The England Football Team. Surely now.......

The England Football Team. Surely now.......

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Ferg

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15,242 posts

258 months

Saturday 13th October 2007
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....after that tinkering with the formation, McLaren will accept that he can't shoehorn Lampard in and just treat him as back up for Gerrard.

alfa phil

2,105 posts

208 months

Saturday 13th October 2007
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old lamps is past it,
when was the last time England had two Everton players on the pitch

D-Angle

4,468 posts

243 months

Saturday 13th October 2007
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Great to see Lescott on, former Wolves academy lad done well. biggrin

Ferg

Original Poster:

15,242 posts

258 months

Saturday 13th October 2007
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D-Angle said:
Great to see Lescott on, former Wolves academy lad done well. biggrin
Indeed. Nice to see new faces getting capped, but having said that he was poor today.

pies

13,116 posts

257 months

Saturday 13th October 2007
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Ferg said:
D-Angle said:
Great to see Lescott on, former Wolves academy lad done well. biggrin
Indeed. Nice to see new faces getting capped, but having said that he was poor today.
bit geneouus ,he wae crap

Lamps will probably be back in centre midfield on wed, with Barry moving to left backfrown

Ballistic Banana

14,698 posts

268 months

Sunday 14th October 2007
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I was there yesterday and Fat Frank got a right Booing when he came on.

Agree Lescott didnt play well but to be honest the second half was a wet squid, game was over crowd was very quiet.

Barry played well again I dont think Frank should be getting in at all atm.

BB

cj_eds

1,567 posts

222 months

Monday 15th October 2007
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Reading the speculation in this mornings papers it seems Lamps will be back in the team for Russia! I'm guessing McLaren wasn't at Wembley on Saturday?

Marki

15,763 posts

271 months

Monday 15th October 2007
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Ballistic Banana said:
I was there yesterday and Fat Frank got a right Booing when he came on.


BB
COuld hear it on TV ,, but why what did he do to get that treatment ,, ??

Ferg

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15,242 posts

258 months

Monday 15th October 2007
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Personally I feel that he upsets the balance in the side and ties Gerrard (who I believe is a better attacking player) down.
I wouldn't actually boo him, I admit, but I do assume this is pretty much the reason he is getting boo-ed. Or to be more precise to let McLaren know that a fair percentage of fans feel that his selection is wrong.

BJG1

5,966 posts

213 months

Tuesday 16th October 2007
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Fans seem to forget Lampard was the only reason we got to the World Cup in the first place, and that he wasn't the only rubbish player for England at that tournement. It's unfair to say we should play Gerrard and a holding midfielder based on the fact it works better than Lamps and Gerrard because we haven't seen Lampard play alongside Barry yet, it may well be he's more effective than Gerrard (he'll certainly score more goals than Gerrard from that position, as he's proven with Chelsea).

Ferg

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15,242 posts

258 months

Tuesday 16th October 2007
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How many goals Lampard scores for Chelsea is immaterial. As is whether he scores more than Gerrard. What matters is how the team performs with and without him. Not only do we seem to be a better team in terms of results, but we also play more exciting football to my eyes.

stimmers

2,312 posts

204 months

Tuesday 16th October 2007
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Ferg said:
....after that tinkering with the formation, McLaren will accept that he can't shoehorn Lampard in and just treat him as back up for Gerrard.
who cares?? Were in the Rugby World Cup Final - proper sport, proper sportsman, actual success !!!

Can't we just bin football for a while !!!!

BJG1

5,966 posts

213 months

Tuesday 16th October 2007
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Ferg said:
How many goals Lampard scores for Chelsea is immaterial. As is whether he scores more than Gerrard. What matters is how the team performs with and without him. Not only do we seem to be a better team in terms of results, but we also play more exciting football to my eyes.
But when Gerrard and Lampard play alongside each other they BOTH play rubbish, Gerrard hasn't been good for England either, as soon as one is out and Barry comes in, Gerrard does well, what's to say Lampard wouldn't be much better without Gerrard?

Ferg

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15,242 posts

258 months

Tuesday 16th October 2007
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stimmers said:
who cares??
I do. If you don't why bother opening the thread. The title not explicit enough for you???
If you don't like football don't open football threads. It isn't, as they say, rocket science.
So put simply. F u c k O f f!

stimmers

2,312 posts

204 months

Tuesday 16th October 2007
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Ferg said:
stimmers said:
who cares??
I do. If you don't why bother opening the thread. The title not explicit enough for you???
If you don't like football don't open football threads. It isn't, as they say, rocket science.
So put simply. F u c k O f f!
ok mate, count to ten, make yourself some milky tea, have a sit down and locate your sense of humour that will hopefully be somewhere on the floor near you.

Its was a lighthearted JOKE - Don't take life so seriously, you might miss it

ps - load of over rated bunch of cry baby chavs anyway !

Edited by stimmers on Tuesday 16th October 22:37

Fittster

20,120 posts

214 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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Hmm, time for a new manager.

That bloke at Man City looks pretty good.

130R

6,812 posts

207 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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rolleyes FFS! What a bunch of overpaid, useless tts. Shoot the lot of them.

968

11,967 posts

249 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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I blame Lampard. (That'll be the England 'fan' logic). Clearly it's his fault, as he's past it, even though he only played for 10 minutes. It's not Rooney's fault, for giving away a penalty with a clumsy challenge, it's not Robinson's fault for being a 3rd rate keeper, it's not Gerrards for missing the easiest goal of the season, no it must be Lampards fault.

icb

782 posts

270 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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End of Maclaren. Always a silver lining!!

central

16,744 posts

218 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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Must admit, Russia are a half decent outfit.




But, England's problems started the McClaren got the job.