fuck ireland for being so much like england
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
xxp yeah, i dunno where the english finishers have gone since owen.
Defoe used to have it, iirc, no idea who since then, and he's near 30
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
i don't mind iceland though
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
Finishers aren't a thing anywhere anymore though
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
huh nakh's a provo now
Walker, mancienne, both centre halves, rose, both strikers all look good players in that first half
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
shane long's a finisher, in your face
Well sure attitude is a big fucked up chunk of the problem, like the lack of ability. But I was discussing TACTICS, fucker.
xpost
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
Hernandez
― Number None, Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
i think franny jeffers killed the finisher in england
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
doesn't really matter how many reasonably good players are elsewhere if there is no midfield at all, as covered upthread
Tragic Football Stories - Let us Kick Around the misshapen Jabulani that is English football right here
wilshere, scholes, hoddle and that's p much it
fabrice muamba is not a midfielder
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
there's no point devising tactics for a shower with that attitude sam. Successive coaches since sven have discovered that.
Sven convinced this group that their personalities and desires mattered. Poison tbh.
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
fucker
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
Higuain's the only finisher I can think of at the top level right now, and I'm probably doing him a disservice.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
And Pippo of course.
Hernandez. I'll just keep posting it
― Number None, Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
higuain can finish but that doesn't make him a 'finisher' since he has other competencies too
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
similarly klass jan huntelaar is 'a finisher' even if he scored 10 goals in the bundesliga
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
Haha, he's more than that though. I'm talking guys who contribute goals and that's it.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
hernandez is really
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
saviola with guts
Falcao
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
I meant Hernandez is, not Huntelaar xp
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
The post that started this detour said they lack finishing (a skill) not "a finisher."
― boxall, Sunday, 12 June 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
yah i read you the first time xp
hernandez is totes 'a finisher' imo
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
i like chichipoopoo but he is a lot closer to michael owen than say aguero or rossi
yeah
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
lols tylers commentary there, lamenting spain's refusal to play with epl strength and spirit and pace
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
crafty foreigners are passing it around england and won't stand toe to toe for a fair fight
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
it's similar to the vietcong
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
2108: Heart-in-mouth time for Danny Welbeck as he scythes down Javi Martinez with a lumbering challenge, minus the nasty intent, but referee Strombergsson decides there was no intent there from the Manchester United striker and ignores the silent Spanish pleas for a second yellow card. Good officiating.
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
was thinkin the big fella collins tbh
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
haven't heard henderson's name once, except for tyler enthusing about him for absolutely no reason when spain have it.
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
2125: Shit-in-mouth time for Pranav Soneji as he scythes down the english language with a lumbering challenge, minus the nasty intent, but liveblog king Nult decides there was no intent there from the liveblogging trainee and ignores the world's silent pleas for a summary dismissal. Good officiating.
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
decent work
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
spanish centre soft
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
silent pleas...i don't understand
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
Liverpool's new £20m midfielder has done little so far to suggest he is worth all that money
excellent
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
Hands clasped, beseeching look? god knows really. xpost
― Number None, Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
he's chased a lot of players without catchin them, tbf to dude that's not his gane
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah bet Liverpool are so pissed that he isn't performing for a different team.
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
england good when the blood's up what what
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
i'll read this all back in a minute but having just watched that farce my impression is that Spain don't know how to kill a game they're bossing and England are gash
― aka best bum of the o_O's (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 12 June 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that seems to've been the general opinion
― aka best bum of the o_O's (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 12 June 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13744518.stm
didnt catch the match but lol at all this ^^
― r|t|c, Monday, 13 June 2011 10:59 (twelve years ago) link
At last! Someone identifies the problem. ENGLAND NOT ARROGANT ENOUGH!
― pandemic, Monday, 13 June 2011 11:52 (twelve years ago) link
Not sure I've seen arrogance identified as a Spanish trait before, footballwise - it's usually German, Italian, Dutch, Argentine or French arrogance (never Brazilian, curiously). I guess this is the sign confirming that Spain have finally made it.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 June 2011 11:59 (twelve years ago) link
stuart pearce is so fucking stupid
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Monday, 13 June 2011 12:00 (twelve years ago) link
idk man, is he
could any of us, even in jest, have come up with such a breathtakingly savant contortion of logic
i wonder
― r|t|c, Monday, 13 June 2011 12:43 (twelve years ago) link
The FA remains convinced that Stuart Pearce is the best man to manage the England's Under-21s despite the team's early exit from the European Championship last night and an FA source has confirmed it has no intention of withdrawing the two-year contract extension that has been on offer to him since before the tournament.
― nakhchivan, Monday, 20 June 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
jobs for the men who can't manage the boys
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Monday, 20 June 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link