The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Thread

[Psychotic]

England - the Newcastle United of international football?

Okay, now I'm depressed.

[Croyles]

I was watching it in a Swansea bar, so as you can expect it was full of less-than-intelligent 'Germany' supporters. Both teams' defences were absolute horror shows, it was just that Germany had the cutting edge up front, while England didn't and stupidly relied on Matthew 'missile long ball' Upson to kick horrendous balls forward to the (very lacking in the height department) Defoe and Rooney. This never worked over the entire game.

In summary, Capello got it all wrong in this tournament. Secondly, I'm just going to throw this out there, but HARRY REDKNAPP FOR NEXT ENGLAND MANAGER.

Your right about both teams' defensive efforts. Germany was poor in that department too. It is what happens when you take a team that played boring football for 50 years and turn it into flare, you will have great attacking football but your defense usually suffers because of it.

Brazil are sometimes in the exception where they can be both extremely good defensively AND on the attack.

[champagne supernova]

I hope Capello stays anyway, the idea of Redknapp ever being England manager is hilarious (and not in a good way).

I don't think so. Redknapp has done well at every single club he's been at. People accused him of not being able to deal with a big club, but look how well Tottenham are doing.

Not saying that he's the ideal choice, but not a bad one. Him & Hodgson are the best English managers around. I think Hodgson should give it a go. I mean, he's been linked with Liverpool, so England can't be worse.

[charliepanayi]

Almost every club Redknapp has left has been a complete basketcase after he left it. Plus Spurs a big club? Very funny!

[Psychotic]

Not saying that he's the ideal choice, but not a bad one. Him & Hodgson are the best English managers around. I think Hodgson should give it a go. I mean, he's been linked with Liverpool, so England can't be worse.

Liverpool: Britain's most successful club.
England: Britain's most successful nation.
Both: Have made me want to commit suicide this year.

How can Roy possibly choose?!? It's like DIAMONDS or MORE DIAMONDS!!!

[Dreddz]

Those Germans sure could run. They had no trouble pacing right past the England players most of the time. I remember people saying the German team being young was a good thing for England before the match. Obviously not.

[champagne supernova]

Almost every club Redknapp has left has been a complete basketcase after he left it. Plus Spurs a big club? Very funny!

I meant that people said he could do well at small clubs fighting against relegations, but not a club with high expectations. And he came in, sorted out a team that has under-performed, and got them into the Champions League. So, fairly impressive.

[Croyles]

I am both surprised and happy at BBC's reaction to the match. I think someone higher up had a clear hand in saying that they should not put ALL the focus on that disallowed goal, which yes, may have changed the tide of the match but was the least of Englands worries.

Looking forward to the Argentina v Mexico match!

[Old Manus]

I'll be suprised if Capello is still England manager next week. He has shown in this tournament his extreme stubbornness in changing anything in the team that he hasn't thought of himself, even when both players, previous players, fans and pundits are screaming at him to switch things around after two woeful displays (USA and Algeria) and play 4-4-1-1 with Gerrard just behind Rooney. Instead he continues with the archaic 4-4-2 which has served England so well (!) over the past 40 years and refuses to hear anything against it. Secondly, this guy is Italian. In all honesty he's probably more gutted that Italy crashed out in the first round than England not turning up.

[Psychotic]

I do think England could do with a manager who actually has a lot of experience managing in England itself - regardless of nationality. Whether that is someone who is a TRUE LION like Spurs's JAMIE REDKNAPP!!!!! or someone like Wenger, just someone who actually knows the English style and what we're capable of and what our weaknesses are would be a good start.

[charliepanayi]

So because he's foreign he doesn't care much when the team he manages goes out? What a load of rubbish.

Psychotic is right though, someone with experience of the English game might help, though it's not like that's helped England before. I sense a Ferguson-Wenger-Mourinho Three Stooges style partnership!

[Psychotic]

Actually, can we bring Rafa in?

He can't smurf it up by signing random Spaniards for £15m, and he isn't actually bad in cup tournaments! Plus he managed to get Djimi Traore a Champions League winners' medal, which is basically the domestic version of getting Gareth Barry a World Cup winners' medal.

[champagne supernova]

He can't smurf it up by signing random Spaniards for £15m, and he isn't actually bad in cup tournaments!

Don't forget Italians for 20 mil.

[Psychotic]

Now now, we all know that if Italy had called up stars like Aquilani and Dossena to their squad, they would still be in this tournament.

[charliepanayi]

More controversy!