Thursday, February 08, 2007

England versus Spain(68th minute onward)

Pesky word limits for posts.

Joey Barton is warming up. I guess McClaren doesn’t really understand the concept of friendlies, but he really doesn’t really understand even the most basic concepts of football, so that isn’t too surprising.

Brilliant goal out of nothing by Spain’s Ineista. The exact opposite of what England has been doing, taking something and making nothing out of it. I doubt England will score, McClaren has shown that he likes losing 1-0 more than 2-0 than scoring himself.

Nice pass by Lampard. I can compliment him when he does something positive, it’s just so rare to be able to say something positive about him. And way off by Phil Neville.

You have six subs McClaren, you’ve only used one, fricken pick some people who might score.

Carragher? Richards? Why not Richards to replace the invisible Phil Neville who is only visible when it’s a negative contribution to England’s chances to win? Why not put on more attack minded players? Why not have Barry replace Neville and put up another attacker? We gain nothing by only losing by one compared to losing by two!

Look everyone, England can play the long ball strategy. Wait…that hasn’t worked for us in how many games?

Wait…Jermaine Defoe was healthy enough to play in this game and you started Crouch over him? I hate you McSven. I hate you so much.

Lampard dispossessed again, 69th minute.

Blatant foul by Navarro on Crouch, should have been a penalty. That’s two blatant penalties England should have gotten in this game. 70th minute.

Wait…and he replaces SWP? :face meet palm:

Well, at least Downing on for P-Neville. Fabregas on for Villa…wait…Fabregas was available and you didn’t start him? Or replace one of the Spanish midfielders who played so terribly? Aragones is almost as stupid as McSven.

Barton on for Lampard. Apparently 79 minutes of watching Lampard suck was enough for McSven.

82: Ok, Barton took that guy out, but it was awesome. If that was in the box and happened to an England player play would be waved on.

83: Defoe might have done something with it but it took a cruel bounce.

85-86, England spends an entire minute passing behind their half way line, then passing to each other around the halfway line, and doing little to nothing to score. This would be perfectly acceptable if the scores were reversed. But this isn’t a tournament and England does not go through with a 0-1 result and get nothing for losing 1-0 compared to 2-0. Try and score a goal dammit!
87: Wow. Crouch gets fouled outside the box and is called for the foul. Apparently looking like a baby giraffe is a foulable offense.

87-90: England pretending they’re not losing.

Two minutes of added time

91: That’s what Crouch does best, the announcer exclaims. Yes, looking terrible, he’s great at that.

And that's that, another terrible loss for McSven and the boos came raining down on England as they left the pitch. Well deserved boos.

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