World Cup 2018

[User62651]

No everyone is entitled to their opinions - you're absolutely right on that front...........just as everyone therefore recognises that they're absolutely wrong!!!

Am I wrong to say - Sterling has 2 goals in 39 England games, he's consistently terrible in front of goal for England and City, albeit he's a decent winger with pace...at times, but not being able to score is not a great trait for an international forward player, wide or not. Get Rashford on instead and use Sterling as an impact player at 70 mins when opposition is tiring. ??

That insight must be worth a coaching badge!:thup:

 

[need_my_wedge]

Cracking start for Colombia here. That feller was in my bloody fantasy team as well.

2-1 Japan, get in :clap::clap:

The free kick for the Columbian goal, wasn't a free kick in my opinion, but was a cleverly taken one though.

 

[Deleted member 1418]

Am I wrong to say - Sterling has 2 goals in 39 England games, he's consistently terrible in front of goal for England and City, albeit he's a decent winger with pace...at times, but not being able to score is not a great trait for an international forward player, wide or not. Get Rashford on instead and use Sterling as an impact player at 70 mins when opposition is tiring. ??

That insight must be worth a coaching badge!:thup:

That's your opinion - and the stats you quote are right. But you have absolutely no idea as to Gareth Southgates' views, tactics and the role he's asking Sterling to perform. You also have no idea as to how Sterling and Rashford are performing in training; and their physical conditioning. So bearing in mind they're the key aspects, the last bit of your post is wrong.......in my very humble opinion of course!!

Congratulations though - your insights have moved you up from Rag Arse Rovers to the Dog & Duck XI!!!

 

[Pin-seeker]

Who says it doesn't work? We won our first game. In fact we haven't lost in a year.

Looks like Germany,France,,Spain,Argentina & Brazil need to go back to the drawing board aswell.

 

[pokerjoke]

Here's how I see it.

As far as I'm aware, nobody on here is either managing or coaching a football team at the highest level (and by that I mean the professional game).

Likewise I'm not aware of anyone who has played - or is playing - the game at the highest level, professionally, Championship level or above.

(If I'm wrong please correct me).

So if that's the case, then NONE OF US are even remotely qualified to question who should or shouldn't be playing for the England team!!

And unless you all have coaching qualifications from UEFA B level and above, then I'd also go so far as to say that any recommendations on formations, tactics and who should be playing where are also laughable!!

Yes some of you may well say "I manage my local men's team, I do know what I'm talking about" let's face it managing Rag Arse Rovers and hoping your star midfield play maker hasn't been out till 3 and then get a dodgy kebab on the way home isn't exactly the same as being in charge of a group of professional players is it?!!!

Think people need to calm down and have a bit of a reality check! There's a big difference between 'he didn't play particularly well this evening IMO' and 'he's rubbish and needs to be replaced by xyz for the next game'.

Mate I feel your anger coming through your post.

 

[Don Barzini]

Oh come on!!! You're saying that Captain Kane was awesome for taping in a ball into an open net from 2 yards out and again nodding one in from the same distance and this is something that only he could have done?

I don’t think I used the word “awesome” anywhere did I?! My post was more tongue in cheek about some of the amusing claims you made about your footballing prowess!

On the subject of Kane’s goals though and whether they were something “anyone could have done”. Yes maybe they were - provided that person found themself in the right place at the right time. I think you might find that if you look at most top scoring strikers throughout the history of the game and analyse the goals they’ve scored, you’ll find a not insignificant percentage of them come from close range tap ins that “anyone could have done”.

Alright I’m not saying that Kane is the best striker in the world or that he’s gonna lead us to victory in the World Cup. But the guy scored two goals in a World Cup game for England - something that hasn’t been done since Gary Lineker against Cameroon in 1990 I believe. He has my respect and admiration for that. Cut him some sodding slack!

 

[pbrown7582]

And Khazi

and sunderland go well together.........

 

[pbrown7582]

Here's how I see it.

As far as I'm aware, nobody on here is either managing or coaching a football team at the highest level (and by that I mean the professional game).

Likewise I'm not aware of anyone who has played - or is playing - the game at the highest level, professionally, Championship level or above.

(If I'm wrong please correct me).

So if that's the case, then NONE OF US are even remotely qualified to question who should or shouldn't be playing for the England team!!

And unless you all have coaching qualifications from UEFA B level and above, then I'd also go so far as to say that any recommendations on formations, tactics and who should be playing where are also laughable!!

Yes some of you may well say "I manage my local men's team, I do know what I'm talking about" let's face it managing Rag Arse Rovers and hoping your star midfield play maker hasn't been out till 3 and then get a dodgy kebab on the way home isn't exactly the same as being in charge of a group of professional players is it?!!!

Think people need to calm down and have a bit of a reality check! There's a big difference between 'he didn't play particularly well this evening IMO' and 'he's rubbish and needs to be replaced by xyz for the next game'.

get that qualifacation and you can become Derby manager!

 

[nickjdavis]

Yes some of you may well say "I manage my local men's team, I do know what I'm talking about" let's face it managing Rag Arse Rovers and hoping your star midfield play maker hasn't been out till 3 and then get a dodgy kebab on the way home isn't exactly the same as being in charge of a group of professional players is it?!!!

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No...but it wouldn't have been too dissimilar in the 1970's !!!:lol:

 

[Hacker Khan]

I don’t think I used the word “awesome” anywhere did I?! My post was more tongue in cheek about some of the amusing claims you made about your footballing prowess!

On the subject of Kane’s goals though and whether they were something “anyone could have done”. Yes maybe they were - provided that person found themself in the right place at the right time. I think you might find that if you look at most top scoring strikers throughout the history of the game and analyse the goals they’ve scored, you’ll find a not insignificant percentage of them come from close range tap ins that “anyone could have done”.

Alright I’m not saying that Kane is the best striker in the world or that he’s gonna lead us to victory in the World Cup. But the guy scored two goals in a World Cup game for England - something that hasn’t been done since Gary Lineker against Cameroon in 1990 I believe. He has my respect and admiration for that. Cut him some sodding slack!

He was also useless as all he ever did was tap them in, never scored from outside the box like proper footballers do.

 

[Orikoru]

He was also useless as all he ever did was tap them in, never scored from outside the box like proper footballers do.

Any Sunday league striker could have scored Lineker's ten world cup tap-ins after all!

 

[Don Barzini]

He was also useless as all he ever did was tap them in, never scored from outside the box like proper footballers do.

Lol.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Not the best prediction

 

[Hobbit]

Here's how I see it.

As far as I'm aware, nobody on here is either managing or coaching a football team at the highest level (and by that I mean the professional game'.

I’ll happily concede that we don’t have the nous to be a manager, nor know the subtleties needed on the pitch but all of us can see misplaced passes, wrong choices and fluffed shots. I’d even happily concede that even the best will fluff their lines, but if they’re doing it too often when you’ve got a host of other players to compare them with they’re playing poorly.... yep, they’re rubbish on this occasion.

 

[chrisd]

Here's how I see it.

As far as I'm aware, nobody on here is either managing or coaching a football team at the highest level (and by that I mean the professional game).

Rubbish, most of the 'experts' have had loads of versions of Football Manager' on their pc's 😁

 

[Rlburnside]

That's your opinion - and the stats you quote are right. But you have absolutely no idea as to Gareth Southgates' views, tactics and the role he's asking Sterling to perform. You also have no idea as to how Sterling and Rashford are performing in training; and their physical conditioning. So bearing in mind they're the key aspects, the last bit of your post is wrong.......in my very humble opinion of course!!

Congratulations though - your insights have moved you up from Rag Arse Rovers to the Dog & Duck XI!!!

Think your underestimating Maxfli he’s better than Dog and DuckX1 he should have got the England job before the Palace manager 😀

 

[chrisd]

Think your underestimating Maxfli he’s better than Dog and DuckX1 he should have got the England job before the Palace manager 😀

Which Palace manager?

 

[Imurg]

Which Palace manager?

Any Palace Manager...:rofl:

 

[chrisd]

Any Palace Manager...:rofl:

Aren't children meant to be seen and not heard?

 

[Imurg]

Sorry Grandad
I didn't want to be a whippersnapper