boring footie thread

[the taxidermist]

whats your top team for the world cup then. im going for...

gk. fuck only knows. david james is awful and he gets lots of practice
lb. ashley cole
rb. glenn johnson
ch. john terry
lh. gareth barry
rh. steven gerrard
lw. theo walcott
rw. aaron lennon
str. peter crouch
str. wayne rooney
str. jermaine defoe

[Drive Like Jehu]

3-4-3? You sure about that?

[Dr Mazz]

3-4-3? You sure about that?

Freedom of choice...freedom of choice.

bloody strange though.

[Former Australian]

It makes sense. No other centre-back, two attacking full-backs. No one wants to stand too near to Terry in case he sexes them. You can just imagine it, all teh action is up the other end against Slovenia, whoever got the short straw at centre back (Ferdinand, Upsom, Lescott) is suddenly confronted by Terry and his patented "I've got a hard cock" chat up line. James is busy playing with his hair and trying to look for jobs on his iPhone. No one wants that duty.

[Unkle Magma]

I'm going to be the first one to say the dreaded B-word. You can't go to the World Cup without Beckham in the side; even if he's on the bench, he's a great influence to have out there.

I'd rather have him as captain than Terry anyway.

Also, a bit of Gooner-blasphemy... I'm just not convinced about Theo.

[Dr Mazz]

GK. James
LB. Cole
RB. Johnson
CH. Terry
CH. Rio de janeiro
CM. Barry
CM. Gerrard
LM. Milner
RM/RF. Walcott
FW. Heskey
FW. Rooney

[migstar]

Hart
Johnson, Terry, Ferdinand, Cole
Walcott, Gerrard, Lampard, Milner
Rooney
Defoe

Other 11 players
Robinson
Brown
Dawson
Upson
Lescott
Lennon
Young
Carrick
Wright- Phillips
Heskey
Agbonglahor

3 players on stand by: Beckham, Crouch, James

[Mr Siegal]

gk. Robert Green
lb. ashley cole
rb. glenn johnson
ch. john terry
ch. Rio the Tapir
lh. gareth barry
rh. Frank Lampard
lw. James Milner
rw. aaron lennon
str. wayne rooney
str. jermaine defoe

I reckon Lampard's played better for England than Gerrard of late, but we know Capello's going to play them both. Stevie doesn't look himself to me.

If you want attacking options bring Gerrard then Beckham and finally Walcott on to terrorise knackered defences.

[Frog Boy]

let's just hope Rooney gets injured before the WC!

[Unkle Magma]

let's just hope Rooney gets injured before the WC!

Hold tight for Terry/Colleen revelations half way through the tournament!

[Frog Boy]

let's just hope Rooney gets injured before the WC!

Hold tight for Terry/Colleen revelations half way through the tournament!

Next England goalkeeper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKXaIhVO ... _embedded#

[Unkle Magma]

let's just hope Rooney gets injured before the WC!

Hold tight for Terry/Colleen revelations half way through the tournament!

Next England goalkeeper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKXaIhVO ... _embedded#

Someone's been learning from David Seaman!

[the taxidermist]

david james in goal ??? he's awful.
3.4.3 is the way i'd play football, capello thinks otherwise i know,
theo walcott just isnt good enough.
i left out sean wright phillips, he's great but i think lennon is better. i left out lampard because i hate his stupid face

[Andre The Giant]

Yaah, I wouldn't play Theo at the moment.

Almunia in goal? Perhaps he could have a serious injury playing for the national team. Pretty please!!!

[Drive Like Jehu]

Carlo Nash

Tony Hibbert Phil Neville Phil Jagielka Leighton Baines

Dan Gosling Leon Osman Jack Rodwell Adam Forshaw

James Vaughan Jose Baxter

[the taxidermist]

that young lad who plays for arse is a promising prospect for the euros

[Drive Like Jehu]

Jack Wilshere?

Yeah, he's class - gone to Bolton on loan, be interesting to see how many games he gets there.

Think this summer might be too soon for Rodwell, but he'll definitely be an full international by the time 2012 comes round.

[the taxidermist]

yep, thats the lad. great player

[the solemn dancer]

this is our most frightening team i reckon......

HART

JOHNSON
TERRY
FERDINAND
COLE

LENNON
BARRY
LAMPARD
GERRARD

ROONEY (he can do the 'Heskey' job and will still have the energy to do everything else, he's a nutter)
DEFOE

I'm a Gooner but Theo Walcott is going to be lucky to make the squad with Lennon, Milner, Wright-Phillips, Bentley and Beckham all doing more than him right now. Bit embarrassed we may have no player in the squad, although Kieran Gibbs would've been if he stayed fit, was playing better than Clichy for us.

Also, if Wes Brown or Gary Neville get near the squad, it could tarnish the tournament for me, just knowing they are there, all they do is collect medals, they are shit.

I also think Steve Harper at Newcastle is in our top three keepers, just because he was Shay Given's understudy for years, doesn't mean he can't be Englands best.
Hart, Harper and Green are our best three in my eyes, but maybe take James instead of Green for experience value.

Finally, I heard a good idea. Have Beckham as Captain and Terry as vice-captain. So when Beckham doesn't start, Terry is captain by default and Beckham can handle all the press (coz he loves that shit).

Looking forward to this World Cup so hard!

[Former Australian]

My England team (which would have involved dropping some players a while back, giving other experience in the meantime, and not thinking about injuries, so totally unrealistic):

Hart
Johnson Ferdinand Jagielka Cole
Barry
Gerrad Lampard
Young Cole
Rooney


The one Fabio could pick:

James
Johnson Ferdinand Terry Cole
Lennon Barry Lampard Millner
Rooney
Cole

I haven't decided who I'm supporting at the World Cup yet. I always love Cote D'Ivoire, so could be them. Any of the African nations though, apart from South Africa who I feel nowt for. Very excited for it anyway.

Also excited, though, for the Euro qualifying that follows it. Wales England, oh yes.

[Andre The Giant]

I'm a Gooner but Theo Walcott is going to be lucky to make the squad with Lennon, Milner, Wright-Phillips, Bentley and Beckham all doing more than him right now. Bit embarrassed we may have no player in the squad, although Kieran Gibbs would've been if he stayed fit, was playing better than Clichy for us.

Take Almunia, please fucking take him and leave him in the Johannesburg slums.

[the taxidermist]

i dont think almunia is all that bad, he's not getting a lot of help from the arse defense at the mo. reina went through the same thing earlier this season

[Andre The Giant]

Then you haven't watched enough Arsenal games this season (unsurprisingly). He flaps at everything and comes out with no conviction. It's him that should be giving confidence to the defence but because they know what's behind them they shit themselves far too much.

I think you'll struggle to find an Arsenal fan who doesn't think that at the moment.

[falling dan]

Who's that geezer in goal for N Forest?

He's shit hot!

[Mr Siegal]

Then you haven't watched enough Arsenal games this season (unsurprisingly). I think you'll struggle to find an Arsenal fan who doesn't think that at the moment.

They may have changed their opinion after last night. The few chances that Liverpool managed to create were neutralised by good goal-keeping.

Many Liverpool fans would cite the Fabregas obvious handball as a key moment, but seeing as Gerrard had dived to try and win a free-kick, and the challenge on Kuyt moments later that actually won the free kick wasn't clear cut I'd say justice was done. Neither team played very well but Arsenal deserved the win.

I'm disgusted by Gerrard diving, I like to think he's above that kind of behaviour and he should have been booked.

[Frog Boy]

Then you haven't watched enough Arsenal games this season (unsurprisingly). I think you'll struggle to find an Arsenal fan who doesn't think that at the moment.

I'm disgusted by Gerrard diving, I like to think he's above that kind of behaviour and he should have been booked.

Gerrard a diver?? Never. He is english and their sportmanship is legendary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVb2gbMtN3I

[Andre The Giant]

Then you haven't watched enough Arsenal games this season (unsurprisingly). I think you'll struggle to find an Arsenal fan who doesn't think that at the moment.

They may have changed their opinion after last night. The few chances that Liverpool managed to create were neutralised by good goal-keeping.

Many Liverpool fans would cite the Fabregas obvious handball as a key moment, but seeing as Gerrard had dived to try and win a free-kick, and the challenge on Kuyt moments later that actually won the free kick wasn't clear cut I'd say justice was done. Neither team played very well but Arsenal deserved the win.

I'm disgusted by Gerrard diving, I like to think he's above that kind of behaviour and he should have been booked.

Fair play Mr S, that's a very unbiased summary of the game! I thought Almunia had the game of his season so far. Can't fault the save from Babel and he even managed to punch a few of the crosses well out of the area.

The handball was a talking point but really MOTD showed it was only another free kick (and possibly second yellow for Fab?) and those ones right on the edge of the area are notoriously hard to get over the wall. Still, I'd have been bricking it. As you say, how Gerrard doesn't get picked up for his diving antics is beyond me. Contrast that to Bendtners yellow card for diving which looked pretty marginal to me!

The funniest thing was Hansen on MOTD. Did you see it? Not a word about the game just a complete hissy fit when Linekar questioned whether it was a 3 horse race. You've got to laugh.

It's becoming a bit of a rollercoaster of emotion supporting Arsenal at the moment either way.

[Mr Siegal]

Fair play Mr S, that's a very unbiased summary of the game!

I'm not a very good club supporter, but I am a lover of the game.

How Gerrard doesn't get picked up for his diving antics is beyond me.

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He should have been booked, no question. He loves his club which is admirable, but I'm getting increasingly frustrated with players looking for fouls to create set-piece chances because it suggests that your ability in open play is largely utter shite, which in Liverpool's case is pretty much true at the moment. Rugby's the start-stop game, not football.

[Former Australian]

Fair play Mr S, that's a very unbiased summary of the game!

I'm not a very good club supporter, but I am a lover of the game.

How Gerrard doesn't get picked up for his diving antics is beyond me.

He should have been booked, no question. He loves his club which is admirable, but I'm getting increasingly frustrated with players looking for fouls to create set-piece chances because it suggests that your ability in open play is largely utter shite, which in Liverpool's case is pretty much true at the moment. Rugby's the start-stop game, not football.[/quote]

The Africa Cup of Nations coverage was interesting for the stats it showed about the amount of time the ball had been in open play. Lots of the time it seemed to be running at a half to two-thirds of the actual time on the clock.

That's about the same as rugby union, maybe a little bit better.

Oh and Gerrard dives not infrequently. As does Rooney, Cole and lots of other English players. It always annoys me when the media harrang a Drogba or an Eduardo for doing it as if butter wouldn't melt. Anyway, I find the diving of a wannabe hard-man like Terry whenever anyone dares brush against him in teh box (after he's spent the game pushing and prodding them, all but wrestling) more offencive than some timid foreign bloke who learnt his trade in a country where they value flair and kids are brought up being encouraged to run with the ball and actually allowed to play.

[Drive Like Jehu]

Uh oh.

Just got interesting, Cashley out for at least 3 months.....Terry and Bridge for England? Fun and games...

[Former Australian]

Uh oh.

Just got interesting, Cashley out for at least 3 months.....Terry and Bridge for England? Fun and games...

It is the funnies. Though, personally, I would have Warnock and that fella who plays for the little Merseyside team...not Tranmere Rovers, you know who I mean, both ahead of Bridge at the the moment.