Stevo985 Posted June 2, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 2, 2016 Thing is he could just as easily be a red card for the opposition with his pace in behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Quote Everton's John Stones - one of only three recognised centre-backs in England's 23-man squad - has faced criticism for the way he plays the game, often preferring to dribble his way out of trouble rather than clear the ball. But Michael Owen has strongly defended the 22-year-old and said: "This kid could play for Barcelona. "He's probably the only player in the England squad who could walk into Barcelona's team at the moment. Shut up Michael for **** sake. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36431984 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 8 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: @V01 Who else would you play? It was a toss up between him and Milner. Now however much I like Milner, and he has been on good form recently, he's never really impressed that much for England imo. Henderson is awful, as is lallana. Every other midfielder in the squad ahead of him. I'd say you have start Milner though. I wouldn't start Stones either, hasn't been in form since Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 2 hours ago, V01 said: Every other midfielder in the squad ahead of him. I'd say you have start Milner though. I wouldn't start Stones either, hasn't been in form since Christmas. I agree about Stones' form but o just think Cahill is far too slow at international. When he has Terry next to him, whilst also slow they can sit back and Terry will direct him where to go. For England he gets exposed too often and doesn't have the partner to cover him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Shame Woy only knows about 3 CB's who are eligible, I don't know what Shawcross has to do to get a call up. He should have been begging Terry to come out of retirement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 1 hour ago, V01 said: Shame Woy only knows about 3 CB's who are eligible, I don't know what Shawcross has to do to get a call up. He should have been begging Terry to come out of retirement I'm surprised Terry even wants to continue to play in England, let alone for England, after the way the FA treated him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) 59 minutes ago, kurtsimonw said: I'm surprised Terry even wants to continue to play in England, let alone for England, after the way the FA treated him. Is my sarcasm meter broken? Edited June 2, 2016 by HanoiVillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 3 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Is my sarcasm meter broken? No sarcasm. He was found innocent over the Anton Ferdinand incident by the courts. The FA then did their own investigation and found him guilty of the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 4 minutes ago, kurtsimonw said: No sarcasm. He was found innocent over the Anton Ferdinand incident by the courts. The FA then did their own investigation and found him guilty of the same thing. I'm well aware of what happened. He shouted a racial epithet at Ferdinand on the pitch. Video footage clearly showed this. He never denied it, including in court. His defence was that he was repeating something he thought he heard. This was never particularly likely. The charge didn't meet the burden of proof in a criminal court, but the FA were completely entitled to perform their own investigation. Anyway, I guess this is off topic, sorry all for diverting things. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 If there was ever a time for England to win it's next major tournament, it's now. The team is good enough to win it, and they look like they're hungry, which is an attribute I haven't associated with England sides in a long time. I think England are legitimate contenders for this tournament, and the World Cup as well. I still think England could have won in 1998, but for lack of belief. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I watched last night and thought we'd do well to get out the group We just seem to get utter idiots as manager 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Rooney hinders that attack. Should be, but won't be dropped 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Yep once again Rooney is the problem, but the guy has scored more goals than the great Bobby Charlton so must be our greatest player ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I think the problem we saw last night is Rooney central gets in the way of Ali getting forward centrally and blocks space for him to make runs forward. So that means Rooney shoehorned out wide which we've seen many times he can't do anymore at age of 30. Either Rooney on the bench or most likely I think next Saturday Woy wil keep the diamond but take out Vardy and put Rooney right upfront alongside Kane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zatman Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I saw another post saying Ronaldo had 117 goals since Wilshere last played 90 minutes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 11 minutes ago, Zatman said: I saw another post saying Ronaldo had 117 goals since Wilshere last played 90 minutes To be fair, that could be about 6 games. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 5 hours ago, villa4europe said: I watched last night and thought we'd do well to get out the group We just seem to get utter idiots as manager Huh? Hodgeson has been a good england manager so far? We didnt play well yet we still won against a decent side. thats doesnt happen often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Huh? Hodgeson has been a good england manager so far? We didnt play well yet we still won against a decent side. thats doesnt happen often hodgson is the same as every other england manager ive ever come across, buckles under the media pressure to play the names that they want him to play pisses his way through the group stage because lets be honest we should last world cup we went out playing 4-2-4, midfield of a 34 year old gerrard and henderson, front 4 of sterling, welbeck, sturridge and rooney this summer he's called up wilshere, henderson and sturridge despite all 3 of them struggling for fitness, last night he once again showed that he's desperately trying to play all the names a good manager has a shape, a style, a formation, a way of playing and then picks the best 11 players suited to those roles, roy along with all england managers simply dont have the bollocks to do it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007√ Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 8 hours ago, maqroll said: If there was ever a time for England to win it's next major tournament, it's now. The team is good enough to win it, and they look like they're hungry, which is an attribute I haven't associated with England sides in a long time. I think England are legitimate contenders for this tournament, and the World Cup as well. I still think England could have won in 1998, but for lack of belief. ROFL! No chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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