, yet 14,000 more people saw him debut against Elgin than would have done had he featured last night!
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Post by Himmy! on Sept 12, 2012 5:35:10 GMT -5
Chris Coleman is a disgrace. Get him out. 5 games in charge, 5 defeats, 1 goal scored and 13 conceded. Awful performances left, right and centre. Makes excuses for defeats and I simply have no confidence in the man. He should resign if he doesn't get removed from his position.
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Post by Red Dragon on Sept 12, 2012 5:40:27 GMT -5
Maybe if he started picking players based on form rather than reputation and the league they play in, we'd have managed a bit better than 2 points against 2 of the lesser teams in the group at home. At least you've got some points. Got beat 6-1 and by the looks of it most of them were just due to awful defending. Pretty depressing to read the comments on the page before about how well Speedo was doing with the team. 5 straight losses now and only one goal scored. Facing Scotland at home next which I'll prob go to. Wouldn't be suprised if we lost there too. Just annoying.
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Post by McBlake on Sept 12, 2012 10:13:37 GMT -5
Maybe if he started picking players based on form rather than reputation and the league they play in, we'd have managed a bit better than 2 points against 2 of the lesser teams in the group at home. At least you've got some points. Got beat 6-1 and by the looks of it most of them were just due to awful defending. Pretty depressing to read the comments on the page before about how well Speedo was doing with the team. 5 straight losses now and only one goal scored. Facing Scotland at home next which I'll prob go to. Wouldn't be suprised if we lost there too. Just annoying. Lol, as much as I hate Levein, he's probably a better manager than Coleman The way Speed was going, I honestly thought it would be a toss up between us and Montenegro for last.
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Post by Mike Giggs' Munchies on Sept 12, 2012 11:42:57 GMT -5
Was at Wembley yesterday, good laugh. Surprised to see 20,000 seats unfilled despite it probably being our biggest qualifying game and Olympic/Paralympic volunteers getting discounts.
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Post by Himmy! on Sept 12, 2012 12:12:17 GMT -5
The funniest quote I saw on the Cardiff board was how 'Coleman should off back to Swansea as a lollipop lady and take that fat **** Hartson with him to use as a speed bump'. I agree, the pair are useless. They should be nowhere near the Wales camp. Hartson in particular, has come out several times and declared a public hatred for Cardiff, he should be in no way involved in the national setup. Since Coleman has taken over its been jobs for the boys (all unqualified) and we are being run into the ground, yet again!
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Post by McBlake on Sept 12, 2012 15:39:46 GMT -5
Agree about Hartson. He spoke nothing but pish as a pundit. No idea what they thought bringing him in would do.
Remains one of my favourite videos on youtube :')
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