English Football Thread

[Sureshot]

Decent performance, good in the first half, Greece were terrible in the first half though.

England 4-0 Greece.
Terry with a header, then Lampard with a deflected shot, Crouch with a tap in and then finally Crouch again with a good header from 6 yards. All in the first half.

7/10

Hargreaves and Downing were my players of the game for England.

 

[Hariz]

Good performance by England. Crouch might not be that well physically built but he does score goals and thats what counts . Owen Hargreaves has been consistently performing well, starting with the World cup, so good for him.

 

[Kev]

Exactly right Hariz. People mock Crouch because of how he looks. But its performance that counts

 

[m_vaughan]

I am one who does NOT mock Crouch because of his looks, but because of the way he plays. He is very ordinary, and heavily dependant on a quality midfield that can constantly put in good crosses.

Dont we remember how long it took for him to score his first Liverpool goal?

I'd pick Defoe or Ashton over him any day!

 

[sid_19840]

I would keep Crouch in that England front line.Its records for England that matter for me and Crouch as far as I know has a good England record in terms of goals as well as assists.

Excellent performance yesterday though,obviously Hargreaves and Downing were good but I was equally impressed by Gerrards runs and Ferdinand's aggressive intents.

 

[m_vaughan]

Greece have no future if they keep putting in so many old players.

 

[sachin]

Greece should still be banned from International Football...Weak *******s that FIFA are~!I'm not surprised about Crouch,who has been performing well lately....It will be good to see how much England improve after the 'dismissal' of Beckham?!

 

[m_vaughan]

Is a bit off topic but Why should Greece be banned, now that their government has made the changes that FIFA wanted.

 

[Sureshot]

Something to do with them recieving a years warning about changing their policy, and then only changing it after FIFA banned them. I'd assume.

 

[cricket doctor]

Stunning performance. It was Gerrard's show tbh. Greece got what they deserved and I'm still wondering how they won Euro 2004.
I'm not happy with Steve McLaren though. There was no need to keep Crouch and Gerrard in the game for so long in a friendly match and specially when there are other important matches around the corner for Liverpool.

 

[Sureshot]

If the players were bothered about it they should've pulled out of the squad.

It wasn't stunning either, it was good but not stunning.

 

[cricket doctor]

If the players were bothered about it they should've pulled out of the squad.

Why would players be bothered about it? It's just common sense.

It wasn't stunning either, it was good but not stunning.

If you look at the final score line, it says stunning.

 

[shravi]

I am hoping Man City beat Chelsea... I am hoping... (also dreaming but that doesn't matter!)

 

[Sureshot]

Why would players be bothered about it? It's just common sense.


If you look at the final score line, it says stunning.

The players don't choose when the manager brings them off.

Nothing says McClaren has to rest players as they are set to play at the weekend.

 

[cricket doctor]

The players don't choose when the manager brings them off.

Thanks, I didn't know that.

Nothing says McClaren has to rest players as they are set to play at the weekend.

I never said he should have rested players yesterday. See my post again to get the point.

Btw, Someone has voted Totteham in the poll.