ENGLAND GERMANY BACKBENCHER 7AM

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ENGLAND GERMANY BACKBENCHER 7AM
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BACKBENCHER IS SETTING UP THE SCREEN TOMORROW FOR ENGLAND V GERMANY
 
BACKBENCHER
AT 7AM
 
THURS 23RD AUG.
 
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Achtung  Himmel  ,3-0 The Huns
Not getting out of ma scratcher for that!!

Kiwi Jambo2007-08-22 17:40:53

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i'll be up. i'm not a big McClaren fan but don't expect us to get beat 3-0.  hard to predict though with so many players unavailable - gerrard, hargreaves, etc.  who'll be in the middle? come to think of it, who'll be up front - no rooney or johnson... Will crouch play? owen? beckham has aparently flown over for it. (i expect that didn't cost the F.A. a $1m!)
 
here's a couple of quotes relating to the game
 
'England don't play friendlies. There will be 90,000 people at Wembley tomorrow and another eight million watching on TV; that is some friendly.

After suffering some of the most sustained abuse ever directed at an England coach during the scrappy win over Andorra in March, followed by widespread calls for his dismissal, McClaren could be forgiven for shuffling rather uncomfortably in his seat ahead of the friendly with Germany - the first time the sides have met at Wembley since Kevin Keegan famously quit in 2000.

BACKBENCHER AT 7AM  COME ON ENGLAND

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Lets get them Krauts! Up the England!
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Huh what coverage is Sky getting? On SS1 but not on ESPN, hopefully it isn't ESPN coverage, 'cos ESPN video quality for Football is poor and so is the commentary.

Guess starting line up?
Thinking:
Robinson - Richards Ferdinand Terry Cole - Beckham Lampard Carrick Downing - Owen Crouch
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England are so overrated it pains me. Germany should tear them to shreds!

C'MON DE DEUTSCHE! ('de' is German for 'the' isn't it?)
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I dont see whats overrated in  a line up like:

Robinson
Richards, Terry, Ferdinand,Cole
Beckham, Gerrard, Hargreaves, Cole
Rooney, Crouch

??
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I assume that is sarcasm WB ?   If not:

Terry, Ferdinand, Gerrard, Hargreaves, Crouch, A. Cole... Robinson is borderline

I'll give you Richards, Beckham, J. Cole and Rooney as not overrated.
Baiter2007-08-22 20:57:26


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Wolfben wrote:
I dont see whats overrated in  a line up like:

Robinson
Richards, Terry, Ferdinand,Cole
Beckham, Gerrard, Hargreaves, Cole
Rooney, Crouch

??
In bold is what I think are overrated.
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GERMANY

 
 
COME ON !!

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Gerrard is no way overrated. Im a united supporter and i believe he is one of the best midfielders in the world easy. Richards is hardly rater highly so he cant be overrated. But i agree Ferdinand is definetely overrater. Ashley Cole is also. I like Joe Cole i thnk hes great and not overrater. Crouch is definetely. And Rooney no way hes a great player. Owen is overrated. Hes crap. Keeper should be David James.
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Robinson = approx 5th best keeper in premiership (too drunk to actuallu figure out)
 
Terry = 2nd best defender at Chelsea (british press would have you believe the best in the world)
Fredinand = approx 10-15th best defender in the world
 
Lampard = stupidly over-rated
Gerrard = good premiership player, but no where near the class of players like Pirlo
 
Rooney = top 5 strikers in the world
Owen?  Crouch?  = enough said
 
England's spine probably has 2 players, maybe 3, who are in the top 5 for their position.  A lot of the others would struggle to make the top 10.  That makes quarter finals at world cups, and semis at Euro champs about their limit.
 
On a side note, I always support England (unless they play Wales) but can't while McLaren is in charge.  I will support Germany tomorrow, and every team they play until he is sacked.

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Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
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im gonig to pick:

Robinson
Richards, Terry, Ferdinand, Cole
Beckham, Lampard, Carrick, Downing
Smith, Owen

if im not mistaken of the squad listed at http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Players/  Hargreaves, Gerrard, Rooney, Campbell & Johnson have all been withdrawn/put in doubt.


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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
What about the important side ?

Who's likely to start for the Germans, both the Poles available ?

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I don't know who's gonna play up front for England.
 
Rooney's out
Crouch is suspended for the next game so they won't play him
Bent's out
AJ's out
Maybe start Owen up front by himself.
Who else is there?
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Robinson = approx 5th best keeper in premiership (too drunk to actuallu figure out)
 
Terry = 2nd best defender at Chelsea (british press would have you believe the best in the world)
Fredinand = approx 10-15th best defender in the world
 
Lampard = stupidly over-rated
Gerrard = good premiership player, but no where near the class of players like Pirlo
 
Rooney = top 5 strikers in the world
Owen?  Crouch?  = enough said
 
England's spine probably has 2 players, maybe 3, who are in the top 5 for their position.  A lot of the others would struggle to make the top 10.  That makes quarter finals at world cups, and semis at Euro champs about their limit.
 
On a side note, I always support England (unless they play Wales) but can't while McLaren is in charge.  I will support Germany tomorrow, and every team they play until he is sacked.


I agree, if you mean Ricardo Carvalho being better than Terry, Lampard offers very little in open play, but at set pieces he's top class

Gerrard has always been heavily rated, he had a poor season last year but hes looking good this year, Pirlo is a completely different player to Gerrard, Pirlo is similar to Alonso or Carrick.

Crouch grabbed 18 goals last year (had one of the best goals to minutes ratios) and wasn't consistently playing.

I'm not a McLaren fan either, what did he do a Boro that was that good, 14th when he took over 14th when he left. Spent heaps had a good cup run (in UEFA cup and got dominated in final), but he did win the WORTHINGTON CUP. Big Sam should have been given the job.
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Hard News wrote:
What about the important side ?

Who's likely to start for the Germans, both the Poles available ?


Klose, Schweinsteiger, Khedira, Ballack, Gomez, Podolski, Schlaudraff, Frings, Borowski, Jansen, Fritz all out
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
England 

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Robinson = approx 5th best keeper in premiership (too drunk to actuallu figure out)
 
 Brilliant - drunken honesty!
GI_Joe2007-08-23 10:04:22
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GI_Joe wrote:
Robinson = approx 5th best keeper in premiership (too drunk to actuallu figure out)
 
 Brilliant - drunken honesty!
 
Looking back at that statement, I realise just how drunk I was - he wouldn't make the top 15 keepers in the premiership.

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Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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England are so overrated it pains me. Germany should tear them to shreds!

C'MON DE DEUTSCHE! ('de' is German for 'the' isn't it?)
 
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
England are so overrated it pains me.
 
By who? Those of us who know they game, know how good England are and where they fit in the footballing scheme of things. So who is it that "overrates" them?
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Typically English fans. 

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