***Official*** Road to World Cup 2014

[BoyBrumby]

Not just losing tho, it's how you lost too.

Big stretch to call Croatia one of the best teams in the world too; cod ordinary, IMHO.

 

[Uppercut]

Still not a team we have a right to be getting a result against.

Can't argue with complaints about our style but it's endemic in Irish football. You should see some Irish league games, looks like rugby union circa 2003. It's all about the kicking for touch. Changing the manager of the national team would just be an act of deckchair-rearrangement.

Of course, for most fans sacking the manager is the catch-all solution to every problem a football team might have. Meh, another rant for another day.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Sweaties draw 0-0 then.

 

[Uppercut]

Pretty poor result, really. Levein paying the price for being a massive ***** and leaving Fletcher and Rhodes on the bench.

 

[Furball]

Yeah but you can't seriously think that continually picking players with no pace works. They were shown up in the Euros and he has basically stood by those failures when he has better options in Gibson and McClean not being used. Yes Gibson is now injured anyway but he has said he doesn't want to play at present. Makes you wonder why players don't want to play for their country.

Gibson and McLean shouldn't be playing for the Republic in the first place.

And Levein is a ****ing tube, the sooner the clown gets sacked the better.

 

[NUFAN]

What odds do you think I could get on Belgium reaching the QF of the World Cup this far out? I really like their squad.

 

[Somerset]

NZ with a pretty comprehensive 6-1 win against the Solomons Islands tonight, so two wins from two matches is a pretty strong start to our goal of making the World Cup again.

 

[GIMH]

Well that's weak as piss, quality from Defoe as well.

Clive can **** off with his goal that never was that came from an offside position anyway. Useless prick.

 

[Uppercut]

Thought it was fair enough to give the free there tbh, you don't normally get away with the hand-off to the face.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Thought it was fair enough to give the free there tbh, you don't normally get away with the hand-off to the face.

He gets his neck, if that. There was no force in it, his hand is just there - he doesn't swing at him.

 

[Uppercut]

Meh, not saying it's a foul but they're given more often than not.

Lol Cleverly. Having a shocker here.

Townsend's such a ****ing moron, Defoe's perfectly lined up an open net and he's ranting about how poor a header it was. ITV's football coverage is unwatchable.

 

[GIMH]

Don't know whose miss was worse there.

 

[Uppercut]

Pick that one out. England have looked very open all match.

Maybe the commentators can stop pretending that Jagielka and Lescott constantly passing the ball back and forth is all part of the master-plan of New England now.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Back off, back off, back off. Defending has let them have a look all half.

 

[GIMH]

Incredible finish.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Cleverley not really cut out for this really advanced role for me. Had a great position there, in behind and tons of space and he didn't even look up. Just belted it over everyone. One of the commentators from the other night said he hadn't scored yet for Manure. Did well to hit the keeper with the other chance obviously.

 

[Scaly piscine]

And now that one.


Sees that one coming all day. Awful.

 

[GIMH]

**** off cleverley

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Is Tom Cleverly the most over rated player ever to pull on an England jersey? Two sitters he has missed now.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Get him off. Having a ****ing mare.