Comments on: Future Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand named England skipper

By: Mihir

Mihir — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:01:19 +0000

damnnnn, now fletcher is out for 6 weeks coz of the knee ligament injury he faced in the game against Croatia. What the hell! More proof for how futile these international friendlies are.

By: JB

JB — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:25:34 +0000

Craig mc: I agree on Rooney and his deployment as a lone striker is far from ideal. But it can be made to work on occasion and he has put in fine efforts against Roma, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Milan in the position. I would not regard it as a long term solution for either ourselves or England. But look at what Capello has to work with, there aren’t really any standout alternatives available to him.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:54:45 +0000

Did anyone see Anderson’s 30 minute cameo for Brazil?

Did he show anything?

By: Grognard

Grognard — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:40:42 +0000

Capello has been given a sack a shit to work with and therefore, one should not be surprised by the results. And until the BPL teams start to showcase and develop some strikers up front with a few more creative midfielders, it will be a very very dry period for the English game. Like it or not, Capello plays only one man up front because he hasn’t got faith in any other striker from England. Pretty sad when you consider Germany scored 4 goals tonight through three strikers and they had a couple others who could also do the job. Why has it gotten so bad? Because we let to many foreigners in to the league but mostly because the big four teams refuse to trust and have faith in their own home grown talent. Will Danny Wellbeck ever really get a chance with United when money and the urgency to always stay on top does not allow a team like United to work with a player like that. You don’t become international or world class by playing for Derby, Wigan, Sunderland etc. Big money and big expectations in the BPL are the reason why the National Team sucks so badly. And it’s not going to get better any time soon, with or without Mr. Capello.

By: craig mc

craig mc — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:28:22 +0000

JB, don’t you think though – trying to make Rooney work as the lone front man for ManU has handicapped his goal scoring a lot?. I think to get the best out of him again, we need someone to play EFFECTIVELY in the solo striker role. To me, that is not Rooney’s position, and it does detract from his game. Still, one mans meat – anothers poison eh lol?.

Anyone notice dumbnuts Bentley tonight?. On the field 5 minutes, and after all the hullabaloo surrounding equal dumbnuts Cole and Mascherano, he starts on Malouda, and then trying to disparage the ref – what a total tosser!. I really think a good many english players have got SHIT for brains. He was lucky he only got a yellow card, I was hoping they would send him straight back off the pitch – so that the message could continue to hit home.

By: JB

JB — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:10 +0000

Craig mc: At least we have shown that we can make Rooney work as the lone front man. It mightn’t be ideal but we have been able to get some good performanes from him in that position. Quite frankly I don’t think this England team has the passing ability or off the ball movement to make it work but I can see why Capello wants to give it a go.

By: Grognard

Grognard — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:57:27 +0000

Craig MC; No problem mate. I absolutely agree with you on meaningless and poorly scheduled friendlies. But when the matches matter, then I would imagine that national pride overrules everything. Well at least it should.

t_reason; Thanks for offering the link to everyone of the goals that Gomez scored. Germany dismantled the Swiss tonight without breaking a sweat. The Swiss aren’t world beaters but they are hosts of the big tourney and should have been more than a handful. Super Mario destroyed them with great runs, passes and two wonderful strikes. Huntelaar also scored tonight but boy did the Dutch ever get their asses handed to them by the Austrians. As for England, what did you all expect? As for Rooney, I forgive Fergie for how he uses him because he hassn’t got a roster that he can build from the entire nation. This was a friendly and Capello should have been brave enough to experiment with two strikers up front. Typical Italian cowardice. Deutschland Duetschland Uber Alles and United Forever.

By: The Artful Lounger

The Artful Lounger — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:33:47 +0000

They didn’t show the England game here – how did Rio do? Because, much as this is counterintuitive, now that Rio has the captaincy, I want him to keep it.

I did watch the Germany game though – Gomez is really something. I still say the way Bayern treats Podolski is criminal though.

By: t_reason

t_reason — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:31:31 +0000

agree with grognard on the gomez issue….he is the definition of a striker….
take a look at the Germany goals

By: craig mc

craig mc — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:25:17 +0000

For F**** sake, Capello is as bad as Fergie. When are they going to realise the bloody blatantly obvious, Rooney is not an out and out striker, that he should be consistently put in the position of trying to lead the field, and doing very poorly at it. We had no potency up front tonight, and will never have if we cannot play someone in front of Rooney. Rooney should have been where Gerrard was!!!.

Grognard mate – I am a patriot, but not when it comes to friendlies at very inappropriate times of the season, especially at a time when ManU are in the most vital time of the season. Am I such a patriot that I would like to see meaningless friendlies possibly deprive us of key players when most needed – NO MATE I AM NOT – sorry!.