Berkeley is a liability, and when did Henderson go off.

 

Barkley reminds me of those kids you would play with as a kid that would never pass and would try and score long range goals at every opportunity. He wants to be the next Stevie-Me

Barkley reminds me of those kids you would play with as a kid that would never pass and would try and score long range goals at every opportunity. He wants to be the next Stevie-Me

ha ha, yeH that's bang on.

Veratti has bossed the middle of the park.

 

He's only been on for about 20 minutes, and in that time England have had all of the chances.

Barkley reminds me of those kids you would play with as a kid that would never pass and would try and score long range goals at every opportunity. He wants to be the next Stevie-Me

Oh save us, we're just about to see the back end of that, we neither want nor need another.

Well I thought we were excellent in the second half fair enough Italy made a lot of changes which didn't help them however .... This is a very good squad reminds me of the Switzerland away performance exciting stuff

I think Roy should forget the stupid formations and focus on he 1st choice 11 leading to the Euros

Kane is great, he worried the Italians enough to give Rooney more freedom than he has had in a long time.

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Last half hour was pretty encouraging. Defence looks absolutely sh*t though.

England depress me, we don't seem to be making any progress.......ever. Typical poor football all around.

 

The fear of failure has always been our biggest weakness.

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He's only been on for about 20 minutes, and in that time England have had all of the chances.

It was a very confusing statement as he was often overran by us when he was on.

England depress me, we don't seem to be making any progress.......ever. Typical poor football all around.

The fear of failure has always been our biggest weakness.

As 'good' as Rooney is I just wish he'd bog off, I think it would change the whole team dynamic. I am biased btw, I dislike him almost as much as Gerrard.

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Smalling, Gibbs and Walcott all start. I just don't get any of these players. Awful, the lot of them. Walcott may have a bit of ability and a lot of pace but he has no brain.

 

Rooney is class, there's no doubt about it, England's best player by a mile. He'll become England's record goalscorer and Utd's record goalscorer and that's some feat, particularly as he has so much more to his game than scoring.

 

I like Kane, a proper centre-forward, and we all love one of those. I'd take him over Sturridge any day by virtue of the fact he improves the team much more. Sturridge is too individualistic for my liking though he guarantees you goals.

 

Rooney is class, there's no doubt about it, England's best player by a mile. He'll become England's record goalscorer and Utd's record goalscorer and that's some feat, particularly as he has so much more to his game than scoring.

Yes, Rooney is a class player, but he's undoubtedly overrated... He never changes games for his country like Bale does for Wales, Ronald for Portugal, etc. 

Yes, Rooney is a class player, but he's undoubtedly overrated... He never changes games for his country like Bale does for Wales, Ronald for Portugal, etc.

That little typo made me laugh more than it should have.

The lack of a quality holding midfielder has been evident for years, going right back to the time we used Ledley King there. I think you need that calming presence there and at the moment Carrick seems to be best suited.

 

Unfortunately we're part of the problem because we have the most dominant academy in English football but haven't managed to properly develop that talent thus far. Chalobah should've probably been that man.

Yeah while they were beating other academy kids the kids with real talent were playing for their first teams. 

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Yeah while they were beating other academy kids the kids with real talent were playing for their first teams. 

 

Not quite sure what you're driving at here. You think our academy is bereft of 'kids with real talent'?

I've said it for a long time.

Huddlestone should be anchoring England's midfield.

Not quite sure what you're driving at here. You think our academy is bereft of 'kids with real talent'?

 

I just think most of them aren't as good as youd like to think, and the kids in the world who are don't play for the academy teams. Certainly not the clubs fault if they can't make a diamond out of a lump of coal. 

 

Blame the clubs he was loaned to rather, they were the ones who decided not to play him and put the skids on his career.

I just think most of them aren't as good as youd like to think, and the kids in the world who are don't play for the academy teams. Certainly not the clubs fault if they can't make a diamond out of a lump of coal. 

 

Blame the clubs he was loaned to rather, they were the ones who decided not to play him and put the skids on his career.

 

If we're talking about someone like Chalobah he did play for the academy team (against sides like United who had some bloke called Pogba playing - obviously wasn't a kid with real talent) then went on a successful loan to Watford. The problem is we then sent him to Forest which was an awful decision by us.

 

Not every kid is a world beater but the one's with serious talent need to be managed properly, and we haven't done that.

Thanks for the completely unnecessary dig in that post, if you can't have a civil discussion without taking digs then I'm not going to bother.

 

The Forest decision was awful, with the power of hindsight. Dunno how the Club was supposed to know that at the time.

 

The Forest decision was awful, with the power of hindsight. Dunno how the Club was supposed to know that at the time.

 

Billy Davies's profile as a manager and the tactics he favoured were never a good fit.

Just watching Denmark - Serbia now and I continue to be amazed how a team with so many good players (Serbia) can underperform so thoroughly. Matic has been far and away their best player, but they are down 0-1 and their keeper just saved a penalty, both the result of some brain-dead defending from their CBs (Ivanovic plays RB). Such a pity.

 

Earlier today, Eire and Scotland played a Championship-level draw, which still managed to be watchable - there is something about British football that stands out.

Very disappointed with just a draw today. Scotland's goal was painfully avoidable, we weren't clinical enough, and some of the deliveries from Coleman and Brady were abysmal. There's no point in playing well if you're not putting the ball into the net, and to see Ireland resort to the long ball tactics which became synonymous with Trappatoni's negative play was truly awful. Its going to take a lot of work to qualify for the Euros now, and I'm starting to prepare for another tournament which Ireland aren't in 

I can't believe I'm actually bothering to watch this. But it's Sunday and there isn't much else on

I can't believe I'm actually bothering to watch this. But it's Sunday and there isn't much else on

I'm enjoying it so far.

^ But we've already pretty much qualified. It's already more exciting than the game against Ireland but that isn't saying much. Sterling really should have put away that first chance