The dastardly red Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Think they looked alright tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Quite an enjoyable game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Injury to Smalling helped - Carrick got us playing Impressed with Kane - looks to have that something - looks at home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNBT Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Great goal by Townsend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I switched over when I heard the we love you chant coming from the England fans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club and Country Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 V.good last twenty mins If only Barkley could get a run of injury free games he could be what we are missing Looks like a fine line between raw talent and needing to be coached however!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNBT Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Oh & much better with Carrick playing the holding midfielder roll not putting Jones out of position in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club and Country Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I switched over when I heard the we love you chant coming from the England fans! Thought we (England fans) were better then that Should be drowned out by boos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Smalling and Jones are a joke Barkley,Townsend and Carrick made a big difference. On another note i see the mighty Cape Verdi are beating Portugal 0-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Smalling and Jones are a joke Barkley,Townsend and Carrick made a big difference. On another note i see the mighty Cape Verdi are beating Portugal 0-2. Agree re Jones & Smalling Jones is a rugby player, so flat footed, poor balance Had hopes for Smalling but he's not improved a tot since he went to Man Ud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBristolRed Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Poor first half but probably should've nicked it on chances in 2nd half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxy27 Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Had to combine foreign pictures with BBC Radio. Danny Murphy and Alan Green were slating us constantly pretty much. So many cliches about 'The Italians' it was unbearable. Danny Murphy even said at one stage that Italy always play well at big tournaments - Forgotten the last two World Cups I suppose...They were on the way home with us in Brazil, and didn't do any better in South Africa either. On England, yeah I thought we did alright. Don't see what Gibbs or Walcott have done to deserve to start though - Both out of favour at the moment at Arsenal (Walcott to be fair was out for a long time) I'd have liked to have seen Bertrand and Mason get a chance for longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Thought we did ok. Italy are no great shakes at the moment however. Again, without opening up the whole debate, Rooney worked hard, had three pretty decent chances, but really had to finish one for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murraysrightplum Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Murphy is a nause Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS3_RED Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 How poor was Delph. Never international standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I know I'm getting old, or maybe losing interest in the overhyped Premier League, when I don't even recognise a player coming on for England. But who is Ryan Mason?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 How poor was Delph. Never international standard. Now there is a player who would not get into the City team...........he is awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The dastardly red Posted March 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I like Rooney a lot, on another night he gets one or two of those, plus the ball to Theo in first half was soooooperb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I like Rooney a lot, on another night he gets one or two of those, plus the ball to Theo late in first half was soooooperb I agree, thought he played really well tonight. Just would have liked him to pop one of his chances away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North London Red Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Decent trip. Turin is a very pleasant city and the weather today was really nice. And what was looking (in the first half) like a substandard performance improved considerably after the break. But why oh why do we persist with playing players out of position? Jones and Walcott today were just the latest example of this (Milner at right back in one of the Miami games last year was probably the worst in recent times). Is it any coincidence we improved after changes were made and players reverted to their usual positions? Barkley looked lively, Townsend did well for the time he was on, and Carrick was very composed. Add in Sterling, Sturridge, Welbeck, Wilshere, Oxlade-Chamebrlain, Lallana, the defenders we were missing (Baines or Shaw, Cahill) and one or two from the under 21s (Ward Prowse probably at the front of the queue) and we could have a half decent squad for the Euros next summer (assuming of course we don't screw up qualification). It would also help if some of Chelsea's 5 English youth players broke through (I know there are very high hopes for Solanke, Loftus-Cheek, Brown and Baker. Bamford has also done well so far on loan at Middlesbrough). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Don't forget the legend Rooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Well a draw in Turin is pretty good, especially with 11 players who, according to Mookey's post wouldn't get in the City team! I think we should resurrect the Anglo italian cup and get some more silverware for the new museum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Usual okayish performance against a decent team in a friendly. I hold judgement until we play a decent team in a competitive match. Still think we are shite and 20 years behind the current levels of top international football teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North London Red Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Usual okayish performance against a decent team in a friendly. I hold judgement until we play a decent team in a competitive match. Still think we are shite and 20 years behind the current levels of top international football teamsWell we didn't do too badly away to Switzerland back in the autumn (who were 2 minutes away from taking Argentina to penalties and who, according to one or two on here, were near certainties to finish far ahead of us in qualification). Some of the top teams have had some iffy results of late - Germany lost in Poland and drew at home against Ireland, Holland have had a couple of dodgy results in qualification too. That said, I do agree that the real test will be next summer when we're up against one of the big guns in a tournament scenario. I live more in hope than expectation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WessexPest Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Cautious mood of optimism for the future with the players we've got coming through the ranks and the results we've had since the Brazil debacle. Beating Scotland at Celtic Park was hugely enjoyable. Oh, and Alan Green is an odious obese orange slug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby kellard hero Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Just waking up in Turin now and I am p....d off with mostly northern England fans incessantly chanting f..k the IRA,f..k the IRA in every bar mostly Irish.P....d up idiots with no class who don't realise the IRA doesn't exist anymore.embarrassing.still I suppose they're rehearsing for the Dublin game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malmesbury-Red Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Just got back from Turin decent trip. Thought we played quiet well especially in the second half. Roll on June for Republic Ireland and Slovenia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Rooney- does a job in qualifying and friendlies, mainly against the weaker teams, but might as well be sat on a beach during tournaments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 We do have some really good youth players coming through at the moment, although the best chance we had of ever winning anything was the squad we had around 10 years ago. But all in all, that's all they will ever be. Compared with other teams who have won world cups, Euro's, Copa America's etc, they are not a patch on the world class players needed to win anything, or at least get to finals. 2016 team Hart - Clyne - Cahill - Stones - Gibbs - Carrick - Henderson - Ox-Chamberlain - Barkley - Sterling - Sturridge There is balance, experience and excitement going forward in that 11 there. And that's without Rooney, Walcott, Townsend, Wilshire, Kane. Just hope Roy doesn't waste the opportunity. But I imagine the next full time boss after that will be Gary Neville so perfect him being the number 2 at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 'Rooneys' england have been pretty decent to be fair. Well....when I say decent, I mean, I'm not currently ashamed to be English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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