Capello's England team thread

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:17 pm

England: James, Brown, Ferdinand, Upson, A.Cole, Bentley, Jenas, Gerrard, Barry, J.Cole, Rooney

oh deary deary me.

fatshaft · Post by **fatshaft** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:21 pm

Q on SSN: Are you surprised that Capello isn;t speaking English to the press?

Mullery: Yes, continental managers are usually good at English, look at Sven, or Mourinho who could speak 4 or 5 languages.

Well duh Alan, Capello is Italian, English is pretty rare there, it's about as far away in Western europe as you'll get.

Thickety thicko.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:31 pm

fatshaft wrote:Q on SSN: Are you surprised that Capello isn;t speaking English to the press?

Mullery: Yes, continental managers are usually good at English, look at Sven, or Mourinho who could speak 4 or 5 languages.

Well duh Alan, Capello is Italian, English is pretty rare there, it's about as far away in Western europe as you'll get.

Thickety thicko.

Actually the distance from London to Rome is precisely the same as London to Stockholm. Northern Italy is closer.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:51 pm

fatshaft wrote:Q on SSN: Are you surprised that Capello isn;t speaking English to the press?

Mullery: Yes, continental managers are usually good at English, look at Sven, or Mourinho who could speak 4 or 5 languages.
Well duh Alan, Capello is Italian, English is pretty rare there, it's about as far away in Western europe as you'll get.
Thickety thicko.

Look at the amount of English managers who can just about speak decent English. We laugh at foreigners over here, but how many Englishmen speak more than their own language? "Hoy, Manuel, ego and bacono for two" (holds up fingers for emphasis, and shouts to make it clearer) hardly qualifies as another language.

fatshaft · Post by **fatshaft** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:51 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
fatshaft wrote:Q on SSN: Are you surprised that Capello isn;t speaking English to the press?

Mullery: Yes, continental managers are usually good at English, look at Sven, or Mourinho who could speak 4 or 5 languages.

Well duh Alan, Capello is Italian, English is pretty rare there, it's about as far away in Western europe as you'll get.

Thickety thicko.
Actually the distance from London to Rome is precisely the same as London to Stockholm. Northern Italy is closer.

I didn't mean as the crow flies.

Scandies learn English in school compulsorarily, Italians don't. For Italians there is more need to learn other languages as there is far less chance of English being the language they are most likely to need after their own.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:38 pm

Only team this year to be worse passers of the ball than Bolton? = England.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:49 pm

Is this our mainly reserve side? Look like it on paper and playing like it on the pitch. We might have the edge on posession but the Yodelers are the better side up to now. Comedy hour again? Nothing up front and a shambles in defence. Way too slow in everything and what the fxxk is Rooney doing in the wall? Thank fxxk it's a friendly. It is, isn't it?

Bet Cappelo is delighted up to now......Oh, we scored. Ah well, game of two halves then?

jmjhb · Post by **jmjhb** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:56 pm

The commentary is poorer than the game itself.

hisroyalgingerness · Post by **hisroyalgingerness** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:58 pm

i still maintain that following the national side is as close to watching Bolton as all the other fans will get

slow at counter attacking
poor passing
no midfielders getting past the striker
a shit right back (until a few games back)

so nobody is sat up with the dvd of the FA Cup win then

jordAn.WS22 · Post by **jordAn.WS22** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:59 pm

Drop Richards for Brown, yeh. Now I think about it, makes COMPLETE sense.

Id hate to say it,
Davies would do a job for them toothless wideboys we call our international team

Don't think I've ever been so bored in my life. If it weren't for the bacon barms and Mark "state-the-obvious" Lawrenson's laughable attempts at commentating, I'd hang myself from my Great escape Video's tape.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:00 pm

I've muted the TV and am listening to the latest Maximo Park effort.

Far more enjoyable.

Capello out

jmjhb · Post by **jmjhb** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:01 pm

Not Capello's fault we're shite!

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:02 pm

Batman wrote:
England: James, Brown, Ferdinand, Upson, A.Cole, Bentley, Jenas, Gerrard, Barry, J.Cole, Rooney
oh deary deary me.

I think you might have got your Coles mixed up. Cashley looks half the player he was at Arsenal. Joe has arguably been England's best player in the last 18 months. IMHO, of course.

Poor stuff. I like the font on the back of Switzerland's shirts though.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:04 pm

I was being ironic

but aye, Cashley looks appalling.

Brown too.

I f ucking hate that ratboy prick Bentley but he looks decent enough.

Home game and only one striker on?

Megson out!

SuperWhiteWarrior · Post by **SuperWhiteWarrior** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:04 pm

Second half is just starting now. Joe Cole has done well so far and so has Rooney

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:06 pm

that'll be Wayne 'hardly had a touch' Rooney?

be serious man

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:18 pm

GOAL!

1-1

great goal from the Nazi money launderers!

Daxter · Post by **Daxter** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:20 pm

2-1 SWP.

Daxter · Post by **Daxter** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:52 pm

Lawrenson calls those voting for the MOTM online 'geeks'.

jmjhb · Post by **jmjhb** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:55 pm

Wayne Brown is also playing for England apparently