The Official England Thread-The Team We All Support [Vol 2]

[m3sye]

https://twitter.com/FootyAccums/status/61013789561...

Was such a good goal that....joy to watch

[The jiffle king]

Rooney scores in what should be a dull qualifier, but you never know with England

[Cobnapint]

Never a penalty though was it..?

And that's never a proper ground or pitch either. Appalling.

Edited by Cobnapint on Saturday 5th September 17:30

[Adam B]

are there rules as to the required quality of the pitch, looks like they are playing in a sandpit?

[Black can man]

Surely Uefa have to look at a seeding system next time around.


What a wast of time !

[fathomfive]

Black can man said:

Surely Uefa have to look at a seeding system next time around.


What a wast of time !

By the look of it they need a grass seeding system.

[hornetrider]

Did you guys see that England are below Wales in the rankings? Hodgson doing a great job.

[pokethepope]

hornetrider said:

Did you guys see that England are below Wales in the rankings? Hodgson doing a great job.

Winning every qualifying game is doing a bad job, is it? I'm not saying it's a brilliant job - the opposition has been poor and we haven't played that well - but it's certainly not a bad job.

[Negative Creep]

pokethepope said:

hornetrider said:

Did you guys see that England are below Wales in the rankings? Hodgson doing a great job.

Winning every qualifying game is doing a bad job, is it? I'm not saying it's a brilliant job - the opposition has been poor and we haven't played that well - but it's certainly not a bad job.

Problem is we always do well in the qualifiers and under perform when the pressure is on. Rooney has been in terrible form for Man U recently but is basically undroppable

[anonymous-user]

I cant recall Rooney playing well in an England shirt in any tournament. It's like watching him at half speed. No idea why he always disappoints when the tournaments start proper.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

jsf said:

I cant recall Rooney playing well in an England shirt in any tournament.

2004 Euros...until he got injured.

[Challo]

Negative Creep said:

pokethepope said:

hornetrider said:

Did you guys see that England are below Wales in the rankings? Hodgson doing a great job.

Winning every qualifying game is doing a bad job, is it? I'm not saying it's a brilliant job - the opposition has been poor and we haven't played that well - but it's certainly not a bad job.

Problem is we always do well in the qualifiers and under perform when the pressure is on. Rooney has been in terrible form for Man U recently but is basically undroppable

Rooney has been poor but he is the best England striker we have

[hornetrider]

pokethepope said:

Winning every qualifying game is doing a bad job, is it? I'm not saying it's a brilliant job - the opposition has been poor and we haven't played that well - but it's certainly not a bad job.

Tongue in cheek post really but there's a valid point.

Hodgson is fine when expectations are low. England have strolled through a qualifying group with nobody in it. As soon as he comes up against decent opposition in a tournament he chokes.

[anonymous-user]

Hodgson is a dinosaur. His team selection and tactics are well past their sell-by date. The FA in this country are an embarrassment. We could/should be doing so much better.

[London424]

Challo said:

Negative Creep said:

pokethepope said:

hornetrider said:

Did you guys see that England are below Wales in the rankings? Hodgson doing a great job.

Winning every qualifying game is doing a bad job, is it? I'm not saying it's a brilliant job - the opposition has been poor and we haven't played that well - but it's certainly not a bad job.

Problem is we always do well in the qualifiers and under perform when the pressure is on. Rooney has been in terrible form for Man U recently but is basically undroppable

Rooney has been poor but he is the best England striker we have

He really isn't any more.

[Challo]

London424 said:

Challo said:

Negative Creep said:

pokethepope said:

hornetrider said:

Did you guys see that England are below Wales in the rankings? Hodgson doing a great job.

Winning every qualifying game is doing a bad job, is it? I'm not saying it's a brilliant job - the opposition has been poor and we haven't played that well - but it's certainly not a bad job.

Problem is we always do well in the qualifiers and under perform when the pressure is on. Rooney has been in terrible form for Man U recently but is basically undroppable

Rooney has been poor but he is the best England striker we have

He really isn't any more.

Who would you say is better at the moment. Kane???

[Cobnapint]

Challo said:

Who would you say is better at the moment. Kane???

He scored a great goal, but was slow on the ball. Not snappy enough for me. Unfit?

[Black can man]

Cobnapint said:

He scored a great goal, but was slow on the ball. Not snappy enough for me. Unfit?

In all fairness to Kane Pace has never been his strong point, but he will score goals.

[London424]

Cobnapint said:

Challo said:

Who would you say is better at the moment. Kane???

He scored a great goal, but was slow on the ball. Not snappy enough for me. Unfit?

As a striker I would have Kane and Sturridge ahead of Rooney.

[Spanna]

had ham said:

Hodgson is a dinosaur. His team selection and tactics are well past their sell-by date. The FA in this country are an embarrassment. We could/should be doing so much better.

I really don't think we could be doing any better. I watched the highlights of the Germany 5-1 game recently and it struck me how many absolute stars were in that team who failed to get anywhere internationally.

I think what we fail at is choosing our best XI and sticking with it so they gel and therefore play better. What's the point in Vardy and the like in the England XI? Yes they're decent and in form, but the quality will show through when it matters.