Football: WORLD CUP 06 and close season/transfer discussion.

perranegra · Post by **perranegra** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:58 pm 0

Crystal_sword wrote:lol, watching Analysis.

Pretty damning for Sven... oh well roll on the new season. Well, I suppose I could watch the rest of the world cup first!

Gorecki · Post by **Gorecki** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:00 pm 0

Gutted. Fucking gutted.

Sargie · Post by **Sargie** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:01 pm 0

Same old story. England should win (they had more clear chances to score than Portugal) and end up losing on Penalties. That's 5 times now in major tournaments by my reckoning (Germany in 1990, Germany in 1996, Argentina in 1998, Portugal in 2004 and Portugal in 2006). In all those games we were arguably the better side.

Professional players should miss 1 in 10 penalties, FFS. They should be practising them at World Cups for an hour a day. I bet England never do this.

Absolute_Zero · Post by **Absolute_Zero** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:02 pm 0

Oh well..................................

At least I feel vindicated in supporting Hargreave's inclusion... he put a h.u.g.e. effort in.

Sargie · Post by **Sargie** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:03 pm 0

Hey Orava,

Why don't you fuck off, you miserable cunt?

Sarge

Fuseball · Post by **Fuseball** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:03 pm 0

Orava wrote:Hooray. Two months of being fucking football-retard free. Go and see some cricket, or even better the Proms.

Yay. England is reclaimed (if briefly). retards.

Celebrate!

That's all. Now go and stick that St George's flag up your arse whilst I sing Jerusalem and re-claim the goodness of England.

Fuck off back to your own thread.

Guru-Meditation · Post by **Guru-Meditation** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:04 pm 0

And the much maligned Hargreaves is the only one who scores a penalty for us

Edit : Was going to ignore Oravas comment but if everyone jumps on the bandwagon ... if you want a football free summer go on holiday somewhere. You obviously care enough to post here as soon as we're out.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:06 pm 0

Hargreaves was man of the match by a clear mile for me. Real problem today was Steven Gerrard just not turning up for the first time ever in a big game. Him and Rooney were the only likely outlets for team spirit and goals, no matter how well the defence played. (And it did play well - one goal conceded in the tournament showed that clearly).

Ah well. Here's to Steve McLaren realising that 4-4-2 with only one of Gerrard and Lampard is the way forward.

At least I can sit back and enjoy the rest of the tournament in a detached manner as well.

20thCenturyBoy · Post by **20thCenturyBoy** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:07 pm 0

Has Sven fucked off now then? He should give the FA a refund out of that 4 mil he's been paid

Sargie · Post by **Sargie** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:07 pm 0

Yup. He played very well. It was a very professional performance on the whole, apart from missing penalties.

Galling to lose to (probably) the biggest cheats in the tournament. The play-acting is unbelievable.

Mat T · Post by **Mat T** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:08 pm 0

Gutted. Same old shit from England - bottled it in the penalties. Ricardo was a giant in the shootout though, and no England player really looked comfortable.

Rooney, idiotic for raising his hand in front of the ref, but Ronaldo was a complete fucking cunt trying to wind up the ref and then had a spate of diving to complete an inept performance on his behalf. Sods law he stuck in the last penalty.

Hats off to Hargreaves tonight - absolute class. He made some outstanding tackles and tracked Figo and the like all over the pitch. Brilliant.

Future England - Beckham needs to go, or move inside. Lampard and Gerrard combo doesn't seem to work. And we need serious pace down the wings, so hopefully Lennon will become someone we can use all the time. At the back, England looked very good. Rio had his best game in a long time. A. Cole was world class and Neville was solid.

Gutted. Absolutely gutted.

Guru-Meditation · Post by **Guru-Meditation** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:08 pm 0

Steve could be fun. He goes for the win.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:08 pm 0

Naah, the ref and Portugal weren't that bad. Ronaldo was the only real offender with his asking-for-a-card that Rooney took offence to. A yellow for both would have probably been the fairest move, assuming (as it looked to me) that the ref had decided that stepping on Carvalho's bollocks was accidental.

But then England probably wouldn't have played as well as they did when they finally got some spirit in them. Funny old game, eh?

Acronym · Post by **Acronym** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:17 pm 0

Fuseball wrote:
Orava wrote:Hooray. Two months of being fucking football-retard free. Go and see some cricket, or even better the Proms.

Yay. England is reclaimed (if briefly). retards.

Celebrate!

That's all. Now go and stick that St George's flag up your arse whilst I sing Jerusalem and re-claim the goodness of England.
Fuck off back to your own thread.

What he said, and I'm only half-English.

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:20 pm 0

I can't see any way that Ronaldo is setting foot back in this country again, to be honest. If he wasn't trying to orchestrate a move now, he certainly will be as of tonight.

Tremendous of Shearer to say what the people are thinking!