Harold Hill said:
Scotland remind me so much of west ham it's untrue...
Russia v England
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Scotland remind me so much of west ham it's untrue...
Harold Hill
Jay Emm forgot his p/word
SpookyFrank said:Russia have two games to play, against shit teams, we only have one
However they played at Wembley, they don't lose in Tel Aviv very often. And they drew in Moscow.
And if we can't beat Croatia at Wembley in the circumstances, then Russia deserve to go instead of us.
Difficult to blame anyone other than the ref for being conned - we were just very unlucky.
ChocolateTeapot
biscuit crumbs & balloons
I am a Scotland fan, but I thought I would listen in on 5 live on the way home to the England game to get me in the 2008 mood.
What a pile of shite that commentary was. To paraphrase:
"if you are just joing us, we can only apologise about the sound quality (fifth time in 3 mins since I "joined them"). Yes, Russia hopes to stage a championship, but with this technology, you have to wonder. Yes, in my 30 years of broadcasting I have never..GOAL!"
What a pile of shite that commentary was. To paraphrase:
"if you are just joing us, we can only apologise about the sound quality (fifth time in 3 mins since I "joined them"). Yes, Russia hopes to stage a championship, but with this technology, you have to wonder. Yes, in my 30 years of broadcasting I have never..GOAL!"
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Can we sling Steve McClaren out now or do we have to wait till after the next game?
SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
Monkeygrinder's Organ said:Can we sling Steve McClaren out now or do we have to wait till after the next game?
I think we should pick a potential replacement now and have him waiting on the touchline at Wembley, just so McLaren knows he's hanging by his nutsack in the highly unlikely event he isn't aware of that already.
Harold Hill
Jay Emm forgot his p/word
Gingerman said:
Neither did Georgia tonight.
For the World Cup groups, even 2nd isn't guaranteed a berth so I guess teams will be playing to be seeded as high as possible.
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
Robinson was definitely at fault for that, why was he playing?.
Balbi
Hey, Dean Yager!
sleaterkinney said:
[bonehead] Because David James is dodgy as fuck [/bonehead]
Despite this he is the form England goalkeeper. His game has improved massively over the last three years, and his partnership with Campbell would have proved invaluable tonight. Instead Robinson (whose form seems linked to Ledley King's fitness, or is that just me that can see that) gets the nod, and flaps his way around.
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
This is the thing about England, if a player drops out of form they're not replaced quickly enough.
Just seen the MoTD 'high'lights, managed to avoid all knowledge for 5 hours before that 
Fucking bollocks!!!!!! is all I can say.
We're out!!
Why didn't Gerrard or Campbell score those chances??
<concentrates on music, beer, drugs and festivals from now on ... >
Football = shite .....
Fucking bollocks!!!!!! is all I can say.
We're out!!
Why didn't Gerrard or Campbell score those chances??
<concentrates on music, beer, drugs and festivals from now on ...
>Football = shite .....
if we qualify for that as well.
can someone clear something up for me? everyone's saying Russia have to slip up for us to qualify but can't we still beat croatia to qualification? if they loose to macedonia and then we beat them and by more than 2 goals then we go through right? is it goal difference?
can someone clear something up for me? everyone's saying Russia have to slip up for us to qualify but can't we still beat croatia to qualification? if they loose to macedonia and then we beat them and by more than 2 goals then we go through right? is it goal difference?
Flashman said:
but my point is Croatia are on 26 points and we're on 23 points. If they loose to macedonia - lets say 1-0 - then it stays like that and their goal difference is better than us by 2 goals. we then beat them 3-0 (which seems to be the trend at Wembley at the mo) and we're both on 26 points and we've got a better goal difference by one goal.
Extremely unlikely I know but still weird that its not been pointed out. Even reporters are saying the "only" way to qualify is if Russia fail to win one of their last 2 games.
Nah, we need croatia to thrash macedonia and be comfortably qualified by the time they play us, as then they can relax and won't mind if we win. I do have a feeling israel will get something against russia though, so it won't be all in vail
No big Glastonbury distractions!
Mine's been enhanced
Doesn't mean I'm happy about last night's total fuck up of a result in the slightest ...
Flashman said:My '08 summer drinking expedition has been bowled a googly mind
Mine's been enhanced
Doesn't mean I'm happy about last night's total fuck up of a result in the slightest ...
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
Possibly that somebody's whacked on a lot of money when the odds were better so the odds have come down again?
John Quays
the reverend relapse
It was never a penalty. Simple.
A stupid challenge, free kick on the edge of the box. Why do we still not allow the refs to have a quick check where the offence was?
It will likely make the difference between England going to Euro 08 or not, after all.
Otherwise England played exactly as they always do, direct, fast, long-ball stuff which looked impressive at times but blunt-edged and over-hopeful when the chips were down.
A stupid challenge, free kick on the edge of the box. Why do we still not allow the refs to have a quick check where the offence was?
It will likely make the difference between England going to Euro 08 or not, after all.
Otherwise England played exactly as they always do, direct, fast, long-ball stuff which looked impressive at times but blunt-edged and over-hopeful when the chips were down.
Gingerman said:
Doesn't always mean jack. Look how hard greece played against us in the final WC 2002 qualifier.
