Todays Games

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Eidur against Wimbledon and our own swede against wolves.

[Zico]

Richard Hall

 

against us

 

in the cup

[tomski]

Richard Hall

 

against us

 

in the cup

Scored twice didn't he?

[Zico]

Scored twice didn't he?

 

aye (that was my joke) identical goals, minutes apart

 

my first game as it happens

 

[madthatter]

aye (that was my joke) identical goals, minutes apart

 

my first game as it happens

 

 

Quality goals from us - just reminds me what a natural poacher Walker was.  

 

As for our defending  . . .  I was at that game but remember nothing and used to be like Rainman with such small details.

[RONNIE PHILLIPS]

Maradona

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Quality goals from us - just reminds me what a natural poacher Walker was.  

 

As for our defending  . . .  I was at that game but remember nothing and used to be like Rainman with such small details.

I've posted similar elsewhere. Must be a government initiative to lace the water supply with something that gradually wipes memories, prior to reprogramming

[Eavesy]

http://readtheleague.com/the-big-feature/gone-grounds-burnden-park

 

Worth a read. Interesting about smith who bagged plenty before Nat.

 

Had 6 years off for war

[MalcolmW]

 

 

Had 6 years off for war

 

5 - he scored 36 goals in 1914-15.

[Farrelli]

A Scotsman, Irishman and a Welshman walked into a bar . . . to watch England at the world cup

But England were knocked out before the second pint was pumped.

[Whites man]

But England were knocked out before the second pint was pumped.

The trick is to love your country but not hate anyone else's, a fair few on here don't get that.

 

Farrelli you're diffferent in so far as you seem to hate your own country.

[Farrelli]

The trick is to love your country but not hate anyone else's, a fair few on here don't get that.

 

Farrelli you're diffferent in so far as you seem to hate your own country.

I don't hate any part of the UK. I would have been happy for all the home countries and Ireland to qualify.

 

England's recent record in tournaments lent itself to the punch line, you can't deny that ?

[Whites man]

I don't hate any part of the UK. I would have been happy for all the home countries and Ireland to qualify.

England's recent record in tournaments lent itself to the punch line, you can't deny that ?

You're right there and as a matter of fact I hated England after that spineless performance against Iceland.

 

Harry Kane, cometh the hour, cometh the man;

 

[Farrelli]

You're right there and as a matter of fact I hated England after that spineless performance against Iceland.

 

Harry Kane, cometh the hour, cometh the man;

 

Roy Hodgson had players on the bench to change that game but carried on pumping balls to a tired Kane and allowed his main forward to take corners.

 

Rashford came on for ten minutes and he was our man of the match. With Big Sam in charge we would have won that game.

[gonzo]

I still don't feel 100% comfortable talking about that match.

[Farrelli]

I've got this feeling that Southgate is a younger version of Hodgson (nice man, tactically inept).

[Zico]

I still don't feel 100% comfortable talking about that match.

 

it was "weird"

 

am not into England during qualifiers but come the tournament passions rise a notch or two

 

I was twating around the kitchen with that on, shouting at the screen and getting very frustrated as much as I would a Bolton game - whereas when we got dicked 4-1 by Germany in 2010 was like "yeah fair enough" and generally meh about it

 

don't think I've seen such a frustrating or poor team performance by Bolton or England, ever

[Whites man]

don't think I've seen such a frustrating or poor team performance by Bolton or England, ever

No leaders on the pitch (like Beckham v Greece in 2001) yet a couple of months later the players are trotting out cliches like "having 11 captains out on the pitch".

 

Still fucked off with them, the spineless, over rated shithouses.

[Eavesy]

Yet to hear someone propose a logical solution to how to break down 11 men behind the ball?

 

Lump in the box and hope for the best makes far more sense than try and pass through 11 men

[Marc505]

it was "weird"

 

am not into England during qualifiers but come the tournament passions rise a notch or two

 

I was twating around the kitchen with that on, shouting at the screen and getting very frustrated as much as I would a Bolton game - whereas when we got dicked 4-1 by Germany in 2010 was like "yeah fair enough" and generally meh about it

 

don't think I've seen such a frustrating or poor team performance by Bolton or England, ever

 

It was weird indeed. From a watching point of view too there was something off about it. It was a Monday night, town was dead, and I just think everyone (team included) expected us to breeze past Iceland and to be gearing up for a "Big England Night" against France the following Saturday.

[Zico]

Yet to hear someone propose a logical solution to how to break down 11 men behind the ball?

 

Lump in the box and hope for the best makes far more sense than try and pass through 11 men

 

we on about Iceland?

 

you could pass it round 11 men behind the ball if you're good enough, like France were in the next round

[birch-chorley]

Yet to hear someone propose a logical solution to how to break down 11 men behind the ball?

 

Lump in the box and hope for the best makes far more sense than try and pass through 11 men

I’d start by kicking a standard formation like 442 into touch

 

No matter who we play, Gibraltar, San Marino, Iceland, Germany etc we play with 4 defenders

 

Bizarre against some opposition such as the amateur level nations. Not so much Iceland of course but if they are going to stick that many bodies behind the ball then you might as well go 343 just to give it some balance

 

If it was me i’d only start with 1 or at the most 2 defenders when we play the likes of San Marino. We would be better off with 244 than 442 against that lot. No reason why we shouldn’t be scoring 20+ goals against them

 

Treat it like a 5 a side game using only half the pitch whilst playing your best 1 and two touch passers of the ball

Edited November 16, 2017 by birch-chorley

[gonzo]

it was "weird"

 

am not into England during qualifiers but come the tournament passions rise a notch or two

 

I was twating around the kitchen with that on, shouting at the screen and getting very frustrated as much as I would a Bolton game - whereas when we got dicked 4-1 by Germany in 2010 was like "yeah fair enough" and generally meh about it

 

don't think I've seen such a frustrating or poor team performance by Bolton or England, ever

Aye normally any England game in a tournament I'm in the pub, getting distracted and not getting a full grasp of things.

 

This one I watched at home on my own and it felt like a slow death. You could see the panic and fear set in at rapid pace. We wouldn't have scored if we're still playing now.

 

I, as many others, still haven't recovered from that match. My passion for the national team vanished in an instant. It was like I'd been clinging on to a shit marriage in blind hope things will get better then finally calling it a day.

 

They've caused nothing but despair and anguish all my life.

 

The wankers.

[jayjayoghani]

Place has gone to the dogs

 

https://youtu.be/XZ7rXwLBapg

[dave2980]

Place has gone to the dogs

 

https://youtu.be/XZ7rXwLBapg

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