England need to get rid of all their older players and go pure youth. Similar to what Klinsmann did with Germany. They might fail, but players like Gerrard, Rooney and co should be phased out of the team. They haven't acheived anything significant. Might as well stick with youth. The also need a new manager, and if they had balls, they'd hire someone like Conte who is available and not stick with Hodgson. Wenger would really be the ideal English manager. He knows the countries youth system in and out, too bad he wouldn't do a co-manager job.
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England need to get rid of all their older players and go pure youth. Similar to what Klinsmann did with Germany. They might fail, but players like Gerrard, Rooney and co should be phased out of the team. They haven't acheived anything significant. Might as well stick with youth. The also need a new manager, and if they had balls, they'd hire someone like Conte who is available and not stick with Hodgson. Wenger would really be the ideal English manager. He knows the countries youth system in and out, too bad he wouldn't do a co-manager job.
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johnthequad
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Nigeria's suspension lifted by FIFA. Our U-20 women can play in the world finals now.
Don't believe his lies.
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Steverulez
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Gerrard should have retired already, its been weeks since we went out of the World Cup, makes me think (unsurprisingly) he isn't going to do it and then he'll hold on to the captaincy too I bet.. The rest the old guard except Lampard are already gone and if he signs for NY then he'll be definitely done.
Rooney is 28(?) I have no problems with him sticking around from a talent point of view, but we need to stop playing all these strikers. 4-2-3-1 if they must use it, we need two wingers, someone in the number 10 role and a striker. We can't fit Rooney, Sturridge and Welbeck into the same team with that formation and we should stop trying. If they want to play 1, pick one, if they want to play 2, pick two in a formation that works (4-4-2 if necessary), and if they really want to play all 3, then go 4-3-3.
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Why are you showing this? the memory of my young tears.
I remember liking it when I saw it at the cinema but never seen it again since. I'll have to rewatch to say anything valid about it. I don't want to lose my good taste club membership, please understand.
I'd drop Rooney to the bench honestly. Play Sturridge up top, with Sterling on the left and Ox on the right. Henderson and Wilshere as the pivot and someone like Barkley in front of them. Defense would be a bit tricky, but Flanagan on the right?, Cahill and Jagielka in the middle with Shaw on the left. That team is young, but play that team in every friendly and let the players get used to each other.
The_Hitcher89
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The FA should offer Rodgers a ridiculous contract. I hope they don't, but they should.
Call me a sentimental twat, but so much of international football is about making sure the mood of the camp is positive, with the right amount of confidence without it spilling into arrogance. Rodgers seems like an expert at getting players into a state of mind where they can give you another level that they didn't seem capable of, while Hodgson is an expert at getting players to play at a level below that which they show every week at club level.
I think we have a deep enough squad to get by without even signing a replacement, but realistically it's not like we wouldn't immediately reinvest the £35-40m we'd get from PSG. We'd either go for Vidal, Pogba or Barkley -- Barkley seems the most likely given recent chatter.
I will genuinely be shocked if anyone knows who this athlete is
Cameron Wake
The_Hitcher89
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I will genuinely be shocked if anyone knows who this athlete is
Looks like a cross between Sturridge and that guy Newcastle signed
Gareth Bale
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I will genuinely be shocked if anyone knows who this athlete is
Looks like Daniel Sturridge, but obviously it can't be because he doesn't play rugby
To be fair, I think I saw Rise half asleep, but I distinctly remember not caring about it.
Rodgers is a good shout too. He's English too right?
The_Hitcher89
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Northern Irish
Are you talking about 2006? Germany probably had a similar average age to what the England squad had at this years tournament.
Vivalaraza
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The crest is the best thing about the United blazer.
The United way.
The United way.
Broder Salsa
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Rodgers would be a fool to even consider the England job. Even if he would get crazy money, it's not a job for him or anyone his age, they are on their way forward, England job is for old senile twats.
Cameron to his friendsNobody calls him Cameron
Yeah that's the one. And did they? I remember the team being pretty young with guys like Poldi and Schweinsteiger playing major roles. I was 14 too, so my memory might be a bit hazy.
LanceVance
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Have we signed Vidal yet
The_Hitcher89
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Think that tournament was the beginning of their transition. Lahm, Schweinsteiger and Podolski had already stamped down their positions in the team, with others waiting in the wings to take over from the old guard
Vivalaraza
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Pfffftttt, Menelik would rather die than wear red. Burnage bred Blue.
(That's his mama)
The_Hitcher89
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Sell him.
Nah its an NFL Player Cam Wake.
The Miami Dolphins owner is doing his best cross marketing because he also sponsors the Guinness International Champions Cup with the final being in Miami.
I disagree with that. England need to go for a good knock-out manager like an Benitez or Hiddink whilst the FA revamps and puts much needed effort into grassroots football.
The idea that Greg Dyke has, of winning the World Cup in Qatar 2022 and reaching the semi-finals of Euro 2020 is mental.
Despite not ever actually winning a knockout game in the European Championships (England have only ever progressed once, that was through a penalty shoot-out on home soil), I have no idea what Dyke thinks is going to happen in five years that will revoloutionise English football. Wilshere, Walcott and Jones will still be in their twenties at that time. To change youth development you need to be doing it from the bottom – getting at kids who’re currently eight years of age. England’s aim should be 2030 and 2032. The FA are ten years out if they want to change things. The real problems lies with coaching, no English coaches can compete tactically, that why it would be best getting in a knock-out manager like a Hiddink or Benitez, whilst the FA develops some decent coaches.
Vivalaraza
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You're probably right, i was a similar age too, they picked right as the young ones they took then are the most experienced players they just won the world cup with. I think we seen that the first game when young Raheem was given a major role and excelled at it, then the next he was shifted from that position to make way for St. Wayne.
Although i don't agree with this notion of playing copycat to whoever has recent success, you're just gonna end up playing catch up to whoever is the next big thing. It's more important to find your own identity with the players you have got, rather than trying to mirror what someone else has.
Tony Pulis would be my pick. What he did with Crystal Palace last season was impressive. His teams are very hard to play against as well.
Edit. Short term, I think he'd get us competing again.
Definitely going, the Final last year was some of the best football I've seen live and it was CR7 and Mourinhos first meeting since Mou left..
Hope United make it to the final.
cartoon_soldier
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Not happy with this team
The_Hitcher89
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Hiddink is a good shout
Benitez would be hounded out of the job after his first loss, I fear. Think he'd do a great job though with his philosophy of finding the system that best fits the most, and best, players.
3sixty said Lallana plays best as part of midfield rather than part of the front three. That would make sense for us as it's been reported we want more gaols to come from midfield next season.
Isco would be a great signing but I can't see Madrid selling him right now.
PrematureQuiche
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i'll forget about this about a month into the season!
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