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[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

At least Capello is picking a lot of players on recent form now.

Is he?

Like someone previously pointed out cahill (sp) and Bolton are bottom of the league, jones was picked at right back even though he doesn't play there, purely because of the media hype, Parker got relegated with west ham, Walcott....(seriously?), bent...

The English media picks the team, its a joke.

Parker is widely regarded as one of the best in the league last season. Do you think Walcott is hyped in the media?

Cahill was a choice but his recently England performances have been good.

[london blue 2]

At least Capello is picking a lot of players on recent form now.

Is he?

Like someone previously pointed out cahill (sp) and Bolton are bottom of the league, jones was picked at right back even though he doesn't play there, purely because of the media hype, Parker got relegated with west ham, Walcott....(seriously?), bent...

The English media picks the team, its a joke.

Parker is widely regarded as one of the best in the league last season. Do you think Walcott is hyped in the media?

Cahill was a choice but his recently England performances have been good.

Parker regarded by... The media

They're all overrated. Media favourites always end up in the England team. Fact.

[getdressedmctavish]

Isn't Ashley Cole the most over rated player ever. A headless chicken whose bottle always goes undcer pressure, he cant stop a cross, his positioning is awful, always wrong side when a cross comes in, and has he ever got up and delivered a decent cross?Sums the coonts up for me. Look at him on their goals. For the second he's running towards the penalty spot. I just give up with them. Mind you, the manager cant even speak or understand rudimentary English so no wonder he can't motivate them or organise them. Ever a feckin shambles.

[Dameerto]

Isn't Ashley Cole the most over rated player ever. A headless chicken whose bottle always goes undcer pressure, he cant stop a cross, his positioning is awful, always wrong side when a cross comes in, and has he ever got up and delivered a decent cross?Sums the coonts up for me. Look at him on their goals. For the second he's running towards the penalty spot. I just give up with them. Mind you, the manager cant even speak or understand rudimentary English so no wonder he can't motivate them or organise them. Ever a feckin shambles.

He's in the top three leftbacks currently playing football (maybe even top two) - and appears to be aging well in terms of skill and pace. He is a cunt of a person though.

[Ted Hughes]

Isn't Ashley Cole the most over rated player ever. A headless chicken whose bottle always goes undcer pressure, he cant stop a cross, his positioning is awful, always wrong side when a cross comes in, and has he ever got up and delivered a decent cross?Sums the coonts up for me. Look at him on their goals. For the second he's running towards the penalty spot. I just give up with them. Mind you, the manager cant even speak or understand rudimentary English so no wonder he can't motivate them or organise them. Ever a feckin shambles.

He's in the top three leftbacks currently playing football (maybe even top two) - and appears to be aging well in terms of skill and pace. He is a cunt of a person though.

I think Cole was the best fullback in the world, by a long long way, several years ago. Now he's a shit fullback & actually more of a mediocre winger who tries (not very well) to defend.

[Dameerto]

That's the definition of the modern fullback.

[phips]

Used to get very involved, emotionally, in England games, now they just provide comedic relief from watching proper football.

First time ever I watched another match instead of this one....Spain v Czech...great match and Spain are light years ahead of England........

I still think Germany and Holland are better.

The Barca vs. Real (99.9% of their normal starting XI if Capdevilla starts) feud is getting to the players and bubbling over into their national team. I think their time on top has come and gone. Enter Germany and Holland.

[twosips]

Nah...as good as Holland and Germany are, they're still the Real Madrid to Spain's Barcelona.

Spain have quite worryingly got several more years of domination ahead in my opinion. You can take iniesta and xavi out of the team, but you can just bring in Cesc. Or Silva. Or Thiago (who is going to be some player) or even Javi Martinez. Frightening array of talent.

[Slim]

Feel free to delete this, [highlight]nigels tackle[/highlight] beat me to it!!

It beats a lot of people to be fair.

And if it doesn't, it'll still take your leg off and you'd wish it had.

[Bluez]

The argument England are a top team is immediately shot down when you realise Downing has 30 caps.

[Slim]

The argument England are a top team is immediately shot down when you realise Downing has 30 caps.

The argument that no-one made being blown out of the water.

Welcome to the exciting new television show, "...So you think you can make a point?"

[Ted Hughes]

The argument England are a top team is immediately shot down when you realise Downing has 30 caps.

He is being preferred to AJ.

Again in big letters: HE IS BEING PREFERRED TO A.J.

No matter what people's opinion of whether they think AJ is quite up to our 1st team standard or not; if Downing was thrust into City's 1st team, it would be like putting Rowan fucking Atkinson in a Grand Prix; he may get away with it at his level & drive quicker than a few celebs but he'd look a proper cunt amongst the pros. That would be Downing playing for City; out of his fucking depth.

The fact that he's getting an England shirt ahead of Adam Johnson is beyond any kind of reasonable football related explaination. AJ has been better for England on the whole than he has for City & NOBODY in the wide positions did anything in advance to dislodge him. He was just dropped for no good reason & replaced by people who play for Utd, Liverpool & Arsenal without doing anything wrong to lose his place. Absolutely out of order.

[Ted Hughes]

P.S. We all now know, that Duncan Edwards was shit at right back.

[Wonderwall]

The argument England are a top team is immediately shot down when you realise Downing has 30 caps.

He is being preferred to AJ.

Again in big letters: HE IS BEING PREFERRED TO A.J.

No matter what people's opinion of whether they think AJ is quite up to our 1st team standard or not; if Downing was thrust into City's 1st team, it would be like putting Rowan fucking Atkinson in a Grand Prix; he may get away with it at his level & drive quicker than a few celebs but he'd look a proper cunt amongst the pros. That would be Downing playing for City; out of his fucking depth.

The fact that he's getting an England shirt ahead of Adam Johnson is beyond any kind of reasonable football related explaination. AJ has been better for England on the whole than he has for City & NOBODY in the wide positions did anything in advance to dislodge him. He was just dropped for no good reason & replaced by people who play for Utd, Liverpool & Arsenal without doing anything wrong to lose his place. Absolutely out of order.

I have never wanted England to lose, EVER. But I sat there the other night and thought I dont give a damn after seeing the stupid selection of Capello, I actually wanted England to fuck up. Crazy feeling, but Capella is shit and I cannot wait for the stupid twat to go.

For AJ, milner and Richards to not even make the bench is ridiculous, especially when you see the shit on display

[Bridge'srightfoot]

The argument England are a top team is immediately shot down when you realise Downing has 30 caps.

He is being preferred to AJ.

Again in big letters: HE IS BEING PREFERRED TO A.J.

No matter what people's opinion of whether they think AJ is quite up to our 1st team standard or not; if Downing was thrust into City's 1st team, it would be like putting Rowan fucking Atkinson in a Grand Prix; he may get away with it at his level & drive quicker than a few celebs but he'd look a proper cunt amongst the pros. That would be Downing playing for City; out of his fucking depth.

The fact that he's getting an England shirt ahead of Adam Johnson is beyond any kind of reasonable football related explaination. AJ has been better for England on the whole than he has for City & NOBODY in the wide positions did anything in advance to dislodge him. He was just dropped for no good reason & replaced by people who play for Utd, Liverpool & Arsenal without doing anything wrong to lose his place. Absolutely out of order.

Whilst that is true, Johnson has barely played this season and Capello makes a point out of picking players on form.

[daveh1962]

The argument England are a top team is immediately shot down when you realise Downing has 30 caps.

He is being preferred to AJ.

Again in big letters: HE IS BEING PREFERRED TO A.J.

No matter what people's opinion of whether they think AJ is quite up to our 1st team standard or not; if Downing was thrust into City's 1st team, it would be like putting Rowan fucking Atkinson in a Grand Prix; he may get away with it at his level & drive quicker than a few celebs but he'd look a proper cunt amongst the pros. That would be Downing playing for City; out of his fucking depth.

The fact that he's getting an England shirt ahead of Adam Johnson is beyond any kind of reasonable football related explaination. AJ has been better for England on the whole than he has for City & NOBODY in the wide positions did anything in advance to dislodge him. He was just dropped for no good reason & replaced by people who play for Utd, Liverpool & Arsenal without doing anything wrong to lose his place. Absolutely out of order.

Whilst that is true, Johnson has barely played this season and Capello makes a point out of picking players on form.

Like Cahill playing in the worst defence in the league in a side that have lost 12 out of their last 13

[Ted Hughes]

The argument England are a top team is immediately shot down when you realise Downing has 30 caps.

He is being preferred to AJ.

Again in big letters: HE IS BEING PREFERRED TO A.J.

No matter what people's opinion of whether they think AJ is quite up to our 1st team standard or not; if Downing was thrust into City's 1st team, it would be like putting Rowan fucking Atkinson in a Grand Prix; he may get away with it at his level & drive quicker than a few celebs but he'd look a proper cunt amongst the pros. That would be Downing playing for City; out of his fucking depth.

The fact that he's getting an England shirt ahead of Adam Johnson is beyond any kind of reasonable football related explaination. AJ has been better for England on the whole than he has for City & NOBODY in the wide positions did anything in advance to dislodge him. He was just dropped for no good reason & replaced by people who play for Utd, Liverpool & Arsenal without doing anything wrong to lose his place. Absolutely out of order.

Whilst that is true, Johnson has barely played this season and Capello makes a point out of picking players on form.

Like Cahill playing in the worst defence in the league in a side that have lost 12 out of their last 13

And Phil Jones' (sorry Duncan Edwards) recent form at right back ?

[david yearsley]

Capello´s decision play fat boy at right back is a fuclin scandal. Having said that I couldn´t give a tinkers cuss whether Micah makes it to Euro 2012 if he keeps putting in the performances for us and helps us to glory. Then Pat will look even more of a clown than he is already (if that´s possible!)

[Bridge'srightfoot]

The argument England are a top team is immediately shot down when you realise Downing has 30 caps.

He is being preferred to AJ.

Again in big letters: HE IS BEING PREFERRED TO A.J.

No matter what people's opinion of whether they think AJ is quite up to our 1st team standard or not; if Downing was thrust into City's 1st team, it would be like putting Rowan fucking Atkinson in a Grand Prix; he may get away with it at his level & drive quicker than a few celebs but he'd look a proper cunt amongst the pros. That would be Downing playing for City; out of his fucking depth.

The fact that he's getting an England shirt ahead of Adam Johnson is beyond any kind of reasonable football related explaination. AJ has been better for England on the whole than he has for City & NOBODY in the wide positions did anything in advance to dislodge him. He was just dropped for no good reason & replaced by people who play for Utd, Liverpool & Arsenal without doing anything wrong to lose his place. Absolutely out of order.

Whilst that is true, Johnson has barely played this season and Capello makes a point out of picking players on form.

Like Cahill playing in the worst defence in the league in a side that have lost 12 out of their last 13

And Phil Jones' (sorry Duncan Edwards) recent form at right back ?

Well he's actually played a couple at right back for them and hate to say it but he's looked very decent. Even Micah himself gave an interview saying he feels Jones could be future captain or something like that. They are both very promising defenders although perhaps on this occasion Micah should of been picked.

But back to Johnson, you can't expect players not playing regularly for their clubs to be starting.

[Ted Hughes]

Well he's actually played a couple at right back for them and hate to say it but he's looked very decent. Even Micah himself gave an interview saying he feels Jones could be future captain or something like that. They are both very promising defenders although perhaps on this occasion Micah should of been picked.

But back to Johnson, you can't expect players not playing regularly for their clubs to be starting.

The only player not playing regularly (in his position) is Jones. Micah plays regularly at right back & Johnson has played either side of his injury, curling in a match changing beauty only last weekend. Downing has done what exactly ? However you try to excuse it, Capello has just disregarded both of them for a shit winger who is doing fuck all for his club & a CB who has rarely played right back in his fledgeling career. It's fucking ridiculous.