Match Day 17

[Badman]

Collymore not having it

[Trim]

Shearer >>>>>>"i thought barry pulled a hamstring he pulled up so much"

[Francis Coquelin]

this arsenal fan is chatting

[The Infamous]

Sheesh they got Toni Kroos on the come up as well along with Marin

[Badman]

this arsenal fan is chatting

cringe

[King Poetic]

606 or talk sport guys?lololol

[MrJibbles]

Talksport now, 606 on the podcast

[King Poetic]

As I said though, England should have gone with Parker, a proper DMF. I was surprised he never got a sniff.As I said on this forum 4 years ago, Gerrard and Lampard cannot play together.I mean 2006 is still so vivid and yet there are no changes.Again Rooney was horrible.Lets blame all the foreigners playing in the premier league.Maybe we should get a British manager.I'm tired of this man.It's like a cycle...

[Francis Coquelin]

harry redknapp winning the fa cup is one of the worst things to happen to football in the last decadeguy is overly gassed

[Mythy Collins]

[ChickenCottage]

It's not even a properly rivalry. Only we take it seriously, Germans consider Holland their proper rivals.We're essentially Scotland to England.

[Black Ant]

swear my dad is the dumbest football fanknows f*ck allgets me mad

[nem kid]

swear my dad is the dumbest football fanknows f*ck allgets me mad

no im not, i know nuff about footballnow go 2 ur room son

[Black Ant]

swear my dad is the dumbest football fanknows f*ck allgets me mad

no im not, i know nuff about footballnow go 2 ur room son

anyway

[Heero Yuy]

Shearer >>>>>>"i thought barry pulled a hamstring he pulled up so much"

/ang tight schweinsteiger though, man was only playing right wing a few seasons back and was duppying man in centre mid who've been playing there for their whole careersmh @ how quick everyones turned on Cappello, that team wasn't winning sh*t no matter whos holding the reigns

[MrJibbles]

I guess for Germany them having Ballack out of the World Cup was a blessing it allowed them to play at a quicker tempo instead of being slowed down.

[Uncle Man]

german goals were sickmueller>>germany v argentina gunna be heavy

[Guest Robin_Van_PersG]

Wonder who the scapegoat will be? My bets go with Green, Cappello or Rooney. Place your bets now!

[Guest Robin_Van_PersG]

Infact why not carry onm the media assualt of terry and Cashley? English football is a joke which the rest of the world is laughing at.

[MrJibbles]

World Cup 2010: Five reasons why England were embarrassed by GermanyA false sense of superiority and a disorganised defence, plus a horrible decision by the officials, gave England an afternoon to forgetDisorganised defenceJohn Terry was playing alongside the same central defensive partner for the first time in this World Cup, but you wouldn't have known it. Time and again in the first half-hour Thomas Müller, Mesut Ozil and Miroslav Klose combined to leave the back four looking statuesque, especially down Germany's right flank. David James was left horribly exposed, particularly to balls in between Ashley Cole and Matthew Upson, who looked like the player that started the Slovenia game rather than the one who finished it. Glen Johnson offered little defensively or going forward and the midfield were also culpable, being pulled this way and that by Germany and, in the shape of Gareth Barry, failing to offer any protection to a badly exposed defence.OfficialsThe Uruguayan referee Jorge Larrionda and his assistant Mauricio Espinosa failed to spot that Frank Lampard's looping shot had bounced at least a yard over the line. Given that the goal would have put the scores level, even though England barely deserved to be so at that point, it could have changed the game. The incident is bound to reignite the debate over goal-line technology which Sepp Blatter, who was at today's match, sought to draw a line under in March when it was kicked into the long grass. Such was the subsequent superiority of this young, exciting Germany team, however, the ghost goal receded as an issue as the match went on. It is hard to retain a sense of burning injustice having been so comprehensively outplayed.False sense of superiority, lack of flexibilityIt was as though England's players had been taken in by the spin from Joachim Löw, that they were the favourites and Germany's young team the underdogs. There was an element of shock (and awe) in the way that England were taken apart by the pace and agility of the three men playing behind Miroslav Klose. Fabio Capello must also bear some of the blame for apparently being unable to adapt the shape of his team quickly enough to the repeated raids down both flanks. And his substitutions, when they came, did little to change the game. Throughout, he stuck to the rigid 4-4-2 that had served him well in qualifying but which was cruelly found out here. Germany's fluid formation tore through it.The speed of youthLow said before the match that it was "youthful lightness versus international experience". It was clear which won out. Germany were simply faster in thought and deed. As they had against Australia in their opening game, they cut through England's defence almost at will – save for a 10-minute spell in the first half, after Upson had pulled one back for England. As England chased the game, their counterattacking became a master class in how to exploit the holes in a team desperate to find their way back into the game. It was a lesson taught by Ozil and Müller, both of whom were outstanding.Not enough big performances from big playersIt might seem unfair to pick out individuals from what was a uniformly bad team performance but the captain, Steven Gerrard, so impressive against Slovenia, was largely anonymous and failed to get a grip on proceedings. An out-of-sorts Wayne Rooney failed to spark and even in the opening stages was dropping too deep and loudly berating all around him. John Terry failed to marshal a defence that had huge holes in it, particularly when England began to chase the game. Lampard, unlucky not to score on several occasions (the ghost-goal incident when he struck the bar from a free-kick, and a fine save from Manuel Neuer), was perhaps the only senior England player to emerge with any credit.http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/jun/27/england-germany-world-cup-2010

[Seth Rollins]

german goals were sickmueller>>germany v argentina gunna be heavy

The last two goals, yes.The first two was down to shocking defending from supposedly world class defenders.

[Captain Planet]

lol goddaz reminds me of 1 of them clueless guys who talk football to be 1 of the lads.

Durrts has more knowledge than goddazz

[MrJibbles]

Mexico v Argentina line-ups Argentina: 22-Sergio Romero; 15-Nicolas Otamendi, 2-Martin Demichelis, 4-Nicolas Burdisso, 6-Gabriel Heinze, 14-Javier Mascherano, 20-Maxi Rodriguez, 7-Angel Di Maria, 10-Lionel Messi, 11-Carlos Tevez, 9-Gonzalo Higuain.Mexico: 1-Oscar Perez; 16-Efrain Juarez, 2-Francisco Rodriguez, 4-Rafael Marquez, 3-Carlos Salcido, 5-Ricardo Osorio, 18-Andres Guardado, 6-Gerardo Torrado, 21-Adolfo Bautista, 17-Giovani Dos Santos, 14-Javier HernandezReferee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)Time to watch a real number 10

[Captain Planet]

Mouth watering stuffGreat attack sh*t defence

[Mr Q]

*edit* Just seen Stat did the line ups.