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Post by loy PRA on Jun 1, 2012 13:49:40 GMT
I am very excited. Although International Football is invariably disappointing, I usually support Eire who generally play exciting football, fast paced football, if short on quality.
Also got a big soft spot for England this year. Roy Hodgson was by far the best man for the job and it's quite startling the FA made the correct decision. I'm also quite glad Gareth Barry and Frank Lampard are injured as they've never fitted into the national team. In a midfield of Gerrard and Lampard I'd say ten times out of ten you'd pick Gerrard at the expense of Lampard. Also pleased Jordan Henderson has got the nod, difficult first season at Liverpool, but he's got oodles of ability. If Adam Johnson had got the nod there could've been Carroll (Gateshead), Downing (Middlesbrough), Johnson (Sunderland) and Henderson (Sunderland) leading the renaissance of North East home grown talent.
And the fact I work weekends and have midweek off only sweetens the deal of watching random matches throughout the day. Happy days!
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Post by amberaleman on Jun 3, 2012 19:59:29 GMT
I agree about Hodgson. An underwhelming response to his appointment from the meejah, followed by a spate of injuries to players in the squad, mean that expectations about how England will do are far lower than for previous tournaments. That can only be a good thing.
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Post by Sultan of Cannock- SRFC on Jun 11, 2012 15:17:21 GMT
Player for player this is probably the poorest squad we've sent to a tournement in my living memory. However, Roy will have them well organised, well drilled and they will play for each other more than the so called "golden generation" ever did. My mind keeps going back to Sir Alf's "wingless wonders" and i feel we could actually do better this time than for many a long year.
I'm looking forward with much excitement to tonight's England game. I wont see it live due to being on a 12hour night shift. However, i've been suffering from daytime insomnia and having seen the two England friendlies with the "banks of 4" a la West Brom ( i actually dozed off during the 2nd half of the Belgium game) i'm anticipating setting up the video in the morning and getting my first decent day's sleep of the year so far!
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Post by amberaleman on Jun 11, 2012 21:41:45 GMT
Well, we got a draw against the French. I can't enthuse about the England performance as the studio pundits did - France had more of the ball, looked much more comfortable in possession, and fashioned the majority of the game's shots on target. But all of that was to be expected. England defended their area stoutly and created the clearest openings (even if there weren't many of them). Not great to watch, but in the current circumstances England fans can't afford to be picky about entertainment value. So two cheers for Roy!
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Post by peekay on Jun 24, 2012 18:53:31 GMT
England have been better than I expected so far but I don't expect us to get past Italy tonight.
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Post by ambersalamander on Jun 25, 2012 12:09:48 GMT
You don't expect correctly
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Post by peekay on Jun 26, 2012 6:14:20 GMT
Too many expectations in one sentence there.
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Post by Sultan of Cannock- SRFC on Jun 29, 2012 11:37:50 GMT
I've really enjoyed this tournement, there have been very few "duff" games this time. Portugal shootout, what a classic! Even England looked professional by comparison! Nice to see those two arrogant show-ponies Ronaldo and Neuer taken down a peg. And are we finally getting to see Mario Balotelli - the man? Just a shame i have to miss the final due to a 12 hour nightshift on Sunday.
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Post by ambersalamander on Jul 2, 2012 9:31:30 GMT
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