NICE ONE ENGLAND!!
NICE ONE ENGLAND!!
Well done England back to back wins at home, clean sheet too and
Owen back on form, solid performance all round!!
Lets just hope McClaren sticks with this team.
Very good result though, particularly against a top-rated
coach like Guus.
McClaren is starting to win me over. He's made some brave calls
(recalling Beckham/Heskey) that have paid off and this side really
does have nice balance to it. Hopefully he'll stik with the same
team, and not recall Lumpard, Hargreaves or Rooney or especially,
Gary Neville. Sure, put them on the bench (except Neville) but the
starting eleven should stay as it is.
And while he's at it, get rid of Wes Brown from the bench. One
of the worst players ever to play (or not play, come to
that) for England, probably up there with Jenas and some of
Graham Taylor's call-ups (Brian Deane, Andy "45 minutes" Gray,
David White, etc).
McClaren is starting to win me over. He's made some brave calls
(recalling Beckham/Heskey) that have paid off and this side really
does have nice balance to it. Hopefully he'll stik with the same
team, and not recall Lumpard, Hargreaves or Rooney or especially,
Gary Neville. Sure, put them on the bench (except Neville) but the
starting eleven should stay as it is.
And while he's at it, get rid of Wes Brown from the bench. One
of the worst players ever to play (or not play, come to
that) for England, probably up there with Jenas and some of
Graham Taylor's call-ups (Brian Deane, Andy "45 minutes" Gray,
David White, etc).
He has only made brave calls because he has had to. You
know as soon as Lumpolard is back, we will be in the same situation
we were in before - trying to fit square pegs into round
holes.
He has only made brave calls because he has had to. You
know as soon as Lumpolard is back, we will be in the same situation
we were in before - trying to fit square pegs into round
holes.
This for me will make or break McClaren, will he keep this
team or will he capitulate when Fat Frank kicks up a fuss about
wanting back in the team. England managers have to be tough
and run the show look at Ramsey dropping Jimmy Greaves from
the team in 66, that was a big decision. I'm not sure McClaren
has that toughness I reckon he bought Becks back for the same
reason he got rid of him in the first place- media pressure, rather
than being Mr Billy Big Bollocks. Mind you with the England
job your always screwed really and short of winning the world
cup you'll never be considered a success, (apart from Bobby
Robson).
Well done England back to back wins at home, clean sheet too and
Owen back on form, solid performance all round!!
True not a bad result, at this rate you will soon be good enough to beat for example the French home and away but have patience it does take time to become a real footballing power !!
There'll no doubt be a few Scots with headaches tomorrow, you'd
have to celebrate such a HUGE SHOCK
I reckon there'll even be some Scots putting an extra grain of
sugar in their porridge tomorrow
Enjoy it Jambo - I would!!
"I reckon there'll even be some Scots putting an extra grain of
sugar in their porridge tomorrow"
Och steady now lets not go crazy ,salts always been good enough for me!! Kiwi Jambo2007-09-13 14:47:18
"Och steady now lets not go crazy ,salts always been good enough for me!! Kiwi Jambo2007-09-13 14:47:18
heskey was the best partner for owen up front he created so
much space drawing defenders in on him, the 2nd owen goal was top
work from heskey drew three defenders and still got the ball onto
owen
I second that he was fantastic great in the air, showed lots of
power, Maclaren will be a fool to change the startin line up
heskey was the best partner for
owen� up front he
created so much space drawing defenders in on him, the 2nd owen
goal was top work from heskey drew three defenders and still got
the ball onto
owen�
You have to admit though that Russian marking was criminal. The guy who was supposed to mark Owen took off towards Heskey as he was winning the header. What did he think that was going to achieve? And Owen gets the ball umarked, class finish and game over. And the Russian defensive work on the first goal was the Manawatu College 3rd XI type-stuff. I was really surprised that they were so horrendous at the back.
Nice to see owen on form again he as all that time out then comes
back to score at club level then at england level !!!
top bloke!!still a few years there yet!!
Owen was class
Gareth Barry played very well too. I think I'll buy hime for
my fantasy taem
I have eaten my hat in regards to hesky. He never has been a goal
machine BUT we need a big player up front to bully the defenders
off the ball esp in the air. the amount of good ball he supplied in
the box was brilliant. Im pretty sure rooney would of prefered to
have a nothing shot on goal rather than off load to owen.
I hope he keeps them two up front. Dean Ashton will on heskys
heels tho. when fit of corse
Glad to see Owen scoring again