England squad announced for friendlies against Spain and Sweden.

ajt09 said:
He could be in jail next year anyway for tax evasion so he won't be manager lol
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before i turn this into a 'Who is going to be England Next Manager' Thread , I will just say one thing before jogging on.... i dont have anything against the guy, its just that there are better and more capable managers around to take the reins
 
Alcaraz said:
before i turn this into a 'Who is going to be England Next Manager' Thread , I will just say one thing before jogging on.... i dont have anything against the guy, its just that there are better and more capable managers around to take the reins
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David Moyes FTW. All I'm saying on that subject :D
 
Titus Shambles said:
Capello did what he does best; organising the team to defend like a true Italian. A fantastic win for us, I am particularly impressed with the defensive (including DMs) effort and pressing because they pulled it off fantastically. Of course, they had defensive lapses, but even the best do. Jags and Lescott developed a fantastic pairing (maybe re-ignited from their Everton days) and with the defensive Jones and Parker in front of them, they didn't do much wrong.

However, my only worry after this game is that England didn't prove their ability to counter-attack or keep possession and their goal was a fairly lucky one (although it obviously still counts). Walcott proved to be quite a threat with his pace, but he is only one man out of eleven (and Spain easily committed fouls to stop him in his tracks). Without a bit of luck and some brilliant defending, England would have been dead as they hardly looked like scoring compared to Spain who always looked dangerous.

Do England play better without Rooney? I don't think so, Bent is no doubt a top striker and poacher, but he doesn't come deep and doesn't really cause problems unless someone pings an accurate ball over the top for him to chase (not many in the squad can pass over long distances accurately). I think a Rooney and Bent partnership would be worth trying out for Capello, especially as he can't really lose anything from it.

But the tactical and physical side was spot on today, full credit to the players/staff for neutralising the dangerous Spanish threat and playing to our strengths (which is not possession football). But against another team, on another day, it all could have been a different story so we need to iron out our flaws and make sure we don't get distracted by this near-meaningless win.
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Loved it when he rounded one of their players before bodychecked by Ramos. Watched it repeatedly. Very classy
 
9 - Frank Lampard has now drawn level with Peter Crouch as the player with the most goals for England at the new Wembley. Leader.
 
Lescott was a animal tonight.

I now love him.

Lescott for president!
 
Before i comment on tonights game I'd just like to say I'm England's biggest critic. The way Capello sets up his teams has ALWAYS bored the **** outta me. Too slow with their passing, the wrong players used and attackingly absent minded.

But tonight i feel Capello's methods worked. Althought we couldnt retain possession that well, we were playing Spain. And I would have liked us to counter attack with more autority.

But the performances of the players really showed to me that maybe they do care. Maybe they are showing that 'English' bite that i feel the team has been missing.

Lescott, a player I have never admired, in my opinion could have shared MoM with Parker. Both were immense as well as Jagielka and Jones. They really did show that bit of English never say die attittude that i personally havent seen for years.

What a performance. Everyone worked so hard and we showed we can be a force to reckoned with
 
Lescott was absolute tank today, read the game well to block some of those through balls and was generally being tankish (6)
 
Harriers09 said:
Before i comment on tonights game I'd just like to say I'm England's biggest critic. The way Capello sets up his teams has ALWAYS bored the **** outta me. Too slow with their passing, the wrong players used and attackingly absent minded.

But tonight i feel Capello's methods worked. Althought we couldnt retain possession that well, we were playing Spain. And I would have liked us to counter attack with more autority.

But the performances of the players really showed to me that maybe they do care. Maybe they are showing that 'English' bite that i feel the team has been missing.

Lescott, a player I have never admired, in my opinion could have shared MoM with Parker. Both were immense as well as Jagielka and Jones. They really did show that bit of English never say die attittude that i personally havent seen for years.

What a performance. Everyone worked so hard and we showed we can be a force to reckoned with
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Today was a team performance. Havent said that in a long time. BUt we must build on it against Sweden, win the ball back quickly but this time build our own attacks since we wont be under such relentless pressure
 
The most annoying thing though about this.......Lescott and Barry keep offering me a slice of humble pie.....and I'm forced to ****** accept it lol
 
ajt09 said:
The most annoying thing though about this.......Lescott and Barry keep offering me a slice of humble pie.....and I'm forced to ****** accept it lol
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Ditto that. Downing doesn't though. The ****.
 
Jamie. said:
That's what I don't like about it, bless Rooney for wanting the ball to make an impact but he runs left/right/everywhere making it a bit tight and he constantly has to switch a 40 yard pass to the space he creates. I understand he's a good played but he can't really play a 4-3-3 unless he plays a false 9 and unless that's the England direction going forward I just can't fit it in.

The reason I prefer 4-3-3 is it does allow England to retain the ball better in the midfield and I'd prefer Parker DM with Lampard or Gerrard and Wilshere CM's rather than Wilshere DM with Parker DM in 4-2-3-1.

But going forward with Rooney and Carroll I suppose 4-2-3-1 is the only real viable option other than a 4-2-2-2 which is as out of fashion as fur.

I do prefer England 4-3-3 though, Euro's should be a great opportunity for Wilshere to shine at CM rather than DM and I'm happy with him/Parker/Lampard or Gerrard as a 3 man midfield with Rodwell waiting in the wings.

Problem for the Euro's is striker wise, ideally I'd go with an in form Carroll with Walcott and Young wide.

But it is a purely personal thing, I feel the same thing when I saw RVDV calling for it all the time at Spurs last season I think it's a little too selfish and most of the time RVDV made a bad call and a man in space got overlooked.
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Carroll? Pass, pass, pass. I'd sooner bring Emile back, at least no one expects a serious performance with him.
 
Apparently for the Sweden game John Terry, Gary Cahill, Kyle Walker and Daniel Sturridge will all start. From Capello himself
 
Only me that actually rates Carroll?

Had a bad time adjusting to Liverpool but he has all the assets to be a brilliant big striker, I'm still backing him to be England's future lone striker anyway.

I'd take him over Crouch or Heskey in their primes. If Carroll was fit tonight he would have been my choice to start over Bent, think he gives you an option and a target I just hope he proves me right and actually does the business for Liverpool.

Carroll can beat any CB in world football aerially, if he works on his technique he could be an England legend not just a star. I just can't lose faith in the guy I saw play for Newcastle, immensely talented and a bit of a 'character' which most England fans like so they can relate to him as a person, i.e Gazza.
 
ajt09 said:
Apparently for the Sweden game John Terry, Gary Cahill, Kyle Walker and Daniel Sturridge will all start. From Capello himself
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Buzzing to see Studger in an England shirt, long time over due!!!!!
 
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