England Vs Scotland footy

[Birchy]

The defenders held their line to play him offside but Rooney beat the offside trap. You can never be certain what would have happened afterwards had the flag not gone up and the whistle not gone as both things happened before Rooney casually stroked the ball in to the net which the keeper did not attempt to stop.

The keeper did clearly try to stop him, watch it again. Rooney took it past him looked up at the flag and then stroked it into an empty goal.

Is it classed as a disallowed maybe goal then :rofl:

 

[Birchy]

England certainly had a superior subs bench, which probably told in the end.Up until half time I thoguht it was a pretty even and highly enjoyable game of football.As for the 'stop you playing' comment, since when did England, against any nation 'play'?About as one dimensional as you can possibly be, the same as us, but with more choice of one dimensional players.

This type of comment is a perfect example of why, on a sporting level, the world is ABE.Condescending bullshit totally misplaced given the quality of your team.



omg.
I'll place a bet you discovered football on Sky TV and by reading Fever Pitch, rarely actually go a game but spout nonsense in the pub whilst watching your team (prob City, but used to be Chelsea)

This type of attitude is why I hate EPL/SKY and why in England, The Championship and League 1 are the leagues to watch for proper English football, not this pseudo crap you all seem to have totally bought into.

I think you need to calm down

 

[ger147]

The keeper did clearly try to stop him, watch it again. Rooney took it past him looked up at the flag and then stroked it into an empty goal.

Is it classed as a disallowed maybe goal then :rofl:

It's classed as an offside decision, albeit an incorrect one. Rooney could have been booked for playing on after the whistle sounded.

 

[Beezerk]

I can't believe you lot are arguing over the finer points of a disallowed goal :rofl:

 

[G1BB0]

England are dire imho and have been for years. It was only worth watching as a game versus scotland. Any other team and I probs wouldnt have bothered. Reason being since the days of Beardsley, Gazza et al we have lacked flair. Its got too tactical. It summed it up every time we scored Mr Hodgon barely reacted. Strachan on the other hand jumped about, kicked a chair and shown real passion. Something we lack (aswell as world class ability).

 

[Birchy]

It's classed as an offside decision, albeit an incorrect one. Rooney could have been booked for playing on after the whistle sounded.

Rooney had kicked the ball before the ref had blown the whistle. Does walking back towards halfway count as playing on?? :rofl:

 

[Birchy]

I can't believe you lot are arguing over the finer points of a disallowed goal :rofl:

I cant honestly believe anybody would think it might not of been a goal had the linesman not put his flag up

 

[FairwayDodger]

I can't believe you lot are arguing over the finer points of a disallowed goal :rofl:

Not really arguing, just "mentioning"

I didn't see the game live and actually read the posts on this thread before I saw the highlights. When I saw Rooney's "goal" I couldn't believe the fuss being made about it. My reaction was "Is that it? Is that the supposed disallowed goal?" Whistle went, play stopped, Rooney tapped it in. Pretty sad to try and claim extra kudos for that in a game they won anyway!

 

[ger147]

I cant honestly believe anybody would think it might not of been a goal had the linesman not put his flag up

Sadly we'll never know

 

[ger147]

Rooney had kicked the ball before the ref had blown the whistle. Does walking back towards halfway count as playing on?? :rofl:

The whistle went before Rooney tapped it in but seen as it was a friendly I thought it was decent of the ref not to book Rooney.

 

[Beezerk]

I cant honestly believe anybody would think it might not of been a goal had the linesman not put his flag up

For what it's worth I thought both the keeper and defenders stopped just before Rooney put the ball in the net :thup:

 

[In_The_Rough]

9-2 over the 2 games I will take that. As I said earlier it was Scotland's cup final. We had plenty more in the tank if needed

 

[Doon frae Troon]

For what it's worth I thought both the keeper and defenders stopped just before Rooney put the ball in the net :thup:

It looked a half hearted shot and attempt to save, mind you the Head Gardener always says that I would make a terrible police witness!

Once this goal line technology comes in we may see 3 hour games!!

 

[Robobum]

A perfect workout for both sides I'd say. None of the England team have had a competitive game yet and neither have many of the scots. Their club managers will be delighted asking as they all go back without knocks. You just don't get friendlies played at that intensity any other place.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

..........and no fan trouble, well that I know of.

 

[StuartD]

Probably the best report i have read on last nights game

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport...all-inexplicably-angry-land-2-2-2013081578687

 

[Mr A]

As I said earlier it was Scotland's cup final. We had plenty more in the tank if needed

And the English wonder why they are perceived as arrogant. Scotland had just beat a better team than England in Croatia. It was the first game in 14 years between the two sides, and the atmosphere is always great when we play each other.

England only looked decent in the last 20 minutes, and to suggest they had plenty left is laughable, we only have 2 gears and that's why we get humiliated every time we play a top side.

 

[mikee247]

Probably the best report i have read on last nights game

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport...all-inexplicably-angry-land-2-2-2013081578687

Sums it up perfectly!! :thup:

 

[Beezerk]

And the English wonder why they are perceived as arrogant. Scotland had just beat a better team than England in Croatia. It was the first game in 14 years between the two sides, and the atmosphere is always great when we play each other.

England only looked decent in the last 20 minutes, and to suggest they had plenty left is laughable, we only have 2 gears and that's why we get humiliated every time we play a top side.

Agree with all of this, we are clueless against decent teams who have good shape and know how to defend. We are a set piece team at best, there's no guile or technical ability in our play.
Look at the movement of the England midfielders/strikers, it's none existent, no clever runs off the ball or any idea how to create space, makes watching us absolutely predictable and boring IMO.
We are light years behind other teams, I blame the short sightedness of the FA, picking 6.5 ft strikers who bang in the goals at youth level (forcing them to play the long ball game) instead of nurturing more technically proficient players who probably won't give you instant success.
Look at the Under 21 team, nothing in there makes me feel like we have a good future, they're all overpaid, overhyped wannabies more interested in how their hair looks rather putting on a good performance, maybe Zaha is a decent card but no one else.

Rant over

*edit*
Sorry, Wilshire looked good last night but was trying to do too much on his own.

 

[In_The_Rough]

And the English wonder why they are perceived as arrogant. Scotland had just beat a better team than England in Croatia. It was the first game in 14 years between the two sides, and the atmosphere is always great when we play each other.

England only looked decent in the last 20 minutes, and to suggest they had plenty left is laughable, we only have 2 gears and that's why we get humiliated every time we play a top side.

Should have beat us then if Croatia are better. Where did I mention atmosphere no idea why that was brought up? We did have plenty left with Rooney,Wilshere, Gerrard etc not on the field for a big chunk of the game which had it been an qualifier they would have been kept on. It is Scotland's cup final if there is one team they would love to beat then it is us especially at Wembley