Bamaga man wrote:I thought all yellows were wiped after the knockout stage thats ridiculous !!! Knowing how some of these refs dish out cards like confetti. You'd think it would be at least three yellows cards if it carries over to the knockout stages.
peewee wrote:Its also funny to see that they are prepared to play lampard even though he is on a booking which leads me to believe that he may not be as important as gerrard come the knockout stage. it would appear from this that sven may at last be prepared to drop lampard in favour of playing a defensive midfielder and giving gerrard free range
With 24 years of age Owen has achieved considerable successes with Bayern and the national team. With Bayern Owen has won three German Championships, twice the German (DFB) Cup, the League Cup, the Champions League and the World Club title. He played for England at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea.
drummerphil wrote:sorry but when i think of hargreaves (39 caps) i cant think of one player apart from Phil Neville who he reminds me of.Both players fecking out of their depth in the national set up.
s@int wrote:Sven seems to have a policy of protecting his big name favourites from media attacks by picking unpopular/novice replacements. I.E. Beckham -SWP was pushed as a replacement so drop him from squad and bring in Lennon(novice) Rooney/ Owen - Crouch was very unpopular choice at the time and Walcott another novice. Lampard/Gerrard - Hargreaves another unpopular player or Jenas a novice. Carrick was gaining support so dont give him a chance.Neville - Carragher or Hargreaves, not their specialist position. This policy enables Sven to pick his team with virtually no media criticism, bring favourite players back from injury or suspension etc without much outcry about retaining their replacement.I.E. Who in the media will argue about replacing Hargreaves with Gerrard no matter how well Hargreaves plays against Sweden or that Crouch should regain his place at the expense of Rooney?
Return to Football World Wide - General Discussion
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 4 guests