We were a stop gap for Di Maria, PSG was his first choice.Jorge Mendes getting that double agent payday.
Gundogan at United would be lawls, be on the treatment table more then Hargo.
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Football Thread 2015/16 |OT| The Great American Sport
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We were a stop gap for Di Maria, PSG was his first choice.Jorge Mendes getting that double agent payday.
Gundogan at United would be lawls, be on the treatment table more then Hargo.
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Jack Butland fractured his ankle. That's him out of the Euros then. Poor cunt.
Stoke will be pretty buggered now too.
Stoke will be pretty buggered now too.
Rubbish King
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Really sad to hear about butland
Exactly, the man sucks the pace out of Uniteds plays as soon as he touched the ball, he'll just further fuck it up.
Get him on the cunting bench
Exactly, the man sucks the pace out of Uniteds plays as soon as he touched the ball, he'll just further fuck it up.
Get him on the cunting bench
Luca toni
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While I agree with you and The Hitcher, this is just not going to happen. He will be starting. No doubt in my mind about that. So I'd much rather see him a bit further back in the team to allow the young, energetic forward lot the opportunity to flourish.
Maybe we'll get lucky and he breaks his leg in the last game of the season.
I don't mean that.
But he bought Braafheid. And Pranjic!
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
But he's not fit enough to play a CM, and who would he replace? Certainly not Dier.
He's just a dinosaur and I think if the press continually highlight this we might have a chance
Oh god
wolfwolfwolf
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On the basis of these players all actually being fit (and with Wilshere having a decent amount of game time before the tournament) this would be my team:
I don't think the likes of Lallana, Rooney, Walcott, Ox etc. deserve a place in the team. Think Barkley is too inconsistent as well and Henderson isn't really good enough.
Wilshere could drop back to play alongside Dier and allow Alli to roam further forward, Vardy offers pace on the right and can cut in to play alongside Kane when the opportunity arises and Welbeck offers excellent teamwork and applies a lot of pressure. Sturridge maybe doesn't fit unless he's willing to put the same amount of work in that Welbeck does.
Maybe Drinkwater slots in alongside Dier and you play with two defensive minded midfielders...
I don't think the likes of Lallana, Rooney, Walcott, Ox etc. deserve a place in the team. Think Barkley is too inconsistent as well and Henderson isn't really good enough.
Wilshere could drop back to play alongside Dier and allow Alli to roam further forward, Vardy offers pace on the right and can cut in to play alongside Kane when the opportunity arises and Welbeck offers excellent teamwork and applies a lot of pressure. Sturridge maybe doesn't fit unless he's willing to put the same amount of work in that Welbeck does.
Wilshere is going to be injured forever though so Henderson probably moves into his place.
Maybe Drinkwater slots in alongside Dier and you play with two defensive minded midfielders...
Ahahahaha - Wilshere having game time, nice one.
If Rooney doesn't deserve to be in the team (and he most certainly doesn't), there is no way Wilshere does either coming from an even longer layoff.
4-3-3 is the way to go, stick Vardy on either wing he's most comfortable with, Welbeck on the other, Kane up front, Alli behind and two of Dier/Drinkwater/Henderson, Rose left back, Smalling + Stones/Cahill and Clyne right back.
wolfwolfwolf
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Which is why I said Henderson or Drinkwater come in. I worded my post incorrectly it was more of a hypothetical 'if everyone was actually fit' scenario. Only way I would support Wilshere going was if he came back straight after the international break (thus getting a decent chunk of game time) and hit form straight away (like Welbeck has after 10 months out) but he won't, considering he has apparently only just started running outside.
I think England's options in the centre of midfield aren't that great, which is why Wilshere gets brought up so often.
I also wouldn't drop Rooney due to his injury, I would drop him because I just don't think he is good enough any more, and doesn't fit into this England team anywhere with the other players that are available.
Infernostew
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You know England is shit when Henderson and Milner captain your side. FFS Roy.
Can't be worse then Khedira as captain. I guess we are both fucked.
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I honestly think that, if both fit, Milner and Rooney will be starting at the Euros.
Fucking travesty.
Fucking travesty.
Infernostew
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Yup. Roy is too much of a coward to drop all these pace killers, give Smalling the captainship and usher in a younger era for the Euros.
British Monsoon
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Ashton, what a legend. Crazy to think what could've been if not for one ill-timed challenge from the feckless Sean Wright Phillips.
I like this.
WadiumArcadium
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Sturridge confirmed to start against the Netherlands.
Good news for me, seeing as i'm going. He's been a bit ropey since coming back, but at least I get an LFC player to root for.
RIP Sturridge
I was meant to be at Nobes' testimonial. A couple of mates messaged me about Ashton's overhead. Looks glorious. Gutted for the bloke and us too.
The_Hitcher89
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Studge tends to get injured in training rather than matches, so hopefully he should be fine having come through today.
And he need matches to get up to speed, so this could be good for him. 1 match in a week shouldn't be a problem as long as he doesn't play the full 90 if he's not up to it.
Milner should be nowhere near the first 11 for England. Good for City, mediocre for us, atrocious for England. That's how I regard him tbh.
And he need matches to get up to speed, so this could be good for him. 1 match in a week shouldn't be a problem as long as he doesn't play the full 90 if he's not up to it.
Milner should be nowhere near the first 11 for England. Good for City, mediocre for us, atrocious for England. That's how I regard him tbh.
The_Hitcher89
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The thing I love about Milner is that he doesn't actually seem to be much fitter than his peers. He's blowing out his arse on 40 minutes, but carries on trying to sprint
I thought that was what Henderson was for?
The_Hitcher89
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It's what he is right now
He's shown in the past that he has legit quality though, desperate for him to sort it out. Starting with his fitness.
Rubbish King
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What's wrong with Milner? He may not be a great starter but when we're in Paris let's say we get a few cheeky goals in, Milner is the perfect player to deploy when we want to park the bus.
The_Hitcher89
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Personally think he's been so poor for England, he shouldn't be in the squad. 23 players should be enough that we won't need his versatility in response to an injury crisis.
Rubbish King
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Odds for Holland game are terrible, we've beaten then once out of the last 12 meetings and yet we're 4:5 and holland 4:1
Can I bet against queen and country tho
Roy disagrees
Can I bet against queen and country tho
Roy disagrees
The_Hitcher89
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Holland are dogshit tbf
Dutch Gronk
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This is a fact. Not untill France stopped caring did we come back into the game...
To then have them try again for 2 minutes to score the winner.
British cunts will poop on our chests.
The_Hitcher89
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Expect we'll look pretty dysfunctional tonight. One or two debutants, Sturridge can barely run at the moment, Milner makes his zone of the pitch clanky as fuck.
Bit of a shame we've had to wait so long to see the team that played against Germany. Tonight's match would have been ideal to get that lineup another match to adapt to eachother and tweak a few things, but we've run out of time for that since we still need to see how the mixed first/second 11 can play together.
Reckon tonight will be like a test run for having players unavailable. And that's the team Sturridge is in, which is a bit ironic
bucknuticus
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Got my Real Madrid vs PSG tickets this morning for when they come through Columbus.
Pretty excited.
Pretty excited.
Infernostew
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Anyone living in the US know what channel the England match is on? I checked real quick to DVR it before I had to leave and I couldn't find it.
You're never left questioning Noble's commitment. He's a guaranteed 7 or more out of 10 pretty much week in/week out, year in/year out.
Based on current form and what we saw in the Germany game, this is the starting XI I'd use in the opening fixture of Euro 2016 against Russia:
However, based on what we've seen from the hack known as Roy Hodgson this the what we'll probably see:
Not really. Götze leaving, Ribery and Robben will extend for way less than their wages right now for another two years and Benatia will be loaned too. So, we have actually around 30 million a year for 2 or 3 new players without widen the budget.
We are still far away from Barca and Real, overpriced mediocrity from City and PSG.
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SictorVullivan
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I really really hope Drinkwater has a great game.
Completely deserved.
Completely deserved.
Phantast2k
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Not bad by Kroos. Now watch him fall asleep...
On the pitch too
SictorVullivan
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Kante scores on his birthday for his country.
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