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Match Day Thread Mighty England vs Dirty Krauts

Discussion in 'The Premier League' started by AKCJ, Mar 22, 2017.

  1. AKCJ

    AKCJ Well-Known Member
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    Decent start this.
     
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    Yeah not bad.
     
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    Didn't realise Sane was a dirty Kraut.
     
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  4. AKCJ

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    Neither Dier nor Livermore are good enough to be playing international football in midfield.

    Gone from Lampard and Gerrard being a problem to this **** in the space of a decade.
     
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    I know. To think, we used to moan about them. Would love those two now.
     
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    Not saying that was boring, but there's a programme about cement on the other side.
     
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    Livermore looks like he needs a line. It's still an upgrade on Rooney waddling around the midfield.
     
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    Said on FoxesTalk.

    Prefer to see a man like Livermore who actually wants to be there and has put a shift in only to be let down by ability than someone like Rooney or Wilshere who clearly do not give a ****. Might have more ability but they're clearly not arsed.
     
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    Rooney always gave total commitment for England.
     
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    Used to.

    Not seen it for years now.
     
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    I'm not arguing for his return as I think he's well past his best now. But the one thing I don't think you could ever fault him for in an England shirt is his commitment.
     
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    Agreed. It's laughable that Hodgson accommodated him and Wilshere but I don't doubt they did their best.
     
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    Dier has to do better there. Vardy is free and unmarked in the middle, shouldn't be shooting from that angle.
     
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    That's classic Podolski.
     
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    Spot on, it's ridiculous to suggest he hasn't given his all, despite all his failures in tournaments we probably wouldn't have qualified for most of them without him.

    Fair play to Podolski, absolute screamer <applause>
     
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    It appears that nobody else saw him swanning about in France last summer.
     
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    I seem to remember him being one of our better players in group stages tbh.
     
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    Bottom line is England don't deserve to be losing this.

    But fair play to Podolski - unstoppable.
     
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    Because he's **** and was being shoehorned into the team, not because he wasn't arsed.
     
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    Can't begrude him that, always rated him and been a brilliant player over the years.

    Brilliant strike too <applause>
     
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