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I'd like to see Roy take it to the Italians and come out all guns blazing!
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I'd like to see Roy take it to the Italians and come out all guns blazing!
paddyc
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So would I with Barkley and Sterling playing , but he won't.If you lose the first game your really up against it to go through from the group.Get ready for a 0-0 bore draw.
richy
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I know it's only another friendly but Welbeck starting again. Give me strength
wrighty1874
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If Roy gives youth and pace a chance then I will have no complaints, but if he goes with the tried and already failed then he will have disappointed me greatly, because we already know the outcome of that route.
Slime
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Come on people, have a bit of confidence, will you!
Support the team, regardless of whether or not you agree with the team sheet.
I'm English and I'm an England supporter.
COME ON ENGLAND.
Slime.
Support the team, regardless of whether or not you agree with the team sheet.
I'm English and I'm an England supporter.
COME ON ENGLAND.
Slime.
Wayman
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paddyc
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Glen Johnson's having a blinder!
Pin-seeker
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I fully support England,but if I'm honest I've got no expectations.
England v Italy as got 0-0 written all over it. Beat Costa Rica & not sure About Uruguay,they've got a couple of decent players in Cavani & Suarez. But they're beatable.
Slime
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A rather pathetic dive there, a sign of desperation from someone who's having a bit of a shocker.
Slime.
Slime.
Well that was entertaining - not. Too slow and deliberate going forward on far too many occasions - drop Rooney & Welbeck, both who under performed domestically last season. As for the defence... they looked decidedly shaky when players ran at them + some very poor passing out of defence didn't bode well. A decent team would have battered England last night.
richy
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Agree with this.
I wish Flanagan was more experienced at international level because Johnson looks terrible. Flanagan looks a lot more solid and I'm sure he'll be England's future right back
quinn
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Don't know why people moan about a warm up game, doesn't mean anything, we've got one of the best squads we've had for a long time.admittedly wer'e shaky at the back which is a bit worrying against the better teams, but wev'e finally got some great young talent coming through, the team that started last night will be the one to start v Italy with sterling coming in for welbeck,we've got nothing to fear playing Italy. I hope Roy's brave enough to play the youngsters at some point,he's got plenty of options to bring on and change games, the ox and sterlings pace will cause any team problems,berkley is going to be a world class player one day, this World Cup might be to soon for him but look at what Owen did in 98. Too many fans are too quick to knock England, get behind the boys, got a feeling wer'e going to surprise a few people, I reckon 1/4 finals at least.
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HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
I think you're reading far too much into it. After the rain delay it looked like all the players wanted to do was get through uninjured (and with some of the Honduran "tackling" it's lucky they did). Sturridge should have scored at least once.
The defence is a concern though, but I didn't need last night to tell me that.
richy
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People keep saying the defence in a concern but last night we failed to break down a below par team that was down to 10 men for a substantial period of the game. That's not down to the defence.
HawkeyeMS
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I don't think we failed to break them down, Sturridge just failed to hit the target when we did. You can probably put Sturridge's misses down to a one off, but the defence has looked shaky without even being put under much pressure.
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Was the game that bad ? Looked at the score this morning - a team of those players should comfortably be able to beat Honduras - especially when players are playing for places.
the BBC ratings arent kind to anyone with Barkley it appears standing out again.
the BBC ratings arent kind to anyone with Barkley it appears standing out again.
HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
No it was a friendly where no-one wanted to get injured. Honduras parked the bus and rarely went forward, they had a few long range shots but never looked like scoring. Sturridge should have scored at least once.
The rain delay killed the game to be honest
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richy
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Second half we looked a little better with Barkley on for Rooney.
richy
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Not sure how you can judge the defence when like you said they weren't really put under too much pressure.
I agree Johnson is a weak link and he isn't as good at going forward as people like to think. All I see him do is cut inside and lose position. Heard someone mention he was a great 'false number 2'.
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Will Woy have the balls to drop him !
