I think it;s not really true anymore after Beckham's batch,...after them, who is from their academy? Maybe John O shea and darren flectcher and both are not really that great.... We have Warnock..., Welsh also pretty good but left (on loan?), Whitbread...Potter etc,... i think we have more up and coming local young players than Man U, Arsenal or Chelsea...idor said:i wish we can do what man utd do.. have a large base of medal winning young player that passed thru the ranks of acadamy..... they shall be called rafa fledgelings
nemesis32 said:I think it;s not really true anymore after Beckham's batch,...after them, who is from their academy? Maybe John O shea and darren flectcher and both are not really that great.... We have Warnock..., Welsh also pretty good but left (on loan?), Whitbread...Potter etc,... i think we have more up and coming local young players than Man U, Arsenal or Chelsea...
idor said:how come no EPL this thread also dead har? Nado injured now... so sad..... luckily we still got lots of strikers..... hopefully wun be like last season no strikers....
giddygoat said:don't flame me but don't you think england played a bit like liverpool had been lately. 4-5-1, striker out of position in the wings, lacking in creativity in the final third, not enough width, and cannot score goals for nuts.
i am a little worried about our game with spurs.
Cheesecake said:wa seh...
England lost 1-0 to N.Ireland! what a stunner! :bigeyes:
kahheng said:Serves them right the cocky English ;-)
The manager really isn't too smart using the players the way he did. Any sensible onlooker can tell that David Beckham has no place in the middle. He should be used as a one half player on the wing. Maybe as a sub for a proper winger. Lampard and Gerrard seem to have the same central role - can you blame them if they're not sure who should do what?
Every now and then, they should NOT qualify for the World Cup just to wake them up. It'll be fun and games if they lose their last game to Poland. I am looking forward to a repeat of 1974.................
idor said:Hmmmm.... I thought they also did not qualify in the not so distant world cup? Think Graham taylor was the manager at that time... was it USA 94 or France 98
giddygoat said:don't flame me but don't you think england played a bit like liverpool had been lately. 4-5-1, striker out of position in the wings, lacking in creativity in the final third, not enough width, and cannot score goals for nuts.
i am a little worried about our game with spurs.
afbug said:I agree man. Eriksson is clueless. He needs a DMC and Nicky Butt is the best in England. Owen is not suitable to play as lone SC. He needs Rooney behind him. But Eriksson wanna copy Fergie and play him in the left flank.
Gerrard and Lampard cannot partner in midfield. too similar type. Cole and Wright-philips should start at the wings and Butt and Lampard in the center. Becks and Gerrard should be drop but he got no balls to do so. :bsmilie: As good as Gerrard is at Liverpool, he is simply not up to it in Internationals.