Last sentence says it all - we would all be proud as punch if England were a top team and thats what most want. Like yourself Sunderland is my priority but if the FA made a right decision and we got a top England team thay would be the icing on my footballing cake. With success at Sunderland cake would have lighted candles on top --party time oops I'm being too positive - Consecratio Excellentiae
Honestly fella, no offence intended but the sign offs are really bizarre and cheesy. Like some weird throw back to when TV was beige. Is this replacing your abbreviations? Are you Ron Burgundy?
When the players came together to congratulate Rooney after he scored the PK against the Vikings, it looked like 10 guys welcoming their mother-in-law for a week long visit. There appears to be much more solidarity on the USMNT.
England's national team is composed of Premier League rivals, and in some cases bitter rivals. From the muted celebration after Rooney's PK, I just came away with the impression that they genuinely didn't like each other. One of my friends at work is a long time Liverpool fan. He told me that United and Liverpool hate each other. So, I watch the match and I'm thinking Gerrard and Rooney are going to keep it clean due to their long time involvement with the national team. Not five minutes into the match, Gerrard tries to put Rooney in a wheel chair, or at least that's the way I remember it. With the US - it's different. Our players are considerably less talented, for now, but they seem to enjoy representing the US. The national team is the apex of American soccer. There is a sense of mission, us against the world. That's usually enough to get us out of the group stage. Echoing some of the sentiments expressed above, football priorities seem to be different on your side of the pond.
Ya knar. Them muted celebrations. Nee one can celebrate like the mericans it seems. Well apart from Iceland.
PK threw me there. Took a few seconds for the penny to drop. Its funny we speak the same language but in so many different ways.
He's right in a sense though, we should drop all Liverpool players from the national team from now on, to avoid disharmony in the squad.
Someone asked Bobby Charlton how the 1966 side would fare against the Iceland team. He said a 1-0 win against Iceland. When they asked why only 1-0 he replied that most of them were in their 70's now.
Well Sturridge has to go... In an interview with GQ magazine, England and Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has offered the startling revelation that he lathers on cosmetics before matches. His fragrance of choice? Strawberry-scented moisturiser. "People might think it’s strange," he said. "But I like smelling it, so it’s not about what anyone else thinks. Fragrance probably shows people who you are as much as your clothes do."
FFS I just hope Rashford kept his head down and didn't pay attention to the likes of him and Sterling.
