England/Croatia

Beckham dropped because he's 'not match fit'.

McClaren is an idiot. If he can run without hobbling, and his kicking foot is alright.... oh hell, if I have to explain it to you guys. I cant explain it.

It would be as if Greg Oden were kept off Ohio State BB the first part of last year due to his broken shooting hand.

 

Because money can be made. They are the only team in America that people will probably pay to see. I would love to see the pay-per-view financial figures on this because I can't imagine loads of people are signing up for the England matches. Most would just go to a bar and pay the entrance fee to watch.

 

BBC London Radio will be broadcasting live commentary of the match over the internet. See here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/10/12/live_commentaries_feature.shtml

 

Halftime Croatia 2-0. Coupled w/Russia 1-0 on Andorra. The soccernet gamecast said Carson had a howler on the first goal.

 

2-2 in the 67th. questionable pk, then great cross by Beckham to Crouch.

 

Croatia just scored again. England 2-3 Croatia. This game sounds incredible.

 

I'm reading the BBC commentary and one thing it's clear on is that Bridge is having a horrendous game. Any chance England's new manager gives Konch a look at left back?

 

It's final - England 2-3 Croatia.

 

And so is the other match - Andorra 0-1 Russia. England is out of it.

 

That, coupled with Russia's 1-0 victory over Andorra, has *officially* knocked England out of Euro 2008.


Goodbye Stevie.

 

England just isn't great. Pundits just assumed England would walk through Croatia. That showed no intelligence whatsoever. English football fans don't seem to realize the rest of the world plays football at a high level now. England has never even won the European championship, but "lesser" nations like Denmark and Greece have. That means smaller countries can beat England relatively often. Yet, because the English invented the professional sport of football it isn't supposed to be that way. Ridiculous.

Yet, it is still all the foreigners' fault English national football is crap. The truth is it wasn't ever that good when the English League was just English.

 

http://www.skysports.com/video/0,20285, ... 75,00.html

Croatia's coach respectfully and gracefully tells it like it is and puts England in their place. Lovely. Watch the whole thing, the latter half is the best part in my opinion.

 

"we are simply better team, we are simply team", woo hoo Mr. Billic. Wish I had seen the game.

 

I agree wholeheartedly. The emphatic 'Wake up' call was nothing short of brilliant.

The whole team looked so poor out there, even with the two goals. Such a pedestrian efforts by England players, in their most important match since the 2006 WC. The defenders and the keepers hardly looked settle all game (our former boy Wayne Bridge, in particular).


p.s.: Bramble for England :3d laughing:

 

Totally. Loved the "Wake Up!" remark. Hopefully some English paper splashes it across their paper tomorrow morning.

 

England deserved to lose and trust me when I say that they look awful. The penalty they were rewarded was soft at best and at 2-2 you coudn't say they deserved but they had the opportunity to hang on.

 

As Ian Wright stated, "Evertime Croatia went forward with the ball, they looked capable of scoring". England were gifted that penalty and even with Crouch's wonderful goal they did not have what it took to hold on. Do they English not possess the bottle to show up on the big stages of football?

I must say, well done to Russia and Guus. He has taken that side to new heights and what an accomplishment for them to qualify. Shame that neither Northern Ireland or Scotland could make it through, but they made everyone stand up and take notice from time to time.