King has played a lot more regularly this season than last, right? Personally I think he is ~a rare good dressing room influence~ and good enough that if he only plays half the games, it'll be worth it. More worthwhile than taking rooney for him not to play in the group stages anyway
― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:31 (twelve years ago) link
why not just let the "senior players" manage the team, they all fucking try to do that anyway
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:32 (twelve years ago) link
You want a settled back pairing though, not one you have to keep changing because King can't play more than one game a week.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:33 (twelve years ago) link
tabloids to appoint 1 player as manager based on phone-in vote from EDL supporters
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:33 (twelve years ago) link
Terry + Rio duumvirate
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:33 (twelve years ago) link
sam otm
― Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:34 (twelve years ago) link
working for spurs, matt
― Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:35 (twelve years ago) link
btw did anybody else wonder whether the FA's handling of l'affaire Terry was a calculated insult to Capello? timing of yesterday's events was...odd
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:36 (twelve years ago) link
nah
― Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:38 (twelve years ago) link
Sky to commission production company responsible for "Who Do You Think You Are" to make series investigating backgrounds of prospective England managers, those whose English ancestry can be traced furthest back to go head-to-head in phone-in vote from EDL supporters
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:38 (twelve years ago) link
imo you have king + dawson as yr first choices, as they already know each other so well and then dawson + yr second choice on the training ground while king spends that time in the massuese room, so dawson+secondy have at least had time together.
― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:39 (twelve years ago) link
i wondered about it NV but then maybe went a bit far as to thinking if it's plausible that 2 players and a manager have been paid to act out a racist row and resignation to get another managerial candidate out of legal trouble so can take over a job. good plot i say.
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:39 (twelve years ago) link
not a full-on conspiracy - but i'm not sure that Capello was pissed that Terry was removed so much as pissed about being cut out of the process. it seems to have been handled pretty clumsily lol surprise
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:40 (twelve years ago) link
I note that younger players were pretty solid in expressing their disappointment in Capello's departure, older players generally keeping shtum.
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:43 (twelve years ago) link
But I suppose the young 'uns likely to be tweeting more, pesky kids
Rooney said he was gutted just before he demanded an English be placed into the wicker man
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:44 (twelve years ago) link
england should play dawson + king in defense, parker DM, defoe and crouch up front, and lennon too.
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:44 (twelve years ago) link
i forgot thudd!!!
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:47 (twelve years ago) link
what a team
The FA can't do anything without fucking up, ever. The idea of them subtly manipulating Capello out the door is preposterous.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:48 (twelve years ago) link
fabio we've had a meeting, john terry's not the captain anymore. okay mate.
― pandemic, Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:50 (twelve years ago) link
Dunno, this guy Bernstein seems a cut above? (xp)
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:51 (twelve years ago) link
if you don't think players good enough for epl top three are good enough for england i dunno
― Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:51 (twelve years ago) link
^ no misspelling there btw (xp)
thudd lennon parker and y'know whoever ye want on left
― Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:52 (twelve years ago) link
marcotti's translation of capello's tv interview is that capello was asked about the fa's decision and if he agreed with it. capello said that he wouldn't have made the same decision because he believes in innocent until proven guilty but that the decision wasn't his to make because the fa deals with matters with regard to player conduct.
― pandemic, Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:53 (twelve years ago) link
Apart from anything else, if the verdict had gone the other way yesterday, the FA would've brought about a situation where Stuart Pearce is the outstanding candidate for the job.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:54 (twelve years ago) link
a lot of spurs players are good enough for england because england don't have many good players and whatever manager they choose that will be the case. I don't think gerrard/lampard get consistently picked merely on reputation but because they really are the best of a bad lot, or at least have been over the past decade.
― pandemic, Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:56 (twelve years ago) link
Carrick and Scholes midfield for the Euros then?
― Number None, Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:58 (twelve years ago) link
robinsonwalker dawson king rooney parkerlennon thudd Jenas crouch defoe
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:59 (twelve years ago) link
No place for Konchesky then?
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:00 (twelve years ago) link
find me a utd fan thinks carrick and scholes are good enough
― Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:03 (twelve years ago) link
gerrard and lampard got picked because of their club form, neither of them has performed at international level and there comes a point where you might as well let some other poor schlub have a chance. individual ability not being the only mark of a class player, maybe pick blokes who can follow instructions and play for their team?
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:11 (twelve years ago) link
Lampard's been better for England than Gerrard?
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:13 (twelve years ago) link
both pish
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:14 (twelve years ago) link
i think they've both proven that at club level also.
― Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:14 (twelve years ago) link
xxxp to nv
still think becks should come back as captain
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:15 (twelve years ago) link
Don't watch England intently enough to notice how Lampard performs tbh, Gerrard is more blatantly shite
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:15 (twelve years ago) link
Sharpe Carrick Scholes Beckham
imo
― Number None, Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:16 (twelve years ago) link
parker gerrard lampardlennon young rooney
Or whoever instead of young
― Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:20 (twelve years ago) link
obv tho, i'd have thudd in there instead of lampard once he's back fit
― Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:21 (twelve years ago) link
Play them both just for the obesity lols.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:24 (twelve years ago) link
Plus Nicky Barmby and I'm sure we can convince Andy Reid he has an English grandmother somewhere.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:25 (twelve years ago) link
Harry Redknapp has declared that his focus is Tottenham Hotspur - despite being heavily linked with the England manager's job. Redknapp told the BBC News Channel that it would not be right to think about the England job. "I've never thought about it (the England job). They (the FA) will make whatever decision they want to make and hopefully be right for the country."
Redknapp told the BBC News Channel that it would not be right to think about the England job.
"I've never thought about it (the England job). They (the FA) will make whatever decision they want to make and hopefully be right for the country."
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:26 (twelve years ago) link
parker wilshere and thudd is actually my eng central mid, fwiw, and if i could think of a passer as good as thudd i'd happily swap tbh
― Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:28 (twelve years ago) link
scholes it is then
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:33 (twelve years ago) link
First England manager job should be convincing McClean he isn't Irish if Trapp doesn't want him.
― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:36 (twelve years ago) link
Norn Iron surely? Oh hold on, he's from Derry
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:37 (twelve years ago) link
Capped for NI at U21 level
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:38 (twelve years ago) link