Nigel Posted March 19, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 19, 2013 Taylor drafted in for Cahill. Wonder what the defence will look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Its looking bleak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 your playing San Marino. a bunch of fisherman and plumbers. Montenegro be more tougher proposition though but its still a week away so have enough time to prepare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) Yeah we really should beating San Marino about 7-0 Edited March 19, 2013 by AVFCforever1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I rate Steven Taylor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Owen to retire in May. Anyway I think England will get 6 points from these 2 games. Montenegro are good, but England are better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) your playing San Marino. a bunch of fisherman and plumbers. Montenegro be more tougher proposition though but its still a week away so have enough time to prepare Here is a stat for you, there are 326 districts of England (a district being an area with it's own council, for the purposes of local government) and only two of them have a smaller population than San Marino. You will probably need to click the map to make it bigger, but every single one of those areas on the map except for the Scilly Isles and the city of London has a larger population than San Marino, and the Scilly Isles and the City of London only exist as they do for historical reasons. San Marino is a really **** small country. In fact it is a really **** small town that just happens to be a country because it decided not to recognise Rome as it's capital when Italy was formed as a single country in the 1870s. Edited March 19, 2013 by The_Rev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I think we'll only get worse until we either drop the billy big bollox players, Terry Ferdinand, Lampard etc. Keep Rooney, maybe. Bring back gaz baz, And choose good players who are better known for football than being a celeb, Cahill, Baines etc. Players who really want to play. The other way things will change is when we become a second tier nation, hoping we don't draw the likes of France in the first round. I can see the second option happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) Isn't san marino a principality, rather than a country, like Monaco Edit - it is a republic microstate according to Google Edited March 19, 2013 by Jimzk5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Yes, but that is still a country. It's actually more of a country than England is in certain respects, it's a sovereign state while England is just a part of the UK. We (the UK) just get to have four teams because we invented the game and were playing international football before anybody thought to draw some rules up. It must annoy the **** out of FIFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) I'm sure they don't mind, imagine if we had Gareth Bale... Edited March 19, 2013 by AVFCforever1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Yes, but that is still a country. It's actually more of a country than England is in certain respects, it's a sovereign state while England is just a part of the UK. We (the UK) just get to have four teams because we invented the game and were playing international football before anybody thought to draw some rules up. It must annoy the **** out of FIFA. nah it doesnt bother FIFA because your teams are crap problem is that Home Nations have 4 votes on the FIFA panel out of I think 10 as part of a deal to get Home Nations into FIFA and they are trying to abolish this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) You are probably thinking of IFAB mate. It's the International Football Association Board and their job is to decide on the rules of the game. It's those guys who will need to give the OK to goal line technology and video refereeing, not FIFA. IFAB is made up of eight people, it's representatives from the Football Associations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland plus four FIFA delegates. They need at least six yes votes to bring anything new in, which means FIFA cant change the laws of the game without getting at least two of our lot to agree, which probably pisses them off no end. But **** em, we invented the bloody game. Edited March 19, 2013 by The_Rev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 20, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 20, 2013 I'm sure they don't mind, imagine if we had Gareth Bale... We'd be slightly above average? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 im pertty sure if he was English he wouldnt be used properly. England when they produce flair or technical players they are nearly always disregarded or underused. Le Tiss, Scholes even Joe Cole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 To be fair I think the example Spain have set with Xavi had been taken heed of. The English obsession with a 'box to box' midfielder has faded somewhat in recent years. I do wonder what would have happened had Steven Gerrard been Welsh or Scottish instead and England had then been able to have a central midfield of Scholes & Lampard. I think the team would have been better. Gerrard is a player capable of delivering lots of moments of individual brilliance, but he doesn't half unbalance a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 To be fair I think the example Spain have set with Xavi had been taken heed of. The English obsession with a 'box to box' midfielder has faded somewhat in recent years. I do wonder what would have happened had Steven Gerrard been Welsh or Scottish instead and England had then been able to have a central midfield of Scholes & Lampard. I think the team would have been better. Gerrard is a player capable of delivering lots of moments of individual brilliance, but he doesn't half unbalance a team. hasnt stopped the last 4 managers thinking gerrard and Lampard can play together when its obvious they can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I'm sure they don't mind, imagine if we had Gareth Bale... We'd be slightly above average? England are way above average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 (edited) im pertty sure if he was English he wouldnt be used properly. England when they produce flair or technical players they are nearly always disregarded or underused. Le Tiss, Scholes even Joe Cole You just stick him on the left wing and watch him destroy the opposition. Wouldn't class him with those type of players you mentioned. Edited March 20, 2013 by TRS-T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I'm sure they don't mind, imagine if we had Gareth Bale... We'd be slightly above average? England are way above average. in the world? yep obviously, at a tournament? nope we are pretty much bang average Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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