The official World Cup Quali Week thread

[Guest Booker T & The MG's]

France 1-0 Ireland.

Henry scored.

[MDK]

This is ridiculous. I was screaming at my tv at that. Fucking hell.

EDIT - The Hargreaves subsitution.

Edited September 7, 2005 by MDK

[fineintent]

Hargreaves...

2 touches, 2 mistakes...

What's wrong with Michael Carrick?

[Guest Booker T & The MG's]

This is shit if this stays as it is and if Scotland make it, I don't want them getting England in the playoffs.

[fineintent]

This is shit if this stays as it is and if Scotland make it, I don't want them getting England in the playoffs.

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[Liam]

Hargreaves should fuck off back to Canada.

To be honest, we played the wrong tactic for a team who were going to park the bus in front of the goal. Northern Ireland may have won, but it was just a case of us fucking up more than anything.

This is honestly the first time I've done it, but here I go.....sack Ericksson. Do what Scotland have done, and make you manager and backroom staff English. At least then you have the passion of them, rather than Sven.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha we suck.

Good for Northern Ireland

[Face Turn!~]

OH MY GAWD!~

[MDK]

Give credit to N Ireland, they had a game plan and they stuck to it. Combined with us playing 4-5-1 we were not going to get lucky like we did against Wales. Fucking hell, that was awful.

[fineintent]

The 4-5-1 encourages us to have more possession, which we waste. We took off our most dangerous player (SWP). Rooney was out of position. We brought on Hargreaves.

Bye Sven.

[Liam]

Yeah, Rooney on the wing is an awful idea.

Also, I'd just like to say that I thought Beckham played well, considering all the shit he gets given in the media.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

ROBINSON: 6 - played alright, couldn't do anything for the goal.

YOUNG: 5 - Hardly great but not the worst player on the pitch.

COLE: 5 - Nothingness.

FERDINAND: 4 - A human statue. No form at all.

CARRAGHER: 5 - Meh.

GERRARD: 4 - Did nothing. No touch.

LAMPARD: 5 - Average at best.

BECKHAM: 5 - Kinda tried I guess.

WRIGHT-PHILLIPS: 6 - Only player to bother, taken off.

ROONEY: 5 - Played out of position. Kept losing the ball and his temper.

OWEN: 3 - Actually pathetic.

COLE: 4 - Was he wearing unfitting boots?

DEFOE: 5 - Came on, didn't have enough time to screw up.

HARGREAVES: 1 - Three touches - lost the ball in our area, fouled a guy, and missed the ball after Defoe played him in.

ERIKSSON: 1 - HATE HATE HATE HATE

Hargreaves came on as I threw expletives at the television. Just the sight of him on the touchline pulling up his shorts fills me with despair.

Edited September 7, 2005 by ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster

[Darloboy]

Well done Northern Ireland, they worked hard and deserved their win.

Even so, Sven is a useless cunt.

[Guest Pirate Chasin' Booty]

I'm glad it happened to be honest, I've always said Sven was a cunt, foreign managers only work for national teams if you're shit like Azerbaijan and have no fucking choice.

I'm glad that Ian Wright gave Sven a knock at half time, this won't lead to his dismissal so close to a world cup, but hopefully the FA stop sucking has balls, the players go on strike, or the media pile so much pressure on him he resigns/commits suicide.

How does Owen Hargreaves get into a football team? I'd argue that a dead baby had more ability than him, it'd probably be faster too, I wish we could send him back to Wales/Canada/Germany or which ever other country he holds citizenship to.

Ian Wright for coach, at least hes english and has some fucking balls, unlike this sultana-sacked cunt.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

BIG SAM ALLARDYCE RAH RAH RAH

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Good work Garth Crooks.

To David Beckham:

"You've been EMBARRASSED tonight."

and

"Doesn't the formation just suit you and not the rest of the team?"

Good.

[Bigal]

I have little to contribute that hasn't been said already, but I just want to say God bless David Healy. First time in 33 years, at home in 78 years. Northern Ireland has a team of heroes tonight

[Liam]

I love Ian Wright lashing out...he's the best pundit on the BBC.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Poor again and for me Beckham was yet again the best player on the pitch for England. Although Wright Phillips looked quite threatning from what I see.

Shouldn't be losing games like those though, and while I do feel slightly bad for Sven, I think it's time he gets the boot.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Well, now I get to concentrate again on a sport England have been decent at recently.

Lets give them Aussies a tonking.