England v Ukraine tonight , lose and the press will be all over it , they've already been going on about how we don't produce enough talent , coaching not good enough , blah de blah , but what will change , might actually do us a favour if we go a few tournaments to not qualify ( i know i'll get shot down in flames for saying it ) but when i was growing up , England were crap in the 70's , in fact they missed out on qualifying for 2 World Cups , & 2 Euro's, 40 years on , and i can't say we've improved much , what do you think?
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Daily Mirror "the EDL c++ts did it"
Guardian "half price on hemp jackets"
Have a plan and stick to it. If you are looking long term, get a group of early twentysomethings and stick with them.
Try to keep the neucleus of the team stable.
If a player is injured and can't play, then bring him anyway, if only for morale.
Come on England.
Firstly – if they are too defensive minded they will play into Ukraine’s hands and
Secondly a win will mean they can afford to lose one of their two remaining games at home to Montenegro and Poland and still finish top. Neither are walkovers so the three points tonight would take a lot of pressure off.
Of course qulaifying and doing well in the actual finals are two completely different propositions. I'd play Walcott as the second striker personally
How has Ross Barkley earned an England cap already?? In a competetive game as well. Cant give out caps on 'potential'. The guys made just 16 Prem appearances!!!
And where is Jonjo? Leaves Liverpool and loses his place?
Anyway - what we need to do is build the team around the spine. Hart (overrated sometimes and makes too many mistakes), Cahill (young-ish), Wilshere (world class. fabulous player. Englands future) and Sturridge (when fit).
Throw in Walcott, Sterling, Welbeck (who I personally think is cack) and you have plenty of attacking options. Bent, Defoe and Rooney other options too
Then look at Barclay, Shelvey, Nathan Redmond as backups who should be in and around the squad
Defence needs some strengthening though. Not enough strength in depth but we have a lot of decent attacking youngsters
We need to write-off a few tournaments and build something around our younger players. Germany did it. Spain did it. France did it. All won things with it (Germany haven't this time round yet - but it's likely)
Tonight - I predict a 1-1 or maybe a 1-2. Really tight game and a rather hostile atmosphere
Gone are the days when fans would have to campaign on the terraces and sing "so and so for England" week in and week out, driving that player on to keep up the consistency. Nowadays, you just need 'potential' to play on the international stage.
It has been statistically demonstrated that teams with consistent squads and teams tend to do better. Its not about the individual quality of the players, but the unit as a whole. Bringing in one or two 19 year olds 'just to give them a chance' every bloody game doesn't actually help anyone IMO.
I think Lambert has also been a breath of fresh air, because he's slightly different to what most overseas players play against domestically.
He is itching for us to lose and Lambert to have a stinker just so it backs up his support of Harry Redknapp.
The dig at Chris Powell in his article today was also unnecessary.
I think it will be 1-1 personally which is a good result.
It's a bit like supporting Charlton actually.
A win for England tonight would be fabulous. A draw would be enough.