do these fucks never learn

yeah that one win i misattributed moves him from relegation form to mere underachiever

ever diminishing standards at the bottom of the league probably why the swansea board don't feel the risky appointment of a 35 yr old near novice to a 3 yr contract is really that much of a risk

greg dyke then

i mean, there are no words really

yeah, discussion over

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theres a lot in there, dyke is a load of shit, probably more wrong than right here but its not terrible

Dyke wants to insert a new fifth tier into the English pyramid system — a ‘League Three’ — which would feature 10 B teams from the Premier League and 10 teams from the current fifth division, the National Conference

= this will be fuck all use to big epl academies,

the issue is and always has been youth coaching. this will simply allow clubs to hoard youth players without even loaning them out elsewhere. meanwhile their coaching isn't addressed.

it's absolute craven insanity. and to claim that this will ensure higher turnover for lower-league clubs owing to higher gate numbers is mendacious shit of the first order

it also anoints certain clubs as keepers of the flame in a way that utterly kills any pretence the PL had to competitiveness

England manager Roy Hodgson welcomed the proposals, but critics, such as Darragh Mac, believe the B team plan is unworkable.

http://fc-utd.co.uk/m_story.php?story_id=5524

Steven Gerrard: England's young World Cup talent is scary

Steven Gerrard has described England's World Cup youngsters as "scary".

Football Association chairman Greg Dyke believes Prince Harry could have inspired England to better results if he had attended games against Italy and Uruguay, as well as the final fixture against Costa Rica. Independent

next level dtfnl imo

only ginger prince that has ever been any good for england is paul scholes

harsh on the nickys

Shearer: Wayne Rooney my choice as England's next captain

If England captain Steven Gerrard decides now is the time for him to end his international career then Wayne Rooney would be my choice to succeed him as skipper.
There are not a lot of other outstanding candidates for the job in the squad, but that does not matter because Rooney is ready, and he would be perfect for the role.
Rooney is not only England's best player but he has the experience to go along with that, and he was mature enough to deal with the scrutiny that he was under at the start of this tournament.
I know myself that being England captain brings added pressure, but Rooney will be used to that because of who he is and what he has achieved.

Real Madrid are preparing a bid for Liverpool and England forward Raheem Sterling, 19, as concerns arise with the fitness of Cristiano Ronaldo after an injury-ridden World Cup campaign. Sunday Mirror

people get paid to write this. oh noes the world player of the year was injured over summer lets buy someone who is only kinda in liverpools first team and had a worse world cup than cronny

Mike Parry @mikeparry8 · 2h
If Glenn Hoddle goes to QPR to join Harry I reckon you've got what would make the nearest thing to a dream managent duo for the England team

the esteem your average bloke on the street maintains for hoddle is fucking terrifying, he is ingerland's cruyff and they won't be told otherwise

i'm crying blood this morning

honestly rather have sherwood i think

nowadays i can't remember whether he was an actually decent manager or not tbh, as long as he's stopped holding seances in training you shd be alright

nah he's a shit cunt

if i didnt happen to support the club i would probably pay good money to watch him interact with our herd of truculent bantersauruses

ffs if this works even a little our crowd will start baying

By JAMIE REDKNAPP

Raheem Sterling is England’s David Silva. He doesn’t manipulate the ball like the Spaniard, but he can play between the lines and he has something Silva doesn’t have: destructive pace.

Louis van Gaal’s decision to sell Danny Welbeck for £16m is one of the most controversial transfers in Manchester United history.

On Monday night, after he scored twice in an England shirt in his first start since a deadline day transfer to Arsenal, it felt like one of the biggest mistakes they have ever made.

One goal, against Switzerland in this Euro 2016 qualifier, was embarrassing enough for van Gaal. Two feels like humiliation.

That's a doozy that one.

redknapp spot on for a change

Henry Winter

7:32PM GMT 04 Dec 2014

All players entering the England system from 15 up to the senior team will now undergo an “induction process” into “the England way”.

The coaching staff released its “England DNA” manifesto aimed at developing a new breed of “socially-responsible, tactically-aware, athletic, intelligent and creative players”. Players will be given a “wristband memory stick” with details of the “England DNA”, showing montages of moves which they can refer to when back with their clubs.

Footballers being humans, and not robots, it will take time and effort for them to absorb the criteria laid down by the St George’s Park boot-room of Gareth Southgate, Dan Ashworth, Mike Rigg and Matt Crocker after consultation with Roy Hodgson, the women’s coach Mark Sampson and national associations in Europe and Latin America.

Two of the England players used to depict the DNA in print and digital format are Wayne Rooney and Ross Barkley, who learned their skills on the streets and local parks on Merseyside before being coached at Everton’s Academy.

The thinking behind giving the players a memory stick is that the FA felt that contenders and established seniors alike would not read a paper version currently circulating at St George’s Park. “We’ve studied how the modern player learns, and lot of it is through visual,’’ said Crocker, the FA’s head of coach and player development. “So that’s why we’ve created a pool of montages and a lot of words are backed up with a double click on and pictures of England players.”

On the memory stick, players will be informed that they must “strive for the highest standards on and off the field. We don’t settle for anything less, excellence is the minimum requirement.”

got a ballad to sing to you, the ballad of jonjo shelvey

Build England team around Harry Kane

Louis van Gaal’s decision to sell Danny Welbeck for £16m is one of the most controversial transfers in Manchester United history.

On Monday night, after he scored twice in an England shirt in his first start since a deadline day transfer to Arsenal, it felt like one of the biggest mistakes they have ever made.

One goal, against Switzerland in this Euro 2016 qualifier, was embarrassing enough for van Gaal. Two feels like humiliation.

― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 16:38 (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That's a doozy that one.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 16:50 (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

neil ashton just wrote a new column about welbeck.........

Next month an England squad will be announced for the games against Lithuania and Italy.

Welbeck is coming under pressure from Harry Kane. He is a favourite of Hodgson’s, but to keep his place in the team for club and country the forward will need to play in his preferred position.

It seems that if Giroud is fit, he will always start ahead of Welbeck. The Frenchman has now scored 11 times in the FA Cup.

In a few weeks, as Arsenal power on for a place in the top four and another appearance in an FA Cup final, the competition will be fierce in this squad.

Heavyweights such as Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey, Mikel Arteta and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will be making demands of Wenger as they enter a crucial phase of the season.

When that moment arrives, you begin to wonder where Welbeck will fit in.

His position is also under threat from new signing Gabriel Paulista.

Mikel Arteta, heavyweight

In 2022, a typical England player at a club competing in the Champions League could expect to have played only 14 matches games between the start and the season and the end of October.

"We've cried out for a long time for a mid-winter break, maybe this will give us a great chance of winning a World Cup," added Neville, who won 59 England caps between 1996 and 2007.

The word "maybe" seems to be working quite hard in that sentence.

Vincent Kompany 9

Kompany was a colossus in a losing cause at the Nou Camp last time.

Sergio Busquets 7

At just 26, Busquets already has more than 70 caps for his native Spain and Fernandinho will need to fill the void left by the suspended Yaya Toure.

Manchester-City-vs-Barcelona-two-teams-compare-ahead-Champions-League-16-clash.html

Kompany is one of those rare big men who have become so big that they're pretty much honorary Englishmen in the eyes of most football hacks. He's more blood-on-the-shirt for England and St George now than actual English defenders like Gary Cahill.

The only other one I can think of off the top of my head is Peter Schmeichel.

very much so

patrice vieira was only rechristened patrick in 1997

Vieira was too French and Arsenal were too un-English throughout the majority of his time there for him to count.

“At Liverpool [when Carragher played in the Champions League] we had great technical players at the time, but we were more powerful than the other teams. We had the physical intensity of the Premier League, we took that into the Champions League. Now you look at it and PSG looked more powerful than Chelsea over the two games which is probably a bigger worry more than the football.”

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/mar/12/champions-league-jamie-carragher-chelsea-liverpool-europa-league-arsenal-manchester-city

“I think it has deteriorated,” he added. “I think it has the last few years. With the new TV deal, the clubs get a lot of money. But I think that maybe because they have so much money that when you’re buying players in it doesn’t mean enough to bring a player in because you have that much money. You can bring a player in but if it doesn’t quite work out you still have the money to bring another in.

Yep, that will explain the underperformance vs PSG and Monaco.

Sky Sports Jeff Stelling Thinks Arsenal Can Beat Monaco & Go Through In The CL.

(Published on 13 Mar 2015)

Sure. Arsenal win 1-0. Monaco field an illegible player just cos'. Arsenal go through.

It worked for Celtic... twice.

Here is the first footballer from these shores for a long time who could credibly be regarded as being among the top three or four players in the world and with the potential of becoming the very best.

The Welshman can become the world's best footballer but his style is being cramped by the Portuguese at the Bernabeu

Time to drop Ronaldo and let a Welshman breathe.

I'm assuming that's Martin Samuel or someone banging the drum for Bale going to Chelsea?

Jason Burt arguing that ronaldo should sling his hook back to utd, and messi should hurry up and get old so that Bale can be the star he rightfully should be I think.