England -v- Algeria, Fri 7:30pm RTE & ITV HD

ragg

Good save by the keeper or a bad shot from lampard?

MagicMarker

Super save!

Fair play to Rooney for getting the ball back.

The Cannibal

Heskey shoved the defender for the Lampard chance.

M5

ragg wrote: »

Good save by the keeper or a bad shot from lampard?

Lamps hit it into the ground.. still credit to the keeper

ntlbell

spockety wrote: »

England will make you all eat your words I reckon.

You're making it out like there's a huge anti england sentiment going on, there's not, just want to see some decent football

youcrazyjesus!

They need to start trying to pass it AROUND the opponents half not INTO the opponents half to their forwards with their backs to goal or lumping it up to Heskey who'll lose it. Having Heskey up there gives them an easy way out, they're better footballers, they should try a proper passing game. Beckenbauer was right.

The Cannibal

Funny thing with England, is the longer this is scoreless the less threatening they'll be. They have a tendency to try too hard when they are under pressure and nothing comes off.

youcrazyjesus!

MagicMarker wrote: »

No, because it's quite clear you're too ignorant to understand. So I won't waste my time.

Yeah. I'm too ignorant to see Capello's "lump it near Heskey and hope he bounces off a few defenders" master plan.

Less of the personal abuse please.

ragg

This is actually shockingly bad by England.
Love them or hate them, no one wants to see them out in the group stages

qwertplaywert

Heskeys playing a blinder

ntlbell

Algeria can't keep up this pace for much longer.

Pro. F

England could continue to play badly for the full 90 and still win by 2 goals. Algeria will throw it into their own net at some stage and give up plenty of chances.

For all of the improvement that Barry brings to the cm positionly, he still has too heavy a first touch to play the role well.

M5

England getting into it a little bit, Half time cant come quickly enough for Algeria IMO

ntlbell

qwertplaywert wrote: »

Heskeys playing a blinder

Are you being sarcastic?

youcrazyjesus!

They remind me of France last night.

The Cannibal

Maybe he should have started Defoe after all.

Hank Scorpio

shooting has been poor from england

heskeys playing well tho imo!

ntlbell

The Cannibal wrote: »

Maybe he should have started Defoe after all.

defoe wouldn't make a difference, should have played milner and get rid of lamps, passenger

qwertplaywert

ntlbell wrote: »

Are you being sarcastic?

He has won the vast majority of winable balls to him, fought tooth and nail to win back the ball and won it numerous times, and is one of the only players actually showing heart atm.

Handsome Bob

He should have just started Crouch, **** sake.

tok9

Jesus, whats the story with Lennon? After such an excellent season, he's struggling to give a basic pass never mind a cross.

ragg

youcrazyjesus! wrote: »

Yeah. I'm too ignorant to see Capello's "lump it near Heskey and hope he bounces off a few defenders" master plan.

Less of the personal abuse please.

have to agree, there really is an element of "If in doubt hoof it to heskey"
England play much better football on the ground in the oppostion half.
their best chance was when rooney won the ball and spread then the play from there.

More of that will see them win this game comfortably, the hoof football isn't doing them any favours.

Also, I think its interesting to see how ineffective rooney has been so far this game, a more cinical man would say that it's because he is actually getting penalised when he fouls in this competition

youcrazyjesus!

Milner never got into the game the last day, was lost, I do see the same in Lampard tonight but not sure Milner is the answer. Bring on Cole imo.

M5

Ref is great lads! Advantage play is superb

MagicMarker

SWP needs to come on for Lennon tbh.

A Primal Nut

England are playing awful. Barry and Lampard are constantly passing the ball back to Algeria. And as for Heskey........

ntlbell

qwertplaywert wrote: »

He has won the vast majority of winable balls to him, fought tooth and nail to win back the ball and won it numerous times, and is one of the only players actually showing heart atm.

he's won the ball but gave it away, or headed it out, the whole idea of playing him is to hold it up and bring in other players.

he went back and won the ball once in his own half

this is the world up, a play ground for passengers with heart it's not

DB10

ragg wrote: »

Love them or hate them, no one wants to see them out in the group stages

1. Little chance of them going out even if they some how lose this.

2. Most people would love to see them out in the group stage, all the more fun.

The Cannibal

Slovenia players must be doing a jig watching this.

ntlbell

youcrazyjesus! wrote: »

Milner never got into the game the last day, was lost, I do see the same in Lampard tonight but not sure Milner is the answer. Bring on Cole imo.

He was lost because he was played out of position and left alone as the other two genius's floated about doing nothing.

_Bella_

You would think Rooney was playing midfield

M5

qwertplaywert wrote: »

He has won the vast majority of winable balls to him, fought tooth and nail to win back the ball and won it numerous times, and is one of the only players actually showing heart atm.

Thats what the panel said on Monday, had to argue with what you have said bar the glaring fact that he may have won plenty of ball but hes not finding colleagues

youcrazyjesus!

ntlbell wrote: »

he's won the ball but gave it away, or headed it out, the whole idea of playing him is to hold it up and bring in other players.

he went back and won the ball once in his own half

this is the world up, a play ground for passengers with heart it's not

I question the logic of "let's put it into Heskey in a tight situation, then he can win the ball in a tight situation".

He failed to pass it 10 yards to Rooney moving inside him earlier under no pressure. He should not be playing and I question the logic of playing him as above.

DB10

MagicMarker wrote: »

SWP needs to come on for Lennon tbh.

Why we bring an inferior version of an average player on?
We all say SWP in the USA game. He is just hit and miss.

Walcott should have went ahead of him, at least he can be used up front.

Krusader

This painful to watch

M5

Keeper is gona spill something, that was sh1te

ntlbell

youcrazyjesus! wrote: »

I question the logic of "let's put it into Heskey in a tight situation, then he can win the ball in a tight situation".

He failed to pass it 10 yards to Rooney moving inside him earlier under no pressure. He should not be playing and I question the logic of playing him as above.

he shouldn't be playing at all..

i think that's the point!

The Cannibal

At least if Beckham was on the pitch there'd be the odd dangerous ball.

youcrazyjesus!

ntlbell wrote: »

he shouldn't be playing at all..

i think that's the point!

Yeah I know, I agree.

ragg

The Cannibal wrote: »

At least if Beckham was on the pitch there'd be the odd dangerous ball.

Theres a rebecca loos joke in there somewhere, but im not in the humour to make one up!!

youcrazyjesus!

The Cannibal wrote: »

At least if Beckham was on the pitch there'd be the odd dangerous ball.

That's sad but true. I can see why they played him now, more long ball stuff!

A Primal Nut

ntlbell wrote: »

he's won the ball but gave it away, or headed it out, the whole idea of playing him is to hold it up and bring in other players.

he went back and won the ball once in his own half

this is the world up, a play ground for passengers with heart it's not

Agreed, the idea that he creates loads of chances for his teammates is a myth. 2 assists he got in 31 games last season. The moment against USA was a one-off against a poor side.

They need to build the team around Rooney, not Heskey.

M5

Is this team similar the the 11 they started with in Dublin?

Mr.Nice Guy

If this wasn't England playing, with players we know well, we'd all be asleep. Very poor stuff.

The Cannibal

The more I watch this world cup, the more gutted I am Ireland didn't make it. Ireland would beat England on this performance.

Trampas

woeful stuff.

ITV on TV and RTE and laptop.

Lets compare

ragg

shocking stuff so far

England are brutal

Fizman

England are a bag of ****. Now I know why so many people in that country are into cricket.

_Bella_

Trampas wrote: »

woeful stuff.

ITV on TV and RTE and laptop.

Lets compare

Keep us updated...can only watch one!