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BristolUK Oct 10th 2013 2:25 pm

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10939297)
e.g. Spain, Germany, Holland, Italy or Portugal (together with England, the grauniad's possibly mad suggestion for the First Division)

This was mentioned a lot in the guardian debate.

I know England didn't do much to be happy about but the Euros were only last year. They won their group, only knocked out on penalties by finalists Italy, finished 5th.

Whereas Holland lost all their games and came bottom of their group.

Oink Oct 11th 2013 1:46 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 10939525)
This was mentioned a lot in the guardian debate.

I know England didn't do much to be happy about but the Euros were only last year. They won their group, only knocked out on penalties by finalists Italy, finished 5th.

Whereas Holland lost all their games and came bottom of their group.


Wayne Rooney? Hodgson would be better off picking Mickey Rooney.

jimf Oct 11th 2013 8:34 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
2-1 with 15 mins to go. Gripping stuff...........

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...egro-live.html

Oink Oct 15th 2013 8:57 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Good. Had some wobbly moments there.

Novocastrian Oct 15th 2013 9:03 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10945812)
Good. Had some wobbly moments there.

Yes. So much for Dave's youf policy.

DaveLovesDee Oct 15th 2013 10:34 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10945820)
Yes. So much for Dave's youf policy.

I still believe that England have very little chance of winning the World Cup, so should blood the youngsters in a competition no-one would expect them to do well in.

As long as Arsenal's players came out of the international break without injury problems, I'm happy.

Novocastrian Oct 15th 2013 10:37 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by DaveLovesDee (Post 10945955)
I still believe that England have very little chance of winning the World Cup, so should blood the youngsters in a competition no-one would expect them to do well in.

As long as Arsenal's players came out of the international break without injury problems, I'm happy.

No-one believes that England have a chance of winning the World Cup, not next year or 4,8,12,16 years later. Get over it.

Oink Oct 15th 2013 12:10 pm

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by DaveLovesDee (Post 10945955)
I still believe that England have very little chance of winning the World Cup, so should blood the youngsters in a competition no-one would expect them to do well in.

As long as Arsenal's players came out of the international break without injury problems, I'm happy.

Looks like Ozil had to leave after 10 mins with knee injury.

DaveLovesDee Oct 15th 2013 9:07 pm

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10945958)
No-one believes that England have a chance of winning the World Cup, not next year or 4,8,12,16 years later. Get over it.

Get over what?

I severely doubt ANY of the home national teams will ever make it to a World Cup Semi-Final, let alone win it, either as they are or as a UK team. Ever. But many of the current crop aren't even first choice for their clubs.

I'm not speaking as an England fan, as I'm not, I'm speaking as someone who believes we need to build for the future.


Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10946106)
Looks like Ozil had to leave after 10 mins with knee injury.

He left with less than 10 mins of the game remaining, after playing 82 mins.

We're waiting to see what the Arsenal physio says when he arrives back in London this morning.

cheeky_monkey Oct 16th 2013 12:51 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10945958)
No-one believes that England have a chance of winning the World Cup, not next year or 4,8,12,16 years later. Get over it.

i believe England do have a chance but it will be at least 10 years away...England have woken up to the fact they need to invest in their youngsters, facilities and coaches like the Germans, Spanish, Dutch etc did 10-15 years ago..i think they opened a $200m facility of excellence in the midlands about a year ago..specifically to develop English players/youngsters and all the national teams..prove will be how the U17, U20s and U21s improve over the next 5 years.

jimf Oct 17th 2013 6:33 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
So who is it then............

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...nkey-joke.html

BristolUK Oct 17th 2013 9:03 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by jimf (Post 10949036)
So who is it then............

The Scottish Sun. Why the Scottish one?

There is one member of the squad who plays his club football in Scotland.

But does it have to be a player?
Perhaps the room was bugged. :eek:

Greenhill Oct 21st 2013 9:02 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
They're already saying this is goal of the season:


Novocastrian Oct 21st 2013 9:07 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by Greenhill (Post 10954811)
They're already saying this is goal of the season:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xlA7sIFDtaU

I assume the FA have hired a naturalization lawyer?

Greenhill Oct 21st 2013 9:12 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Very good :)


Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10954819)
I assume the FA have hired a naturalization lawyer?



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