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Topic History of: England v France
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DJones |
Bye Bye Becks
You've got all our respects
You were tetchy and lacked pace
But you still deserved your place
So long Dave
You made people rant and rave
But you stood all that baloney
After kicking Simeone
Ciao Mr Posh
You've made shedloads of dosh
At least you could kick a ball
I mean your wife can't sing at all
Farewell David B
You'll go down in history
With your shades made by Police
And your free-kick against Greece
Kiss kiss and toodle-oo
And the teachers all thank you
For now every single class'll
Know about the metatarsal
See you, home yer go
To Brooklyn, Cruz, and Romeo
You'll always have your palace
While you work with Mr Lalas
And to you Signor Capello
Say goodbye, and don't say hello,
To a tireless old right-winger
Whose left foot was just a swinger
If you treat the others gently
(Shauny, Lennon and D. Bentley)
We could stop this veneration
Of a golden generation
Of overpaid young chaps
Who just never hit their straps
When the tough should've got goin'
We had crocks in Becks and Owen
We can't say you didn't try
But it's still time to say goodbye
Cos it's obviously quite hard
To move further than a yard
And it would only bring you down
To play right side with Wes Brown
So it's Bye bye, bye bye Becksy
Though me missus found you sexy
I just think it's wrong
To see a bloke in a sarong
Cheers, Becks. Give me regards to Tom and Katie. Take some pies home for the wife. And good luck to you, son.
copyright Robbo Robson
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In The Know |
The Cat wrote:
I have a couple of American friends who are LA Galaxy fans. They tell me they are still waiting to see what Beckham can do on the pitch. He was a business deal which paid off in merchandise. His contribution to the actual game is minimal.
Beckham was sluggish and he was worn out before half time. We need players who can last 90 minutes and are able to keep pace with the opposition.
I can only assume this friendly was sacrificed for the sake of Beckham's 100th cap.
I believe he only played (a part) in 5 games all last season ! |
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The Cat |
I have a couple of American friends who are LA Galaxy fans. They tell me they are still waiting to see what Beckham can do on the pitch. He was a business deal which paid off in merchandise. His contribution to the actual game is minimal.
The overall English performance last night was poor. I watched both the English and Scottish games. Scotland played with spirit and determination - even though the squad had played for their clubs at the weekend - but England didn't seem to have the drive or desire.
You can only spend so much time flogging a dead horse before you realise you have to buy a new one. Capello chose mainly the same players who have consistantly failed to deliver over the past few years.
To sound some slight positive notes - Joe Cole weasn't bad but was frozen out by the French defenders. Stuart Downing brought some life to left field, and Gerrard strung a few good passes together.
If we'd had someone like Wright-Philips on the right we might have had better balance. A strike force of Andy Johnson and Theo Walcott could have sliced through the French defence. We do have the players available, they just don't get selected. Beckham was sluggish and he was worn out before half time. We need players who can last 90 minutes and are able to keep pace with the opposition.
I can only assume this friendly was sacrificed for the sake of Beckham's 100th cap. Hopefully there will be big changes before we get to play our next competitive game. We'll win nothing on sentiment. |
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Mike Willis |
I do not know what everyone is worried about, we had the four top teams playing on Sunday, which were bound to hamper both teams (given the amount of French players that Arsenal and Chelsea had and the amount of English players, Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea had).
At half time Rooney, Joe Cole, Terry and Gerrard came off (obviously a hand-shake agreement between Capello and the forementioned teams managers) and the game just lacked a bit of entertainment.
Was pleased for Beckham to win his 100th cap, and he will win more as Capello is not the sort of man to pick players on sentiment and as long as he plays well for LA Galaxy (I know it's a inferior league, but if he plays regularly), he'll be picked.
At the end of the day, it is just a friendly and it was treated as such, we all knew in the back of our mind that it would be a boring game, which is why I had a crossword book handy.
The time to judge Capello and England will be in September, when the World Cup qualifiers come round and he will have a clearer idea of his team and captain.
I would like to know why Theo Walcott was in the England squad, considering he has scored 2 league goals in two years for Arsenal. None of the Arsenal players wanted to pass to him when he came on as sub against Chelsea and I found myself feeling sorry for him. It seems that he does not fit in at Arsenal and it was a bad career move considering the non-English policy. A club with fine traditions, yet had more French players in the squad than English. Wenger is to applauded for the good football he has brought to the Premiership, but has not enhanced our national side one bit. |
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terrylamps |
Yes Pete I'd rather see Chelsea win than England and as a team that actually provide six England regulars I'd still rather see us beating the Arsenal!
As to JT & Gallas yes both great players but give me the leadership of JT over Will any day, and judging by the latter's statement that Walcott is too predictable or indeed;
Arsenal captain William Gallas has revealed he has no "mates" at the Emirates. "They are more like acquaintances," he said. "Really, it's the guys at [former club] Chelsea. It always gives me pleasure to see them again." (The Independent)
I think I know who I'll stick with........also funnily enough I don't remember JT crying when the Special One left, he was the one blamed by the redtops for arguing with Jose and thus hastening his departure! |
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