Get fucked are you getting away with palming Lawro off on us.
― ,,,,,,eeeeleon (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 July 2010 12:54 (fourteen years ago) link
srs line in the sand shit right there
lololololol
― I saw Mommy kissing Santa Cruz (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 July 2010 12:57 (fourteen years ago) link
http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/78981510.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF87892155F29F61288AC1CA45CED72E9EA92363790556070386E3A220EF5264B1D9A9B9
nope, it checks out
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 1 July 2010 12:57 (fourteen years ago) link
have you seen the news lately? anyone can get an irish passport, sure.
― ,,,,,,eeeeleon (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:00 (fourteen years ago) link
http://scottdouglas.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/tony-cascarino.gif
"Ah begob 'tis the wearin' of the green"
― I saw Mommy kissing Santa Cruz (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:01 (fourteen years ago) link
English pundits like Hansen and Lawro you mean?
Has Alan Hansen ever spoken about Scottish football? Lawro has, occasionally, sure he's a terrible man for the pontificatin'
― I am utterly and abjectly pissed off with this little lot (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm pondering now if Hansen's ever had occasion to broach the subject.
― I saw Mommy kissing Santa Cruz (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:02 (fourteen years ago) link
xxp swear to fuck i have that exact jpg just ready to paste
― ,,,,,,eeeeleon (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:03 (fourteen years ago) link
1st up on GIS innit
― I saw Mommy kissing Santa Cruz (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:04 (fourteen years ago) link
This is the pity of Scotland not qualifying for major tournaments, now that media is more hysterically Anglocentric than it's ever been (IMO), I wonder how they'd handle it, Hansen would have to do some research on Scottish players for a start
― I am utterly and abjectly pissed off with this little lot (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Fingers crossed that we're on our way back to the 70s, with Scotland qualifying and England not qualifying, oh what fun!
― I am utterly and abjectly pissed off with this little lot (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2008/12/5/1228491824927/Tony-Cascarino-001.jpg
was gonna go with this xp, being garotted for defiling the green by true son o' the soil
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link
xxp re hansen having to do some 'research' -would he fuck, going on the level of research demonstrated this past couple of years.
― ,,,,,,eeeeleon (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:07 (fourteen years ago) link
HE'S RESEARCHED SOME OFF-LICENCES, AMIRITE??
― I saw Mommy kissing Santa Cruz (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:07 (fourteen years ago) link
*slouch* *sneer* *pick up expenses*
― I am utterly and abjectly pissed off with this little lot (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I can imagine the reaction you'd get asking townsend to come spend a few hours sweating on the bog with you
― ,,,,,,eeeeleon (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't imagine, amidst all this WC shockah fallout, that England still won't absolutely cruise to qualificiation for the Euros, btw.
― ,,,,,,eeeeleon (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:11 (fourteen years ago) link
btw I still think if Argentina win the World Cup under Maradonna this year, Gazza should get a shot as England manager.
― voodoo sailor (ken c), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Fuck that, If Maradona wins the WC for Argentina, the FA should be targetting him
― ,,,,,,eeeeleon (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I dunno man, Wales will be up for it and that Montenegro team must have 30 or 40 professionals to choose from.
― I saw Mommy kissing Santa Cruz (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I would just like to see Maradona try and snog Stuart Pearce tbh
― I saw Mommy kissing Santa Cruz (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Once you've faced the might of Slovenia you can have few fears
― I am utterly and abjectly pissed off with this little lot (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Fuck that, If Maradona wins the WC for Argentina, the FA should be targetting him― ,,,,,,eeeeleon (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:12 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Nah surely it's time for an english manager now? After a swede, a dutch and an italian??
― voodoo sailor (ken c), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Has anybody suggested Shearer yet?
― It's a rest day, WE WANT TO SHOP (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I suppose if you take the position that the Malvinas are British territory, it's not that far of a leap to getting Diego on board tbh.
― ,,,,,,eeeeleon (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:21 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost fuck alan shearer, he's too fucking dearer
― voodoo sailor (ken c), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Maradona worked for Argentina, so surely only one man will do for England:
http://www.xrv.org.uk/forums/attachments/chatter/302d1181841322-bbc-headline-abbas-warns-collapse-gaza-gazza.jpg
― I am utterly and abjectly pissed off with this little lot (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:25 (fourteen years ago) link
It's just possible that Gazza will be too out of it to worry about what the press thinks of his team selection.
― It's a rest day, WE WANT TO SHOP (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Jimmy 5 Bellies at centre half.
― Adge Cutler & the Özils (NickB), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Do England shirts come in XXXXXXXXL?
― Adge Cutler & the Özils (NickB), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Clubs at which, according to Soccerbase, the England Squad from 1990 began their careers (and their clubs at the time of the tournament):
Stoke City (Derby County)Brighton and Hove Albion (Glasgow Rangers)Wealdstone (Nottinghasm Forest)Reading (Manchester United)Nottingham Forest (Nottingham Forest)Ipswich Town (Glasgow Rangers)West Bromwich Albion (Manchester United)Tow Law Town (Olympique de Marseille)Wallsend (Liverpool)Leicester (Tottenham Hotspur)Sudbury Court (Liverpool)Fulham (QPR)Nottingham Forest (Glasgow Rangers)Oxford United (Derby County)Aston Villa (Chelsea)Everton (Liverpool)Manchester United (Aston Villa)Nottingham Forest (Nottingham Forest)Newcastle United (Tottenham Hotspur)Burnley (Glasgow Rangers)West Bromwich Albion (Wolverhampton Wanderers)Leeds United (Arsenal)Edgware Town (Chelsea)
This year:
Watford (Portsmouth)West Ham United (Liverpool)Arsenal (Chelsea)Liverpool (Liverpool)Nottingham Forest (Tottenham Hotspur)Chelsea (Chelsea)Leeds (Tottenham Hotspur)West Ham United (Chelsea)Tottenham Hotspur (Tottenham Hotspur)Everton (Manchester United)West Ham United (Chelsea)Norwich City (West Ham United)Liverpool (Aston Villa)Aston Villa (Manchester City)Luton Town (West Ham United)Leeds United (Aston Villa)Nottingham Forest (Manchester City)Liverpool (Liverpool)Charlton Athletic (Tottenham Hotspur)Tottenham Hotspur (Tottenham Hotspur)Leicester City (Aston Villa)West Ham United (Manchester United)Shrewsbury Town (Manchester City)
We've been worrying about Premiership teams giving chances to their youth team products but I wonder whether we should think more about how and why English football has managed to reuce the supply lines of players from smaller clubs to the best clubs?
― Tim, Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Everybody knows the top 4 have got all the best English players, silly
― It's a rest day, WE WANT TO SHOP (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
West Bromwich Albion (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Should've have 50-odd caps :D
― It's a rest day, WE WANT TO SHOP (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I didn't know he started at West Brom - was he a boyhood baggy?
― Tim, Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't think so. He was born in Tipton anyway.
― It's a rest day, WE WANT TO SHOP (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Liverpool and, uh, Rangers dominating the 1990 squad
― I am utterly and abjectly pissed off with this little lot (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:35 (fourteen years ago) link
how and why English football has managed to reuce the supply lines of players from smaller clubs to the best clubs
because now the bigger clubs buy all before them at as young an age as possible, and then nurture them in a professional and successful manner through the ranks?
― ,,,,,,eeeeleon (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:35 (fourteen years ago) link
xp And Forest.
not xpost: more than they did then? It's not like Manchester United didn't have a youth team in the 70s and '80s.
The point I'm trying to make is serious, if not very thoroughly thought-through: finding the lads who will be the very best players is always hit and miss, even for clubs like Ajax who do it remarkably well - guessing which of your youth will be the best players in 8-10 years time will always involve mistakes. If we have reduced the way back for players who miss the cut at 14 then we're likely missing some class.
― Tim, Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:41 (fourteen years ago) link
tryign to think who the second tottenham (tottenham) player is besides king- is it crouch? not sure he had signed forms for us tbh
― ,,,,,,eeeeleon (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:46 (fourteen years ago) link
xp
no, i agree with you tim, to be honest
― ,,,,,,eeeeleon (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah it's Crouch, he did actually sign a professional contract and he played for the Spurs youth team.
― Vulvuzela (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:49 (fourteen years ago) link
xp It is. Doesn't look like he made the first team so maybe that should read QPR (Tottenham).
Of course I have an ulterior motive because it'd be really nice to see a few more of those pounds sloshing into the lower leagues.
There's a thing in the back of my mind where I suspect that coaches select (at least in part) on players' ability to absorb and respond to coaching, and that's one of the things which programmes out the hint of the mercurial which England could do with so badly just now. But that is baseless speculation really.
― Tim, Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:52 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost how tall was crouch when he first signed?
― voodoo sailor (ken c), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:58 (fourteen years ago) link
(and how good were his feet?)
― voodoo sailor (ken c), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Wealdstone (Nottinghasm Forest)
Think the local tourist board should change the name to Nottinghasm forthwith.
― Stevie T, Thursday, 1 July 2010 14:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Now available for call-up again
― ,,,,,,eeeeleon (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 July 2010 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Marlon King out yet?
― I am utterly and abjectly pissed off with this little lot (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 July 2010 14:11 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/04_03/bartonDM_468x589.jpg
HE'S READY
― Vulvuzela (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 July 2010 14:13 (fourteen years ago) link
we did that england XI already didn't we?
― ,,,,,,eeeeleon (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 July 2010 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link