ENGLAND thread
- Thread starter YoungGun_UK
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lo zio
International
- 24 October 2005
- Palermo
Re: England Thread - Youth it is!
hey guys, nice to be playing against each others again. i don't know why, but i always had a bit of a soft spot for england's national team, and i'm looking forward to see us playing against your lot (although apparently the pitch isn't exactly gonna favour high quality football).
are there any news about your starting 11?
hey guys, nice to be playing against each others again. i don't know why, but i always had a bit of a soft spot for england's national team, and i'm looking forward to see us playing against your lot (although apparently the pitch isn't exactly gonna favour high quality football).
are there any news about your starting 11?
Kanouté
#NewEra
- 26 April 2008
Re: England Thread - Youth it is!
I read on some news sterling may start instead of welbeck. so I guess it should be like this.
hart - johnson(hope not), jagielka, cahill, baines - sterling, henderson, gerrard, lallana - sturridge, rooney (or 4-2-3-1 rooney behind sturridge) lallana and sterling can switch sides as well.
I read on some news sterling may start instead of welbeck. so I guess it should be like this.
hart - johnson(hope not), jagielka, cahill, baines - sterling, henderson, gerrard, lallana - sturridge, rooney (or 4-2-3-1 rooney behind sturridge) lallana and sterling can switch sides as well.
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YoungGun_UK
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----------Hart--------
Johnson-Cahill-Jagielka-Baines
-------Gerrard-Henderson----
-Sterling--Rooney--Welbeck
----------Sturridge--------
Think that's how we'll line up.
----------Hart--------
Johnson-Cahill-Jagielka-Baines
-------Gerrard-Henderson----
-Sterling--Rooney--Welbeck
----------Sturridge--------
Think that's how we'll line up.
Kanouté
#NewEra
- 26 April 2008
Re: England Thread - Youth it is!
no truth in welbeck's injury rumors? just wondering
no truth in welbeck's injury rumors? just wondering
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- #576
YoungGun_UK
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over played apparantly, Should be fine.
over played apparantly, Should be fine.
lo zio
International
- 24 October 2005
- Palermo
Re: England Thread - Youth it is!
wow! what happened to good old conservative roy! that's a bold lineup right there!
wow! what happened to good old conservative roy! that's a bold lineup right there!
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Review
Premier League
- 7 October 2012
England Thread - Youth it is!
Good lineup IMO. Let the young guns loose and see what they can do. Wish Barkley was in there though. C'mon England!
Good lineup IMO. Let the young guns loose and see what they can do. Wish Barkley was in there though. C'mon England!
sauce
Warriors
Re: England Thread - Youth it is!
Offensive lineups, heat, a Pandrelli team!
wow! what happened to good old conservative roy! that's a bold lineup right there!
Offensive lineups, heat, a Pandrelli team!
Godotelli
Stroking Silva's Hair
Re: England Thread - Youth it is!
If Welbeck starts I hope we lose
If Welbeck starts I hope we lose
lo zio
International
- 24 October 2005
- Palermo
Re: England Thread - Youth it is!
btw is this offensive approach something new? i don't think i've watched england since euro 2012 and i remember quite a cautious team back then.
best of luck for tonight guys!! i've never seen a team line up such an uncompromising formation against us. if the heat doesn't play too big a role, this could turn out to be one hell of a match!
Offensive lineups, heat, a Pandrelli team!
btw is this offensive approach something new? i don't think i've watched england since euro 2012 and i remember quite a cautious team back then.
best of luck for tonight guys!! i've never seen a team line up such an uncompromising formation against us. if the heat doesn't play too big a role, this could turn out to be one hell of a match!
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LFC Albania
Banned
Re: England Thread - Youth it is!
Welbeck to start ? how is possible?
Welbeck to start ? how is possible?
Dazzlà
UTG!!
- 20 November 2007
- Bristol Rovers
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cos woy loves him (alot), and i doubt sterling is gonna start, it probably be lallana or milner on right, i hope for lallana, welbeck though does normally player better for england than when he plays for manchester red. but tbh rooney is a bigger problem than welbeck, with rooney playin #10 role we got no chance, he cant create anything and roy needs to get his fucking nuts out and stop selecting him by default, i think we gonna get beat 1-0 or maybe 2-0 late on..
cos woy loves him (alot), and i doubt sterling is gonna start, it probably be lallana or milner on right, i hope for lallana, welbeck though does normally player better for england than when he plays for manchester red. but tbh rooney is a bigger problem than welbeck, with rooney playin #10 role we got no chance, he cant create anything and roy needs to get his fucking nuts out and stop selecting him by default, i think we gonna get beat 1-0 or maybe 2-0 late on..
spektarm
Premier League
- 6 October 2006
- Manchester United
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I agree, stick Rooney up front as a 9 or don't play him at all (the latter is never gonna happen). Lallana and Barkley deserve a chance as number 10.
I agree, stick Rooney up front as a 9 or don't play him at all (the latter is never gonna happen). Lallana and Barkley deserve a chance as number 10.
Milanista
Mangiamoli!
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Good game tonight guys. Let's hope the stadium and field don't impact/injure any of the players on the field tonight.... I have a bad feeling about it
Good game tonight guys. Let's hope the stadium and field don't impact/injure any of the players on the field tonight.... I have a bad feeling about it
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YoungGun_UK
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Kanouté
#NewEra
- 26 April 2008
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:thumbup: well done younggun
:thumbup: well done younggun
jonneymendoza
Legend
- 1 January 2004
- Arsenal
Re: England Thread - Youth it is!
This was the best England performance I've seen for ages yet we lost..
This was the best England performance I've seen for ages yet we lost..
Aboutreika18
Too Black, Too Strong
- 5 September 2006
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That was also the first well worked England goal going forward I've seen in years.
And after all the media backlash and social media nonsense against him, thought Welbeck did well while he was on. He always plays better more often for England than Utd for some reason.
That was also the first well worked England goal going forward I've seen in years.
And after all the media backlash and social media nonsense against him, thought Welbeck did well while he was on. He always plays better more often for England than Utd for some reason.
Kanouté
#NewEra
- 26 April 2008
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maybe they are destined to be the losers. ha ha. joke aside, very well display from england. hope they also advance to 2nd round.
maybe they are destined to be the losers. ha ha. joke aside, very well display from england. hope they also advance to 2nd round.
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Played really well I thought. High energy, kept the ball, a bit unlucky conceding the second imo - did Italy have another attempt in the 2nd half?
Italy were impressive too, very regimented and slowed the game to a walk.
With Uruguay losing, suddenly becomes much more interesting.
Played really well I thought. High energy, kept the ball, a bit unlucky conceding the second imo - did Italy have another attempt in the 2nd half?
Italy were impressive too, very regimented and slowed the game to a walk.
With Uruguay losing, suddenly becomes much more interesting.
LFC Albania
Banned
Milanista
Mangiamoli!
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I think we intentionally didn't go forward to avoid counter attacks. I think the team approached the match with the right mindset - control the game, which we did and the possession figures and passing figures showed this. England were only threatening on the counter, so we slowed the game right down that they could no longer do so.
We were in no hurry to score, and were pretty calm throughout. It was a team effort and we pulled it off.
Towards the final 20/30 mins England relied too much on the right flank with Sterling - imo it got a bit predictable so we had 2 men on him (Chiellini and Paletta).
I think we intentionally didn't go forward to avoid counter attacks. I think the team approached the match with the right mindset - control the game, which we did and the possession figures and passing figures showed this. England were only threatening on the counter, so we slowed the game right down that they could no longer do so.
We were in no hurry to score, and were pretty calm throughout. It was a team effort and we pulled it off.
Towards the final 20/30 mins England relied too much on the right flank with Sterling - imo it got a bit predictable so we had 2 men on him (Chiellini and Paletta).
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Godotelli
Stroking Silva's Hair
Re: England Thread - Youth it is!
I actually enjoyed our attacking play and that's the first time I've said that since Hoddle was in charge
If we could get a couple of defenders coming through in the next year or 2 we could actually have an exiting future
As for the game, it was a bit frustrating given that their GK had more to do, we should have had a pen and our final ball went to shit in the last 10-15mins.
If only Rooney got that effort on target...
I don't understand tho why Woy didn't just put someone like Henderson on Pirlo. The rest of their team aren't that good but Pirlo is an all time great and still brilliant. He could carry on playing for another 5+ years
I actually enjoyed our attacking play and that's the first time I've said that since Hoddle was in charge
If we could get a couple of defenders coming through in the next year or 2 we could actually have an exiting future
As for the game, it was a bit frustrating given that their GK had more to do, we should have had a pen and our final ball went to shit in the last 10-15mins.
If only Rooney got that effort on target...
I don't understand tho why Woy didn't just put someone like Henderson on Pirlo. The rest of their team aren't that good but Pirlo is an all time great and still brilliant. He could carry on playing for another 5+ years
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YoungGun_UK
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Agree with everything said so far.
No need to panic, that was very encouraging. same line-up in the next game please.
Agree with everything said so far.
No need to panic, that was very encouraging. same line-up in the next game please.
ZeroTheHero
Banned
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Loved that Costa Rica beat Uruguay. I hope they go through along with Italy. I like Uruguay as well but today they were pretty ordinary and deserved the loss.
Loved that Costa Rica beat Uruguay. I hope they go through along with Italy. I like Uruguay as well but today they were pretty ordinary and deserved the loss.
Godotelli
Stroking Silva's Hair
Re: England Thread - Youth it is!
lo zio
International
- 24 October 2005
- Palermo
Re: England Thread - Youth it is!
oh boy...
forget the "the rest of their team aren't that good" bit, do u really believe all u need to stop pirlo is to man mark him? with only one man? and HENDERSON?!?
de rossi couldn't single-handedly mark pirlo out of the game, nevermind henderson, poor fella.
the whole point of being an "all time great", as u call em, is that it's kinda difficult to stop them. if all u needed to handle pirlo was 1 player set on man marking, then he wouldn't be much of a threat, wouldn't he?
i've been watching this man playing football since he was a kid in brescia, and i can tell u the only way to contain him (mind u, i didn't say stop him, just contain him) is to put 2 players on him (one on man marking, the other on coverage)... 2 players entirely devoted to follow pirlo for the entire game....
but of course, if u waste 2 players on "pirlo-control" duties against italy, then marchisio, de rossi and candreva are going to tear u a new one.
nah, roy did a great job. u were playing against a better team yesterday (and not just because of pirlo, godotelli) and u almost didn't make the quality-gap matter.
i can't even remember the last time an opponent lined up such a gutsy and offensive formation against us... even the big guns (such as spain and germany) usually play it very cautiously when they face us. and yet u guys weren't just very dangerous in your counters, u also defended brilliantly.
fantastic performance guys, don't let the result fool u. the difference between yesterday's england and euro 2012 england couldn't be bigger, and i think (especially after watching uruguay and costarica) u guys have great chances to make it to the next round.
u sure won me over yesterday! good luck lads, i'll be cheering for u
oh boy...forget the "the rest of their team aren't that good" bit, do u really believe all u need to stop pirlo is to man mark him? with only one man? and HENDERSON?!?
de rossi couldn't single-handedly mark pirlo out of the game, nevermind henderson, poor fella.
the whole point of being an "all time great", as u call em, is that it's kinda difficult to stop them. if all u needed to handle pirlo was 1 player set on man marking, then he wouldn't be much of a threat, wouldn't he?
i've been watching this man playing football since he was a kid in brescia, and i can tell u the only way to contain him (mind u, i didn't say stop him, just contain him) is to put 2 players on him (one on man marking, the other on coverage)... 2 players entirely devoted to follow pirlo for the entire game....
but of course, if u waste 2 players on "pirlo-control" duties against italy, then marchisio, de rossi and candreva are going to tear u a new one.
nah, roy did a great job. u were playing against a better team yesterday (and not just because of pirlo, godotelli) and u almost didn't make the quality-gap matter.
i can't even remember the last time an opponent lined up such a gutsy and offensive formation against us... even the big guns (such as spain and germany) usually play it very cautiously when they face us. and yet u guys weren't just very dangerous in your counters, u also defended brilliantly.
fantastic performance guys, don't let the result fool u. the difference between yesterday's england and euro 2012 england couldn't be bigger, and i think (especially after watching uruguay and costarica) u guys have great chances to make it to the next round.
u sure won me over yesterday! good luck lads, i'll be cheering for u