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martino · Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:50 am Post subject: World Cup

I can see the headline now for two of England's Group matches:

"Suarez breaks England hearts"

"Oviedo breaks England hearts"

sellsell39 · Joined: 19 Nov 2011 Posts: 810 Location: Needham market

or alternatively :-

"Walcott pace beats slow Italians in narrow England win in Amazon jungle heat hell"

"Uruguay slaughtered as Rooney grabs 5 and closes in on record goalscorer Charlton"

"Lampard double against Costa Rica minnows, ensures England progress to knockout stage"

Laughing

silkman1 · Joined: 07 Feb 2011 Posts: 209 Location: poynton

And finally - Lambert and Rooney hat tricks as England win world cup after 9-0 defeat of Germany in final

Kickoff3pm · Joined: 06 May 2009 Posts: 894 Location: Staffordshire

It's going to be hard, with the heat out there I think we'll need to be brave and that means use the older players in one half perhaps.

Apart from that we are not good enough at the moment so we need to find a way of playing and I guess a fair bit of luck too.

One things for sure it won't make it easier by being negative toward our chances. Let's all enjoy it for what it is.
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garyspain · Joined: 24 Mar 2010 Posts: 900

silkman1 wrote:

And finally - Lambert and Rooney hat tricks as England win world cup after 9-0 defeat of Germany in final

I presume kickoff3pm's post re being negative about England's chances are aimed at you silkman.

Really if you can't out ten past that German team in the final you've no business going. Very Happy

derby1884 · Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 2:30 pm Post subject:

"England percolated as Costa Rica come to the boil"
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martino · Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 2:32 pm Post subject:

My original post was made against the background that both players play in the Premier League and so have a detailed knowledge of playing regularly against players who will be in the England squad.

Despite that I will behind England all the way and hope they can go all the way to the Final.

Floor Pie · Joined: 02 Dec 2010 Posts: 286 Location: Bristol

I think we could do well providing the "big" players dont get injured in May like usual. England will get out the Group for sure if Rooney, Gerrard, Studdidge, Townsend, & even Barkley are on that plane Wink

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Senior82 · Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 982 Location: Near Sheffield

World Cups aren't meant to be easy.
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clsyorkshire · Joined: 18 Oct 2011 Posts: 470 Location: West Midlands

Who's going to do their metatarsal next spring? Very Happy

Seriously though, if we're going to have any chance, we need to learn to be better at keeping possession than we normally are. In hot conditions, we can't be chasing after the ball for long periods of play, it's just too draining. What normally happens is after a few passes, someone panics and hoofs it long or tries an over-ambitious pass and then we lose the ball. We need to keep possession and make the opposition chase for the ball.
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