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Re: international games

Postby Dameerto » Tue Nov 19, 2013 9:49 pm

He was having a good game until he went wandering - a few good reaction saves which is one of his strong areas to settle him down, then he goes and unsettles himself again.
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Re: international games

Postby Ted Hughes » Tue Nov 19, 2013 9:50 pm

Beefymcfc wrote:
Ted Hughes wrote:
Beefymcfc wrote:
Bridge'srightfoot wrote:
Beefymcfc wrote:On this occassion I don't think it's Hart's fault. Unlike last time, Joe is screaming to Smalling that it's his ball and there was nobody infront of him so he could've chested it and passed it out. Smalling, who's had a very poor game, and is still relatiely inexperienced, seemed to get pushed into it or just didn't listen to Joe.

Still, looked fucking dodgy but at least he got the save in afterwards.

Not having that beefy. Smalling has it covered and if hart stays back it's a simple header back to him. He has no reason to come storming put. Only thing he can do is head it. Chelsea situation again except he was lucky this time

Very similar mate and I won't disagree with you. I only mention it as from the replay it was clear that Hart was already screaming that it was his. Last time he was whispering it to himself.


Exactly the same in that both of them were shite, as were Hart & Nastasic at Chelsea.

Again, I'm not going to disagree with you and on both occassions I'd say there is a touch of Hart having little confidence in the defender but the only difference is that Hart screams for the ball this time.


Both times the defenders were hopeless but all Hart can do by charging out is turn a possibly recoverable mistake into a likely catastrophe.
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Re: international games

Postby Beefymcfc » Tue Nov 19, 2013 9:53 pm

Ted Hughes wrote:
Beefymcfc wrote:Again, I'm not going to disagree with you.


Both times the defenders were hopeless but all Hart can do by charging out is turn a possibly recoverable mistake into a likely catastrophe.

[center]England v Germany

7 Shots 13
0 On Target 5[/center]

4 or 5 decent saves from Joe.
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Re: international games

Postby Hutch's Shoulder » Tue Nov 19, 2013 9:57 pm

Beefymcfc wrote: England v Germany 7 Shots 13 0 On Target 5 4 or 5 decent saves from Joe.


Thanks for the summary. The waiter offered complimentary drinks so decided to stay in the Italian restaurant :-). Don't need to rush back for the highlights now.
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Re: international games

Postby Douglas Higginbottom » Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:01 pm

nottsblue wrote:
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:Smalling,Walker,Rooney,Sturridge amongst the dross out there. I am not convinced Smalling is even a premiership defender and I just can't get my head around Walker being called our best right back


Not to mention Henderson, Cleverly,Kibbs. Townsends a handful though and could well turn into a very good player


Townsend is sort of talented but he is a very unintelligent player who relies on pace and defenders who don't know what he is going to do.

Got to agree on Henderson,Cleverley as well.
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Re: international games

Postby Beefymcfc » Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:02 pm

If there is a positive to be taken it's that the team that finished must've had an average age of about 23-24 years old.

Still, the only interesting thing seemed to be Joe Hart. That's not what I want to see.

Oh, and the U21s beat San Marino 9-0.
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Re: international games

Postby Douglas Higginbottom » Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:04 pm

Hart showed he is a quality keeper who can occasionally make rash decisions on when to race out to a long ball. And although v Chelsea and again tonight he probably should have stayed put BUT in both cases had a poor centre half not got in the way he would have cleared the ball both times.
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Re: international games

Postby Beefymcfc » Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:05 pm

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:Hart showed he is a quality keeper who can occasionally make rash decisions on when to race out to a long ball. And although v Chelsea and again tonight he probably should have stayed put BUT in both cases had a poor centre half not got in the way he would have cleared the ball both times.

I think that's the point I tried to make.

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Re: international games

Postby Bridge'srightfoot » Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:21 pm

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:Hart showed he is a quality keeper who can occasionally make rash decisions on when to race out to a long ball. And although v Chelsea and again tonight he probably should have stayed put BUT in both cases had a poor centre half not got in the way he would have cleared the ball both times.

He doesn't need to clear the ball though. The only thing he can do there is head it and him heading it is far more risky then allowing the centre back to simply head it back to him. Smalling has it covered and If Hart stays on his line it's a simple header back. Really poor decision to come out and got lucky tonight.
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Re: international games

Postby london blue 2 » Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:36 pm

Townsend was decent. Good luck aleks.
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Re: international games

Postby nottsblue » Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:38 pm

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:Smalling,Walker,Rooney,Sturridge amongst the dross out there. I am not convinced Smalling is even a premiership defender and I just can't get my head around Walker being called our best right back


nottsblue wrote:
Not to mention Henderson, Cleverly,Kibbs. Townsends a handful though and could well turn into a very good player


Douglas Higginbottom wrote:
Townsend is sort of talented but he is a very unintelligent player who relies on pace and defenders who don't know what he is going to do.

Got to agree on Henderson,Cleverley as well.


To be fair. Townsend along with Hart and Jagielka were our best players, certainly in the 2nd half. Yes Townsend is dumb and unpredictable but thats part of why he is a good prospect. However, compare him to Reus and its Premier league v League 2
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Re: international games

Postby getdressedmctavish » Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:40 pm

One thing you can say of Joe is that at least he made a decision when a lot of goalies would have hidden. Personally I would bring him back at weekend, cos if we don't commit soon we probably have to sell him and he's miles better than the other Spanish and Brazillian keepers being mentioned. To me Townsend is a revelation because no one at international level does what he does put his head down and go at full pace.. to me he was our best player by a mile. Sturridge was appalling but I still think he is a good option for us once he finds his feet at this level.My view is that Smalling, rough as he is, is better than Cahill, but as Ted says, why not go with lescott and Jagielka. Had we done so we would have got a draw tonight.Lescott must be fecking mad at the way he's being treated generally. On another note, surely we can put the liability that is Ashley Cole to bed and get on with bedding in a new left back. He has been sub standard for two years now.I thought we did reasonably well against potential world champions.
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Re: international games

Postby Douglas Higginbottom » Wed Nov 20, 2013 12:08 am

The 2 Southampton full backs for me.Shaw and Clyne is it.Not sure who I would pair with Jagielka.

I would get rid of Gerard,Lampard,Cleverley in the middle and start working with Berkley,Morrison and maybe Ince to play along with Wilshere and Townsend.I guess Rooney and Sturridge are the best we can muster up front but can we really have two strikers? Perhaps Rooney plays deep enough to add to the midfield.

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Re: international games

Postby twosips » Wed Nov 20, 2013 1:29 am

Personally think there's some absolute dross in the England set up and Walker, Cleverley, Smalling are the best examples. Totally fucking useless players who add very little to England.

I think i'm in the small minority that really doesn't rate Townsend either. He's just another fast winger that will get found out pretty quickly for being very one dimensional. He's fast but with little end product and we're all too familiar with that type of player as England produce a lot of them. There is no way Townsend is ever gonna make a difference at a high level. Yeah he'll play well against a Finland or some other dross, but against a good team? Very little chance. He does a nice dribble here and there but nowt tends to come from them. I'll give it a year or so before every realises he's no more than a decent impact sub.

I personally like Lallana - i think he's technically good and I think his movement is excellent. He could link up with the better technical players such as Sturridge and Rooney pretty well. Gerrard is just okay these days. Not awful, but not great. Him and Lampard don't really have long left in this squad and i'd honestly not be arsed if they were both phased out pretty sharpish. Barkley's got potential, as do a lot of the u21s. We need someone who can actually confidently collect the ball from the defence and actually dictate play. We have no one who can do that. The best english player around at the moment who can do that is Gareth Barry, but his days are long gone.
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Re: international games

Postby Wonderwall » Wed Nov 20, 2013 8:58 am

I think Ashley Cole cemented Leighton Baines place in the starting line up last night. what utter dross, he was awful apart from the nice backheel that came off, he tried it again later in the game and gave away possession.
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Re: international games

Postby Nigels Tackle » Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:14 am

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:The 2 Southampton full backs for me.Shaw and Clyne is it.Not sure who I would pair with Jagielka.

I would get rid of Gerard,Lampard,Cleverley in the middle and start working with Berkley,Morrison and maybe Ince to play along with Wilshere and Townsend.I guess Rooney and Sturridge are the best we can muster up front but can we really have two strikers? Perhaps Rooney plays deep enough to add to the midfield.

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Re: international games

Postby Ted Hughes » Wed Nov 20, 2013 12:02 pm

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:The 2 Southampton full backs for me.Shaw and Clyne is it.Not sure who I would pair with Jagielka.

I would get rid of Gerard,Lampard,Cleverley in the middle and start working with Berkley,Morrison and maybe Ince to play along with Wilshere and Townsend.I guess Rooney and Sturridge are the best we can muster up front but can we really have two strikers? Perhaps Rooney plays deep enough to add to the midfield.

Forget Brazil and start working now for the Euros 2016


This has been the case for most of the past 40 years. England have been 'preparing' for tournaments, on the most part, that they had no chance in hell of winning, instead of trying to build a TEAM to win 'a' tournament in the future.

Each time we bum out apallingly, there is a huge inquest, probably a sacked manager, then the press pick the squad for the 'new era' which contains every single one of the 'star' players, who have just performed like complete cocks in the last tournament, plus most of their mates. Then the new manager picks the same bunch but adds someone who the last manager left out at long last, but the press were asking to be brought back. Off we go again.

The only surprise with the current setup, is that Beckham isn't in it.
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Re: international games

Postby Sideshow Bob » Wed Nov 20, 2013 1:09 pm

never a fan of tranny and never will be, but i have to say his hattrick last night was incredible.
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Re: international games

Postby zuricity » Wed Nov 20, 2013 8:59 pm

Just read the BBC sports article where Hodgson says there is no need to panic. He's right , our expectations are so low that we don't need to panic about England. I can't honestly see any sane England fan expecting anything more than British Airways delivering the squad to Brazil for a four week jolly.
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Re: international games

Postby MilnersJaw » Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:31 pm

Did not watch the game but saw the goal. Seem the media are wanking over Townsend still. How was hart? Heard he ran off his line like s numpty again
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