scouser 4 Posted June 2, 2002 Share Posted June 2, 2002 Today is the day. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted June 2, 2002 Share Posted June 2, 2002 They're not in for an easy ride at all. Brace yourself scouser. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted June 2, 2002 Author Share Posted June 2, 2002 I'm bracing mate. GO LADS! Link to post Share on other sites
Nat 0 Posted June 2, 2002 Share Posted June 2, 2002 England gooooooaaaaallllllllll!! Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted June 3, 2002 Author Share Posted June 3, 2002 Alas, Sweden goal as well. A moments silence please. Lets hope Owen can actually get the ball in the next game. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 Heard the comments on five-live scouser. The knives are already being sharpened.... Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 It was obvious that Becks (bless his cotton socks and protected boots) is not near 100% fitness yet. Second half he was almost anonymous before being replaced. Yappari, everyone expecting toooo much too soon. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 Sorry for the mistake scouser. Next time I'll pass to Owen. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 I'm playing manager of a snowboarding resort, so I might as well play manager of the England squad too... If I was in charge, I'd have said - "You don't celebrate any goal that is less than two ahead. Anybody who so much as smirks when a one-up goal goes in, is straight off the pitch and on the plane home." What happened after the break?? Link to post Share on other sites
lin 0 Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 I wasn't impressed with that performance. Go Argentina! Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 The problem with England is that people just over-expect. There seems to be a "we can win the Cup - really" mentality. Unfortunately, it just isn't gonna happen. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 You're right there Will. When Sven Gordon took over, everyone thought even just qualifying was out of the question. His target was to build a team for 2006. Then we beat the Germans 5-1 at their place, burying the 1966 ghosts in the process. All of a sudden we're world class. Let us not forget, it hadn't been for Beckham's heroics, we wouldn't have scraped that draw with Greece. The engineer of the Germany result (Gerrard)is injury-prone and out, Owen looks off the pace, Beckham's not 100%, our most experienced defender (Neville) is out, numerous other players are untested (Mills, Dyer, Hargreaves, Vassell...) It's asking a lot for the boys to do well this time. Still, as fans you've got to cheer your team on. It's the one aspect of football that they really have got right here in Japan. COME ON LADS! Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 Yes. And look at Germanys 8 goals against Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Does that mean that they are the "superteam" the press here is making out? We can't be sure, but surely NOT - after the way they have been the last few years. Link to post Share on other sites
snoflake 0 Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 Mr Becks reckon.... HIGASHIURA, Japan, June 5 (Reuters) - England captain David Beckham says his team will go into Friday's World Cup game against Argentina believing they can win, despite their disappointing display against Sweden. "We've got to believe we can beat them," Beckham told a news conference on Wednesday as England prepared for the group F clash in Sapporo. "We can't go into the game on Friday thinking all we need is a draw...they've got great players, but so have we and if we can overcome the hype around the game, then it'll be a good game. "Our belief after the game on Sunday was down a little bit," he said of their 1-1 draw with Sweden in Saitama, when England were swamped in the second half. "We admit that to ourselves, but we've lifted ourselves back up now. "We shouldn't have been as down as we were but our expectations as a team are very high. We set high standards. When we drop them, we get disappointed with ourselves." Beckham, who broke his foot in April, said he felt 95 percent fit and could now last 90 minutes -- compared to the 63 he played against the Swedes. Link to post Share on other sites
seamus 0 Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 So what do you In-ger-land fans think the result will be tomorrow in the famous Argentina clash? Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Current conditions? 3-1 to the Argies Link to post Share on other sites
Wizz 11 Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Argentina will most probably win Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 They are in for a rough ride. What are the conditions like in that Sapporo Dome place - is it air conditioned or what??? Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted June 6, 2002 Author Share Posted June 6, 2002 It's not going to be easy but if they tighten up the mid-field, quit the long balls and give Owen-chan the ball then they can do it. Owen/Heskey will shine. Honest. Link to post Share on other sites
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