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Post by Mart!n on Jun 28, 2012 22:37:38 GMT 1
To be honest England played well in the group matches at least we qualified into the last eight, shame we played bad against Italy but on paper they were the better side, I think Roy Hodgson did well, with just a couple of matches under his belt. The big test is when the qualifying matches for the World Cup start, we just live and learn, we seem to be in a easy group with Poland and Ukraine, the two host nations from the Euro comp.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 29, 2012 0:03:35 GMT 1
and its funny how cassano looked 10 times the player than wayne rooney has every looked at international level despite having heart surgery and a mini stroke and suffered ischemic cerebral damage less than 9 month ago! it might help if rooney had a heart to start with...or a brain that matter Rooney played very well in Euro 2004 until he got injured. In the next two tournaments he was recovering from injury and probably wouldn't have made the squad if he'd been any other player. This time he didn't have that excuse. OK so he hadn't played in a competitive match for longer than the rest of the squad but suspension is no excuse for not keeping fit.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 29, 2012 0:29:49 GMT 1
That was almost 10 year ago, me and my mate were talking about this the other day, when rooney is 'unfit' his passing, touch and decision making goes to sh*t but a sunday league player can sill manage to do the basics with much less talent than him. it doesn't make sense, it must be mental thing or he dosent want to play for england. look at his bad spell for man u, when he 'wanted to leave' as soon as they paid him 250k a week he started to play amazing, his motivation? money. his motivation for england however? does he have one, his rant at england fans booing suggests its a hassle and if you get 1m a month do you care about fans when your a cheating scouse scumbag. he has had more bad games for england than heskey
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Post by suedehead on Jun 29, 2012 0:49:24 GMT 1
His most recent poor spell for Man U was when he was facing a three match suspension and, potentially, not being in the England squad as a result. As soon as the suspension was reduced to two matches he started playing well again. That doesn't suggest to me that he doesn't care about playing for England.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 29, 2012 1:03:11 GMT 1
more likely worried about a potential huge loss of revenue for image rights from not playing in the euros or the huge blow to his ego that he wouldnt get to play in a major competition. wayne rooney cares about wayne rooney, he cant even keep his c*ck in his pants around grannies, sure he was deeply concerned about coleen at the time. if he does care about playing for england then he must have mental issues because he suddenly cant pass a ball 3 yards or control a simple pass, time after time, in game after game over a period of 6 or 7 year, like i said fitness dosent stop you doing the basics so he has no excuse. and getting sent off just before the euros is just braindead anyway, if that was the reason he played bad then its his fault anyway
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Post by suedehead on Jun 30, 2012 11:48:43 GMT 1
Just when you thought UEFA had run out of daft ideas Michel Platini has come up with another. He has suggested that the 2020 tournament could take place in a range of cities across Europe. Si, in theory, we could have Italy playing Greece at Wembley with England playing France in Budapest on the same day. Totally bonkers and hardly improving UEFA's environmental credentials.
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Post by Paddy on Jun 30, 2012 11:49:50 GMT 1
Who would qualify as host nation(s)?
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Post by Panda on Jun 30, 2012 12:26:11 GMT 1
Who knows? This is Platini we're talking about.
Maybe it would just be whoever was hosting the final. Or maybe the host cities wouldn't be decided until the qualifiers were known.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jun 30, 2012 12:34:58 GMT 1
Anyone else think it could be part of a clever tactic, saying this to get everyone outraged so they're happy when he gives it to somewhere like Kazakhstan or Azerbaijan/Georgia?
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Post by suedehead on Jun 30, 2012 12:40:26 GMT 1
Who knows? This is Platini we're talking about. Maybe it would just be whoever was hosting the final. Or maybe the host cities wouldn't be decided until the qualifiers were known. I would guess there would be no automatic qualifiers. It would probably be possible to choose the cities only after the qualifiers are known as the logistics would not be as complex as hosting a full tournament.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 30, 2012 12:40:55 GMT 1
Anyone else think it could be part of a clever tactic, saying this to get everyone outraged so they're happy when he gives it to somewhere like Kazakhstan or Azerbaijan/Georgia? You cynic
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 30, 2012 17:43:30 GMT 1
Anyone else think it could be part of a clever tactic, saying this to get everyone outraged so they're happy when he gives it to somewhere like Kazakhstan or Azerbaijan/Georgia? or Scotland,Wales and Ireland
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Post by frag on Jun 30, 2012 18:54:18 GMT 1
Just when you thought UEFA had run out of daft ideas Michel Platini has come up with another. He has suggested that the 2020 tournament could take place in a range of cities across Europe. Si, in theory, we could have Italy playing Greece at Wembley with England playing France in Budapest on the same day. Totally bonkers and hardly improving UEFA's environmental credentials. I just logged on to mention this. It must be the craziest thing yet! The sooner Platini and his insane ideas no longer have any influence on from football, the better.
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Post by Panda on Jun 30, 2012 18:59:58 GMT 1
It would be nice if the Scotland/Wales/Ireland bid got it and it can't be any worse than the shambolic Scotland/Ireland bid for 2008, but my biggest worry would be a lack of suitable venues, which is what let the last bid down.
Realistically, you'd need 4 per country. Scotland has that, even if 3 of them are in Glasgow, but I'd worry about Wales and Ireland.
Wales has the Millennium Stadium but Cardiff City and the Liberty Stadium would need expansion and they'd have to find another stadium from somewhere.
Ireland's involvement is totally dependent on the GAA allowing their stadia to be used, after they effectively shot down any chance the last bid had by not letting Croke Park be used. Without the GAA venues, it would leave the Aviva Stadium as the only half decent stadium in the country.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jul 1, 2012 19:57:39 GMT 1
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Post by Mart!n on Jul 1, 2012 21:41:02 GMT 1
Spain were pretty unbeatable, Italy didn't play that well they were dreadful and even Bateolli didn't make a mark in that game. A great match to watch though.
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Post by borneoman on Jul 1, 2012 21:52:47 GMT 1
wow Spain killed it!!!!! good game but not very nerve-wrecking cos the winner was pretty clear all along
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Post by Mart!n on Jul 1, 2012 22:00:12 GMT 1
I don't think they do 4th on a trot, I think playing in Brazil will be tough, due to the different climate, I think it be more suited for a Brazil win since they are playing at home, or it will favour another South American team, it really depends how well the European teams climatises in the group stages.
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Post by o on Jul 1, 2012 22:22:26 GMT 1
Be nice to see Spain offer some opposition in South America in two years time. A great entertaining final, always good for the neutral!
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