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I've a feeling this may turn out to be a miserable thread for England supporters.
Ecuador are not the rabbits that we've been brainwashed to believe. They're playing well ( discount the Germany result where they rested five players), they're not under pressure and recent results include victories over Brazil and Argentina.
England on the other hand have been playing dysfunctionally, are under the incredible pressure of expectation, have a manager on death row who is now the laughing stock of the English press ( and not just the tabloids), have lost their most consistent goal scorer to injury, and are relying on their star player to do the work of two men despite the fact that he has recently returned from a serious injury ........ it's also going to be very hot
....... on the other hand the reshaped England formation may unexpectedly come good, be spurred on by four thrilling goals from their talented attacking midfielders and go on to be the darlings of the competition, dazzling everybody with the talents that we are constantly told they have in abundance.
My tactical tip of the day to Ecuador : don't score an early goal. This is just the scenario that might upset England's current comatose state and give them time to do something about it. Either let England score first and watch their natural stupor take over, or score late in the game when England are totally frustrated and unable to get over the shock that they are going to lose. ;)
Skybird
06-25-06, 08:03 AM
Is England the "Geh-heim-Favorit" then? :rotfl:
goldorak
06-25-06, 08:06 AM
I'm not so sure England will win against Ecuador.
60% win for England, 40% for Ecuador.
By the gods...this is painful stuff to watch...:damn: :damn:
Sulikate
06-25-06, 10:46 AM
The second half is about to begin:yep:
By the gods...this is painful stuff to watch...:damn: :damn:
No. nothing you would really call 'Silky skills' on show so far....Stick Walcott on - nothing to lose now.
I wish they would let Alan Partidge do the commentary. At least it would be funny.
Dodgy pen or disputed Beckham free kick in the second half to seal progression to the Quarters.
Yeah, chances are it's gonna be a last minute thing when suddenly England wake up and realise that they've got to score something.
We can do this, we've got good skills, we're just not using them properly.
WAKE UP ENGLAND YOU LAZY DOGS. :damn:
WAKE UP ENGLAND YOU LAZY DOGS. :damn:
You know what STEED...they may have just heard you... :o
Though I think they should try and keep Rooney on a tighter leesh, mouthing off at the ref isn't the wisest of moves...then again, our Wayne never has been the shiniest coin in the wallet has he? :damn:
catar M
06-25-06, 11:13 AM
second half and still 0:0:down:
Though I think they should try and keep Rooney on a tighter leesh, mouthing off at the ref isn't the wisest of moves...then again, our Wayne never has been the shiniest coin in the wallet has he? :damn:
Rooney should grow up. :yep:
ABOUT BLOODY TIME. :up: :up:
1-0
Beckham scores. A knighthood to follow....
Oh, a free-kick goal...there's a shocker ;)
And it's a Beckham goal, the media's not gonna shut up about that :-?
Oh, a free-kick goal...there's a shocker ;)
And it's a Beckham goal, the media's not gonna shut up about that :-?
They will when Rooney gets sent off. :D
Oh, a free-kick goal...there's a shocker ;)
And it's a Beckham goal, the media's not gonna shut up about that :-?
The Sun
Beckham goal page 1 and 2, 3 - 9 in fact most of the paper. :p
Another Average game. :yep:
Job done.......this time......:nope:
Job done.......this time......:nope:
You play who next? Is it the winners of Holland v Portugal? England are gonna have to move up a gear or two I think.
goldorak
06-25-06, 02:01 PM
Beckham scores. A knighthood to follow....
No, not yet. :p
If they get into the final and win then yes.:up:
the trouble is we have finaly figured out how to play like the italians just when the italians are playing very badly---
we keep trying to be too clever about it--there's no substitute for some geezer legging it down the wings and booting it into the box--
all this searching for the "killer" uber clever pass that cuts thru the heart of the defense is fine if you happen to be Argentina or Brazil--but were Cr&p at it--run at the defense get into the box cross or shoot--works every time
Thinking "German": I would not put down my towl on Rooney's sunbed. He definitely is a force of nature.:cool:
Hey, guys, let's have a bit of positive. Some things were beginning to come good. Not champaigne stuff yet, but better.
Rooney played well ( given the role he had) and didn't show any signs of being "too tired".
Beckham finally played a dead ball winner.
There were good moves up front and with a bit more luck and sharpness there could have been more goals.
Ecuador ( and for that matter all the other teams England have played) never looked like winning.
England didn't fade in the second half.
Thinking "German": I would not put down my towl on Rooney's sunbed. He definitely is a force of nature.:cool:
It seems to me that Dan here is the best England supporter we've got.
Godalmighty83
06-25-06, 03:49 PM
i thought it was englands best game so far, they moved up a gear from there earlier matches but the capacity to improve is really there. given that this wa splayed in a new formation to them (they trained solely on 442 this was 451).
becham had a good 2nd half despite being ill -was physicaly sick shortly after scoring but played on
gerrard provided good support to rooney so the lone striker was abandoned up front.
worse points were both j.cole and lampard having aiming issues, playing for team lampard would have scored about 5 times by now, but every shot so far has just not gone towards goal.
Oh, to be fair, once we got into the swing of things, it wasn't too bad, but like CB said, we're trying too hard so to speak. The first half was, quite frankly, abysmal but in the second half we pulled it together and got the job done.
Ecuador allowed us that chance by not capitulating on the lacklustre performance of the England side during the first half, if they had been someone like Brazil or Germany, we'd have been 2 or 3 nil down by the first whistle playing like that.
Whether this is deliberate or not remains to be seen, could it be that Sven is lulling the rest of the world into a false sense of security, I'd like to think so. I'd like to think that when we come up against an uber-team we'll go on there and we'll play like football is meant to be played.
Christ, listen to me ramble on, and I don't even watch much footie normally...last time I really listened to a match was when Ipswich played...Barnsley I think it was, to get booted up to the Premier League. :oops:
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