World Cup 2018 Qualifiers

The Maltese players are putting in some crunching tackles. You don't want Rashford anywhere near this game.

It's a fair point but Sterling and Ox are making my eyes bleed.

Sterling looks like the type of fella who pretends to be your girlfriends gay best friend because he's secretly in love with her.
 
Malta vs England. Less footballing feast, more cucumber sandwich with a glass of tapwater.
 
That sums up Oxlade-Chamberlain to a tee.
 
Same old problems with lack of creativity on the middle, best hope is that the new generation of players who won the Under 20's and under 19's might solve that problem.
 
This half has been really poor overall. The three man back line is not working both in offense and in defense. A good team would have put at least two past us here.
 
Amazing how the England squad plays exactly like Arsenal with only one of our players in the squad :D
 
England should be beating these 4, 5 or 6-0 no excuses.
 
Even Giggs sounds embarrassed for us.

Is it next weekend yet?
 
It's a fair point but Sterling and Ox are making my eyes bleed.

Sterling looks like the type of fella who pretends to be your girlfriends gay best friend because he's secretly in love with her.
It's funny cause i actually know a fella like this, everyone sees it but the girls :lol:
 
Sterling's descion making hasn't improved since he left us. He's a fantastic player but his level is stagnant. He would struggle massively if he was forced to step down a level.
 
England have fallen so far. We are seriously shit. I've gone from italia 90 euro 96 to this bollocks
 
Sterling's descion making hasn't improved since he left us. He's a fantastic player but his level is stagnant. He would struggle massively if he was forced to step down a level.
Yes one thing I noticed in him since the first time I watched him on a Next Generation match between Sporting and Liverpool youth teams some years ago, is as dangerous as he was he really looks a player who doesn't pause to see where is the better option, he could/can be much better, but tbf England lack of creativity is far from being Sterling fault.
 
I just need a 0:1 Handicap Win from North Irland against San Marino.. Please.
 
Bring Sturridge and Rashford on. There's no space to press them might as well get more finishers and players with a first touch on.
 
Rashers coming on I think.
 
Worth taking a time to think about how inspiring Gareth Southgate's half-time team talks must be
 
Rashford coming on. Last time England did well at a tournament he wasn't even alive.
 
Feck me we've been useless today. Will still qualify comfortably but this should be a wake up call.
 
If I was an England player I'd spend no time listening to tactical talks or discussions, I'd just get there trying to to get Harry Kane to speak, for my own amusement
 
Feck me we've been useless today. Will still qualify comfortably but this should be a wake up call.
If that performance against Iceland didn't wake up us, I doubt this will have much effect.
 
If that performance against Iceland didn't wake up us, I doubt this will have much effect.
He's from Poland... though what he said could easily apply to England as well.
 
I am so glad we are playing 2 holding midfielders in this vital away game. Hopefully we can keep it tight and if we are realky lucky we can nick one in the break. Thankfully we have managed to stop Malta playing. :rolleyes:
 
I don't say this in a blindly patriotic way - I want England to do well, because given some of the players we've had over time it's a crying shame we haven't achieved anywhere near as much as other Western European countries - France, Germany, Italy, Spain, all tournament winners in recent memory...but I've become soooo numb how mediocre we are.

We make everything look so hard.

We had great players and some bad luck from around 1990-2002 (we arguably should have won Italia '90 and Euro '96)

There's no excuse now, we're just boring as hell.
 
If I was an England player I'd spend no time listening to tactical talks or discussions, I'd just get there trying to to get Harry Kane to speak, for my own amusement
Maybe that's what's happening on the pitch