England vs Platinum Stars

[DanWalsallFC]

Risky business. Capello's said he will give his starting 11 atleast 45 mins each..
Apparently FIFA said its compulsary to play a friendly vs a local team, something to do with communities.
Very risky though.. I can see Rooney picking up an injury.
Our World Cup chances could look very different come 5pm..

[Duke]

The games is being shown on Sky Sports news ,it's nothing much more than a training session .

Half Time England 1-0 up

[SaddlerSteve]

The games is being shown on Sky Sports news ,it's nothing much more than a training session .

Half Time England 1-0 up

Only 1-0?
England should be about 20-0 up by now!
It's a disgrace. We'll never win the World Cup playing like that.
I'm off to slash my wrists! :(

[Duke]

The games is being shown on Sky Sports news ,it's nothing much more than a training session .

Half Time England 1-0 up

Only 1-0?
England should be about 20-0 up by now!
It's a disgrace. We'll never win the World Cup playing like that.
I'm off to slash my wrists! :(

:D

Heskey's missed a sitter , all the squad are getting a run out .
The commentators reckon Platinum are equivalent to a mid table championship side.

Perhaps your right Steve :?

[priestley_saddler]

Not watching the match but following BBC text at work. Looks like Rooney is being a knob and has now been booked.

I know this isn't a full international and players don't get capped for it, but if Rooney manages to get himself sent off, will FIFA find a way to suspend him from the opening WC game?

[Duke]

2-0 Joe Cole

[Duke]

3-0 Rooney

[philthesaddler]

Im watching it at the moment...are the refs making up the rules as they go along? Some very strange decisions!

[Duke]

Full time 3-0

Joe Cole was the only player to play the whole game .

[SaddlerSteve]

Perhaps your right Steve :?

:wink:

[DanWalsallFC]

Johnson is going to cost us..

[Fray Bentos is God!]

This is what pisses me off...

Football 365 have on their ticker "England ease to friendly victory" - fair enough, you'd think.

First line is "England won 3-0 in unconvincing fashion"

Make your fudging minds up!

[We-ARE-Walsall]

This is what pisses me off...

Football 365 have on their ticker "England ease to friendly victory" - fair enough, you'd think.

First line is "England won 3-0 in unconvincing fashion"

Make your fudging minds up!

Yep. I don't think it really mattered if we lost. What really mattered was that we didn't lose any other key players. 3-0, Unscathed, job done.

[PGtips]

Mid table championship side is being kind to Platinum Stars. I would be dissapointed if Walsall could not beat them in a serious match. It is amazing that Rooney can get booked in a game such as this. The refereee has been on TV here stating he would have been sent off in a world cup match. Not sure if he is sensationalising it for his own publicity but honestly how can you get a booking in this type of game.

[latviancheese]

Players are sayin they did struggle with playing that high above sea level.

This is why a South American team will win the world cup, basically. Brazil.

[DanWalsallFC]

Mid table championship side is being kind to Platinum Stars. I would be dissapointed if Walsall could not beat them in a serious match. It is amazing that Rooney can get booked in a game such as this. The refereee has been on TV here stating he would have been sent off in a world cup match. Not sure if he is sensationalising it for his own publicity but honestly how can you get a booking in this type of game.

I dont back us vs anybody in a serious match!

[aaaae]

Mid table championship side is being kind to Platinum Stars. I would be dissapointed if Walsall could not beat them in a serious match. It is amazing that Rooney can get booked in a game such as this. The refereee has been on TV here stating he would have been sent off in a world cup match. Not sure if he is sensationalising it for his own publicity but honestly how can you get a booking in this type of game.

I dont back us vs anybody in a serious match!

If it was a cup game we'd lose to them whatever division they were from! We might squeeze past them if they were the level of say....Stourbridge.... :D

[Duke]

I fully agree with what former England captain Terry Butcher said , the game was more useful than a normal training session .

[Exile]

I fully agree with what former England captain Terry Butcher said , the game was more useful than a normal training session .

Yup. I'd also be surprised if England haven't been taking advantage of altitude training technology easily available these days....

For example..... http://www.hypoxico.com/News/?p=75

[PGtips]

Not all games will be at altitude. 2 of Englands group games are sea level and depending on how the draw pans out after (assuming!) qualification the QF and SF could also be at sea level - we would need to come 2nd in group for this to work though.