Mystery Eskimo 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 Yeah, I can't see the logic behind it. Lampard was great against France so he gets stuck back into the defensive midfield role... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caboose 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 Sven's gone mad officially. England should be the attacing force today. Owen should be dropped as well to kick start some self-motivaton. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanhalen 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 Ive got a good bet at 24/1 that Russia are the first team eliminated I'm not going to say anything but laugh smugly Fuck it, I rock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caboose 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 Who gave you 24/1 odds? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 Bleh. My heart says 3-0 England. My head says the Swiss nick an early goal and put everyone behind the ball, holding out for a 1-0 win. I just have that feeling when England play now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caboose 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 My head syas 2-1 England, but I want 3-0 too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest wayzing Report post Posted June 17, 2004 Yeah, here we go. Live from a cold San Francisco morning, this is Wayzing predicting 3-0 diamond notwithstanding.Finally found a non-italian place that shows the games live so I won't have to die after Sweden-Italy tomorrow. Totti is an idiot, Sven is confused, and Baron is a king for winning the 24/1 bet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Insane Bump Machine 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 1-0 England by the man, Wayne Rooney. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mystery Eskimo 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 Apart from 10 mins after the goal, a pretty poor first half performance really. Let's just hope we can nick another one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest webmasterofwrestlegame Report post Posted June 17, 2004 England 3 - 0 Switzerland At this stage, the result was more important than the performance - and just as well. There was some lazy work out there - not everyone had their touch. There is a horrible gap between the midfield and the forwards and Rooney is too unreliable for link play - he loses the ball too much. But the answer is not the diamond formation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest wayzing Report post Posted June 17, 2004 3-0 just like I predicted three hours ago Great result but England didn't impress as a whole. The first 20 minutes were scary. It's a good thing you had Sol Campbell. He was a rock all the way. I think Rooney did a great job (apart from that scary kick that almost knocked the Swiss goal keepers face off). Obviously two goals but he looked good in other situations too. I think your attack was stalling once you were in promising postions and once the ball was played the Swiss defense was already there. Talking about the Swiss defense btw. the filming and falling overs in the first half was ridiculous. They looked like a team who knew they weren't gonna win so they resorted to anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mystery Eskimo 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 Yeah, they went over at every opportunity. Not a convincing performance, Owen and Scholes disappointing again. But then we never play well against the smaller teams. Does anyone else watching the ITV coverage agree that Clive Tyldsley (sp?) is the worst-commentator-ever? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCMaximo 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 A frankly dire England performance. Owen=ineffectual, Terry and Rooney seemed to be having a "who can do the most reckless challenge?" competition and James STILL didn't look safe in goal. I'm surprised Owen Hargreaves didn't shatter his ankle on one Swiss challenge at the end though- the replay looked horrific Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gert T 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 Wow. What is it with the French game how things can change so quickly, 2-1 Croatia! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mystery Eskimo 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 2-2, lucky French again! So England need a point against Croatia to qualify... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caboose 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 3-0 was good cos our goal difference is now the best in the group and like my esteemed colleague Mr. Eskimo pointed out a point is enough... ...As it was against Romania 4 years ago... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CurryMan Report post Posted June 17, 2004 To bad for croatia they deserved that win since the second goal for the France was obvious a freekick for Croatia since he used his hand to stop the ball. But atleast that goal helped England a bit so I´m happy. But unfortunatly I believe that England can have some real problems with Croatia, they showed some great skills today and were close to make a 3-2 goal against France in the last minute of play. My bet is a draw and England will go trough but it will be close. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brush with Greatness 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Wow, France has managed to somehow pull 4 points out of their ass, and without luck on their side, their tournament would be all but over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gert T 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 England v. Croatia will be a great matchup this weekend, I'll go with Croatia with the huge 2-1 upset over England! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deancoles 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 When France get into the knockout stages they really should drop Desailly, he looked poor against Croatia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Well, my heart was right on the 3-0 England result. Poor performance, but that didn't matter. And thankfully France don't lose to Croatia. If Crotia won, we'd be in trouble. Sven needs to take a gamble and drop Owen for Vassell for the Croatia game. Vassell did more in 5 minutes than Owen in has in the past 6 months, and actually looked dangerous where as 'World Class' Owen looked anything but. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mystery Eskimo 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 I'd bring in Hargreaves and Vassell for Scholes and Owen. Well actually I'd play Bridges at left back and Ashley Cole left midfield, but we know that's never going to happen. Whatever the team, I think the Croatia match is going to be a battling 0-0 performance. Then we'll probably lose to Greece on penalties or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanhalen 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Hey, Denmark are playing well, but they need to score, and Im looking forward to Sweden v Italy tonight, should be a good game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CurryMan Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Denmark played well in the first half but the second half they have stopped playing as so many other teams has done this tournament. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gert T 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 What are the thoughts on Sweden-Italy around here. Sweden looked fabulous in their win over Bulgaria, and Italy turned out a pretty mediocre performance against Denmark (nothing against their team) I'll go with a 1-1 draw making things very interesting based on the Bulgaria-Denmark result. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CurryMan Report post Posted June 18, 2004 What are the thoughts on Sweden-Italy around here. Sweden looked fabulous in their win over Bulgaria, and Italy turned out a pretty mediocre performance against Denmark (nothing against their team) I'll go with a 1-1 draw making things very interesting based on the Bulgaria-Denmark result. I believe that Italy will be hungry for revanch after a poor opening against Denmark and all the stuff surrounding Totti. If they remove Totti they will probebly go back to a more standard form of play with Cassano on top and they can be more dangerous. I hope for atleast a draw. And btw the referee here in the Denmark - Bulgaria game has no fucking clue about who got the yellow card. Giving the yellow to the captain for complaining is just lame, if he knew that he already had a yellow card I bet he wouldn´t gotten that card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mystery Eskimo 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Theres going to be huge pressure on Italy tonight to get a win. I think Sweden might hold them to another draw, and it'll all get complicated in the final round of matches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Zlatan should have scored, and now Italy are fighting back. I'd bring in Hargreaves and Vassell for Scholes and Owen. Well actually I'd play Bridges at left back and Ashley Cole left midfield, but we know that's never going to happen. Yeah. The gaps behind Cole and Scholes during the France game were shocking at times, because Scholes pulled inside and Cole covered him, but nobody covered Cole. The left side is still a problem. The Bridge/Cole as a partnership down the left never got a fair chance IMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaParkaMarka 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Italy could easily be up 4-0 or 5-0 at half. This is not what I expected at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CurryMan Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Italy showed something in the first half they didn´t showed against Denmark, if they play like that they can go far. Sweden has showed more spirit second half especially when Kim Källström joined the field. Hopefully he will be a starter against Denmark. I hope that with Italy slowing down we can do something last minutes but I doubt it, now the game against Italy will be deadly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
