England v Slovenia

[ciscokid]

Was looking forward too it until I saw the team.

James
Johnson, Terry, Upson, A. Cole
Milner, Lampard, Barry, Gerrard
Defoe, Rooney

What is he doing? No Joe Cole? Gerrard on the left? Milner on the right? Still playing 4-4-2. What happened to him learning from his mistakes?

Agreed------I now expect a loss

[ciscokid]

First 5 minutes----England poor----like watching the Saddlers on a bad day :cry:

[ciscokid]

Now I'm worried

[Cully]

1 0 ENGLAND Defoe. Good start by England and we're dominating the Slovs. Great work by Milner out on the right.

Come on ENGLAND!

[SaddlerSteve]

1 0 ENGLAND Defoe. Good start by England and we're dominating the Slovs. Great work by Milner out on the right.

Come on ENGLAND!

Agreed.
Need another goal from us to settle the nations nerves though!

[ciscokid]

Currently this situation is ominous :!: :!:

[Pedagogue]

Phew!

[SaddlerSteve]

USA have scored right at the end.
Looks like we'll get the Krauts.

[Pedagogue]

I hate to give the Yanks anything but, to be fair, they have been robbed of a couple of valid goals which would have qualified them comfortably but for two poor match officials' decisions.

[chestersaddler]

Why do teams sit back and try to defend a lead :evil: England were much the better side and yet had to rely on some last ditch defending in the last few minutes.

Anyway - job done, well done to all.

[ciscokid]

I am delighted to say my hunch was wrong. Now the pressure is off. It does not matter who we get now, playing without pressure we can beat any team.
Bring on Kuntz and the Germoins

[Horozontal Harry]

I hate to give the Yanks anything but, to be fair, they have been robbed of a couple of valid goals which would have qualified them comfortably but for two poor match officials' decisions.

Most of Europe hates the UK, that's why we never get any votes in the Eurovision Song Contest.

All the world hates the USA that's why none of the decisions in the World Cup have gone their way thus far.

It's the same thing, just on a bigger scale.

[SaddlerSteve]

Why do teams sit back and try to defend a lead

We had plenty of chances to score another.
Hardly defending a lead.

[saddlersam]

Lighten up people. I'l take the Krauts next round. Curry then more beer then more football.

We're through. We deserved the win today. Last 16, here we come.

[SaigonSaddler]

Nothing can stop England now - this must be one of, if not the best England team of all time!

Bring on those drooling simpletons - the Jermans.

[Fray Bentos is God!]

Who are we afraid of? Ze Germans?

Ghana draw and Serbia win it is goodbye to the Queen's fave team.

[Duke]

Midway through the second half i worried we'd pay for missed chances we still may having finishing the group as runners up that said we have an extra days preparation .

Much better performance we can and must do better , thought Terry was awesome , bit of a strange dicision bringing Cole on for Rooney as Gerrard stayed on the left.

[PINNACLE]

USA have scored right at the end.
Looks like we'll get the Krauts.

And then the Argies after that ! Oh well if you want to win it you have to beat the best.

[chestersaddler]

Why do teams sit back and try to defend a lead

We had plenty of chances to score another.
Hardly defending a lead.

I agree thart we had lots of chances.

If you watch the last 10 minutes again, hopefully you will get my drift.

[latviancheese]

Take a bow Milner, Gerrard, Lampard, Barry, Defoe, James, and Upson. Superb.

Johnson still looked shaky at times but oh well.

GET IN, bring on zee Germans, :mrgreen:

[Duke]

USA have scored right at the end.
Looks like we'll get the Krauts.

And then the Argies after that ! Oh well if you want to win it you have to beat the best.

Not at all worried about the Germans and hopefully the Argies have peaked to soon.

[SaddlerSteve]

Why do teams sit back and try to defend a lead

We had plenty of chances to score another.
Hardly defending a lead.

I agree thart we had lots of chances.

If you watch the last 10 minutes again, hopefully you will get my drift.

We needed to calm it down and make sure of the win at the end.
If we'd have gone for it at the end and been beaten by a counterattack it would have been disasterous.

[SaddlerSteve]

USA have scored right at the end.
Looks like we'll get the Krauts.

And then the Argies after that ! Oh well if you want to win it you have to beat the best.

At the end of the day maybe we should look at it as the opportunity to get one over both of our World Cup nemesis's!

[Registered Saddler]

Take a bow Milner, Gerrard, Lampard, Barry, Defoe, James, and Upson. Superb.

Correcto. And Terry, he was good n'all. It's the best that Lampard has played for England in ages. More please!

[Horozontal Harry]

Why do teams sit back and try to defend a lead

We had plenty of chances to score another.
Hardly defending a lead.

I agree thart we had lots of chances.

If you watch the last 10 minutes again, hopefully you will get my drift.

We needed to calm it down and make sure of the win at the end.
If we'd have gone for it at the end and been beaten by a counterattack it would have been disasterous.

We should have had it sewn up well before the end, but to be fair I thought Lampard, Milner and Joe Cole in particular were very calm at the end, keeping possession very well in the extremely irritating way that teams normally do against us.

Despite the occasion I thought it was one of the most enjoyable England games I have seen for a long while. It was more like a Premier league game, and had it not been for the brilliance of their goalie I think we would have won by three or four.

[SaddlerSteve]

Why do teams sit back and try to defend a lead

We had plenty of chances to score another.
Hardly defending a lead.

I agree thart we had lots of chances.

If you watch the last 10 minutes again, hopefully you will get my drift.

We needed to calm it down and make sure of the win at the end.
If we'd have gone for it at the end and been beaten by a counterattack it would have been disasterous.

We should have had it sewn up well before the end, but to be fair I thought Lampard, Milner and Joe Cole in particular were very calm at the end, keeping possession very well in the extremely irritating way that teams normally do against us.

Despite the occasion I thought it was one of the most enjoyable England games I have seen for a long while. It was more like a Premier league game, and had it not been for the brilliance of their goalie I think we would have won by three or four.

Agree Harry. We should have sewn it up earlier but after we didn't it was right to keep our heads and run the clock down.
When we took it into the corner and wasted time I admit I also thought back to when other teams have done it and getting annoyed but it makes sense. As Klinsmann was saying the other day on the BBC, "You have to be mean!"

[latviancheese]

A bit more luck, Rooney would of had one, and Terry would, and so would Gerrard. We did make it a nervy ending for ourselves.

[Exile]

Good result, some solid (and desperate!) defence, plenty of chances and a much better performance.

[Duke]

watching the Germany v Ghana game I'd rather play the Germans

[latviancheese]

I wouldnt! The Germans are no mugs, but i dont care. Bring em on, we have to beat them sometime.