Reply to: Steve McClaren To Take Over From Fabio Capello?

[Doggy Styles]

Are you referring to the ubiquitous media frenzy that erupts convincing the players that they are so fooking brilliant they only need to turn up?
Or do you mean the business end of the season at which point most of the trophies are decided upon?
If it is the latter, does that particular event not coincide with leagues all across the globe?

Who knows, I'm just stating a fact - English players are very good during the season (hence the overblown expectations), but then fade for the international tournaments.

Perhaps our uniquely non-stop, helter-skelter domestic game knackers them, and always has done. Not many of the foreign stars playing in the Premier League did well in the world cup either. Spain got by largely without Torres and Fabrigas.

I think there's a big clue in 1992.

[Saddo]

Wonderful. I start a serious discussion about the England Footie team and it ends up with CUK members calling each other poofters. Marvellous.

To be honest, if they paid me just one week's money at 100K I'd be very happy to turn out for 90 minutes - in a pink frock if necessary.

[shaunbhoy]

You said you'd never tell! Bitch!

Well if it is any consolation, you are not alone. Here is one of MF that is now up on YouTube!!



YouTube - White Boy Shuffle..

[FiveTimes]

You see, until the world cup Rooney had scored 30 goals for his club in the premier league and the champions league. With that pedigree, nobody would seriously have suggested dropping him from the world cup. Lampard had also had an excellent season for club and country, as had Barry, Ashley Cole, Terry, Gerrard, Green and Lennon. And this time England qualified for the world cup in style.

and so did Darren Bent.

[shaunbhoy]

So what happens every year, during the months of April, May and June, that leaves all these players looking ordinary when they turn up for tournaments?

Are you referring to the ubiquitous media frenzy that erupts convincing the players that they are so fooking brilliant they only need to turn up?
Or do you mean the business end of the season at which point most of the trophies are decided upon?
If it is the latter, does that particular event not coincide with leagues all across the globe?

[the song perfect 10]

If I was Spurs I'd be worried. I can't see anyone other than Harry leading our men on.

[Doggy Styles]

Well I don't read The Sun, ogling big boobs in a tabloid was so 70's.

I think you might be onto something - the main problem today is the players that are on the pitch. But that comes back to the manager. At the world cup Capello kept picking Rooney and left Crouch on the bench, and Crouchy was the one popping the goals in for England. Even Hesky got called in as a substitute before Crouchy, which was about as daft a decision as I've ever seen in football.

I think it's time that we gave the present playing squad their bus passes. Get Alan Johnson from Man City in there though, he's dynamite. Pity we can't have Tevez because his work rate is outstanding.

And drop f*****g Rooney. He did a very good support job a couple of games ago feeding all 4 balls which led to goals scored, but centre forward he ain't.

That's one of the things I mean by Sun-reader - you think you can manage the team better than Capello and all his predecessors back to Ramsey.

If it was simply a case of compiling the most popular list of players and sending them onto the pitch, I'm sure someone would have thought of that before. In fact someone has, down at Ebsfleet, but that's another story. A coach has to fit players together and use horses for courses.

You see, until the world cup Rooney had scored 30 goals for his club in the premier league and the champions league. With that pedigree, nobody would seriously have suggested dropping him from the world cup. Lampard had also had an excellent season for club and country, as had Barry, Ashley Cole, Terry, Gerrard, Green and Lennon. And this time England qualified for the world cup in style.

So what happens every year, during the months of April, May and June, that leaves all these players looking ordinary when they turn up for tournaments?

[SupremeSpod]

Spod prances around for a lot less than that!

You said you'd never tell! Bitch!

[shaunbhoy]

If you were paid 100k a week to prance around for 90 minutes, would you consider becoming a poofter?

I'm not offering mind.

Spod prances around for a lot less than that!

[darmstadt]

McLaren hasn't had an exactly good start at Wolfsburg has he?

[SupremeSpod]

If you were paid 100k a week to prance around for 90 minutes, would you consider becoming a poofter?

I'm not offering mind.

Nope.

[Saddo]

I'd rather not. Football is for poofters.

If you were paid 100k a week to prance around for 90 minutes, would you consider becoming a poofter?

I'm not offering mind.

[SupremeSpod]

Possibly, but look at all the previous club managers who had outstanding success and then died on the England stage.

I'd rather not. Football is for poofters.

[Saddo]

Harry Redknapp, 'nuff said!

Possibly, but look at all the previous club managers who had outstanding success and then died on the England stage.

[Saddo]

That's a bit of a knee-jerk, Sun-reader reaction.

I'd have thought it would dawn on everyone that the manager is not the main problem. After trying a dozen of various shapes and sizes over the past 40 years, I think we can safely assume that most of the problems must lie elsewhere.

Well I don't read The Sun, ogling big boobs in a tabloid was so 70's.

I think you might be onto something - the main problem today is the players that are on the pitch. But that comes back to the manager. At the world cup Capello kept picking Rooney and left Crouch on the bench, and Crouchy was the one popping the goals in for England. Even Hesky got called in as a substitute before Crouchy, which was about as daft a decision as I've ever seen in football.

I think it's time that we gave the present playing squad their bus passes. Get Alan Johnson from Man City in there though, he's dynamite. Pity we can't have Tevez because his work rate is outstanding.

And drop f*****g Rooney. He did a very good support job a couple of games ago feeding all 4 balls which led to goals scored, but centre forward he ain't.