Friggin Spain. I forget who it was, but during the WC last year someone compared Spain to a circus act. Sums that game up perfectly. Useless fuckers ping the ball around for hours on end without doing very much actual attacking. That said, how England won that is beyond me. They had one shot, and won... MTF *sigh*
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England were dominant tonight. Spain barely saw any of the ball. Apart from that chance that David Villa screwed wide, and Cesc Fabregas failure to get on that ball into the box from Villa, Spain created very little. Lampard did well to go around Pique before driving home from 35 yards, and England have clearly brought something new to the game, something we have never seen before, namely the phenomenon of a tall, pale, centerback hoofing the ball forward to a tall, dark, centerforward, who quickly is surrounded by opposition players. England are boss, clearly. I'm Alan Brazil, time is 06:17.
England defended stoutly. Spain didn't create many clear cut chances throughout that. Parker was immense. Should be captain.
Good old fashion type player, Parker is. Gets on with it. Keeps the ball well and a tidy pass on him. Fuck Redknapp. :Lok:
Parker is shite, Pure shite. He spins around and pirrouettes eight times before knocking the ball backwards. It's like watching David Batty except without the spite. MTF
C'mon he's solid. Yea, sometimes he keeps the ball too much and makes the odd mistake, but he's a pretty prominent figure in midfield.
Aye he was pretty good. Pish game though. Like watching Wigan wring out a home win over Arsenal played out with better players.
Parker is the current flavour-of-the-month. He gets you goals. He works hard, He plays for Spurs, he is better than Xavi, believe.
It's going to be lost on the press......but England basically threw Wellbeck up front and hung on for the last 20 minutes.
He's a fucking donkey man. I watched him week in, week out at SJP spinning about like a dervish, beating the same man nine times whilst never leaving a circle of the pitch before knocking the ball sidewards to the by now tripple-marked full back. David Batty used to do the exact same thing, except Batty used to tackle properly and fuck people up in doing so. Parker just faffs his way towards the ball and hopes for the best. I'd rather eat my own spew than watch a team full of Scott Parker's. He's fucking trash. MTF
It was depressing to be honest. England played like Stoke; sat on the edge of their box defending with ten blokes and got a goal from a set piece. All from the best league in the world :shit: I will say this, mind. Spain looked clueless. They are the most beautiful team I have ever watched knock a ball around but they do very little fucking attacking. They are missing a Messi type; someone who actually does something in and around the box. Spain can play eighty passes in a minute but never actually get anywhere. MTF
Sometimes, you have to use these tactics to beat certain teams, like Spain. England did a great job in defense.
But that's just it mate, they didn't. England spent the last 20 hoofing it and Spain had more than enough chances to win it, never mind equalize. This is what gets me everytime, word will now go around that Ingurland have arrived and Welbeck can punish Europe etc. I hate to piss on your parade, but England were cut open a few times, three that I can think off in the last 20 minutes- Villa when he hit the post, rounded the keeper after Pique played him in, and when Fabregas screwed wide with Hart beaten. England created NO chances in the same period. England played well enough but the improvement is not there. The draw will be critical in determining Englands chances- same for Ireland, assuming they get past Estonia on Chewsday.
Spain didn't have many clear cut scoring opportunities tho. England limited them. Spain passed the ball well, got near the goal often enough, were maybe one pass away from scoring, but never really troubled Hart at all. They would often build up well, but then the final ball would let them down, or the England defenders pounced on them, thwarting them. Alot of shots *by Spain) were blocked too. They had a great chance to level with Villa, but he bottled it and struck the post too. Just couldn't get a true, clear cut look at goal.
that would make it 3:45 my time... I will miss the first half, but I can catch the second when I get home I will cheer and when Eire wins, I will walk triumphantly through town and the locals will sing "There goes cdogg, he's a solid man"
GMT, mate. It changes with the seasons. Keep my life simple, eh. Mon the bhoys. Ireland European Champions 2012, Celtic Europa League Champions!:cheer: BELIEVE.