Morning all.
So the flops arrived home yesterday and were welcomed home by just four England fans according to the newspaper reports! Can you blame the lack of greeting after that dismal showing?
No, neither can I and if those England fans who went to Brazil to support the team had any sense, they’ll still be enjoying the sunshine, sea and maybe a bit of decent football…
But I guess the England players won’t be too upset, especially knowing that they can now go off on their own family holiday and all with a brand spanking new X-Box courtesy of a sponsorship deal involving XBox manufacturer Microsoft. Oh goodie!
Sarcasm aside, Jack Wilshere has spoken out about the future of not only himself but for all the younger players who have been involved in this World Cup:
It’s easy for me to stand here and say we’re young and we can go forward, but if you look at a team like Germany, they’ve got young players who are delivering now.
Time is running out for us to say we’re young. I’ll be 23 in January and that’s a good age for a footballer. Ross Barkley and Raheem Sterling are good young players.
Luke Shaw looked like he had played over a hundred games for his country. He was just natural. They showed in this tournament what they can do. But in the next tournament, we really have to deliver.
It’s a nice group of young players and hopefully we can stick together, learn from this, take all this disappointment and bottle it up. This is the worst feeling.
He’s right, it is time for England to start delivering but for now, it’s over. Between now and the Euros in 2016, surely Roy Hodgson has to move on with the younger players and leave the old has been’s at home….
Last night saw Bosnia batter Iran 3-1, both countries are now on their way home.
Argentina just edged out Nigeria 3-2 in what I thought was an entertaining game. Messi, well he’s something else isn’t he.
Argentina will now face Switzerland in the knock-out stages after they defeated Honduras 3-0.
Nigeria will face France in the next round. Giroud’s side could only manage a 0-0 draw with Ecuador and Antonio Valencia was sent off in that match for an awful challenge on Lucas Digne. Down to ten, Ecuador had little hope of getting the win they needed to progress.
Tonight see’s the group stage come to an end with the final four fixtures:
| Portugal | v | Ghana |
| USA | v | Germany |
| Algeria | v | Russia |
| South Korea | v | Belgium |
I’m looking forward to the Germany game….
Have a great day all, the sun is just starting to peep through the clouds here… Nice!
I’m off now, busy morning so catch you guys later..
New post will be up around 9.40…..
Metro = total bollocks!
More like £4 million 😉
Gore Vidal
You sure that isn’t €44m?
8.02 Lee 😉
Vidal Sassoon?
But we are going to offer £44 million Kev, according to The Metro… lol
Morning Kev, same here, the rain is on it’s way… 🙁
I read that ManUre were gonna bid £30m for Vidal…
I suspect the dead hand of an Agent at work…
It’s a cloudy day in London Town, with the possibility of rain.
Good Morning Oranges and Lemons…
Morning Rico.
Morning Coach.
And he’s apparently said he wants to play CL football…
I’d be ok if we signed him Devil, we were talking about him yesterday or the day before on here. I’m sure Newcastle would sell him, but Pardew would sting us…
What do you think of Debuchy Lady?
🙂 Devil…
Good morning Lollipops and Smarties.
Just heard that we have just signed Suarez for £1.99c With add ons. If he bites a player in the first year they give us £1.50c back. If a bite occurs in the 2nd year we get 99c back.
So on essence if Suarez bites someone in the first year we get paid and if the incident occurs again in the 2nd we get paid as well.
Seems as if AW wants to make money on him as well seeing that if Suarez bites in both years we £1.50c+ .99c. That makes it £2.49c giving AW a healthy 25% profit over 2 years.
AW himself is Suarez personal trainer, putting him through his paces once a week putting Suarez in a shark tank. Rumour has it that when they saw Suarez the sharks began fidgeting and thrashing about.
The Metro reckon we are going to bid £44m for Vidal…
I bet we don’t any time Sassoon….
Morning Lee and all…
Utd are starting to move aren’t they..
Meanwhile, we have to wait for the 1st July, of the 31st August… 😉
Meanwhile at Arsenal……………
The strengthening begins elsewhere………….
Just had a butchers at NewsNow….
But why do I bother, what a pile of shit?!!!
Usual rehashed/recycled old rumours or rumours stolen from other sites…
Morning Lee….
Yes, statistically I will still be in bed when you are in the office…
Happy Days 😉
Thanks Scott. Very kind.
Russia gone, at least they have the consolation of lifting the WC cup in 2018.
Capello….2 world cups one win, 8 mill a year.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Nite all.
Algeria qualified.They will meet Germany in †̥ђƺ last 16.Wow!Germany,France and Holland in †̥ђƺ Q final.
Micko, I’m sure he is lol.
Scott, didn’t he also get done for racism a couple of years back as well, 50k fine and a lengthy ban to boot, maybe we should give him the benifit of the doubt, he’s probably just mis-understood !
I see Adam made an appearance….good to have you back, mate.
Morning all.
Suarez has copped a lot less than sensible people thought he SHOULD get, but a bit more than the cynics thought he WOULD get.
Brazil has plenty of sharks in the water….maybe he go for a swim 🙂
Sukky, got a funny feeling you don’t think Algeria are gonna beat russia this evening !
I bet if Iran and Bosnia are African,we will both make †̥ђƺ Africa cup of nations final.
Sukky, you guys need to arrange a game with Ireland, you’ll look like world beaters.
rico, what have we told you about inviting Jehovah’s in for a cup of tea !
Off to walk Fido in the rain, might need that second coat Micko.
Night all….
Kev, ‘does your chewing gum lose it’s flavour on the bed post over night’ by Lonnie Donegan never got the credit it deserved.
Merts, 101st cap today, unlucky not to score in the build up to the goal, the germans look a very good out-fit.
I told ya.Africa football is shit
Midnight on the album War Heroes, is a great track
I Can Hear the Grass Grow…
Wasn’t that by The Move?
Adam, a sweet sweet thing indeed.
🙂 Wavy
That should have been a straight red for the ref !!!
Not Thai but this,. Predictive text again!
LS07 can see no football, play no football or even train with a football until the conclusion of his ban. Furthermore FIFA, bless them have banned him absolutely from playing any further part in Thai World Cup. The ban is with immediate effect and is not open to appeal. Bye bye To the fang gobbler.
Chew on that you. B…..d.
However, the ban does not include or preclude a transfer during its course!
Roll up, roll up who will buy the toothsome chopper? Barca or RM? Bet your life one or the other will. No morality in football!
The man should be put in a dentists chair and have each one of his teeth extracted without anaesthetic. That ‘I’d learn ‘I’m!
BT. Or The Wind Cries Mary. Another lovely thing. 🙂
Podolski looks like Dennis the Menace…. 🙂
Without the hair of course…..
First yellow card for the Germans in the WC…
So do I Micko, just to spot the slugs….
tsgh definately has his ear to the ground, he could hear the grass grow.
Hansen is a k**b…
🙂 Micko….
rico 3.58, you forget to mention
3 – and his price will go up by 10 %.
Adam, a great number to get lost in.
Hansen slaughtering BFG.
TS. I will never recover from that. 🙂
Just like you ‘hear’ all the other stuff then Ts…. 😉
🙂 Adam..
Adam, I heard you are still recovering from the summer solstice ceremony at stonehenge? 🙂
Rico. Thank you. 🙂
I am glad to hear that Adam, very glad… 🙂
BT. It was. We played Little Wing together. 🙂
Adam, was that you i saw with Hendrix a while back?
Rico. Adam is well, thank you.
Ts, like you say a bit exaggerated, the same as Randall.
Kev- I saw him a few things in the reserves and I thought he could make it.. he was taller as well and had a good engine but you are right he lacked acceleration…
I like you line of thought Rico…
But the longer his appeal takes, the date his ban starts is delayed and that is good for us in two ways.
1 – he misses more PL fixtures
2 – it’s less likely that he’ll move during this window which means if we really are after Sanchez, it may just make it easier to get him..
Rico, I am not saying a red card is a better punishment.. I am just talking about him being able to play whilst he appeals…
The appeal process could take weeks me think whilst he still bangs in goals for Uraguay
In most justice systems you appeal whilst you are in jail…
I saw Hendersons debut and he did look skilful if a little one-paced…
Injuries again…
🙂 Kev, I forget things have moved on a bit… lol
Ts, are you serious? A straight red card and FIFA would have left it at that no doubt…
Google Maps Rico 😉
🙂 Lee, and how is Adam…. lol
Maybe Kev or Rick will back me but before Conor decided to represent Ireland he was rated higher than JW…
Even ahead of Randall who is another AW love child because he had a nice left foot…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqQkhQcC_zQ&list=UUrwlqnvsA3klqlHZwcDzQDg&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7jl1w3eqr4
Lol Bt… abit of an exaggeration but…
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=conor+henderson+goals&FORM=HDRSC3#view=detail&mid=0C90B38FDD679D14C9930C90B38FDD679D14C993
peek*
imo…with LS07 the issue is not with the length of ban but the fact that he can still represent Uraguay whilst he wiggles around with the idea of appealing..
If it was a straight red he would have missed the next game…
I bet the bin-dippers will support his appeal with a loophole that prevents liverpool from getting punished for LS07’s crimes whilst with his national side…
Ts, are you sure about being second to none?
Vape man is fine, he’s just bored of all the itk wankers and media bollocks that is being spouted about Arsenal! Oh and he’s taken a huge delivery of crystal meth, he should be out and about by October I reckon!
Allegedly Nickie, yes.
leg= left
Shame about Conor… its amazing how injuries can rip through a young footballers career!
In the few games that he played for the seniors his leg peg was second to none… he liked to score long range crackers too…
I wish him well…
Crawley is about 20 minutes from me I might take a peak at him if he becomes a regular…
I wonder what Rick will think about how Conor’s career has been?
Isn’t the Puma shirt reveal on 10/07/2014?
Maybe then?
Someone on here suggested the same a few days ago Kev, you were probably looking at an A-Z of London 😉 😉
It does make sense though, until you bring Wenger into the equation…. lol
Still, as long as the 3 musketeers are working hard to get signings….
Lee, have you heard from the Earl of Vape recently?
Conor Henderson has joined Crawley Town…
🙂 Kev, he needs a dose of something….
I’d exhale now Kev…….
Interesting point that I read on another blog, suggested that Arsenal are holding-back on naming new signings until July 1st when the Puma deal kicks in…
What better way to begin a new shirt sponsorship than having two or three(or four or five) new signings in the clubs new shirts…
Maybe he’s joining Stoke for four months!?!?
Fifa cop out.
He will play against us in December and then be on his bike in the January window.
Btw Rico, that picture of Giroud you put on the post, do you reckon he could do with a dose of Senokot??? 😉
So Suarez can’t watch his beloved Liverpool play? Hope he dosen’t have suicidal tendencies
Should have been at least 6 months…..
Suarez looks set to miss 13 Liverpool games:
16/08/2014 Liverpool v Southampton
23/08/2014 Manchester City v Liverpool
30/08/2014 Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool
13/09/2014 Liverpool v Aston Villa
16-17/09/2014 Champions League matchday one
20/09/2014 West Ham United v Liverpool
WC 22/09/2014 Capital One Cup 3rd round game
27/09/2014 Liverpool v Everton
30/09-01/10/2014 Champions League matchday two
04/10/2014 Liverpool v West Bromwich Albion
18/10/2014 Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool
21-22/2014 Champions League matchday two
25/10/2014 Liverpool v Hull City
Disgraceful judgment… Only in Football does this sort of rubbish happen. Fifa needs cleansing
Here’s FIFA’s full statement:
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has decided that:
· The player Luis Suárez is regarded as having breached art. 48 par. 1 lit. d of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) (assault), and art. 57 of the FDC (an act of unsporting behaviour towards another player).
· The player Luis Suárez is to be suspended for nine (9) official matches. The first match of this suspension is to be served in the upcoming FIFA World Cup™ fixture between Colombia and Uruguay on 28 June 2014. The remaining match suspensions shall be served in Uruguay’s next FIFA World Cup match(es), as long as the team qualifies, and/or in the representative team’s subsequent official matches in accordance with art. 38 par. 2a) of the FDC.
· The player Luis Suárez is banned from taking part in any kind of football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) for a period of four (4) months in accordance with art. 22 of the FDC.
· A stadium ban is pronounced against the player Luis Suárez in accordance with art. 21 of the FDC as follows: the player Luis Suárez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium during the period of the ban (point 3). The player Luis Suárez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium in which the representative team of Uruguay is playing while he has to serve the nine-match suspension (point 2).
· The player Luis Suárez is ordered to pay a fine in the amount of CHF 100,000.
The decision was notified to the player and the Uruguayan FA today
Still think Chuks will have a good career Micko.. But apart from Lansbury, can’t say I miss any….
Not even Merida…. lol
Uruguay are through to the knock-out stage and will probably beat Columbia, so job done by Chopper Suarez…
Yeah, when does the 4 month ban start?!!!!
FIFA cop out….
Suarez will miss 13 league games….
From when Lee?
That’s the thing rico, keep hearing how good they are yet seldom get to see them so don’t really miss them when they’re gone, it’s dog eat dog.
Is that 4 month from now because if it is he only misses 1.5 months of premier league and aren’t there internationals inbetween those premier league games?
how would you define football activity?
9 match ban and 4 month ban from all football activity….
Our academy has been poor. Apparently Daniel Crowley is an exciting prospect which means he’ll end up playing for plymouth in 3 years
Absolutely right potter.
The Academies turn out has been poor for a long time , hopefully the new regime might be better at bringing players through. At the moment too many spend their time taking out of the system and we are not getting the pay back to make it worthwhile. We have been down this street before and concluded that if you give talented kids too much too soon they will stop learning and stop trying.
Only if the weather changes Micko….
Me neither Micko. Boateng was ‘meant’ to be the next best defender through the Academy wasn’t he? Clearly that’s not the case….
Hope you won’t be needing a second coat tonite rico !
Ktr the whole quote from Jack shows a commitment to get his fitness for the start of the season though.
I’m going to carry on training, do my bit, because I only played two games in the last three or four months. I will go back early. They are going away to New York and I’m not sure I’m going on that, but I will definitely still do my little bit. My fitness is on the way up and I don’t want to lose that.
Can’t say I’ll miss any of them rico !
Not what I’d call him Kev…. lol
Phew, here’s Micko, I can stop watching the gloss now… 😉
Afternoon all,
Sorry Jack, but heard it all before ! Does anyone think england will be there or there abouts come 2016 !
He’s right about the next generation having to step up, the one thing that will give us is hunger, something we haven’t had for years.
We saw it in the holland / spain game last week, the dutch youngsters wanted it more, until then we’ll just keep getting rolled over tournament after tournament.
Adrian Durham is a closet Gooner
Arsenal can confirm that 11 players will be leaving the club when their contracts officially expire on June 30.
Nicklas Bendtner and Ju Young Park come to the end of their contracts, while Kim Kallstrom and Emiliano Viviano’s loan spells are set to conclude.
As already communicated, Bacary Sagna, Lukasz Fabianski and Zak Ansah have completed permanent moves to Manchester City, Swansea City and Charlton Athletic respectively.
Meanwhile, academy players Chuks Aneke, Daniel Boateng, Zach Fagan and Leander Siemann also depart having reached the end of their current agreements.
Everyone at Arsenal would like to take this opportunity to thank all of these players for their contribution to the club, and to wish them well for the future.
very nice indeed ts
Something for Goonie to drool over…
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2669912/France-WAGs-kitted-support-crowd-Group-E-comes-close.html
Horrid little weasel…..
yep Nickie.. still Badu will come in and do well me think; his Serie A experience… frimpong should have gone. lol
My friend says adrian looks like a piece of wotsits. lmfao
Rather old shot that ,kind of like his antiquated ideas on football.
Ghana face a real uphill battle now, I think Muntari was already banned for this game but him and Boetang have been sent home for abusive language/actions towards staff during training
Quite a contrasting look as compared to the photo found on the top right of the link below..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/columnist-1076414/Adrian-Durham.html
Nickie, was just having a look back, sorry I missed your comment about Germany. yes and Ghana would need a big win too I think….
And then punched Bt… lol
No chance Ts, can’t stand the worm….
Ah, Durham, a face born to be slapped and slapped and slapped…
lol quite the looker isn’t he
Rico you are being more kind to Durham than you are to me… lol 😉
That ginger chap is a handsome dude….!!
Night Scott
Good one Lee..
Is that the same Ginger knob who looks slimmer and ‘blonder’ in the Daily Fail photo…? lmfao
The man who claims to have no respect for Aw begged Wenger for a selfie? ‘Headsgone’
http://talksport.com/football/world-cup-day-18-look-who-arsene-wenger-hanging-around-brazil-14062698485
We will probably going in asking if player x was available instead of saying we have £15M for player X lets talk…!
I’d like Lovren, my only concern is that a lot of players seem to be leaving Southampton. If we were to get 1 from them it’d have to be Morgan. I can’t see Southampton bending over tbh, they seem to have a very firm stance with players leaving. We will either be told to get lost or priced out of a move for anyone.
🙂 Kev, I’ll try harder tomorrow…
Apparently Law held talks with Lovren’s agent
The dippers are now after Origi and Shaqiri… lol once LS07 is sold
No excuses then. Jack needs a big season
Potter, i am with you on the midfield combinations…
Its like when I said Pirlo and De Rossi won’t work for Italy….
lol
Athletic Club @AthleticClub · 29m The Athletic Club communicates its rejection of the offer for Ander Herrera by Manchester United FC
Nickie jack is not injured as far as we know.he has also barely played 3 games since March when he got injured.he doesn’t need a holiday.he really needs to step it up now.
And yes I agree , Jack needs to learn how to ride tackles and stay on his feet.
What ,! The world is round ? As a true died in the wool INGERLAND supporter I thought it was flat.
Whoa tsgh, thanks for the wider news on the world! Was thinking for a moment that with a football being round and the world being round (apparently) well that was all there is! 😉
Bt,
That one of my hates for Jack. The constant falling down acting injured. nothing pees me off more
lol good luck to him Ts. 2 kids at 22, dunno if I could, well actually I know I couldn’t handle that haha
Jack will never be able to play with Gerrard .Their styles are incompatible . Jack wants to play short and will give the ball to players and go for the return , whereas Gerrard hits hail mary long diagonals and cuts out 60% of Jack’s play . Lampard at least tries to keep possession and consequently when they play together Jack looks a better player . He still needlessly runs into cul de sacs though . Jack is more suited to a pass and move team which could develop if the manager picks a team to do that and ignores the clamour of opinions from ex players and pressmen that have lived their lives under Charlie Hughes’ influence.
Ts, JW, should save his energy and maybe he wouldn’t fall over so much..lol..
What’s this Rico, I read the post, and there was no transfer speculation…
I really don’t know what the world is coming to..,
It simply isn’t good enough…
I am considering writing to my MP…
The Rt Hon Talk-a-Lot of Bollocks.
At 55 Percy Circus
Kings Cross
London
WC1
🙄
lol…….Ginge
dear oh dear…
Jordanian court acquits radical cleric Abu Qatada of conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism.
Because Shaw runs with the ball.. Luznic
If Townsend was there he would be the best player at the tournament 😉 😀
JW is probably making more babies.. Nickie. lol
Sky sports viewers players verdict, Wilshere rated fifth worst and Gerard rated worst, Luke shaw rated best and Sterling 3rd best Foster 2nd Best, Shaw played only one match how can he be the best??
Cya Scott, take care.
Is that injury related Ktr? or is it cos the poor buggar hasn’t had a holiday lol
Hope he is well and just staying awat from the rumours..
Hi Roger
Cheers Bt.. I have heard about it.. but personally I am not a fan of such institutions based on potential perverted adults taking charge of such players… not saying they are btw 😉
Spot on Kt
Last round tonight, looking forward to see if Ronaldo will turn up and show us his stuff! 4 Goals? Or bust?
Not yet….Oz must be busy…..I hope that’s it.
Later, Ginge.
Later Scott; did you hear from Oz?
Good read rico.If you read more of that wilshere interview you will see that he said he is not sure if he’ll make the preseason training camp in New york.I would cut my holidays if i were him.he has no role in the team as it stands.he really needs to nail down a spot in the team.
Ts, Google, Evergrande Soccer School, you may find this interesting, perhaps you have already seen it.
***Any country***
Lol Bt
Scott, I always like and respect your honesty mate..
I come here to learn from the likes of Dev, Rico,Wath, Kt, Snap, Potter, kev and Syg on history and almost everyone who is a regular on here have a view on the game we all love so..
Like Agag watches more La liga than I do so i respect her views on players… she has been talking about Alexis before the WC and has always liked him..
Emma my fave scouser, well I suspect has a new partner so has stopped blogging.. she was my Ligue 1 expert with Snap :p
Micko is a different story though; he and Malaga gooner 😛
Luznic, I won’t go over old ground too much, but I will always be
I’ve that any c
I try with a half decent football background not producing players needs to lack at their training systems from grassroots onwards.
Anyway, have a great day everyone.
I’m off.
Scott why you ask because the FA just talk the talk and never walks it, the st George is for what? England don’t have much raw footballing talent but the few they have they don’t take care of them, imagine them saying Andros Townsend is better than Theo, why should sterling be starting in the world cup after just one season? the English case is complicated and they need to send people to Spain and the Netherlands to see how you breed talents, Wilshere will fade I can bet you because why would you play Henderson ahead of him because he played close to Gerard in Liverpool, if a player feels he is good enough and you dump him on the bench because of a robot like Henderson then you are killing his spirit, Dyke knows nothing to me and what I just said might be complicated but the word complication is what’s wrong with the English Fa and you won’t win the WC2022 stop kidding English people
Oh and Ginge, I’m with you.
If Wenger does not fire up in this window, I will not dare attempt a defence.
Ts, the majority isn’t always right.
Ginge, I’m kidding….I’ve barely seen Vidal play, to be honest.
Kroos I know a little more of, and he’s a ripper.
Lol Bt… this is the window I will run out of excuses for AW me think…
I will consider Ramsey will be as good as Vidal after another successful season… imo
He has it all; he is just on the projectile to world class whilst the likes of Vidal and possibly Kroos have maintained that level for at least 3 seasons…
AR16 has had 1.5 world class seasons thus far; I blame AW for not rotating enough otherwise he would have been the best tackler i the whole of Europe…
He is still top 5 considering he was out for 3 months…
Ts, i agree with you ref JW, plenty of talk and no consistent end product, time to step up JW. Also can’t wait for the day you stop defending AW,lol. Rico, enjoy the sunshine, morning all.
😀 Scott
Scott, Germany allegedly flopped by their high standards between 1998 and 2004… it did not take them long to come back even stronger albeit they have only been 3rd in both the WC and Euros since then but still…
It shows something imho… we have the talent on this Island; the issue is pride and lack of willingness to learn imho…
Hey, I say Ramsey is better than them because he is better than them hahahaha
Exactly Scott since teh invention of colour Tv we have been poor.
The zionist like dyke will blame foriegners etc but come on…
Luznic very true – A friend of mine was debating with me about JC being ready or not and that Ox should be ahead of him no matter what …
I pointed out to him that that is the issue with most British football fans… he tells me I only rely on stats but he was the first to show me the stats of JC over 2 years without bringing up Ox’s stats…
He is not considering how a young boy from Costa Rica will move half wave across teh world to a foriegn land and play for Betis and Olympiacos in greece different language and culture etc…
The same mate who does not watch Juve and use to bash Ramsey 2 years ago was trying to tell me Ramsey is now better than Vidal and Kroos based on stasts… lol
Luznic, if the kids aren’t good enough, why not?
That’s the big question, in my eyes.
It’s not just a bad patch ATM, it’s been like that for a long time.
I have been out voted on JW so I concede 😉
On the DM or box to box role… with Fernando the octopus gone Aw better deliver to us Goretzka or Ginter or Morgan or Medel or Gabi from Ath otherwise I will be done with defending him!
ts the problem with the English team is not playing for bigger clubs or having talent, its putting too much money in the hands of kids and also over hyping them in the press, they become so big in their minds and the FA just sprouts nonsense like Dyke said about Wenger and these kids never gets blamed, lay the blame with the kids for once they are not good enough and they don’t put in extra shift to get better, they hardly play outside England because outside countries don’t believe you have talent and except for Lineker and Gaza others have failed playing outside England and some will say Mcmanaman tried but he is as average as Henderson, I hope your Ghanaian team win today they have got a good spirit and boy England should learn from their spirit and determination
Wilshere was our best player in our last game, imho.
When Roy took over the Swiss job they had not appeared at the WC since 1996 should read since 1966*
True I said older Nickie..
What I was tryin to say tongue in cheek was there are players younger than our so called younger players playing for Ajaccio etc (no disrespect) with no UCL experience who are doing better in the world cup…
Lallana is older than the other two…
Oh don’t worry Luznic… I also do my political blogging after HH. 😉
Its sad really.. but stay safe bro…
Back to football and Rico telling me off.. 😉
Ginge unfortunately Abuja is always calm, I am in Lagos and the bomblast has become something so common that its sad we don’t want to read about it, it doesn’t happen in my region though its safe here but I just feel so sad for my fellow countrymen and we need you guyz to keep talking about it always because with awareness from everyone in the world we can conquer our demons who are the politicians
Ts, Gotze is only 22 he’s four years younger than Lallana and Muller only 24…!
They way more technical but better schooled, as we’ve said for ages it’s not the players fault coaching isn’t good enough or that the FA are useless and that the media have a hissy fit soon as they have a new teen idol to put on the pedestal merely to knock down..!
you said older? never mind, i need a coffee lol
I wish rico…
Exactly Nickie… they are younger.. I was making a point.
Do you get any oil money Ts? 😉
They’d have to lose heavily tho wouldn’t they Rico?
Wath… Capello failed with england. and he had managed and won trophies in Italy and RM..
Hodgson has managed Inter and relatively other top teams as well as national teams like Sweden and Switzerland. When Roy took over the Swiss job they had not appeared at the WC since 1996 and he did that and they did relatively well in the the 1994 World Cup, losing only one game during qualification, from a group that included Italy and the more fancied Portugal and Scotland.
He also took Fulham to their first ever UEFA cup finals…
Imho, we can’t keep changing managers and hope we win something in future…
It hurts me to say it but our players are purely over rated!
I remember Phil Thompson and co saying that RvP would struggle to dispose of Wooney at Yanited; well….??
Talking of Phil Pinochio… I was watching Al Jazeera sports Tv and those ex-pros say anything for a bit of air time and oil money. 😉
If Germany lose tonight, Mesut and Per could be going home early…
Morning Ts
Goetze and Muller are younger than Lallana! lol Tbh I thought Lampard lost the ball too much, very shoddy in possession. I’m not being biased but I thought Wilshere was our best player vs Costa Rica.
I think Schniederlin is the man for us 100%
Ooh Rico I forgot footballer are just money grabbers, I can’t still understand why Sagna went to Man city I won’t miss him so much in an Arsenal shirt personally but Fab to Chelsea, just can’t understand why footballers don’t care to be villains
Thanks Ts, and yes, I think you are harsh on Jack…
Bilbao make big dough; I would like one or 2 of their board members on AFC’s board… They held out for £35M for Martinez and held on to llorente without getting bullied…
Must be all that roo meat you feed them Scott…. 😉
Barkley is good but way to much pressure on the fella from the media as usual…!
We have the core of a good crop of younger players lets hope they not ruined at international level by useless managers and coaches who don’t know their arses from their elbows
Luznic money mate!
How is Abuja after the bombing this morning?
Good read Rico
Imo Lampard was England’s best player during the last match.
The issue with us is that anytime 1 or 2 of our players played 1-2 combinations with each other the commentators acted like a bunch of hill billies who have seen civilization…
I may appear to be harsh on JW but he does talk the talk its about time he walks the walk… He has played close to 100 games for AFC its about time he steps up injury record or not…
Watching Morgan last night you could see he was head and shoulders above almost all our so called young players tactically.
In international football, its about tactical awareness and fight… if it was about talent/skills alone well Italy and German won’t have won as many trophies as they have betwwen them.
Then again I blame AW and Roy for not doing separate tactical work with some of our English players who are meant to be AFC’s future. then again maybe they do but…
Ox has also played over 50 games and I still…
One of teh so called pundits tried to compare Sterling with reus… dear oh dear?
putting things in perspective Gotze, Muller are not much older than Lallana…
Wages probably luznic..
Add City and Chelsea to those two sides who pay over the top for players…
Why would Herrera want to play for a team that doesn’t play in the UCL sure Athletic Bilbao feels bigger than manure
I realised and changed it Nickie.. 😉
Morning luznic. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Germany and USA draw, can’t think why though… lol
Foolish clubs like Man U (27 mil for Felliani, 29 Herrera) who inflate the prices for mediocre talent
I’d still love us to sign Barkley, especially as Rosicky, Flamini and Arteta are getting older and Diaby is… well, just Diaby!
Nice game yesterday, another great one again today with the German I hope, Morning Rico and gentlemen, yes Scott Messi is one of the dwarfs
Bilbao rico :p 29 mil for him is madness
Wath, our dwarves are bigger any normal pom 🙂 🙂 🙂
Ath Bilbao have rejected Utd’s bid for Herrera, I thought yesterday that deal was confirmed…
🙂 Wath…
I thought he reminded me of Aussie dwarf Scott, what you think… maybe he just needed a really big Merv Hughes moustache and he’d be spot on…!
Barkley is certainly a talent and if we wasn’t so packed in midfield I’d want Arsenal to be pushing for him this summer. Just felt he looked a bit out of place on the big stage. He’ll fit in the more experience he gets
Dunno Lee, if he plays for a piss willy club am sure a few million will get them to sell to us…!
Rico, that pic alone will keep Adam away for weeks… he’s rushing to the loo as we speak to talk to the big telephone in the floor..!
Is Messy one of the dwarfs??
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Thanks Nickie.
Agree on Jack and Lallana, the game changed on Tuesday when Jack went off, back to hoof ball…
Barkley will grow up though surely, he’s very young still but he’s keen and it’s clear to see he’s going to be good.
I saw him last night Wath, looks a tidy player…. you think we can get him?
Nice post Rico.
lol England players get xbox ones, the real winners get ps4s. I feel sorry for England.
Jacks’ right, he’s not a little kid anymore and really needed a good tournament. I’m bemused at how he barely got any game time in the games that meant something. He is the link between deep lying midfielder to attack, runs with the ball, provides good link up play and can make a killer pass.
Mainly upset for Lallana, he was ready. Barkley needs some growing up to do, the hype with him has worn off quickly
I have added a photo to the post, Adam will love it… 😛
🙂 Wath, best game of the night…
Absolutely Scott…
Morning all.
Well said, Jack.
No excuses.
Who’s this Messi bloke your on about…..