England vs Sweden

First England game I've looked forward to for a while this one with a few lads making their debuts.
Expected England team: Joe Hart (Manchester City); Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Steven Caulker (Tottenham), Leighton Baines (Everton); Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Tom Cleverley (Manchester United), Leon Osman (Everton); Raheem Sterling (Liverpool), Danny Welbeck (Manchester United), Ashley Young (Manchester United). Interesting to see how this Sterling turns out as player, hoping he can be an English Nani type player and not end up as Aaron Lennon has done, i.e. staying at the same level and not progressing.

 

I salute your positivity.

I cannot muster the same.

I think I will find something else to do.

 

You'd think with this being a friendly he'd have played Ruddy or Forster in goal.

 

Good point about the keeper, probably one of the lads will get a run second half though. Congrats to Gerrard 100 caps

 

I really,really don't care. It badly pisses me off,that i dont care. But i just don't give a flying **** !

 

Not a bad game at all 1-1 England just equalized, Sterling finding his feet and playing a great pass in the build-up- Welbecks finish

 

2-1 now England the 20 year old Caulker just scored on debut

 

Atmosphere is dire.

But not as dire as the pitch.

 

Some thoughts:

- England have been poor defensively
- England often look like conceding possession and their passing has been poor
- England have very little going forward
- Sweden have had 2 excellent chances to score again
- Our players give the ball when they shouldn't, and retain it when they should be playing it to someone

 

can't tell cos I turn the sound off when Andy Townsend is commentating.

 

Montenegro have gone ahead of us in our WC qualifying group.

Mind you they were playing San Marino at home.

So you expected it.

 

That's as much a consequence of our best chances against the Ukraine falling to the donkey known as Tom Cleverley, and of Woy setting us up like Fulham against ****ing POLAND, as it is of their win tonight.

 

I think the sleeping pills may have had something to do with it and all.

 

Far too many sloppy passes and lazy play from promising positions- strikers not getting back onside etc.

 

What the hell was Shawcross doing there.

 

Team a bit of a mess in the end- Ibrahimovic great goals and think Townsend harsh on Hart, beaten by a great strike