England - Kids are the key to the World Cup

[sam.england]

Great result agasint Brazil, loving the tactics, definately different!

 

[ollieconnolly]

European Championships
Group Phase:​

The first match was against Greece i knew the young boys would be nervous, and i feared the media would jump on our back if there was a poor performance. With just 42,000 in the stadium it was not the biggest stadium in eastern europe but we knew what the championship was about, and we were here for one thing, to win.​

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One person looked perticularly up for it, Rooney. he had had a poor World Cup and the whole country new it he was here in Poland/Ukraine for the golden boot and to walk home an english hero.​

The side i selected:
Smithies
Glen Johnson Gary Cahill Michael Dawson Ashley Cole
Gareth Barry
Stevern Gerrard James Milner
Nathan Delfouneso Wayne Rooney theo Walcott ​

Terry was not 100% fit and i didnt want to take risks, Delfouneso was the biggest suprise but had been firing them in in training.​

Greece 1 - 2 England
Salpingidis 57, Agbonlahor 46, Rooney 63​

It was not the most emphatic performance but gabby and wayne were off and running, getting the first win out the way would settle everyone down which was important but confidence into the likes of wilshere and Rodwell.​

Delfouneso was unimpressive but showed flashes of brilliance.
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The worst part of the night was an injury to Ashley Cole, ruling him out for two weeks, this would be the whole tournement except for the final if we got there. It was a bitter blow, i hope Kieran Gibbs can step up well enough.​

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The national stadium was the setting for our game vs the hosts. i made a few changes John Terry was rested as was Gerrard, Dawson and Lampard coming in. Delfouneso was dropped and replaced by Walcott. Gibbs came in for the injured ashley cole​

Rooney was inspirational.
But one man who stood among the rest was Michael Dawson the man of the match, he was fantastic

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Ukraine 0 - 1 England
Walcott 51​

We were back to full strength, (except for gibbs for cole) for the biggest test so far against Sweden.
the setting was, the Donbas Arena

England 5 - 2 Sweden
Rooney 22,56,69 Cahill 26,62 Ibrahimovic 43,73​

An outstanding performance from the lads.
We cruised into the quaters where we have drawn the other hosts Poland.​

Man of the Tournement so far:
Wayne 'Wazza' Rooney

 

[reganator]

Ahh, nice story so far. When is the next round being submitted?

 

[ollieconnolly]

Quater final draw:

Up as soon as i play

 

[reganator]

Possibly got the easiest opponent there
England in the semi's...

 

[ollieconnolly]

England Expects ......



And we arnt dissapointed!

England 6-0 Poland
Rooney 2,68,88, Agbonlahor 16,Walcott 28, Cahill 32
Described by Harry Redknapp as 'the greatest England performance since 1966', we were faultless from start to finish we crushed them, embarresed them in their own back yard. The whole of europe was made to sit up. we were slashed to 2/1 with some bookies, it was indescribable a stunning win.
The first Semi Final since 1990 and there was a growing belief within the squad that we could do this

Starting 11:

took a risk with Cahill and Dawson and no JT, but it paid off for the Semi-Final should i play JT or not? big decision

Man of the Match:Once again wayne seeking redemption didnt sparkle in the qualifiers but has more than made up for it today.

Semi Final Draw:

Italy are the number one ranked team in the world so tricky opponents, so i hope the nation doesnt expect too much semi-finals is good i think ​

 

[burkeyoa]

Great update. Good luck against Italy!

 

[ollieconnolly]

England on the Brink!!
90 minutes to the final....

Italy 0 - 3 England
Walcott 24,59 Agbonlahor 73

Englands finest footballing our for 66 years took place in the heart of Poland at the Stadion Narodwoy Warszara.
Theo Walcott was the hero on the most iconic day in recent british sport. Scoring two and making the third walcott has already been put on a par with English hero Sir Geoff Hurst. Wayne Rooney didnt fire but is tipped as the favourite to win the Tournement for England.


I kept the same side, controversialy i kept Dawson in over JT. keeping the 3rd clean sheet of the tournement.

Man of the Match: Theo Walcott

Connolly: ' This has been the greatest night of my life, im so proud, when i was appointed i was already written off. people were asking for my life when we lost 3-1 to Saudi Arabia, and just two years later here we are our first final since '66. and i promise the people off england we will do whatever is physically possible to win this. No one wants this more than us.'

England are to play France in the final who beat Portugal 3-1​

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On the brink of making history in the European Championships final England manager Oliver Connolly has been offered the Liverpool job. Connolly has rejected many offers to manager premier league sides since becoming England manager, but this is the club Connolly loves and so the bookies have stopped taking bets on him to becoming the next manager, Roy Hodgson who stepped down as manager this week retiring from the game said 'I reccomended him to the board because i think he's fantastic i spoke to his assistant, Alan shearer who said that Ollie was deeply thinking about it. He would completley change the club like he has the english football system'

Connolly has reportedly been offered 48k a week and a £48m war chest to attract new stars.​

 

[reganator]

I would take it if all doesn't go to plan in the final, god forbid. But that job is tempting.
Delay til the final's is over

 

[ollie56]

can u take the job and keep the England job. As i think you could win the world cup with England.

 

[ollieconnolly]

We are the Champions the Champions of Europe ......​

On a wet Breezy, cold night in Poland England claim their finest hour since that of 1966. Some players from the infamous 'Golden Generation' who thought after the debacle of South Africa 2010 they would never again pull on the national shirt, earned redemption in Stadio Slaski, Chorzow.

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The new generation of England players, who were showing much promise, have fast tracked success and will now join the imortals of Charlton, Hurst, Moore and co.​

The match was in itself a fantastic spectacle ....​

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France 1 - 3 England
Feghouli 39, Rooney 5, Lampard 75, Cahill 86.​

It was Frank Lampard, forever criticsed as 'not the same man in an England shirt as in a Chelsea shirt' will go down as the hero who scored the winning goal coming of the bench to score a rocket off a free-kick.​

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The man who masterminded this has been swamped with praise, fans forums have been over run with praise and talks of knighthoods are all the range.
Connolly is widley belived to be in talks with Liverpool over the vacant managers job, whether he is to share the roles or just take the club route is not yet known.​

It was then left to captain Steven Gerrard to lift the trophy and spark scenes of jubilance throughout Poland and England, truly a remarkable night in English football history.​

FA Statment regarding the European Championships:
' We are absolutley delighted by the performance of the team and the coaching set up. We had put a plan in place to challenge for the 2014 world cup and win the 2018 world cup, but to win a tournement so soon is incredible and was not at all predicted all the praise must go to Ollie and his team and we feel we can give ourselves a pat on the back for the appointment after the scrutiny we endured when signing him up.'​

The latest development from the FA is that if Connolly stays he will have to appoint a new captain as after holding the European Championship trophy aloft Steven Gerrard has resigned as captain to allow someone else to take the reigns.​

Gerrard's statement: 'I am so delighted that my last act as England captain was to win the sides first trophy since the '66 side, i felt after this glorious success it was the right time to step down, this will give another younger player a chance to lead the side into the world cup. I would like to re-itterate however that i am not retiring from international football and i will always be availible to play for my country.'​

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Latest odds on next England skipper:​

John Terry 3-1 (fav)
Jack Rodwell 4-1
Wayne Rooney 4-1
Frank Lampard 5-1
James Milner 6-1
Gary Cahill 6-1​

An FA poll on the position has also opened where the results of the poll will be declared later this evening.​

Connolly has also scheduled a press conference for 2:20pm where he will discuss his future as the national team manager.​

 

[Joshh]

nice one, been following from the start!

 

[ollieconnolly]

nice one, been following from the start!

good to here press conference in 5

 

[Midge]

congrats on winning the championship!

best not leave England though, you need to win the World Cup

 

[ollieconnolly]

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Liverpool Football Club are today pleased to announce the appointment of Oliver Connolly as our new manager on a 2 year deal.
Oliver is to share the duties of manager of the club and the national team at his own wish, and he is determined to bring success back to Anfield.
Connolly's statement:
'I promised the English people i would not take another job while England manager, and by keeping the england job and sharing it with the Liverpool job i have kept this promise, my proudest moment was to win a tournement for England and now i feel taking on the challenge of restoring pride and success at my club, would be equal to that challenge. I am more than confident in my ability to split the roles and i know i will bring success to both Liverpool and continue success witht he national team.'​

Liverpool fans are said to be delighted that this appointment has gone through and hope Connolly will make big changes, however no transfer decisions have been made yet.
'I am meeting Christian (purslow) tomorrow to discuss transfers and thats all i'll say'
When asked about the England captincy connolly simply said, 'there will be a statement released within half an hour.'​

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What a week for Wayne Rooney. So often described as the 'Gazza' in the 'golden generation' but Wazza failed to fire in South Africa 2 years ago and was largely victimised by the public and press for his awful showings. But this month couldnt have gone any better for the Merseyside lad, First winning the Golden Boot, then the Player of the tournement and now unveiled as the new England Captain!​

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Rooney has now scored 48 goals in 78 games for England just two shy of the All time England scoring record beating Sir Bobby Charlton. His finest hour being opening the scoring for his country in the famous 2012 European Championship victory. Wayne can now look forward to leading the side to the World Cup, his first game as captain against Slovenia in Malibor.​

Jack Rodwell his scouse counter part will be kept as the vice captain

Dream Team:

Golden Boot:

Player of the Tournemant:

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[NUFC_Tony]

Well done mate, hopefully you can carry that on into the World Cup Qualifiers!

 

[ollieconnolly]

BTW if people dont want My liverpool career updated in here id understand and just update England but its up to you following

 

[Joshh]

do liverpool aswell!

 

[Brummy123]

mate you must have a brilliant defence to have the whole back four english in the world cup dream team

 

[ollieconnolly]

haha i know yeh and we were criticesed for letting too many in before the competition