andykeenan Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 ITV 7.45 kick off Changes be made no Baines Wellbeck Milner Sterling Roy has confirmed Kane will start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Kane! At last! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 used some bad examples at the bottom but the point remains valid (apart from carroll, he's still amazingly hyped up now still) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Italy squad is the poorest I've seen in a long time really. What's up with Conte aswell, death threats because Marchiso got injured in training?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 What's up with Conte aswell, death threats because Marchiso got injured in training?! The situation there a bit odd in general though - Italy's doctors diagnosed him as having torn his knee ligaments and would be out for 8 months. Went back to Juventus and their doctors said that he was fine and would probably be playing against Empoli at the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Begone foul international break. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Italians don't give a shit about friendlies, we'll win. Good time for a gamble me thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Two below strength teams playing in a game that the associations care about more than the players. Win, lose or draw I wouldn't read too much into the result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 The result isn't important but it will be a useful workout at international level for the newer members of the team. And its always nice to beat Italy whether it be in a competition or a friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismail-villa Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Delph to show Pirlo how it's done [emoji14] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) yeah but according to Lawro, England only struggled against Italy last time as English Pirlo wasnt playing that night. So Carrick can show his worth tonight finally Edited March 31, 2015 by Zatman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Delph to show Pirlo how it's done [emoji14] That really would put delph on the map! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 used some bad examples at the bottom but the point remains valid (apart from carroll, he's still amazingly hyped up now still) Not a single one of those players had achieved anything like what Kane has this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 used some bad examples at the bottom but the point remains valid (apart from carroll, he's still amazingly hyped up now still) Not a single one of those players had achieved anything like what Kane has this season. Also I'm sure that every country can find a list of a dozen or so players who never quite reached their full potential over the last ten years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 used some bad examples at the bottom but the point remains valid (apart from carroll, he's still amazingly hyped up now still) Not a single one of those players had achieved anything like what Kane has this season. you're looking at that picture the wrong way, it's not that those players were never any good at one stage, the point is that the media will keep feeding the hype until that balloon goes bang, the balloon can never be big enough for our media Use a different example, andros Townsend, was ok at best, not a lot of us here rated him but he showed a bit of form and got called up, scored some goals played ok, got blown way out of proportion by the media, now he's dropped down to being shit Just let the lads play football, that yellow card Delph got followed by the wave of "he shouldn't be there" might be the best thing that could happen to him, some excellent England performance gone under the radar (lesser example would be Milner pretty his whole career) The weight of Kane's shoulders tonight is ridiculous already, no need for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I get what you mean, but I think overall we're a pretty football-mad country, people care passionately about these things so we're prone to over-dramatising. I get that it's probably not helpful on some level, but are we really worse for it than other big footballing nations? Complaints about 'the media' always seem a bit soft to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I really hope Kane doesn't score tonight - the media hype is bad enough as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 used some bad examples at the bottom but the point remains valid (apart from carroll, he's still amazingly hyped up now still) Not a single one of those players had achieved anything like what Kane has this season. dont know in comparison in the 1st full Premier League season like Kane Darren Bent 18 goals for Charlton Carroll 11 goals in 20 games for newly promoted team then bought for 35 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) Kane has 19 in 26 appearances. So far. You're just helping to prove my point there. villa4europe - no I think I got it. If the point was what you are suggesting why not use players that made it but were STILL not quite "good enough" for the media? Players like Beckham, Rooney, Cole? Edited March 31, 2015 by dont_do_it_doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted March 31, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2015 Can't understand why everyone's giving Kane so much shit, he's done well, is likable and FFS, it's nice to have a player that's desperate to play for our country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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