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Football Thread |OT21| Robben learns to score in finals three years late
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Both. England dominating possession (like 75/25), but Norway managing to get the ball through the defense, England are not.
The_Hitcher89
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He's like the worst possible choice for an U21 manager
Cares about winning more than development, utterly negative, and his tactics don't even work against any semi-competent team
Frank the Great
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is this the england U21 team that people were hyping? or was that the last iteration of U21s?
i guess when it comes to overhyping england squads though, take your pick . . .
i guess when it comes to overhyping england squads though, take your pick . . .
Sleeplessnights
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This pic is useless without pics.
And just so you know, when some random Egyptian guy opens a food shop here that's what they sell and they call it shoarma
I've tasted that, it's really good but that's just like preferring Jessica Nigiri over Kate Upton (The real epic cleavage)
I don't think this team has really been the subject of hype.
That was a great hit by Henderson. He's been the best English player out there thus far.
I don't think anyone was hyping this England side. Some of the players in the team may have been praised but that's about it.
LabouredSubterfuge
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lololololololololol
Fuck off Pearce.
Fuck off Pearce.
Nobody has been hyping these punks. There are some good individuals but its a shit team.
United and Spurs have much better U21 sides than this national team.
Edit: lol 3-0
Norways first goalscorer and central def Semb Berge plays in the national league for a club that's struggling financially and it was thought that they had to sell him cheaply this summer. But one of their gfans won the biggest lottery prize in Norways history (~£10mill) and bought a share of the player for £250k enabli g the club to wait for the right offer.
Gareth Bale
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I think the guy that just scored used to play for United.
edit: as the commentator just said
edit: as the commentator just said
The_Hitcher89
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None of these players will go on to become anything close to world class.
Honestly, I can't believe that Connor Wickham is the best English striker in his age group. That is incredibly worrying
LabouredSubterfuge
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Yup. He also has 10 full national team caps.
Plays the most first team football and is being allowed to develop properly through the u21s.
Yeah I stopped reading BILD a couple of years ago. And my life is so much better now! I feel more relaxed and much less rage against the world in general. No more stories about starlets I don't care about, no more hate campaigns against people that BILD doesn't like and of course no more football bullshit.
I hate it when I'm watching Doppelpass and they're talking about BILD's headlines as if those stories always express the public opinion.
The world would be a better place without BILD.
Gareth Bale
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Bit lucky. It's a foul, but you never usually get those.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Possibly unrelated:
There are some good players in England's under 21 side. But they're being hindered by Pearce's terrible coaching and the complete lack of planning by the FA.
Your team would have greatly benefited by having some overage players in the squad too. Don't know why you don't have more.
Your team would have greatly benefited by having some overage players in the squad too. Don't know why you don't have more.
Broder Salsa
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Possibly unrelated:
Just as funny is that Bruce Rioch has been a premier league manager.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Oh nice, PAL has had a nice update.
The_Hitcher89
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You know what really pisses me off?
Somewhere in the FA there will be young people working for the right reasons, watching this and coming to the same conclusions that have been arrived at by dozens of people in that very building over the last 20 odd years. These people want to change things, they want us to be on top of the world and actually function like an organisation where everybody is pulling in the same direction.
But the dinosaurs in charge happily sit on their lazy overpaid arses, hiding behind Pearce's defensive record prior to the tournament as though that excuses everything that is so clearly wrong with this setup. They're killing us from the inside
Because having players like Chamberlain and Jones being given the run around in the Maracana with players who will be retiring in 2 years is obviously better for their development than playing in competitive tournaments with players they will be alongside for the rest of their careers.
Rose is the only other player out there that has experience in club football as well as being in the U21 team for awhile. Surely not coincidence that he's been England's second best player.
They don't allow overaged players in this tournament do they? All of them had to be 21 or under at the start of the qualifiers
Miggy D taking it to IndyKaila
You know you're a terrible ITK when even Sun journalists are knocking you.
Isn't it 3 overage players?
The_Hitcher89
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Who gives a shit about your career and the future of the national team? We have a friendly to win.
You're allowed to have a few overage players in your squad.
Mata and Javi Martinez were both over the age limit when Spain won the under 21 tournament two years ago.
Kevin Strootman in 23 and he's captaining the Dutch under 21's.
It's 21 or under at the start of the quals 2 years ago, not the tournament. So you're not overaged if you're 23
Edit: my info is from wiki, so it might not be correct
The_Hitcher89
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The comeback is on.
Gareth Bale
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You can't have any over-age players. If you're 21 or under when qualifying starts then you're eligible.
loooool
Baconsaurus Rex
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Gaming side has been an absolute shitstorm this week.
The_Hitcher89
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Only the Olympics lets you take overage players I think
No joke. Been an absolute madhouse. I enjoy the shill bannings.
That info is probably correct.
But my point is that England have good players eligible for this tournament but they were over in Brazil playing a useless friendly rather than be in a competitive competition.
Phil Jones is still only 21 and Chamberlain is only 19 ffs. They should have taken part in this tournament. Chris Smalling is still eligible too afaik.
OT disappears for a few days while Pre-E3 kicks off next week, doesn't it?
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