There’s a phrase in football called ‘show me your medals’ and Fabio Capello quite simply has the most impressive collection in the England dressing room. Today we saw why. He didn’t pander to the press and the nation calling for Joe Cole’s inclusion and Rooney alone upfront, he instead put in Milner (who would offer more protection to Johnson) and Defoe. England scored one goal today, Milner set it up and Defoe scored. Fabio I’m sure can afford a wry smile at that.
Hello Wayne Rooney, nice of you to join us. Let’s continue this improvement please because believe it or not we have a tough route to the final now and you just may be important.
So we slip into the tough half of the draw, my opinion is so what. 4 years ago the last 16 match against Ecuador was dull and dreary and not exactly memorable bar Beckham throwing up on the pitch. This time round we might face Ze Germans. Imagine.... just imagine the feeling if we beat them as oppose to limping through with a 1-0 win over Ghana. My prediction, beat Ze Germans on penalties then watch Rooney punch in the winner v Argentina.
My god John Terry is a prick of a man, but let’s get one thing straight, he and Ashley Cole (also a prick) have been our best players of the tournament so far. His salmon like dive was not only hilarious but also demonstrated that he will put his body on the line.
A doff of the cap to David James. He looked comfortable every time he was called upon and obviously inspires confidence in his back 4. Should have played against the Yanks and who knows how different our tournament would have been if he had.
Joe Cole quite frankly did nothing. I know it was a cameo and I know we shouldn’t expect too much but after the clamouring for him from the press you would have thought he was Marradona, Pele and Bobby Moore all rolled into one.
There’s going to be a hell of a lot of England flags at USA’s next game. Let’s hope they can do the old ticket switcheroonie because I’m sure very few people predicted England to come 2nd in a relatively easy group. On the subject of the Yanks, well done. Today they felt the true thrill of the greatest sport in the world. Still the lead story on ESPN was some American Footballer charged with rape. Seems that being a scumbag transcends all sports.
As usual we save our best performances for a game on BBC. It’s like the players hate adverts and love Gary ‘golf course’ Lineker. Thank god the BBC have the rights to all of England’s knock out games, phew!
Stuart Pearce is the greatest glorified cheerleader ever. He just sits there and shouts ‘C’mon England’ before whipping out his book and telling a sub to copy what Fabio drew. It’s brilliant. It’s like they gave a special needs kid the chance to sit on the bench with Fabio.
We’ve read a lot about how poor England have been but the fats speak for themselves, we have conceded one goal all tournament, a freak goal at that. This defence, despite the changes is looking pretty solid so far. My only concern is a lack of a genuine holding midfielder when we come up against better teams, oh for a fit Hargreaves. Alas Fabio has some interesting decisions to make before the next game on Sunday.
If I have to read another Arsenal fan saying not taking Theo was a mistake I’ll shoot myself. I’m a QPR fan so I know about delusions of grandeur, but if you really think Walcott could have produced the cross Milner swung over for Defoe then you are out of your mind. With Lennon and Joe Cole as impact players there, quite rightly, is no place for Theo in the squad.
Let’s hope Gareth Barry returns to full fitness fast. He tired dramatically as the game drew on and the fact we have an extra days rest ahead of Sunday might be a godsend for the most boring man on the team.
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