The World League II

First topic message reminder :

Anyone selling a LW?

Miky where is my pm plz bbz xx

I think so, not sure what it is though

Tomorrow Olly x

Well today I guess now.

Are the voters missing any tactics from anyone?

Morning all

Got your PM Miky, I'll have a look later

Thoughts on the weekend's games?

I think England played really fluid and it was nice to watch but we just didn't take enough chances and got caught out in the end.

Holymiky wrote:I think England played really fluid and it was nice to watch but we just didn't take enough chances and got caught out in the end.

Don't.

Anyone who's view isn't "The players played well but were let down by Roy Hodgson and his poor management" is wrong.

Probably a bit too reactive but a lot of the criticism is hindsight. If he puts on Sturridge and England concede, he'd be criticised for not shutting it down.

It wasn't hindsight though. At the time almost everyone knew we needed to take Kane off and put Vardy on to give us a more counter attacking threat, especially at 1-0. Plus Kane had an awful game by his standards.

I'd have rather had Sturridge at halftime but I agree. A lot of it though is highly reactionary. Seen people acting like going defensive to protect a 1-0 lead is something only Roy does.

No issue with going defensive at 1-0.

But issues with poor management with lack of changes when they were needed, having a 25 goal striker taking corners, and only selecting a squad with 1 winger then playing a system with wingers needed.

Results are up for the championship.

Results are up for the championship.

Cheers Viva.

I thought England played well, on the whole. Several players had their best game in an England shirt - Walker, Rose, Dier, even Rooney (I thought he was excellent).

However, some were atrocious. I'd have taken Sterling off after 20mins - how can he be even worse on the ball than Theo Walcott? Yet he is. Kane was utterly crap. Lallana was useless, again. I thought Wilshere looked excellent.

But it all came down to James flucking Milner. Again. He has 61 caps, which is 62 too many. Only Defoe has more sub appearances than him, which shows we're giving him caps for bugger all reason. And he was solely, entirely, 100% at fault for the goal. I would love to have 5mins with him in a locked room, duff him up enough so he can't play for England ever again.

As much as I love Roy Hodgson, that one substitution has put the final nail in the coffin of his England career. Even if we somehow progress from the group, which I now feel is unlikely, we cannot have an England manager taking 5 strikers to a tournament, playing one isolated up top, another in midfield, then sitting on a 1-0 lead while three pacy, dynamic strikers sit on the bench with their thumbs up their arrises.

Afternoon.

Brazil knocked out of the Copa in the group stage. I bet your regretting choosing Brazil in the Euros sweepstake now marky

GSC wrote:I'd have rather had Sturridge at halftime but I agree. A lot of it though is highly reactionary. Seen people acting like going defensive to protect a 1-0 lead is something only Roy does.

Normally I'd agree, but Russia had had zero serious chances and we should have been 5-0 up. Going with another striker and pushing Russia back would have given us a second, perhaps a third, and given the team the start it deserved.

Has anyone seen any reasoning for Kane taking corners? He doesn't even do it for Spurs.

Yeah Kane should not be taking corners. He scored the most goals inside the penalty area this season in the prem and he's taking corners. I'm utterly flabbergasted.

Sterling absolutely destroyed their RB in the first 10 minutes. Stopped trying to do it after that for some reason. He looks shot of confidence but his pace is indispensable in this squad

Had my first PM response from Nadz 

He played basically the same as every other English winger of the past 20 years in a tournament, run blindly with head down, produce no end product.

Holymiky wrote:Had my first PM response from Nadz 

The first of many long may it continue! I can't believe it's taken so long

Hero wrote:He played basically the same as every other English winger of the past 20 years in a tournament, run blindly with head down, produce no end product.

What we need is a David Beckham-esque type of player. Someone who has great delivery from the wings but has a footballing brain unlike these speedy wingers.

Good luck to anyone headed to Russia in 2 years time. ****ing nutters.

Mind you, I've just seen a Dutch woman will be deported from Qatar for having sex outside marriage.

She reported she'd been raped.

So nice one Sepp

Aren't Russia also hosting next year's Confederations cup? Imagine if England win the Euros (it could happen)and next year have to play in the confed cup. How the hell have Russia been awarded 2 tournaments in a row???

-------Weigl---Gomes-------
Bale------Kroos--------Martial
----------Dybala------------

Thoughts?

You've probably depressed Nadeem.

Bale is an upgrade, Kroos is not & his not an AM drop him back and play a Xmas Tree would be better tbh.

This to show that Weigl is the deeper of the three?

-----------Weigl---------
-----Kroos----Gomes-----
Bale----------------Martial
----------Dybala---------

Can do either way but Kroos isn't an AM even this would be suitable.

--------Kroos --Weigl -- Gomes
----Bale ------------------------Martial
------------------Dybala

2 responses now from PM's, cheers Nando.

Seen the message only this morning, shall reply soon.

Play Kroos deep.

Still looking for a winger if anyone got one for sale.

Hero wrote:He played basically the same as every other English winger of the past 20 years in a tournament, run blindly with head down, produce no end product.

The one thing he doesn't do is run with his head down. He runs like Road Runner.

Well he has his eyes closed then, at one point he just ran full pelt off the pitch.

nadeem2099 wrote:Aren't Russia also hosting next year's Confederations cup? Imagine if England win the Euros (it could happen)and next year have to play in the confed cup. How the hell have Russia been awarded 2 tournaments in a row???

World Cup hosts always host the Confed's cup. It's a warm up exercise.

Can someone draw me Lawyers and Injuries please? Remember i can't have the same Injuries as last week.

Injuries
DM - Maxime Gonalons - £10.5m
AM/LW - David Silva - £28.5m
AM - Kasey Palmer - £0

Lawyers
ST - Mario Mandzukic - £14.25m
RW - Leroy Sane - £13.5m

There were 40 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

DM - Maxime Gonalons - £10.5m
AM/LW - David Silva - £28.5m
Left Backs
AM - Kasey Palmer - £0
ST - Mario Mandzukic - £14.25m
Wingers
RW - Leroy Sane - £13.5m
Central Defenders
LW - Eljero Elia - £2.63m
GK - Jeroen Zoet - £4.5m
GK - Abdoulaye Diallo - £750k
Goalkeepers
CB - Karim Rekik - £3m
LB - Miquel Nelom - £750k
CB - Aleksandar Dragovic - £12m
RB - Sime Vrsaljko - £6.75m
ST - Alexandre Lacazette - £22.5m
CM - Cesc Fabregas - £33.75m
Central Midfielders
RB - Lukasz Piszczek - £5.25m
Strikers
LB - Wendell - £11.25m
Right Backs
CM - Radja Nainggolan - £20.25m
ST - Aritz Aduriz - £2.25m
AM - Hakim Ziyech - £7.5m
CB - Marquinhos - £22.5m
IP: 90.216.134.193
Timestamp: 2016-06-13 16:21:56 UTC

Thanks

Excellent signings you've made hero You got rid of that overrated tosh Griezmann and you brought in the Welsh Wizard and the German Scholes. Too bad your in the same division as me or else Bale would be getting a hat trick on my voting day.

Phew no Belgians in my team!

Conte stealing my formation for this week I thought i were being revolutionary until he brought out the 3-5-2 diamond

#b@stard

Results will be tomorrow eve lovelies xx

Vertonghen should not play left back again, He got absolutely ripped to shreds by Candreva. Whoever has him should sell asap.

#twonk

Belgium got taught a harsh lesson in how to play tournament football. Suspect Italy's lack of talent from midfield forward will get found out in the later stages but few teams have the nous Italys back 4 have.

And knowing when to commit professional fouls.

Thats like lesson one in Italy's equivalent of La Masia

I thought Italy only struggled once De Rossi went off. Which is baffling in itself.

Glad I optimistically backed Italy to win the whole thing now...

Lawyers and Injuries up.