alpine_saint

I am English, and I accept the territory that comes with it, warts 'n all.

Whoopee-sh*t. We badly needed to try to get a second, even if just on the counter.

But why didnt he put Crouch on ?

Can anyone explain to me why Capello so obviously blunted us by removing Rooney (who was sharpening up) and Defoe for the last 20mins whilst only 1 goal ahead ? We looked like scoring again. Bizarre....

Yawn.......

LOL. Superb.

I hate the exhausted cover/wipe of his face he does with both hands everytime he's skied the ball to Row ZZ.

No smiles, just pointing out moderation inconsistencies. I got infracted for calling someone Alistair Campbell...

If you cannot see the difference between being an armchair pundit and being a sh*t-stirring influence within the squad at its HQ, then nothing anyone on here would say to you is going to make the slightest difference............

I'd go with that, but if Rooney is still giving it the big "I am" at HT, he would be OFF if I had my way, and Defoe on.

Have you infracted yourself for the unecessary sarcastic remark ?

Time to go back to Ramsey-ish phillosophy; the team is more than the sum of its parts and is far, far, far more important than the individual.

We are hoping for a "Dentists Chair" mentality for Weds, are we ?

Totally agree about Lampard - at least Terry performed OK in the first 2 matches, Lampard was pure sh*te. Must play Barry and Gerrard in the middle on Weds. Cannot agree about Gerrard, he was just about our best player against the US and I reckon he was one of the few trying against Algeria.

Absolutely the right decision. Let's see Pullis out too, and then some coming the opposite direction.

Time to send to Terry home, like Anelka. I would rather lose to Slovenia than see Terry come out with the team on Wednesday. Time to bring down the curtain on Terry's England career..

Not allowed to ask such questions until July 1st apparently, there is a World Cup on.

You are not allowed to voice such concerns on here until July 1st, it seems.

Then you can confirm that this report has done no good in the eyes of most Irishmen, I believe...

A convert. Welcome to the flock of common sense...

LOL at John B and hypocondriac (again...)

I reckon Rooney should be dropped for Slovenia. There is too much of a comfort zone around this team

SWP ? Is this Burley in disguise ?

I can only guess that last season was way too long. I watched the Japan game live, and there is no more urgency today than there was then. I dont see a lot of PL games, so I am really wondering what all the fuss is about Lampard and Rooney. And Heskey is just plain embarassing. Really, honestly, Rickie Lambert would have done better.

Yes it was, it was f**king sh*t. Only one team out there has a plan and the ability to do simple stuff like keep posession, and it aint f**king England. I really wonder about those rose-tinted specs of yours.