Michael* Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Prior to the England game, Zlatan Ibrahimovic makes his mark on Sweden coach Erik Hamren's interview... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnigma Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Seedings for Euro 2012Pot 1: Spain, Netherlands, Poland*, Ukraine*.Pot 2: Germany, Italy, England, Russia.Pot 3: Croatia, Greece, Portugal, Sweden.Pot 4: Denmark, France, Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland* Poland already allocated to Group A, Ukraine already allocated to Group D as joint hosts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnigma Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Best and Worst case scenario for England?Poland England Sweden DenmarkSpain England Portugal France Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnigma Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Draw is on the 2nd December Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_ed Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I think playing with less stars makes less egos and more teamwork for England. How have France been going lately? I haven't been following for a while but given their form towards the end of 2010, I'm not sure they'd be a big threat. As for Portugal, they can't be in that group. They have to meet England in the quarters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 The only thing I enjoy about international games is the knowledge that this deeply amusing/highly sexy advert will be shown at least twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaronOfFratton Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 ^Surely a shoe-in for the next James Bond? Hey, Sepp Blatter isn't racist: http://seppblatterwithblackpeople.wordpress.com/ :FootballThread: Apparently nobody is racist in football at all - except John Terry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 ^Does this site look to anyone else like a modern day equivalent of Father Ted's 'Not A Racist' slide show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattLoveModels Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Beckham's team won the MLS Cup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 ^Will Beckham be missed by American fans if he joins PSG/joins Spurs/retires? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattLoveModels Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 He definitely brought viewers to the sport. I don't think casual fans will miss him. Only Galaxy fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 RIP Gary Speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 RIP Gary Speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SympathysSilhouette Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 I remember him mostly from his Newcastle years. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berno Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Was really shocked when i heard the news RIP Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 ^A universally popular guy - there aren't a whole lot of people in the footballing world you could honestly say that about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Amusing stuff from Serie A - Napoli's Marek Hamsik is ordered to retake a penalty after initially 'scoring' then celebrating in a rather exuberant fashion. I don't know why there are stairs behind the goal either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michael* Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 After almost 100 matches and two and a half years in charge, I think it says a lot that Bruce was still asking for time from the board and patience from the fans. The current team is almost exclusively his own, and it's also one that is fundamentally unbalanced, woefully short in several positions, devoid of genuine width (especially on the left), pedestrian in midfield and sadly lacking up front.Now I'm sure Steve didn't intend things to pan out this way. I mean, he may have thought Fergie would give us Danny Welbeck for another year. He probably thought he could get Charles Nzogbia. He didn't plan on Fraizer Campbell being out for so long, and probably didn't expect to lose Gyan and Bent in such quick succession. With even one of those players available to us, things could have been very different at this point. But that's the problem with Bruce - the only Plan B he seems to know is the Michael Oliver lookalike singer.Of course, Short could have stuck by Steve in the hope of developing a siege mentality until reinforcements were signed in January. However, given the lack of concentration and tactical discipline shown by the players in the latter stages of recent games (hello Wesley), grinding out scrappy results seemed unlikely. Bruce did seem to be something of a lucky manager in that we would often scrape victories in do-or-die games but a neverending cycle of the occasional fortunate win followed by five or six surrenders really didn't appeal to me, nor would it have appeased the fans in the long term. So, while I've no real animosity towards the man and will even admit to feeling ill at ease with some of the vitriol shown towards him by certain sections of our support, I'm afraid his position had become untenable. Short had to act - not doing so would most probably have seen us relegated by February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Bruce's me against the world the demeanour always rankled with me; he seemed to have plenty of cash to throw around yet all of his signings felt based on hope rather than any semblance of a plan. The exits of Bent/Gyan/Welbeck were legitimate grievances (to varying extents) but he was vastly underachieving long before then anyway. Which leads me to Martin. You may remember that I howled like a werewolf when he left us but hindsight is a wonderful thing and I don't feel much warmth towards the man these days. The ramifications of his time here are still very keenly felt and I think his exit was poor form on his part. Randy, I'm sorry. So long as you're sorry about Houllier, that is.Anyway, Michael, I hope the board have the chequebook ready, O'Neill doesn't do anything cheap as Habib Beye's contract can attest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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