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i noticed one of the swedes yesterday had a well grumpy face on while their national anthem was being played. my dad said that neville has never sung the national anthem and always stands like that, my dad said he thought he read somewhere about a reason why he didnt sing it but i cant remember what he said it was nowQuote:
Originally Posted by pookie1968uk
although england still didnt play brilliant, it was a much more interesting game than the other 2 cos of the fact that sweden were a better opposition, during the first half england definitely played better than in the second half, i didnt really think they were going to get a win but it did actually look like they would near the end when gerrard scored the second goal, but a draws all we needed and they got that so i cant really complain. does anyone know whats actually wrong with owen, i couldnt find anything about it, hes having a scan today isnt he? i cant believe he injured himself so early on, i hope hes ok but it didnt look good really. and im glad that gerrard, lampard and crouch didnt pick up a second yellow card though
i cant believe sven still hasnt given him a chance, and the commentators commenting that we only have 2 strikers now cos of owen being injured, erm last time i looked there were 4 in the squad lol not just 3! i think svens realised though that he made a mistake bringing him and isnt going to use him unless absolutely necessary, which was then pointless in bringing himQuote:
Originally Posted by Norman Bates
yep its good that we avoid germany, and if all goes well today we will also be avoiding argentina in the quarter finals which is another good thing lol! i agree england havent been playing their best but theyve done enough to get through which is the main thing, ive noticed that other big teams have also been playing like this just doing enough for what is needed, hopefully as the tournament goes on england will improve but i dont think its just england that havent been playing to their bestQuote:
Originally Posted by pookie1968uk
I thought we played better this time, although the second half started to bore me again. It was far better than our first games though, although thats probably more to do with the fact that we are through to the knockout stages no matter what happened during this match - shame they play the better football when under no pressure. Though as soon as Sweden equalised, the heads went down, and play started getting worse as time went on again. And we still haven't beaten Sweden for however long it is...grrrr.
in last nights game i think england played really well considering they have now lost micheal owen. joe coles goal was the best england goal of this tornament. in the second half england let themselves down. the second sweeden goal could have been cleared. but i think steven gerrards goal was pretty good.
You are forgetting the small matter of Ecuador on Sunday. Any talk of progressing any further is wishful thinking at this stageQuote:
Originally Posted by di marco
i think that if we put the effort in against equador on sunday we will w'in. 'Fingers crossed' jst hope we can do alot better than what we have played in the group stages of this competition. were has the form that we hit before we got to germany. we need to get that back and win.
i really think sven should have let theo wilcott play yesterday - what is the pint in bringing him if you dont let him play?
i no they should ave put him on and played with 2 up front insted of 5 in midfield cause his plan obviously didnt work also i think micheal carrick should play aswell.