England v Mexico

Kev_ps3

nice1, get in

Lukker-

Such a sloppy goal.

MIN2511

Hahahhaha... That was a joke of a goal! Who's wearing the number 3 jersey?

ctrl-alt-delete

"he has given it, this is a tight tight call"

hahahaha classic

Le King

Lukker- wrote: »

Such a sloppy goal.

Not half as bad as Crouch's

Stevecw

There goes Baines ticket to SA anyway!!

LostinBlanch

simonw wrote: »

LOL @ that goal

Lol at that one.

Headshot

King ****ed up

hopefully that's the last 45mins Carrick will ever get this summer
****ing awful

mike65

Shocking stuff, Baines completely exposed, Walcott should switch to 100m running, and the pitch is APPALLING and Carrick is of course rubbish.

MagicMarker

Should set us up for a better 2nd half at least.

Guy:Incognito

What was the story with the confusion on ITV? The commentators said in a surprised voice after about 30s "oh he's given it". Did somethign happen that I didnt see at the time or in the replays? It was a perfectly good goal as far as the rules are concerned. Poor from England pov though.

Le King

Stevecw wrote: »

There goes Baines ticket to SA anyway!!

He will go, but only as cover to Cole. TBF he probably won't get a game anyway unless Cole get's injured/suspended.

Royale with Cheese

Stekelly wrote: »

What was the story with the confusion on ITV? The commentators said in a surprised voice after about 30s "oh he's given it". Did somethign happen that I didnt see at the time or in the replays? It was a perfectly good goal as far as the rules are concerned. Poor from England pov though.

English media are just getting into world cup mode is all.

LeeroyJones

"So far so good" is what the commentary was saying just before the break.

If I was an England fan I would seriously nervous. This is a team at home with World Cup title aspirations.

If not for an offside+handball goal from Crouch, England would be drawing 1-1, and would be lucky with that. Robert Green is looking good, but the very fact he has been given the opportunity to look good suggests England are letting Mexico in for a few opportunites which is indeed the case.

SlickRic

Green has been outstanding in what he's had to do; though he was very stationary for the goal and Salcido's shot that hit the post.

King has been outstanding.

Rio's looked very suspect on his positioning, and got outdone for pace surprisingly.

Baines has been dodgy, even before that corner.

Johnson has been ok, bar a couple of bits of bad positioning.

poor aul' Milner. the role he's playing just isn't his.

Carrick's done ok from about the 20th minute.

Crouch has done what's asked of him.

Walcott has been threatening, but he just doesn't have the brain for this level of football.

Rooney's had nothing to play with.

Gerrard has been completely anonymous; as if we needed any more proof that he's not himself at all.

that's my assessment so far.

Guy:Incognito

LeeroyJones wrote: »

"So far so good" is what the commentary was saying just before the break.

If I was an England fan I would seriously nervous. This is a team at home with World Cup title aspirations.

If not for an offside+handball goal from Crouch, England would be drawing 1-1, and would be lucky with that. Robert Green is looking good, but the very fact he has been given the opportunity to look good suggests England are letting Mexico in for a few opportunites which is indeed the case.

Meh, it's a friendly before the world cup. For the most part the lads going to the world cup know who they are and are not goign to risk injuring themsleves.

mike65

SlickRic wrote: »

Rooney's had nothing to play with.

Apart from not burying a ball planted on his head by Gerrard!

MagicMarker

LeeroyJones wrote: »

"So far so good" is what the commentary was saying just before the break.

If I was an England fan I would seriously nervous. This is a team at home with World Cup title aspirations.

If not for an offside+handball goal from Crouch, England would be drawing 1-1, and would be lucky with that. Robert Green is looking good, but the very fact he has been given the opportunity to look good suggests England are letting Mexico in for a few opportunites which is indeed the case.

Jesus, this isn't Liechtenstein they're playing. Mexico are a very decent side! England are still testing players in a new formation. England were by far the best team in European qualifying.

Christ almighty, talk about an overreaction!

amacachi

Southgate talking about Mexico and seems to think they're a continental side. Though I suppose he didn't say which continent.

Rekop dog

That half really raised more questions than answers. If Carrick makes the 23 I'd be amazed. Mexico could have had 3 easily and let's face it they're a team of bench dwellers for their respective clubs.

If there's a worse player than Rafa Marquez going to the world cup I'd like to see him!

simonw

Has there been anything positive at all from an English point of view? Maybe Green, but apart from that I'd be clutching at straws to find anything to be pleased about

LeeroyJones

Stekelly wrote: »

Meh, it's a friendly before the world cup. For the most part the lads going to the world cup know who they are and are not goign to risk injuring themsleves.

Fair point. But they've been sloppy. I wouldn't expect them to be in 5th gear, but in 3rd gear which they seem to be, but it's not clinical enough for me.

SlickRic

ha, Southgate slagging the man-marking system.

good man Gaz.

LeeroyJones

MagicMarker wrote: »

Jesus, this isn't Liechtenstein they're playing. Mexico are a very decent side! England are still testing players in a new formation. England were by far the best team in European qualifying.

Christ almighty, talk about an overreaction!

Apologies for giving my 2 cents for the first half. England were very good throughout qualifying, which is why I would expect a more clinical performance a fortnight before the World Cup.

SlickRic

Go on Jamie!

ha, Chicho on.

Euro_Kraut

Crouches goal was handball! We should be put into the World Cup instead of them!!

Pepe LeFrits

England to exit the WC on penalties, pile on now.

They'll have an off day in one of the knock-out games, hang on for penalties and...

MagicMarker

What a goal!!

Headshot

what a goal

LeeroyJones

Great Goal!

SlickRic

f*cking hell Glen.

Guy:Incognito

Tek a boo son.

Gillington

Take a bow son

simonw

lovely goal

Stevecw

Quality goal!!! Nice finish with the left

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The amount of empty seats at the far side of Wembley is absolutely shocking.

amacachi

Des wrote: »

The amount of empty seats at the far side of Wembley is absolutely shocking.

That wouldn't be where the soldiers are by any chance? Though it looks to be a lot more than 1,000 seats.

SlickRic

Chicho literally means 'Little Gee'.

are you f*cking serious?

:D:D

MagicMarker

Des wrote: »

The amount of empty seats at the far side of Wembley is absolutely shocking.

It's always like that at friendlies.

Spiritoftheseventies

Some strike that from Johnson.

Stevecw

Great ball across there by Theo!! Didn't know he was capable of something like that!

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SlickRic wrote: »

Chicho literally means 'Little Gee'.

are you f*cking serious?

:D:D

Gee?

Gee isn't in the English vocab, it's an Irish-English word.

It means "Little Pea"

Which is just as funny

MagicMarker wrote: »

It's always like that at friendlies.

Erm....and cup finals and cup semi finals and full internationals.

SlickRic

Des wrote: »

The amount of empty seats at the far side of Wembley is absolutely shocking.

those tards coming back into their seats 3/4 minutes late is almost as shocking to me.

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SlickRic wrote: »

those tards coming back into their seats 3/4 minutes late is almost as shocking to me.

That's who I was talking about.

And they probably pay extra for them seats because they are opposite the TV cameras.

Anyone who goes to a football match and isn't back to watch for the start of the second half should be turfed out. Same for people who leave early, they shouldn't be allowed back in ever again.

Clowns.

MagicMarker

Des wrote: »

That's who I was talking about.

And they probably pay extra for them seats because they are opposite the TV cameras.

Anyone who goes to a football match and isn't back to watch for the start of the second half should be turfed out. Same for people who leave early, they shouldn't be allowed back in ever again.

Clowns.

Are those seats ''executive'' seats? Where all the suits sit?

SlickRic

Des wrote: »

Gee?

Gee isn't in the English vocab, it's an Irish-English word.

It means "Little Pea"

Which is just as funny

i see.

i swore the commnetators said 'gee', or a French-sounding 'Guy'.

i like 'Little Pea' though. pretty f*cking hilarious.

OPENROAD

MagicMarker wrote: »

Are those seats ''executive'' seats? Where all the suits sit?

nope, its club level

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SlickRic wrote: »

i see.

i swore the commnetators said 'gee', or a French-sounding 'Guy'.

i like 'Little Pea' though. pretty f*cking hilarious.

His father, who was also called Javier Hernandez was "The Pea" - Chica

So the son is Chicarita - Little Pea

Headshot

61mins to late

SlickRic

the English midfield has stepped its game up this half.

it'll be interesting to see how Huddlestone does.

i think he's potentially a smashing player.