frenchred Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Would Chalabah really be playing if he wasn't at Chelsea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 I reffed a game in what must have been a under 14s or something like that game when on work experience about 20 odd years ago.I'm a fairly placid bloke but could easily have had a fight with some of the ******** parents that were up there that day. I like competivness amongst kids but not when it goes over the top and becomes to much pressure.Too true. If a defender gets the ball and tries moving it forward under his control, or passing to a midfielder, one or more parents will yell "Hoof it up field"!Some years back I organised a tournament for under 16s. One team stood out as the best right from their first pool game. In the final they were 1-0 up at half time and their manager (not a parent) was telling them "Just sit on the ball for the entire half and you've won". Some of the kids replied "But we wanna play football". The 2nd half started and the oppos equalized which made that Manager start yelling & screaming at his team. The kids themselves didn't seem to mind letting in one goal though and went on to score two more to lift the trophy. I have never seen such an angry winning manager. He was still berating them for not sitting on the ball as got on the bus home.There was a discussion on Radio Five about why we fail so. One of the panel pointed out that if a kid is good at ice skating or swimming, his parents get up at 3.00am to drive him to a specialist training facility fifty miles away all at their own expense. Then Kevin Keegan commented that if a kid is good at piano playing, he'll practice four or five times a week and play in one concert. If however he's good at football or rugby, he has normal school sports lessons, will play games for his house and the school and then a team at weekends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Would Chalabah really be playing if he wasn't at Chelsea? Everyone knows the answer to that. The midfield has been terrible. Why is that Carroll playing? He's shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Cheers keeps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Good goal but keeper really should have done better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Bcfc Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Can we all stop crying now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1891 B.C. Sweden Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Good goal but keeper really should have done better Totally agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCRED Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Well, Southgate brought zings on to play two up front and second half we score - Perhaps I should go into Football management? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristol south end Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Poor first half, did loads better in the 2nd half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeyed Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 I thought Pritchard looked impressive before he went off injured. Also it seemed a strange decision to bring Hughes off rather than Carroll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Great chance squandered by Ings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Great chance squandered by Ings. Had to score - think this is the best we have looked though so far in the tournament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Chris Posted June 24, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Game over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 2 goals in 2 minutes, shocking defending. Oh dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 That defending! Pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 That defending! Pathetic. All came from a shocking pass in midfield, he's travelled the whole half of the pitch without anyone getting near him. Joke defending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveF Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Seems strange to me that Loftus-Cheek doesnt get in ahead of Chalobah or Forster-Caskey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Seems strange to me that Loftus-Cheek doesnt get in ahead of Chalobah or Forster-Caskey... He got slammed by Mourinho for lacking effort and thinking had made it, so doesn't really surprise me that he isn't picked after that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Grim Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Too many changes. How can you get any understanding when your making so many changes after each game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 He got slammed by Mourinho for lacking effort and thinking had made it, so doesn't really surprise me that he isn't picked after that Southgate says he's to naive to start whatever the hell that means Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveF Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 He got slammed by Mourinho for lacking effort and thinking had made it, so doesn't really surprise me that he isn't picked after that Wasnt that only after one post season match though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Backwards passing. We are ******* obsessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Seems strange to me that Loftus-Cheek doesnt get in ahead of Chalobah or Forster-Caskey... And ward prowse. Both are better than the two playing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityCiderEd Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Dinosaur football yet again.What is it that when we get to a tournament playing continental style football then switch to bloody 4-4-2 to get the ball forward quicker.Southgate was a poor club manager so how the hell did he get near the England set-up.Oh, I forgot SoD is there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveF Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 And ward prowse. Both are better than the two playing now. I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 The next generation are shit as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 I wouldn't blame anyone too much about this. Fact is we aren't as good as we like to think at football. Also, there are only 2 groups of 4 in the tournament. We've got to the last 8 which is our level. Why people expect us to be in the top 4 in europe with this set of players is bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 I wouldn't blame anyone too much about this. Fact is we aren't as good as we like to think at football. Also, there are only 2 groups of 4 in the tournament. We've got to the last 8 which is our level. Why people expect us to be in the top 4 in europe with this set of players is bizarre. That is fair enough but the standard of football we have produced in 3 games has been dire. Not one positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 10 years ago we had good players who we kidded ourselves into believing could compete on the world stage. 10 years on, we have average players who we've lidded ourselves into believing could compete on the world stage. 10 years from now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screech Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 10 years ago we had good players who we kidded ourselves into believing could compete on the world stage. 10 years on, we have average players who we've lidded ourselves into believing could compete on the world stage. 10 years from now... We never played to our strengths with the national side we had. It was criminal how a team that had Gerrard, Lampard, Cole, Campbell, Terry, Neville, Rooney, Owen and Scholes never got close to winning a tournament. We play a fast attacking, energetic style in the Premier League, for the national side we play a slow build up passing game that we are no good at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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