England v Ecuador - Page 2

STEED · 06-25-06, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

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

STEED · 06-25-06, 11:50 AM

Another Average game.

Oberon · 06-25-06, 11:54 AM

Job done.......this time......

Egan · 06-25-06, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Job done.......this time......

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

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Originally Posted by Egan

Beckham scores. A knighthood to follow....

No, not yet. :p
If they get into the final and win then yes.

CB.. · 06-25-06, 02:10 PM

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

Dan D · 06-25-06, 02:16 PM

Thinking "German": I would not put down my towl on Rooney's sunbed. He definitely is a force of nature.

horsa · 06-25-06, 02:25 PM

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.

horsa · 06-25-06, 02:27 PM

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Thinking "German": I would not put down my towl on Rooney's sunbed. He definitely is a force of nature.

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.

Oberon · 06-25-06, 04:49 PM

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.

06-25-06, 11:50 AM	#17
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Another Average game. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

06-25-06, 02:10 PM	#21
CB.. Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: UK Posts: 1,278 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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 __________________ the world's tinyiest sh3 supermod- and other SH3/SH2 stuff http://www.ebort2.co.uk/ The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. W.B.Yeats

06-25-06, 03:49 PM	#25
Godalmighty83 Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 398 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?

06-25-06, 11:54 AM	#18
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Job done.......this time......

06-25-06, 02:16 PM	#22
Dan D Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 9th Flotilla Posts: 839 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thinking "German": I would not put down my towl on Rooney's sunbed. He definitely is a force of nature.

06-25-06, 02:25 PM	#23
horsa Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Halifax, England Posts: 502 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 3	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.

06-25-06, 04:49 PM	#26
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	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.