WC 2010 Qualifying [Archive]

hj2k_x

10-09-2008, 01:25 PM

So the 1st round of matches already provided some shocks, with a poor England only managing to beat lowly Andorra and their terrible, defensive, spoiling footy 2-0.

Elsewhere, Germany showed the world what you are meant to do when playing minnows- sweeping aside Liechtenstein 6-0.

France went down 3-1 to Austria (who were shocking in Euro2008)

Tonight sees England take on the Croatians away, which should be the hardest game of the group for them. Bilic has already dismissed England as terminally uselss, so it should be an interesting game :)

It's a good job that SA have qualified as hosts, otherwise I don't think they would have made it :o

Alan

10-09-2008, 01:30 PM

I thought Andora did well considering their size.

hj2k_x

10-09-2008, 01:32 PM

I thought Andora did well considering their size.

England were pretty weak, but Andorra tend to play a 10-0-0 formation in an attempt to keep the score down, which they did. Didn't really look like ever scoring themselves though :o

Alan

10-09-2008, 01:36 PM

Still PMB is far larger than Andorra and if PMB United played England it would have been10-0 by half time :D

SuPaStA

10-09-2008, 03:02 PM

Andorra's players are part-time footballers, they did very well against England.

Tonight england will go down 2-0 to Croatia.

Alan

10-09-2008, 03:05 PM

Probably. I've seen nothing so far to suggest England have made any significant improvements under Capello

SuPaStA

10-09-2008, 03:07 PM

They should get rid of Rooney, his only scored two competitive goals in the last four years for England.

Fern9do

10-09-2008, 04:15 PM

They should get rid of Rooney, his only scored two competitive goals in the last four years for England.

LMAO:D Thats pathetic
Rooney should get the boot sooner or later. But Capello seems intent on making the same mistakes that Erickson and McClaren made.

smokey

10-09-2008, 07:37 PM

rooney and cole supporting heskey - priceless.

measure not a mans worth in the goals he scores, but the space he opens up and the assists to which he is due

thus sayeth the black n white book of ball sports

SuPaStA

10-09-2008, 10:27 PM

Good showing by England, Croatia have only loss twice at home.

.geek

10-09-2008, 10:30 PM

Nice one Theo!

boramk

10-09-2008, 10:37 PM

Everything is shocking!

North Korea actually might qualify over South Korea! :eek:

nivek

10-09-2008, 10:38 PM

THEO! THEO! THEO!

SuPaStA

10-09-2008, 10:39 PM

lol Walcott has scored more competitive goals in 1 game than rooney has scored in 4 years.

hj2k_x

10-09-2008, 10:50 PM

Let's see what Bilic has to say now :)

England,for once, totally dominant :)

Fern9do

10-09-2008, 10:56 PM

Let's see what Bilic has to say now :)

England,for once, totally dominant :)

Probably for the first time in 4 years!lol
But congrats to them. Not that i care:)

hj2k_x

10-09-2008, 10:57 PM

Probably for the first time in 4 years!lol
But congrats to them. Not that i care:)

Walcott finally living up to his promise, and Rooney scoring and providing two assists, for those of you not paying attention ;)

Fern9do

10-09-2008, 11:09 PM

Well that's the first good game rooney has had for England in donkey years. So enjoy it Henry.
And i've heard the "Walcott living up to his..." line so many times from my Arsenal friends before. But he's just never been consistent.
But even I must say that a hat trick against Croatia is something special

SuPaStA

10-09-2008, 11:16 PM

Walcott finally living up to his promise, and Rooney scoring and providing two assists, for those of you not paying attention ;)

1 good game for rooney in 4 years, ill wait another 4 years for the next one.

Disappointing about croatia going down to 10 men at the start of the half, would have liked to have seen a full 90 mins with 2 full strength teams.

PoiZoNouZ

11-09-2008, 06:46 AM

Even Lamps performed very well, and the only thing I can put that down to is no Stevie G on the field.

Those 2 can not play together...

Fern9do

11-09-2008, 07:01 AM

Even Lamps performed very well, and the only thing I can put that down to is no Stevie G on the field.

Those 2 can not play together...

Could be due to Croatia playing with 10 men?:)

But your right, Gerrard and Lumpard cant play together. Capello has to pick one.

smokey

11-09-2008, 10:14 AM

lol Walcott has scored more competitive goals in 1 game than rooney has scored in 4 years.

erm... he setup all of theos goals... im not a big rooney fan, think hes a tosser, but theres no denying the boys ability. come on, cut him some slack...

edit: care to place a bet that it wont take four years... friendly wager and all that? :)

Alan

11-09-2008, 10:35 AM

Well played England. What impressed me most was after going a goal up they get going forward.

SuPaStA

11-09-2008, 12:52 PM

erm... he setup all of theos goals... im not a big rooney fan, think hes a tosser, but theres no denying the boys ability. come on, cut him some slack...

edit: care to place a bet that it wont take four years... friendly wager and all that? :)
The English press wanted him out before the game so the fact he scored and setup 2 goals against a 10 man team doesn't mean much to me.
His a pathetic striker who has now only scored 3 competitive goals in 4 years.

One good game doesn't make a good player, his going to be losing his spot in the Manchester starting line-up and I think sooner or later will be losing his spot in the English team ie. Crouch.

I say before the next world cup, Rooney wont have another good competitive game in the English colours.

Alan

11-09-2008, 12:58 PM

I say before the next world cup, Rooney wont have another good competitive game in the English colours.

Quoted for authenticity

SuPaStA

11-09-2008, 01:13 PM

Quoted for authenticity
Me and genius have been against rooney as a striker from the start, I see now other people are also seeing the light.

The biggest joke is him losing his spot as a first 11 in manchester, after all the manchester supporters were saying his a good striker and blaming ronaldo for his poor form.There is no ronaldo to blame in the england squad, so no excuse for his poor form over the last 4 years.

smokey

11-09-2008, 01:33 PM

Genius.

11-09-2008, 01:42 PM

I watched the game last night.

Good for Walcot - i still think he is the next big thing.

Good for Rooney - i still think he is a hopeless striker. He should play in the midfield or something.

Highlight of the game for me was, when Rooney scored and the commentator said he PASSED the ball in the net :D :D:D

I almost fell off my chair with laughter. Cos he got it SPOT on!!

United fan bois blame Ronaldo for Rooney's bad season last year. Yet he has the same bad form when he plays for England, so how can they blame Ronaldo.

I will also go as far as saying that Rooney wont have a good game for England in a long time.

hj2k_x

11-09-2008, 05:31 PM

i dont see how people can blame ronaldo for his "bad" form - but he was the reason ronaldo got all the space he did. same with drogba. and id rather have drogba in my team than a hundred "better strikers" who will score more goals and not open up the game like he does.

Nobody was blaming Ronaldo for his 'bad form'. Rooney had a 'bad' season in terms of goals, but take away his contributions and United would not have wont he Double. It's as simple as that.

SuPaStA

11-09-2008, 10:14 PM

Nobody was blaming Ronaldo for his 'bad form'. Rooney had a 'bad' season in terms of goals, but take away his contributions and United would not have wont he Double. It's as simple as that.

So when was Rooney's good season?
The year before that he played more games but only scored 14 goals and before that it was 16 (even more games).This is not counting his form with england, where in those 2 years he had scored about 1 competitive goal for england.

You missing the point as to why rooney is on the pitch, his not a midfielder his a "striker" this is why he will be losing his position in the manchester squad as a starting 11.

Genius.

12-09-2008, 10:35 AM

Exactly. A Strikers job is to score goals. United okes like to sugercoat Rooneys performance and say, he isnt there just to score goals.

If a striker cant put it at the back of the net, then that striker isnt any good.

hj2k_x

12-09-2008, 10:56 AM

That seems to be the hardest game out of the way for England now. Nothing too tricky until the Ukraine away game. Could be maximum points up to game 7 :eek: Maybe we'll qualify this time :o

Germany drawing 3-3 away to Finland...Didn't see that one coming.

Genius.

12-09-2008, 11:00 AM

Spain still look on top form.

.geek

12-09-2008, 11:30 AM

SuPaStA

12-09-2008, 11:32 AM

Spain still look on top form.

Ya they won 4-0 in their last game.
They havn't lost a match since 2006!

Genius.

12-09-2008, 11:37 AM

When last did Heskey score? That doesn't make him a bad striker.

Heskey was brought back into the squad for a second chance. He isnt a regular. Rather look when last he played for England regularly - compared to Rooney.

Geez, some okes are blinded by Rooney's performance and are trying to defend him when it is clear that he is not a good striker.

hj2k_x

12-09-2008, 04:30 PM

When last did Heskey score? That doesn't make him a bad striker.

Forget it man. Some children were taught that strikers score goals and that is all they do. Like in netball. :o

.geek

12-09-2008, 07:21 PM

Forget it man. Some children were taught that strikers score goals and that is all they do. Like in netball. :o

:D

Genius.

12-09-2008, 09:24 PM

Some children? :D

You calling every football loving person who understands the game of football, children?

:D Learn the game mate. ;)

SuPaStA

13-09-2008, 10:05 PM

Genius, henry doesnt even know the offside rule so fck knows what his on about lol

Genius.

14-09-2008, 04:26 AM

Genius, henry doesnt even know the offside rule so fck knows what his on about lol

He doesnt know the offside rule??? :D :D :D

are you for real??? :D

hahhaahahaaahahahahaha :D

hj2k_x

14-09-2008, 01:12 PM

Goalkeepers stop goals, so do defenders
midfielders pass the ball to strikers who are the only people who are allowed to score

:rolleyes:

nivek

11-10-2008, 12:54 PM

ENGLAND fans have been banned from wearing Borat-style “mankinis” to today’s World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan at Wembley.

lol
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1795404.ece

.geek

11-10-2008, 07:47 PM

Eng 3 - 1 Boratstan

Not a great performance though... :o

.geek

11-10-2008, 08:01 PM

5 - 1 :p

hj2k_x

11-10-2008, 08:07 PM

5-1 was certanly flattering, but a win's a win and 5-1 is pretty decent :)

England were horrible up until the 1st goal. Poor old Kazakhstan seemed to run out of gas after that.

feo

11-10-2008, 09:25 PM

Romania looking pretty good against the French..

2-1 so far...go Romania!! :D

SuPaStA

12-10-2008, 01:31 PM

Reminder to everyone that Kazakhstan lay 131st in the world rankings and yesterdays match was the first time 90% of the team played a match together.

Judging form that first half performance with all that in mind, england look weak.

hj2k_x

13-10-2008, 08:25 PM

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=581460&sec=england&cc=3888

Gerrard and Upson reckon fans can boo their own team's players if they want to.

What madness. I am with Rio on this one. Only in England would something like this happen. :( :o

Hogrod

13-10-2008, 11:23 PM

Does anyone know if the Belarus v England match is on TV this Wednesday? Odd that I've not been able to find it!?

.geek

14-10-2008, 11:50 AM

Doesn't look like it:

19:30 - 21:30 SS5 FIFA W-Cup Qualif: Argentina v Uruguay

http://www.supersport.co.za/content.aspx?id=11818&des=content&view=full

SuPaStA

14-10-2008, 01:30 PM

Doesn't look like it:

http://www.supersport.co.za/content.aspx?id=11818&des=content&view=full

Who blames them, the argentina game is 100 times bigger than the england match.

hj2k_x

15-10-2008, 03:52 PM

Doesn't look like it:

http://www.supersport.co.za/content.aspx?id=11818&des=content&view=full

It's on ESPN :)

.geek

15-10-2008, 04:00 PM

It's on ESPN :)

Sweet! :)

Hogrod

15-10-2008, 08:53 PM

nice one thanks HenryJ.

hj2k_x

15-10-2008, 09:21 PM

Belarus looking pretty decent so far.

Reckon the boy Walcott might get one in the 2nd half...

hj2k_x

06-06-2009, 12:43 PM

England play the mighty Kazakhstan later...A tight 1-0 win? :o

hj2k_x

06-06-2009, 06:05 PM

Amidst all the cricket madness, England are 2-0 at HT :)

HypoThesis

06-06-2009, 06:22 PM

Amidst all the cricket madness, England are 2-0 at HT :)

Although I dislike the Poms, me thinks we need them at the World Cup just cause they bring the most supporters with them...we need their pounds and euros. Plus someone needs to teach them drinking warm beer just aint on.:p

hj2k_x

06-06-2009, 06:26 PM

Although I dislike the Poms, me thinks we need them at the World Cup just cause they bring the most supporters with them...we need their pounds and euros. Plus someone needs to teach them drinking warm beer just aint on.:p

Come on England!

HypoThesis

06-06-2009, 06:41 PM

4-0 with 10mins to go. This will make it 6 wins out of 6. They play 10 games each in their groups, should give England at least one hand on tickets to the WC. Reckon if they can win another game that will be curtains for the rest.

Kazakhstan? Borat must be pissed off right now. :p

hj2k_x

06-06-2009, 06:43 PM