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[ace]

ace, on 07 September 2010 - 10:47 PM, said:

In other action today...Stoch scored as Slovenia beat Russia 1-0. From what I read, it was goalkeeper error but he still slotted it home.

Actually, nevermind.  Stoch intercepts the throw and hit the top corner from right outside the area, hardly a tap-in....I miss him .

[Andreas]

Sweden cruised 6-0 over San Marino! Holland up next shame Mellberg got a red card and will miss that game.

[Tim]

I agree with those who think the pundits were going a little overboard with their assessment of last night.

We should be beating teams like Switzerland, and we did, playing some decent football at times, but let's not get carried away. We only scored our 2nd and 3rd goals when they had 10 men, and we looked a bit rattled when their wonderkid made it 2-1.

Job done, but i don't think we can read much more into it than that.

[ethicalstrategy]

Depressing reading some of the broadsheet coverage of last night's game.

Apparently Gerrard was sensational, driving the team forward!!  If he was then I missed it.

Rooney had a quiet game for me, but was still hailed for an outstanding performance.

Defoe got in to good positions and wasted them.  He left his shooting boots at Wembley.

The stand out players for me were Milner and, in particular, Johnson. They gave the team the shape that it lacked in Germany.  Milner kept wide left and helped with defensive duties instead of drifting off all over the place like the last incumbent.

Johnson looks like a real player to me.  Shame we didn't get him ahead of City.  He would be fantastic on the right of our front three.

Two good results to get us started and we ought to qualify with ease.  The big test will be against the top nations .  If we entertain any hope of winning something then we will have to be able to compete with teams like Spain, Italy, Germany and France.

It will be interesting to see what Capello does for the next match against Montenegro.  Milner is suspended and presumably Frank will be fit.  Will he shift Gerrard back out left?  Or switch Johnson to the left and leave Frank on the bench?  My money is on Frank playing.

[Joel]

So, 2 wins from 2 in a very soft qualifying group. It must be about time for a newspaper headline quoting a player or Capello or some FA dignitary saying "We can win Euro 2012", right? You lot are always good for that sort of comedy.

Edited by Joel, 08 September 2010 - 01:38 PM.