effing substitutions.
Defoe on the bench so he plays Dyer up front - a position he doesn't even play at club football and has nto scored in 33 games , yes 33 caps, for England.
Beckham had a stinker so he puts Wright Phillips on the left and leaves Becks on.
1st 30 thoguth we played really well with Lampard looking like the player he is for Chelsea with Carrick behind him.
Ferdinand should be dropped and play Richards as he is such a show pony he forgets he's a bloody defender first and foremost.
I know it was only a friendly but it was Germany.
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Owen looked good but needs to sharpen up, Shorey had a good game bar one or two sloppy mistakes in the second half, Barry and Wright-Phillips did about all they could in unfamiliar positions.
Now what the fuck is it with Kieron Dyer? The man is a total waster, undoubtably talented but has his chance at international level now come and gone?? He is not a centre forward granted but why does he keep getting games?! Crouch proved he is useless in the air but put hiimself about well.
Robinson was made to look a total prat and cannot blame conditions for him dropping a big, hairy bollock. Smith to his credit also worked very hard and deserves to be given another chance even though he tends to play in a midfield role now.
Joe Cole though for me was man of the match for England and Kuryani for Germany. That is how a lone centre forward should play.
Beckham, Richards, Cole and Gareth Barry had good games, the rest where a bit meh.
If he's fit for the qualifiers, I'll get Dean Ashton in the side, cause we need someone with a bit of intelligence to play up front.
My impression of last night is that we only have a good first eleven & a lot of them were missing. Shorey is not an international full back end of. Ferdinand is far too lapsdasical, Robinson needs to be dropped, Dyer & Smith whilst honest pros are not international class.
I was however very impressed with Germany who deserve credit for their performance.
He looked to me the only one that was going to open up the german defence. He provided the flick through to owen when he beat the keeper but fired over, got the flick on from beckhams free kick when the rest of the england team were flat footed. Thought he held it up well!!
Oh well all a game of opinions
good individual performances from richards, cole and wright-phillips. can't see why lampard was getting bigged up apart from the goal which was well taken.
mclaren still doesn't have a clue what he's doing.
Defoe and Crouch should have replaced the front two after an hour.
Dyer should have gone to Chinawhites.
Fat Frank started well but we have to play Gerrard and Hargreaves in the middle from now on (he wont though)
Germany were okay, had a bit of luck and took advantage of the chances they were given. Of course it was no where near their first choice eleven. They made their fair share of mistakes and mis-hit passess, but naturally we are watching our team in far more detail, so remember the individual mistakes far more. Had England taken their chances some would have been saying "okay we won five - two, but it was only the Germany reserves...".
Glad i went out for a ruby instead LOL
Solid no nonense defending under pressure, otherwise always looking to pass and move into space for the return,
and not afraid to take on a man if he thought that was a better option.
A couple of good runs into the box might have had a better final ball - but then he is a defender.
McLaren do Formula One motor racing, pretty well.
McClaren manages a team of over-rated, over-paid mugs.
I agree with the earlier comment about Shorey - a competent performance and a good run and cross down the left late on, Mica Richards looks great and should start the next game for me.
I think we need a big shakeup. It doesn't matter who is England Manager we always pick the same 7-8 players plus a few experiments. Time to get some of the yonger players involved - I am sure Scott Carson would have done better, he was outstanding for Villa on Saturday.
Instead of giving veteran David James his umpteenth cap, surely the occasion was ripe for Carson to make his debut for the 2nd half?
Isn't that what friendly matches are for?