The England thread

[Jonny D]

Fucking amazing game. Easily the best England game I've seen in a very long time. It really didn't feel like a friendly.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

ENGERLAND! LALALALA!

And Crouch getting muscled out by Owen for the goal was great.

I must admit I was shouting and nearly ended up on my feet when Owen got the winner.

What a game, definitely no lifeless friendly!

[probablyoliver]

I-bet-if-England-lost-it'd-have-been-the-worst-game-ever.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Best International game I've seen in ages, probably years. One of the best I've ever seen actually.

Both teams were world class tonight and whether they've both had poor results over the last few months or not, they're both easily contenders for the world cup. After tonight, I think I believe England CAN actually do it now. Oh and me being the Beckham fan I am, it was awesome to see him play damn hard tonight. Rooney was wow. Heck, nearly every player on the pitch was fabulous.

[therockbox]

Good game, great result. Bridge shouldn't have played though, I can't understand why he was picked ahead of Koncheskey when he's only played 60 minutes of competetive football this season.

And Beckham actually played quite well, what a shocker.

[The Slickman]

Cant remember being so entertained by an England game since probally the game on the 1st Sept 2001 in Munich . Great performance and i think if Rooney wouldve scored that lob it wouldve been a thing of beauty. Bring On The World !

Edited November 12, 2005 by The Slickman

[Different Cloud]

Scotland also drew 1-1 with the USA tonight.

Edited November 12, 2005 by Different Cloud

[Face Turn!~]

Scotland also drew 1-1 with the USA tonight.

[therockbox]

What do you think our best formation is? The basic 4-4-2 with Gerrard and Lampard in the centre, or with King holding and Gerrard shifted out to the left?

I'm not sure, we looked frail defensively but I think that was because our two first choice full-backs weren't playing. Gerrard did quite well on the left (although he was probably our second best player overall, behind Rooney), and his pass when Rooney hit the post was superb.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Isn't it time Motson got pensioned off? He got completely confused about Owen's goal, thinking it had been scored in competition, and then tried to talk his way out of it.....

Like they've been saying on Talksport, we're not the most skillful team in the world and never will be but for the first time in ages we showed heart and determination and terrified the Argies, especially the last fifteen minutes when we destroyed them.

For those non-English who wonder why we moan so much about team performances, it's because we know we're capable of beating Argentina, sharing 50/50 posession and having more shots....

[Darloboy]

Well, that was one of the most exciting friendlies I can remember, great game and it could have gone either way in the end. The only bad thing about the match was having to listen to John Motson nearly having an orgasm at the end, but apart from that I found the game very entertaining.

[MDK]

It looked like Crouch picked up Owen and used him to poke the ball in. Great stuff.

[Summers]

I didn't see a single goal.

Fuck work.

Fuck girls.

[Colly]

I-bet-if-England-lost-it'd-have-been-the-worst-game-ever.

As for the praise on Beckham, i just didn't think he is worthy of it. I didn't notice anything that he did which was spectacular apart from his free kick and he was pissing me off in the game when he was playing middle, leaving a huge space for left wingers.

Edited November 13, 2005 by Colly

[Liam]

Maybe its just me, but even though we can match a team like Argentina/Italy/Netherlands/whoever else man for man, we never seem to look as consistently dangerous throughout a match.....we did well to beat the Argies, but they were pretty much all over us in the first half.

[therockbox]

Not really, their goal came from the run of play. Riquelme was giving us the run around for 20 minutes or so, but after that we didn't really look to be under to much pressure.

Besides, it doesn't really matter how you win.

[Darloboy]

Nice to see in today's Sun that they've already started the whole 'Can England win the World Cup?' thing way ahead of the actual tournament.

And the answer is, no, we can't.

[9 to 5]

Nice to see in today's Sun that they've already started the whole 'Can England win the World Cup?' thing way ahead of the actual tournament.

And the answer is, no, we can't.

Yes, we can. Don't think we will but we have the players to do so.

[Liam]

Player by player, we have easily one of the best teams going, so if things click, then yes, of course we can win.

But at the end of the day, so could several other teams, and only one team can win it in the end.

[fineintent]

But at the end of the day, so could several other teams, and only one team can win it in the end.