Woy for England

Ray Lewington will be joining Woy as his assistant. Cheers to him for his years of service.

 

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eUNpy7Nzvw[/youtube]

There's also a video of Keith Allen (HUGE FFC fan and Lily's dad) doing the above rap.

I am happy for Woy and REALLY hope he gets a knighthood from this gig, BUT I know that you should always be careful what you wish for! (Just remember his wonderful spell at Liverpool.)

 

Not too surprized about Ray's appointment. So my two favorite English managers are leading the three lions. Simply impossible not to cheer for them now.

I do fear this wont help Roy win over the fans though. Ray's personality will probably be considered too underwhelming for many and they'll ingorantly just consider him another mediocre appointment.

 

Good hire by Woy. Gary Neville has got the cache (silverware and respect) w/the current players.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story ... ff?cc=5901

 

Wow I'm kind of shocked he chose Terry. I thought Roy demanded more class than that, but what do I know. And it's not as if Ferdinand is a model player/person but still.

Also it's a huge mistake not to have Crouch. He scores boatloads of goals for England, I dont know why you would want to messs with that. And who is going to score goals when Rooney is sitting for those two games. These England managers have to pander too much to ever be successful. I guesss those who predicted Roy will fail are probably right.

 

Agree about Crouch, I've always liked him. A little surprised he picked Green. I figured he was toast after the last World Cup gaffe. The law of averages probably doesn't apply here, but I like England to make some noise in Russia...don't know why, just a gut feeling I have about this outing.

 

Have to agree about Green, even though Joe Hart will be playing every minute. Woy said it was a pure football decision on Terry, from what I've seen both players are past their prime, so would have loved to be a fly on the wall when that decision was made. Andy Carroll's play really improved in the final part of the season, and beat out Crouch for the hold up role. Tough call, but Carroll is super athletic and my guess is Woy is thinking about 2014 as much as the Euros.

 

Both Barry and now Lampard ruled out for England. This might sound weird, but it actually benefits Woy. The expectations will decrease even more and he doesn't have to worry about getting Gerrard and Lampard to play effectively together. Rooney missing the first two matches and now these injuries will buy Roy plenty of time to shape the team for the WC cycle the way he wants.

 

Does he get to call-up replacements for them in the Euros?

 

Mo, Phil Jagielka from Everton and Jordan Henderson from Liverpool have been added.

 

Henderson over Carrick? Or, any other talented Englishman that may be out there?

 

There was talk that Liverpool was over represented in his picks anyway and now he takes Henderson? Personally I dont know many of these players well enough to have an opinion but I hope he isnt still groveling to that organization.

 

Martin Kelley?

Is Lescott not English. What is going on with all these Liverpool picks. You'd think they just won the Champions League.

 

Mo, Lescott is on the team and came in for Cahill when he broke is jaw. Micah Richards is the obvious choice, but apparently was pissed off about not making the cut and declined being on the stand-by list (same as Carrick).

 

Did anyone watch Enland's match with Belgium? How did they look under Roy? How did Dembele play?

 

I DVR'd it and watched most of it. I'd call it a typical English performance, lackluster, workmanlike, got the job done, etc., etc. Made the most of one good play and made it stand up. But not very impressive.

 

Oh, and the foul on Cahill should have been a straight red.