i've never said i dislike you, i will contest any point raised which i judge to be incorrect, thats what a forum is for, if the objective of your presence on these forums is to simply state your opinion then cry when someone argues with it......then, go listen to some vanilla ice or however else you spend your time.
If they were his only 4 appearances, then probably not. They're just the most recent examples in an increasingly impressive body of work tho. He was excellent in the FA Cup final in 2006 and might even have gone to the WC had injury not intervened. He's been impressive in the comeback games I've seen him in & offers far more of a physical presence and aerial threat than most of the other options (particularly with Heskey out).
Decent, but more like replacements for Owen rather than players likely to link up well with him. Hopefully McClaren is starting to realise that it's about picking the best combination, rather than the strikers who happen to have scored the most goals for their club sides.
No, fair enough. But it's not like him being in the squad will keep out anyone who's made an unarguable case for inclusion tho, is it? He's possibly been the best of the English-qualified strikers so far this season, sad indictment of our forward-stocks as that may be. Worth a look IMHO, particularly with Heskey (& quite possibly Owen) out.
yeah probably worth a look, as you have said he has looked impressive when he has played, my only grief was that he hadnt played for a prolonged period since 2005, but then again, there really arent any decent alternatives.
Oh please. Next he'll be saying there's too much money in football and because they're artists and not workers, they shouldn't be paid anything.
Sorry, Salary Caps can't work in football.
Stick Peter Crouch and Ronaldo next to the keeper and hoof the ball up.I'm not against them. I'd abolish off-side if I could, never really understood why it exists
Not convinced this would happen, tbh. Not in todays over-complicated strategic world of football. I could be wrong, though, just think they should try it out, maybe in the non-league in England, would liven up my trips to the Park.
Solid rant my friend, let it out, otherwise you will end up like myself or Flem274*Not convinced this would happen, tbh. Not in todays over-complicated strategic world of football. I could be wrong, though, just think they should try it out, maybe in the non-league in England, would liven up my trips to the Park.
I think what really annoys me is them piss-arsing about with it constantly, trying to lessen it's impact. first-phase, second-phase, level onside (I mean when is a human-being ever exactly level with another).
Having said all this this, they could just properly ****ing implement the rule they already have tried to, "benefit of the doubt should go to the attackers". If they'd only had the balls to back that up, and when a linesman had giving an attacker onside, and he was yards off, just say "fair enough, benefit of doubt was giving the right way", we'd of stopped all defences playing a high line, or all the other pernicious ways of dull unimaginative, crappy defending, which is just meant to destroy any creativity.
Oh dear, possibly my longest ever post on Cricketweb. It's something I feel quite strongly about, tbh.
Probably years of watching lower league ****e football, where the lino constantly takes the easy way out, and flags for everything against the attacking side, no goal, no big controversy, after all
As Grecian said, salary caps won't work, and the fact that there are 10 months of football is because it's so successful and people don't get bored of it. Fact is, enough people like it so that it goes on most of the year - basic supply and demand, and moaning about it won't do anything.
grecian said:
I don't see how it could ever fail to happen. With no offside law, you would simply have goalhangers galore, unless they come up with some other inventive law that gets rid of them.
