England Vs Russia

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:30 pm

Its a big night tonight!

Come on England!

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:40 pm

2-0 england with the leicester lad too score first.

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:20 pm

Brilliant game, and for Rio to finish it off like that, superb!!!

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:22 pm

artificial pitch in moscow could be a different game, great performance tonight and confidence should be high for the next game.

ob · Post by ob » Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:42 pm

Good performance, if England can keep this standard up, we've got a good chance in this tournament.

Nice to see Owen getting in the goals again, England sorely missed him

Nixxy · Post by **Nixxy** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:00 pm

Dare I say it ...

... having Heskey in the side gives us much better shape.

I never thought I'd say that

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:32 am

Indeed, I thought Heskey was arguably man of the match tonight. I dont think he lost a single aerial contest tonight, he is a great target man, and as proven in the past he works really well with Owen (who was on fire tonight!)

Good performance all round, Russia had a few chances, but that was always to be expected.

Seriosuly though, If I was a defender id HATE to compete against Heskey.. You would be bullied.

dangerous · Post by **dangerous** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:00 am

With a bit of luck Fat Frank won't get back in the team. Hooray!

ma71lda · Post by **ma71lda** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:00 pm

The most outstanding player over the two games was Gareth Barry.

It would be an absolute disgrace if Frank Wankhard walks straight back into the team.

The same 11 has to start the next match ( injuries permitting ).

Terry Tibbs · Post by **Terry Tibbs** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:26 pm

defence was poor they carved us open when they wanted - lucky for Eng-er-lund they couldnt finish and were also unlucky to get a goal disallowed.

positive were Gareth Barry proved he could do it (not sure why everyones going mental though - we did this over Hargreaves too) we kept the ball well and passed with accuracy and we actually played as a team not a collection of individuals.

Owen is our biggest goal threat and Heskey allows us to exploit that. If Rooney, Lampard or Citizen Neville walks back in then it shows the management have learned nothing from these two games.

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:02 pm

I agree. This team Works, This Team if played together again WILL improve. This is the way forward...

Heskey must start against croatia in my opinion..

bigv038 · Post by **bigv038** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:40 pm

ma71lda wrote:Frank Wankhard

what you talking about? hes a goal machine for chelsea!

milk monitor · Post by **milk monitor** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:20 pm

In the last two games we have looked the most balanced i've seen us in the last ten years. Fulbacks overlapping, with a balanced midfield and cohesion up front- my worry is that Maclaren stumbled upon this selection and will revert when other. Surely not even he can do his?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:32 pm

English people have ridiculously high expectations of their national teams.
yes we played well, but as soon as some mighty team holds us to a draw then we will go out on penalties again (unless it is spain or holland, they are even wore than us at penalties).

but (i know this is directly hypocritical) while it lasts, let's be happy about it.

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:00 pm

Not getting overly excited, but Its about getting the team right. This is a newer look team, and they are playing well already. Theres a lot of improvement in it as the players gain more experience in working together IF the management allow it!..

I agree, Just because Lampard scores for Chelsea regularly, he hasn't performed anywhere near that standard for england.