The Official World Cup 2010 Thread

[OumaFan]

England doesn't look very good

[OumaFan]

Why is Rooney playing as an attacking midfielder?

I don't know why but I just assumed England would get it together tonight. They look awful.

[El Kabong]

.....God how many times can the US get screwed by a referee? It happens ALL the time, we fucked up the first half, we clawed back and God damn it we won!!!


I was kind of disappointed in Torres' play until he took that free kick.....damn near put that home! Quality from the youngster

[El Kabong]

What the hell has happened to England? God you guys suck!

[OumaFan]

England may go on to win this group but this generation/group of players just doesn't seem to work well together. You can blame it all on Lampard and Gerrard not playing well together but it goes beyond that.

A bit shocked to see this much of Shaun Wright-Phillips in the World Cup.

[OumaFan]

Rooney is now officially a midfielder. WTF?

Really shocked by that. Especially a 0-0 draw.

[Master]

That was terrible.

[El Kabong]

The US MUST win vs Algeria and we certainly can....good news about our yellow card today is that Findley is out and I assume Buddle is in.

Coming in 2nd in this group could be a GREAT thing because it could have us facing off vs Ghana whom we owe some payback.

We need a quality first half and that'll seal it up for us

[No Contest]

England should be looking to set up Rooney more, he's having to create for himself. Too many cooks in the kitchen up front? I would start Crouch where they are starting Rooney and put Rooney at Lamparts spot, he can come off the bench. He has been hogging the ball and taking shitty shots IMO.

[Oggie]

I know the English fans don't like to hear it, but the team is severely overrated. Just playing in the Premiership does not make them great players, neither does the huge wages. If anything, huge wages deplete their desire to represent their country. I think the sooner that the massive (and unwarranted) expectation in the country disappears every time there is a major tournament, the more relaxed the players will be and the better they will perform. But no question, they simply lack the exceptional brilliance of other nations to have ever realistically competed this year.
It says a lot that Heskey was probably the best player of the first half!

[El Kabong]

They have no chemistry....they can have all the stars they want to but if you lack chemistry and cohesion then you won't win anything. GREAT result for the US but we NEED to demolish Algeria.

We should look for Buddle and Edu to start and Gomez, Feilhaber, and Holden to sub.

[killersheep]

0:0 very interesting situation indeed.

[Master]

0:0 very interesting situation indeed.

This is killing me and sucking the very life out of me interesting.

[Oggie]

They have no chemistry....they can have all the stars they want to but if you lack chemistry and cohesion then you won't win anything. GREAT result for the US but we NEED to demolish Algeria.

We should look for Buddle and Edu to start and Gomez, Feilhaber, and Holden to sub.

I think chemistry is one problem, but I think the hard fact is that the players are simply not that good. They have zero creativity... In my opinion, most of their good performances at club level are due to the ton of creative foreign players all around them. I think the only genuinely very good players in the team are Rooney, Gerrard and Cole. The rest are simply decent.

But, you know what will happen after the tournament - Capello will catch a sh*tstorm and possibly get sacked, and excuses like 'fatigue' and 'over training' will come to light too. Anything but accept that they simply have sub-par talent at the moment. Then the hype will begin again for Euro 2012, and I'll find myself more than likely writing this message again.

Would it ever occur to anyone that Algeria are basically just as good as England (talent wise) at the moment? Same goes for the USA.

[killersheep]

They have no chemistry....they can have all the stars they want to but if you lack chemistry and cohesion then you won't win anything. GREAT result for the US but we NEED to demolish Algeria.

We should look for Buddle and Edu to start and Gomez, Feilhaber, and Holden to sub.

I think chemistry is one problem, but I think the hard fact is that the players are simply not that good. They have zero creativity... In my opinion, most of their good performances at club level are due to the ton of creative foreign players all around them. I think the only genuinely very good players in the team are Rooney, Gerrard and Cole. The rest are simply decent.

But, you know what will happen after the tournament - Capello will catch a sh*tstorm and possibly get sacked, and excuses like 'fatigue' and 'over training' will come to light too. Anything but accept that they simply have sub-par talent at the moment. Then the hype will begin again for Euro 2012, and I'll find myself more than likely writing this message again.

Would it ever occur to anyone that Algeria are basically just as good as England (talent wise) at the moment? Same goes for the USA.

Well for all the 3-0, 4-0, 5-0 talk for England before both the US and Algeria games, I think your point is definitely proven. Tons of hype, if they don't make it out of the group round (which is a possibility) I'm just going to sit back and laugh. Seriously I've never heard so much hype for a team.