England v Slovenia [poll attached]

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Will we win on Wednesday?

Win
63
56%
Lose
13
12%
Draw
37
33%
 
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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by T.R.O.L.I. » 23 Jun 2010 17:18

I dunno - think there'll be some tension during tonight's game (especially with Ghana only needing a point).

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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by Maguire » 23 Jun 2010 17:19

If Reading go away from home, create that many chances, have that much pressure, and win 1-0 then every single Reading fan would go home happy.

Yeah it was tense but the pitch was awful and hardly lent itself to playing tidy football. They had zero chances and we should have had another.

Sadly the murking the USA have just dished us means that instead of Ghana then uruguay we're more likely to get Germany then Argentina.

It's definitely not coming home.

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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by leww_rfc » 23 Jun 2010 17:19

No Fixed Abode MiLOLner!

What a joke if he starts.


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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by leww_rfc » 23 Jun 2010 17:20

No Fixed Abode Terry - MoM


Milner imho.

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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by cmonurz » 23 Jun 2010 17:20

NR_Royal Anyone bar Australia could win Group D.

I had an accumulator on group winners:

Uruguay
USA
Germany
Holland
Paraguay
Brazil
and Chile

Could well happen.


You had an acca but only picked 7 and posted it up after the first two non-favourites come in? Anyone smell halibut? :wink:


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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by No Fixed Abode » 23 Jun 2010 17:21

leww_rfc
No Fixed Abode MiLOLner!

What a joke if he starts.


:roll:


The boy proved me wrong today.

I stand corrected.

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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by rfcjoe » 23 Jun 2010 17:23

just showed how little you know about football again tbf, Mr Troll.

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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by No Fixed Abode » 23 Jun 2010 17:25

rfcjoe just showed how little you know about football again tbf, Mr Troll.


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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by Silver Fox » 23 Jun 2010 17:26

Happy days but in it's way harder to watch than Friday's debacle. Worrying about the route to the final is of course a gimp's game so don't stress on that.

PLus I had Lando to score first for the USA so tis all good


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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by Hoop Blah » 23 Jun 2010 17:27

Just letting my nerves recover from that last 25 minutes….

Big LOL to those who slated Milner in the first few minutes, he showed exactly why he's such a good player. Works so bloody hard but can also beat a man AND actually cross the ball. I used to get frustrated by Mr Beckham (the worlds best ever crosser of the ball by all accounts) who used to hit the first defender quite regularly, so I'm happy to let Milner get away with a few of them before he found his range.

Rooney and Lampard might not have been spectacular but they did their jobs. I do wish Rooney would stay a little higher up the field though, especially when you have Gerrard and Lampard running into that similar space.

I thought Gerrard was excellent again and at the heart of all our good attacking play. I don't like him being out on the left, but today it didn't really matter and he looked good.

We certainly didn't look too comfortable at the back though. Johnson looked off the pace and although both did ok, I'm not convinced by Upson and Terry, but it's an improvement over Carragher and Terry who are just too slow to play together.

……and relax!!!!

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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by rfcjoe » 23 Jun 2010 17:27

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rfcjoe just showed how little you know about football again tbf, Mr Troll.


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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by exileinleeds » 23 Jun 2010 17:29

Gerrard has eyelash extensions! :shock:

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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by Hoop Blah » 23 Jun 2010 17:33

Hoop Blah
papereyes fwiw, Gerrard's strengths are highly physical and physique related. He's strong, he's fast, he's aggressive, he can hit a ball at goal with some strength.

he has little subtlety or guile.


Oh, don't get me wrong, I totally agree that his strengths are based around his sheer physical power, but don't underestimate his technical ability and vision either.

He might not be a subtle little gem along the lines of Iniesta, but his reading of the way opportunities unfold, where he needs to be to get into goalscoring opportunities and his vision in and around the box (witness plenty of 1-2's with the likes of Rooney or Torres) are still top class, IMO.


Who was the player involved in, and I don't think I'm exaggerating here but I probably am, all our clever 1-2's in and around the box?

Baines
Hoop Blah but his range of long passing is good.


The range of his long passing is good. The accuracy of his long passing is bad.


Did he misplace a single long pass today? I remember 5 or six pearlers to switch play, mainly out to Milner.


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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by Avon Royal » 23 Jun 2010 17:34

Can't believe that everyone is bigging up this result. England bottled it again, the group was there for the taking and we blew it.

2nd place = screwed.

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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by No Fixed Abode » 23 Jun 2010 17:41

exileinleeds Gerrard has eyelash extensions! :shock:


Ahhh, so that's why he wasn't playing this afternoon.

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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by Sun Tzu » 23 Jun 2010 17:48

Avon Royal Can't believe that everyone is bigging up this result. England bottled it again, the group was there for the taking and we blew it.

2nd place = screwed.


We blew it by allowing the USA to score a late goal ??????

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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by FiNeRaIn » 23 Jun 2010 17:48

Should have started Heskey instead of rooney


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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by FiNeRaIn » 23 Jun 2010 17:51

Sun Tzu
Avon Royal Can't believe that everyone is bigging up this result. England bottled it again, the group was there for the taking and we blew it.

2nd place = screwed.


We blew it by allowing the USA to score a late goal ??????


We'll be out next round. Allowing the USA to win the easiest group of the tournament and only scoring two goals lol, pathetic although much improved compared to Algeria.

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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by NR_Royal » 23 Jun 2010 17:53

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NR_Royal Anyone bar Australia could win Group D.

I had an accumulator on group winners:

Uruguay
USA
Germany
Holland
Paraguay
Brazil
and Chile

Could well happen.


You had an acca but only picked 7 and posted it up after the first two non-favourites come in? Anyone smell halibut? :wink:


I did these on Monday. Argies had already won. :wink:

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Re: England v Slovenia [poll attached]

by Focher » 23 Jun 2010 17:54

Milner, A Cole and Terry all played very very well.

Little mention to Upson under huge pressure today, ragged at times but made some crucial tackles. Learnt that at Reading.

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