Why is Wembley always so quiet??
Why is Wembley always so quiet??
Well England won easily enough. Now they'll need to take 4 or 6 points off the Russians and they should be OK for qualification then. Wednesday should be interesting, I'm not sure if even Guus Hiddink can make Russia any good.
Northern Ireland's chances have pretty much gone down the pan after today's defeat though.
"Excuse me Miss, do you like pineapple?"
Good performance + No Lampard = ROCKET SCIENCE!!'cause it's filled with representatives of all the FA and England's sponsors.Originally Posted by Croyles
Yeah, and there's a load of those people with 10 year tickets, a lot of whom don't seem to bother turning up. So even when it's a sell out, there are still loads of empty seats.
And, like Psychotic said, those corporate plonkers drinking champagne and eating sandwiches with the crusts cut off don't help.
On the channel I was watching they said loads of people turned up late for the second half cause there was cake and they missed Englands second goal.
The old Wembley had a much better atmosphere.
Oh and Wales - Germany 0:2
They controlled the game easily enough but without the usual shine.
Italy - France 0:0
Anyone noticed that a lot of favourites are having trouble with the qualifiers? England, Portugal, Italy and Spain.
Although I think it can be argued that Spain and Portugal arent actually favourites anyway.
Last edited by Croyles; 09-09-2007 at 01:42 PM.
I don't think England can be called favourites either XD
Turkey and Malta drawing was a good laugh for me, gives Greece's chances of qualifying a boost anyway.
"Excuse me Miss, do you like pineapple?"
Oh please god no not Greece! Borefest of the century!
They ruined what could have been a great Euro 2004.
Their football was so boring. It was only affective because their style caught people off guard.
Down with Otto Rehhacles!
Ruined it?! As a Greek Cypriot I invite you to stop talking right now! They won the bloody tournament at least, which is more than the likes of England have done thus far. And they beat the hosts twice (it's not often the hosts get beaten in a final, it's only happened in the 1950 World Cup and Euro 2004) and the holders along the way.
What on earth would you expect a team like Greece to do? Play an open game and get torn apart as a result? You may have not found it very pleasant but it's not really surprising that they employed a very defensive approach considering the teams they were playing. Defence usually wins championships, look at France in 1998 and Italy in 2006. And Germany whenever. It's not pretty to watch I know, but it won them the tournament. You can argue of course that you can be defence-oriented and still exciting to watch etc, but it's a pretty tricky one to pull off. Especially when you have players like Greece.
You can tell I get very defensive about Greece winning Euro 2004...no-one trashes one of the most unexpected pleasant surprises of my footballing life!
Last edited by charliepanayi; 09-10-2007 at 08:28 AM.
"Excuse me Miss, do you like pineapple?"
Sorry man, I wasnt being entirely serious.
You can slap me now if you want.
I still dont like their style though (though I think theyve changed it a bit since the Euros), and I found every game they played boring to watch.
I usually love it when the underdogs win, just in 2004 I wasnt too keen on their football.
I didnt actually care who won that tournament since my favourite teams all went out before the final.
And course your being defensive, I would be if someone was talking crap about my beloved German team.
Last edited by Croyles; 09-10-2007 at 01:14 PM.
It's rather hard to criticise Germany's general record I find, aside from Euro 2000 and Euro 2004 it's pretty impeccable - trophies and finals all over the place XD
"Excuse me Miss, do you like pineapple?"
Yeah, but who cares about that? 1966 is all that matters. I mean come on people!
Not my words Carol, the words of Top Gear magazine.
To the annoyance of a lot of people.
I thought Greece winning was great, 'cause c'mon, it's Greece!
Defensive play isn't necessarily boring to me, either. I love to see last ditch tackles, bodies flung in the way of the ball, players being chased and harried and the like.
Although I do think there's certain occasions when it's just uncalled for, ie, THE MERSEYSIDE DERBY YOU FILTHY TOFFEE GIMPS! I hope to god we go to Goodison and do exactly the same thing to them. Put the shutters up, stuff Mascherano and Sissoko in the middle, and dare them to cross the halfway line, and when they do, hoof it right back up to Mr. Crouch. It will be beautiful revenge.
Theres defensive play and then theres what Greece did in 2004
Anyhow, I was in too minds about them. I thought it was great that the underdogs won, but all their games were really boring to watch.
Its still better to win ugly than to lose pretty though, no denying that.
Last edited by Croyles; 09-11-2007 at 11:01 PM.
Personally I wouldn't support United if they didn't play attacking football.Theres defensive play and then theres what Greece did in 2004
Anyhow, I was in too minds about them. I thought it was great that the underdogs won, but all their games were really boring to watch.
Its still better to win ugly than to lose pretty though, no denying that.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
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