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Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: SpursLad on March 19, 2007, 06:29:43 PM: Israel Vs England
EURO 2008 QUALIFIER - Saturday 24, March 2007

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England Squad

Goalkeepers: Robinson (Tottenham), Foster (Man Utd, on loan at Watford), Carson (Liverpool, on loan at Charlton).

Defenders: G Neville (Man Utd), Richards (Man City), Ferdinand (Man Utd), Terry (Chelsea, capt), Woodgate (Real Madrid, on loan at Middlesbrough), Carragher (Liverpool), A Cole (Chelsea), P Neville (Everton).

Midfielders: Gerrard (Liverpool), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Lampard (Chelsea), Lennon (Tottenham), Parker (Newcastle), Carrick (Man Utd), Dyer (Newcastle), Downing (Middlesbrough).

Forwards: Johnson (Everton), Rooney (Man Utd), Defoe (Tottenham), Bent (Charlton).

No big surprises in the squad. Glad Nugent and Barry are now called up I expect the team to be...

ROBINSON
CARRAGHER//FERDINAND//TERRY//P.NEVILLE
GERRARD//LAMPARD//HARGREAVES//LENNON
ROONEY//JOHNSON

I predict a good solid England performance and a 2-0 win.
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Paul Greaves on March 19, 2007, 07:10:02 PM: I can't see us winning this. Given that we lost to Croatia, and our team is alot weaker, I cannot see us putting up a big enough performance to see off the Israelis.

1-0 victory to Israel
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Daniisco on March 19, 2007, 07:16:13 PM: It will be good to see Lennon get a start for the first time. I just hope he isnt stuck on the left the whole match though.

2-1 England for me
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Biggs on March 19, 2007, 10:57:03 PM: 1-1 for me
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Rob on March 20, 2007, 01:07:03 AM: england's gotta do it this time!!! Lets not give people a chance you call us overrated. Drop Lamps and we are good :D
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: DC76 on March 20, 2007, 01:28:48 AM: I guess it depends on the formation we use. With that 4-4-2 that SL posted at the top of this thread, we'll get a draw, probably 1-1. Not ruling out a win, though. Especially not if Defoe comes in :p
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Rob on March 20, 2007, 01:40:19 AM: I still think that gerrard in the middle is better than that lump-of-LARD . Honestly he has done everything to deserve being dropped.
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: DC76 on March 20, 2007, 01:42:41 AM: Gerrard on the flank seems just a bit odd to me. I'm used to seeing him as a CM or CAM.
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Rob on March 20, 2007, 01:58:42 AM: yea. Lamps has done nothing as of late which should justify his selection in the 1st eleven.
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Biggs on March 20, 2007, 09:00:46 AM: i think they should drop him
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Daniisco on March 20, 2007, 10:46:53 AM: I hope they don't put Lennon on the left after his showing against Chelski.
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Rob on March 20, 2007, 04:25:51 PM: why do I get the feeling that England is going to run riot ?
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: SpursLad on March 20, 2007, 05:08:49 PM: I'm not sure McClaren will start him after that showing. He will prob put Downing or SWP out there. I bloody hope not though.
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: DC76 on March 21, 2007, 03:46:59 AM: More incentive to win for England is that they would have an easy three in the next match against Andorra (on the 28th) so they could test some new players out and rest the "big namers." That way, England would have some momentum coming out of the March matches.

COME ON ENGLAND!!
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Biggs on March 21, 2007, 08:14:00 AM: what do you lot think the side is going to be ?
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: spurs_craig on March 21, 2007, 02:28:57 PM: robbo

g.nev
p.nev
terry
rio

gerro
lennon
hargreves
lamps

rooney
defoe

4-0 england win
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Daniisco on March 24, 2007, 07:28:15 PM: what a load of sh1t. Lennon's our best player on the pitch by a mile.
There's just no movement and we keep passing it backwards!
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Biggs on March 24, 2007, 07:31:48 PM: Lennon playing well, summing needs tp be sorted out
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: COYS on March 24, 2007, 07:46:37 PM: carragher keeps passing it backwards, and lamps and rooney are doing crap! has rooney even had a touch all game:angry:
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Dimitar B. on March 24, 2007, 08:15:03 PM: England are boring and crap tbh.

Infact, i wouldnt give a crap if we didnt get through. Id rather watch a proper team like Portugal or Holland in euro 08 :cool:
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: COYS on March 24, 2007, 08:19:39 PM: yeah i agree the u21 are more exciting than the senior team! considering the class we have in the team we should beat israel with ease, but oh no we have to make it defficult for ouselves it ****s me off
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Dimitar B. on March 24, 2007, 08:25:58 PM: Considering the team we have we should be up there joint top with Brazil tbh.

Each position has a class player.

But yno, we draw against teams like Isreal and Macedonia...

BAD MANAGAING

Mclaren out,
Berbatov in.
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Daniisco on March 24, 2007, 08:29:08 PM: Mclaren has no guts whatsoever. bringing off Lennon for Downing WTF. Should have brought off hargreaves or fatpard.

If we dont win the next game (which we should by a mile) he should get the hell out of there. Rubbish!
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: DC76 on March 24, 2007, 08:48:05 PM: Nil-nil against Israel? COME ON. I'd expect that from Greece, not England! :Green_Colorz_PDT_46 England prides itself on playing attacking football. So why then, do we resort to this boring and obviously unproductive football? McLaren has to go. End of story.

Now here's hoping Germany beat the Czechs and the Dutch beat Romania so some of the day will at least be salvaged for me. (I hope Belgium beat the Portugimps, too, but that's way less likely to happen.)
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Rob on March 24, 2007, 08:49:22 PM: Quote from: Daniisco;900
Mclaren has no guts whatsoever. bringing off Lennon for Downing WTF. Should have brought off hargreaves or fatpard.

If we dont win the next game (which we should by a mile) he should get the hell out of there. Rubbish!

now i know you are never going to agree. But lennon had decent first half he did nothing and put in aimless crosses but at least there was intent in his game. However in second half he did nothing and became invisible.

I think England are lacking width, lampard is a waste of space there put lennon on right, downing on left and hargreaves and gerrard in the center. Also England lack belief, they are playin extra slow tempo football. I think a lot of changes are required. McLaren has to grow some balls and drop lamps.
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Daniisco on March 24, 2007, 08:52:46 PM: Yeah and thats where he should have been switched the his best position on the right. I guarantee he would have created some good chances to score.
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: Powerage on March 24, 2007, 09:46:26 PM: I would like those 90 minutes of my life back. Rooney wouldnt pass, Lampard was ****ing awful, Gerrard wasteful.

Why does Frank Lampard play for England? He offers nothing, absolutely sweet FA. What about Jenas? Dyer? SWP? What is it that Sven and Maclaren see in Frank Lampard in an England shirt that makes him play every game?

He will deny us everything
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: SpursLad on March 25, 2007, 01:56:13 PM: McClaren needs to drop Lampard, get an energetic player in there untill Cole is back and Gerrard can go inside.

Lennon was v.good although a 6 year old could have realised that he should have been switched to the right in the 2nd half.

Rooney had an offday. That affected Johnson who IMO isn't England quality. Defoe did well when he came on but McClaren left it so late. I mean Richards for Neville. How was that going to change the game?

Unless we anhilate Andorra then get McClaren out.
Title: Israel Vs England
Post by: theospurs on March 25, 2007, 10:27:00 PM: gerrard and lampard have been given this untouchable status. which alows them to do f*ck all al game and not be droped.