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Post by medibot on Jul 9, 2006 2:16:21 GMT
If England have ever been any good at penalties then he could have blagged his way to two major finals (or at worst semis) and maybe won one of them and then people wouldn't think he was such an idiot. Well, not a complete idiot anyway
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Post by bonehead on Jul 9, 2006 8:52:26 GMT
Hello bonehead. i like you You're only after my Special Brew!
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Post by bonehead on Jul 9, 2006 9:00:54 GMT
Why rely on penalties? That is a tactic used by Johnny Foreigner. On paper England had the best squad (give or take the odd missing forward and the selection of a complete nonentity) it's had for many a year. Did it perform? No. Did the 2004 squad perform? No. Were we actually in the 2002 World Cup? No ... um ... er ... yes officially but that was the most insipid England squad I've ever seen. I won't spill any tears for SGE going. The worrying part is that I can't see the new bloke getting England to perform any better
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Post by ojiveojive on Jul 10, 2006 9:02:10 GMT
Once again I find myself agreeing with bonehead.
In the past they've said they didn't practice penalties because it's totally different on the training ground to the heat of the competition and I always thought well why practice free kicks or corners or the offside trap or anything else on the training ground if you can't put it into practice in the heat of the game?
This time they practiced penalties and they just came out like the rest of our play, poor. I'm glad the swede has gone, I never liked his tactics or his squad selection and he didn't seem to be able to instill any confidence or bottle into the team, especially when the going got tough. Yes, there were highs, scraping through against the Greeks with a last minute Beckham free kick comes to mind along with the 5-1 destruction of Germany, but generally it has been dour. I hope McLaren can put smiles on our faces.
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Post by pies on Jul 11, 2006 12:46:05 GMT
To be fair to SGE, when was the last time England got to the quater-finals of 3 consecutive tournaments, having topped their qualification group each time? I remember England being a laughing stock 6 years ago before SGE was appointed, and know we seriously believe that England can be contenders, that to mind is an improvement. That's not to say he hasn't outlasted his welcome, if you forget the team selection fiasco, although they have progressed, England have begun to stagnate, and it's most definitly time for a new manager. Apart from Steve McLaren has any English manager won a major trophy in the last decade? And lets not forget that McLaren was assistant to Sir Alex Ferguson when Man Utd won the treble, and then the Premiership in 2000 and 2001. Here's hoping he can guide England to winning something.
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