CrisPDuk

Four games on the telly last night, and not one thread mentioning them.

P.S. I thought the England result flattered an average team, sorry TWO average teams

DJ Dunk

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Smashing goal by Owen, was someone holding him up by his ankles ?

SCOTTSCOOBY

i started one in muppet show this morning mate, poor performance me thinks i just dont feel confident about england getting through.

owen good goal! good player

CrisPDuk

I agree, just a shame he wasn't that sharp last week.
Some good promising performances by Dyer, Cole and Vassell (blimey, he has got to be as quick as Owen), but I do think that if Paraguay's defence had turned up they would not have looked quite as good.
Although it must have done their confidence a power of good to come out with a result like that without Beckham.

Disco

Agree with you there CrisP. Vassel looked even better than he did against the Dutch. Cole was much better than usual and put in a great performance, quality of opponants helped his style, but even so, he did well. Dyer was OK, England seemed to stick with what they know a bit, and most play went through Gerrard (also brill) in the first half. Dyer didn't really get in to it, but Sven already knows all about Dyers ability. As I consider Dyer to be the one true God, I'd hoped he perform better.
On the whole we played quite well, passing was sharp, swift and pacey, and we broke quickly. Paraguay defended poorly and you wonder how they did so well against Argentina and Brazil in qualifying.

Anyway it was a nice send off, and proved we only miss Beckham when we're playing poor and need him to drag us thru games.

CrisPDuk

Would I be correct in guessing that you are a fully paid up member of the Toon Army, Disco me old china?

P1Fanatic

Vassel was by far the most promising - he wanted to run forward and make chances and that inspired the team to do likewise instead of looking for the easy pass back etc. Made our football flow a little better.

Disco

Is there a giveaway Cris?

Sure am mate.

seejay555

On a lighter note, after the game last night Stan Collymore was hosting a 'phone-in on 5 Live :
Caller, "Sven should be taking you to the World cup Stan"
Stan, "Oh yeah, why's that then?"
Caller, "Cos you're the only one who can beat the Swedes"

Caller cut off pronto!!!

STi wanna Subaru

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LOL

I think Owen Hargreaves looks a quality player. I hope Sven takes him to the world cup

neilb

should play fowler before heskey anyday

skoobidude

Not everyone likes footy, including me. Never been to a match in my life. I'll go put Scooby-related posts in some common footy sites then!

neilb

go ahead

CrisPDuk

I may be mistaken scoobidude, but I'm sure I put this thread in NON-scooby related

Darren Thompson

Oh well you always get one, and usally it's Noel. (LOL)

Daz.

CrisPDuk

Darren,

Morning fatty

Noel

Darren Thompson

It's better to be fat than ugly and fat Noel, only one problem to deal with mate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hows the sheep mate.

Daz.