Euro Division Homepage XLVIII

by **Afro** Mon 04 Feb 2013, 3:27 pm

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by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 9:19 am

No. Why would it...

by **Afro** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 9:22 am

El Dios wrote:I thought Cahill hate an awful game. Smalling swept up for him all game.
Tbh not many players played well. Wilsshires getting alot of praise but he had acres in that midfield - always do v Brazil

P.s. sorry for my recent inactivity. If people want players make offers

El Dios - I need some end of season lawyer nominations from you please

by **Afro** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 9:24 am

Azzy Mahmood wrote:Hart was excellent. Johnson and Cole were okay. Smalling was good. Gerrard was good. Wilshere was outstanding. Walcott and Rooney both looked dangerous.

The two let downs for me were Cahill, Cleverley and Welbeck.

Spot on. I thought the balance of Gerrard deeper with Wilshere and Cleverley looked good. We just need someone better than Cleverley to play in there. Carrick isn't the answer as he will sit deeper and you won't have the same balance.

Cahill had a poor game. Was constantly being drawn out and caught out of position and it was Smalling that covered him

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 9:27 am

Hope The Ox/Young find some form so they can play left flank, or even Sturridge. Welbeck can't be stuck out there.

I think Welbeck might need to do a Sturridge, in that he needs a move to gain first team football.

by **Afro** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 9:29 am

Welbeck is a decent player, but I'm not sure he is good enough for England.

Did you see the programme for the game that was Ashley Cole's 100th cap featured Baines and not Cole on the fron

Spoiler:

by Guest Thu 07 Feb 2013, 9:30 am

Also, where's Cherries this morning? Neymar was awful, two open goals missed and generally shocking. What a let down.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 9:40 am

I think Welbeck could do a job up front for England, not on the wings.

But he needs to get first team football, and develop his game through playing. Not sitting behind RVP, Rooney and Hernandez at Utd

by sodhat Thu 07 Feb 2013, 9:43 am

Brazil don't look in good shape. That may not have been their best XI but it still had some players that you would think would be more troublesome. Shame for them, but I can't see them winning the 2014 World Cup like that. Spain, Germany, even Uruguay look better than them on the evidence I've seen recently.

by **Afro** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 9:47 am

Olly wrote:I think Welbeck could do a job up front for England, not on the wings.

But he needs to get first team football, and develop his game through playing. Not sitting behind RVP, Rooney and Hernandez at Utd

He might be one of the best options we have, but I think that says more about the quality of our strikers really. To be competitive at the latter stages of major tournaments, we need better than Welbeck

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 9:49 am

BigFellasAfro wrote:
Olly wrote:I think Welbeck could do a job up front for England, not on the wings.

But he needs to get first team football, and develop his game through playing. Not sitting behind RVP, Rooney and Hernandez at Utd

He might be one of the best options we have, but I think that says more about the quality of our strikers really. To be competitive at the latter stages of major tournaments, we need better than Welbeck

If I'm honest I'd prefer to see Carroll play over Welbeck as I think coming off the bench Carroll would offer us a different dimension, with say 20/25 mins left. Especially if we're losing and need to go more direct.

I like the formation Roy played last night. It really gets the best out of what we have.

by Marky Thu 07 Feb 2013, 9:51 am

England squad for World Cup 2014 if we make it?

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 9:57 am

Marky wrote:England squad for World Cup 2014 if we make it?

What is it a 2 man squad?

If so:

Goalkeepers (3)
Joe Hart
John Ruddy
Jack Butland

Defenders (8)
Glen Johnson
Leighton Baines
Luke Shaw
Kyle Walker
Stephen Caulker
Gary Cahill
Chris Smalling
Phil Jagielka

Midfielders (8)
Theo Walcott
Jack Wilshere
Steven Gerrard
Tom Cleverley
Jordan Henderson
Phil Jones
Ashley Young
Alex Oxlade Chamberlain

Strikers (4)
Wayne Rooney
Andy Carroll
Daniel Sturridge
Danny Welbeck

Just off the top of my head tbh

by sodhat Thu 07 Feb 2013, 9:59 am

It's a 23 man squad. Haven't you played any football manager?

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:00 am

sodhat wrote:It's a 23 man squad. Haven't you played any football manager?

I should be ashamed of myself.

Removed Wickham and Zaha from my squad

by sodhat Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:04 am

Reckon you aren't far off with that squad. But I'd still say Cole over Shaw at that stage. Cole has one last tournament left in him.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:06 am

sodhat wrote:Reckon you aren't far off with that squad. But I'd still say Cole over Shaw at that stage. Cole has one last tournament left in him.

I'd quite like to get rid of most of the old timers. Only one left would be Gerrard for me

by Guest Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:10 am

Goalkeepers (3)
Joe Hart
John Ruddy
Jack Butland

Defenders (8)
Glen Johnson
Leighton Baines
Ashley Cole
Kyle Walker
Stephen Caulker
Gary Cahill
Chris Smalling
Phil Jones

Midfielders (8)
Jack Wilshere
Steven Gerrard
Tom Cleverley
Jordan Henderson
James Milner
Aaron Lennon
Ashley Young
Raheem Sterling

Strikers (4)
Wayne Rooney
Theo Walcott
Daniel Sturridge
Andy Carroll

Is how I see it.

by sodhat Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:10 am

I'd take Lampard still, dependant on where he plays next season. The guy is still a quality footballer in my eyes.

by Marky Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:13 am

Goalkeepers
Joe Hart
Ben Foster
Jack Butland

Defenders
Glen Johnson
Kyle Walker
Ashley Cole
Leighton Baines
Chris Smalling
Joleon Lescott
Phil Jagielka
Gary Cahill

Midfielders
Steven Gerrard
Jack Wilshere
Frank Lampard
James Milner
Tom Cleverley
Aaron Lennon
Ashley Young

Forwards
Theo Walcott
Daniel Sturridge
Danny Welbeck
Wayne Rooney
Andy Carroll

by Guest Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:13 am

Sadly Ben Foster doesn't want to be a reserve keeper, so his international career is basically over.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:14 am

Is Ben Foster not retired Marky?

by Marky Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:15 am

Wasn't aware of that. However, are you telling me that if Roy Hodgson rings him and offers him a place in the World Cup squad that he'd turn it down?

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:16 am

Well he didn't turn up for the Euros this year...

by Guest Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:16 am

I am. He did so for the Euros, saying he didn't want to be away from his family for several weeks if he wasn't going to play. Roy said 'okay Ben' and scratched his name off the list.

by sodhat Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:23 am

What about Scott Carson, has he retired from internationals as well?

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:25 am

sodhat wrote:What about Scott Carson, has he retired from internationals as well?

He's

Big John got injured just at the wrong time. Was in the best form I've seen from him yet, and under Dave Watson you could see his game was improving. I just hope he comes back from his injury just as fit and strong as before

by sodhat Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:27 am

Who can explain to me what cookies are, and why I should be bothered about them?

Every site I go to is telling me that it's using cookies, and I couldn't care less. Do I need to?

by GSC Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:30 am

They're the things that keep you signed into 606v2 etc

They're also a tasty treat

by **Afro** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:31 am

They are small data files that are stored on your computer and hold bits of structural/underlying information about a website.

When you load a webpage, it has to load this data. if you have a cookie on your machine, it doesn't need to reload this information and it therefore laods quicker.

by sodhat Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:31 am

GSC wrote:They're the things that keep you signed into 606v2 etc

They're also a tasty treat

I see

Should I lick my computer screen when they come up next?

by Guest Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:35 am

Yes soddy, definitely. They love it.

by sodhat Thu 07 Feb 2013, 10:38 am

Tastes like work

by Zinedine_Ze_Zebra Thu 07 Feb 2013, 11:43 am

by Guest Thu 07 Feb 2013, 11:57 am

We've been licking our cookies all morning Zebs, stop distracting us raspberry

by sodhat Thu 07 Feb 2013, 12:00 pm

Now that sounds dirty

by FIFA Diva Thu 07 Feb 2013, 12:02 pm

Afternoon

Good result for England, Welbeck should not be played wide he don't offer much.

by Guest Thu 07 Feb 2013, 12:16 pm

I don't think Welbeck offers much anywhere to be honest, his work rate is underwhelming compared to the likes of Walcott / Carroll, even Bent, and his passing and knowledge of the game isn't where it needs to be.

Give him a £15m move to Everton, or a loan spell with a club that will play him week-in, week-out, and he's got the potential to be very special.

by GSC Thu 07 Feb 2013, 12:27 pm

King Billy back to Forest. Should be interesting/hilarious.

On the bright side he has a record at this level few can match.

On the down side he falls out with every owner.

by sodhat Thu 07 Feb 2013, 12:32 pm

Should have gone for Nigel Clough

Now that would have been newsworthy

by GSC Thu 07 Feb 2013, 12:36 pm

Billy was the right choice over Nigel first time round. We'll see

by Guest Thu 07 Feb 2013, 12:43 pm

Should have gone for Stan Collymore. That guy knows his football.

by GSC Thu 07 Feb 2013, 12:45 pm

I think hes blocked Fawaz's twitter tho

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 07 Feb 2013, 1:03 pm

Right guys, there is this Norwich fan on twitter who is annoying the heck out of me. He moans moans moans about Hughton's style of play, saying he pays to be entertained.

But you don't pay to be entertained. You pay to go watch football, and support your team. If you wanna be entertained go to the theatre or watch WWE

by GSC Thu 07 Feb 2013, 1:15 pm

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/8477527/Stevenage-head-of-recruitment-Leon-Hunter-approached-by-Nottingham-Forest

More good news that Fawaz seems to have taken a hint that the way his brother ran the club was much more successful.

by Fernando Thu 07 Feb 2013, 1:42 pm

Afternoon

Euro Division Homepage XLVIII - Page 9 3559488474

Good result for England last night , Wasn't impressed by Emeli Sande Jr (Neymar) seemed like a very glorified version of nani

by Guest Thu 07 Feb 2013, 2:02 pm

Fernando wrote:Wasn't impressed by Emeli Sande Jr (Neymar)

Don't let Cherries read that. Quality Laugh

by Zinedine_Ze_Zebra Thu 07 Feb 2013, 2:17 pm

Neymar a glorified Nani Laugh

what a statement Laugh

by sodhat Thu 07 Feb 2013, 2:22 pm

He certainly didn't do his stock any favours with two sitters being missed. I reckon he becomes the new Ibra in this country - "he can't do it against England so he must be rubbish" being the gist of it.

by cherriesfna Thu 07 Feb 2013, 2:23 pm

Wtf Neymar was awesome he lit it up, he skills and swizzle he is amazing,

by Fernando Thu 07 Feb 2013, 2:25 pm

He had a poor game by his supposed standards, Also you prbs should of chosen a different person then Ibra cos he has done it again England Whistle

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