Soda Jerk Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 I already knew, but that has confirmed it. We're the best in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 3 Lions on the shirt11 Lions in the shirtSensational EnglandEuro 2012. IT'S ON!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 That was a legit good performance from England. I know we didnt show much with the ball but that was a superb display of keeping things tight. Spain really struggled to create many good chances until the last half hour by which time they were already one down. Hurray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 England were very good at the back. except towards the end when suddenly there was acres of space. Spain couldn't take advantage though. Some slack passing tonight especially in the key areas. Fabregas really should have scored though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 Scott Parker was smashing.Shame we didn't have more of the ball, but I never expected us to. It was always going to be a Rangers-In-Europe sort of job.Spain are still terrific though, especially that David Villa chap. He has extraordinary control.David Villa's touch:Fernando Torres' touch: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 Villa did have a couple of smashing touches today. I still think Spain don't need to play the 4-2-3-1 with both busquets and alonso. The way they can control possession means they really don't need those two defensive players in there.Despite the media saying they wouldn't go over the top, they already are. England were sensational and Spain were dreadful. Fat Frank is keeping things in perspective though."We're very pleased. It's great to beat them now - they are the best team in the world. We won't get carried away over the fact we beat them. Let's be realistic, they dominated the game. Our back four, with Scott Parker in front, were brilliant. We won't be shouting from the rooftops. We have game on Tuesday [sweden] and the reverse may happen." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Of course now England have beaten world and european champions Spain England will win the next 10 euros and world cups, The X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing and bag the jackpot on deal or no deal.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eupraxia Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Got my tickets for Culter Vs Partick. I used to write about the juniors for the Press & Journal and the Hunday, erm, I mean the Sunday Mail; and I always loved going to wee Crombie Park to cover Culter games. Bobby Gray was the manager and he was a top bloke - always made himself available for pre and post-match interviews, and always invited me into the boardroom for a whisky with him and the committees of both clubs before the game. His interviews were great and he really knew his stuff about that level of football and what was required from a player to excel at that level (aggression, the ability to win the ball in the air, and a Highland League level first touch). His sides were constantly littered with ex-Highland League players and they had this striker called Roddy Cameron who, for me, was the best player in the North East Junior League for two years (along with a fantastic midfielder at Turriff United called Dave McKenzie). Genuinely two-footed, pacey, and highly aggressive. He was brilliant in the air, too. I always felt he could have played league football, but I think he liked socialising a little too much to apply himself to the extent required to play part-time league football and hold down a full-time job simultaneously. I'm so happy Culter have got this tie.Glentanar were also a club who were welcoming - they once took me and the Evening Express junior correspondent down to a Scottish Cup tie against against Neilston Juniors, who had Barry Lavety amongst their ranks. He was as fat as Jo fucking Brand. They plied us with booze on the team bus on the way home. Great bunch of lads.Cool fucking story, bro. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 So looks like Sone Aluko will be signing for Rangers until the end of the season. He is closer to his family in Glasgow, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Jazz Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15706740.stmI just love how relentlessly, unswervingly stupid OF fans are. They'll just never learn, and frankly I hope they don't. Seeing their clubs being shat on by UEFA is one of the few joys I get from football these days.Also got to love Peter Lawwell. He was doing well for a start....."It's an embarrassment to the club"....."We don't want it, we don't need it".....and admitting that "We were inundated by complaints from our own fans".....etc etc.....but then reverts to type with "we have the best supporters in the world and hold that reputation dear". Epic facepalm.Oh, and erm...reputation? A "reputation" is an opinion held by the community at large, not by yourselves as a club you inwardly- looking fuckwit. Celtic's reputation outside of Glasgow is in the fucking toilet and has been for a hundred years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Glentanar were also a club who were welcoming - they once took me and the Evening Express junior correspondent down to a Scottish Cup tie against against Neilston Juniors, who had Barry Lavety amongst their ranks. He was as fat as Jo fucking Brand. They plied us with booze on the team bus on the way home. Great bunch of lads.Cool fucking story, bro.Glentanar were my club for 10 years!! Played for them from under 8's up till under 18's.Another cool story bro.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15706740.stmI just love how relentlessly, unswervingly stupid OF fans are. They'll just never learn, and frankly I hope they don't. Seeing their clubs being shat on by UEFA is one of the few joys I get from football these days.Also got to love Peter Lawwell. He was doing well for a start....."It's an embarrassment to the club"....."We don't want it, we don't need it".....and admitting that "We were inundated by complaints from our own fans".....etc etc.....but then reverts to type with "we have the best supporters in the world and hold that reputation dear". Epic facepalm.Oh, and erm...reputation? A "reputation" is an opinion held by the community at large, not by yourselves as a club you inwardly- looking fuckwit. Celtic's reputation outside of Glasgow is in the fucking toilet and has been for a hundred years.Fucking disgusted by this (the story, not your post).Why some Celtic fans think it's okay to chant that shit I'll never know. I haven't been this season, and have only been a few times in recent years, but it was quite rare to hear sectarian chanting at Celtic Park recently - it was always the away games where the fans were letting the club down.I hope they get chucked out of Europe, and it might teach them a lesson. They will just get a measly little fine though. After Rangers' third offence to be punished, they've got a pretty small fine in relative terms and have to play one away match with no fans. So, Celtic's punishment will just be a fine I would imagine, unless the CONSPIRACY spreads across Europe and Rangers are getting favourable treatment by UEFA... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 I'm so happy Culter have got this tie.Agreed.Culter are a great wee club. One of their former players used to work for me and he arranged a few pre-season friendlies over the years with who ever I was playing for at the time. They were really tough to play against and it was good for my guys to experience that standard of football. We were always made very welcome at Crombie Park.I might try and make that match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney_stu Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 No going to Rugby Park instead then ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 No going to Rugby Park instead then ?Um ah fuck!Not after that debacle the other week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Scotland under 21s beat the Dutch 2-1 in their own back garden:http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2013/matches/round=2000192/match=2006971/index.htmlExperts in youth coaching systems eh? Up yer orange arses. Mark Wotte was obviously the linchpin and he's ours now. £10 on us being reigning World and European Champions come 2018. The future's bright... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 I love Zonalmarking.net Match analysis for tactical football geeks. This article about Spain's failure to score against England and also their struggles in general post the world cup is very very good. http://www.zonalmarking.net/2011/11/14/del-bosque-spain-tactics-false-nine-euro-2012/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Good article, though it is pretty much a long winded way of wording Y No Wingers?Pedro was injured, but both Jesus Navas and Santi Cazorla are both very good in the wide positions. I imagine it could be a case of having so many good central midfielders and the need to utilise them all, even if they are not playing to their strengths. Alot like England did for years. When there's Xavi Alonso, Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas and David Silva all available, it's difficult to leave 2 or 3 of those out for the sake of an unglamerous name like Navas or Cazorla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I said before that they don't need to play Alonso and Busquets in the same team. The article talks about Silva and Iniesta both coming in from the wide positions and causing the team to be too narrow. However Iniesta should really be playing in one of the midfield three as he usually does with Barcelona. And Llorente should play up front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 True. Iniesta is a bit like Rooney when he plays on the left. Both can do an alright job, but it's not playing them to their strengths, nor do they properly operate like wingers anyway.I can't stand Sergio Biscuits. He's a right knob. I'd rather see Alonso in there. He's a good man, apart from the Liverpool thing. Javi Martinez is solid too. He should get given a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Busquets is a knob but a fantastic player. He's really developed a lot over the last two years. I thought he was one of Spain's top 3 players at the world cup. Alonso is great too but I think I'd favour Busquets to play alongside Xavi and Iniesta purely because they know each other so well.I also wonder whether a change in coach after the world cup would have been a good idea. France changed coaches between winning the 98 and 2000 tournaments and Spain did too after winning Euro 08. I think someone new who would want to prove themselves would help maintain levels of motivation and prevent the side being too complacent. It might just be friendlies they're losing but I think there's some truth to the cliche that winning is a habit and it might be tough for them to suddenly turn it back on when it comes to next summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Bloody brilliant this is. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 What's not to like about the gift of Zlatan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I like him too but like him because he's mental not because he's likable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I like that he is often caught on video kicking his team mates in the head. I find this likeable. I also like that he doesn't like passing the ball. I think passing is his least favourite thing to do. Like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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