Showing posts with label Internationals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Internationals. Show all posts

22 November 2007

Well some good news to come out of yesterday's fiasco

Sky Sports | Football | Internationals | England | England axe McClaren
The Football Association have confirmed the departure of England coach Steve McClaren.

The FA board convened on Thursday morning after calling an emergency meeting and they wasted little time in confirming the termination of McClaren's contract.

McClaren's tenure was brought to an end less than 24 hours after England were knocked out of Euro 2008 at the qualifying stage.

15 November 2007

Post of little original content.


Italian policeman who shot dead football fan faces murder charge - Forbes.com
An Italian policeman who shot dead a young football fan has been charged with murder, his lawyer told reporters on Thursday.


Murder and not manslaughter Hallelujah.

Also,

Keeper Carson to make England debut against Austria | Breaking News | Guardian Unlimited Football
Aston Villa goalkeeper Scott Carson will make his England debut in Friday's friendly against Austria.


Chuffed for him. He's quality.
Wall of Support for Israel | Fanbanta
Wall of Support for Israel
Pledge your support for Israel in Saturday's crucial Euro 2008 Qualifier.

It's England's biggest game of the season - and they're not even playing.

England need Israel to stop Russia from claiming maximum points on Saturday, otherwise we're not going to Euro 2008.


Wall of Support for Israel sounds like some Zionist tirade. But with the situation against Russia this weekend, I guess I'll let it go.

09 November 2007

Confirmed: England Strikers are made of glass and paper

Sky Sports | Football | News | Rooney suffers injury blow
Wayne Rooney is facing four weeks on the sidelines after suffering an ankle injury in training.

The Manchester United striker will now miss England's final Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia at Wembley on 21st November.


I know England was depending on Israel to beat Russia but I'm not even sure they can beat Croatia now.


BBC SPORT | Football | Holloway column
STEPHEN IRELAND'S SUPERMAN SHORTS

He's a complete fruitcake, that bloke, isn't he? We've got to be careful with him, he's after the old crazy mantle and he's going to win it hands down.

You'd better ask Superman what he thinks about it, someone impersonating him playing for Man City.


I, like Pies, love Ollie and he's 100% Ireland is a fucking fruitcake. He's steppin in for Sir Joey of Barton. Only with more dead Nans.


BBC SPORT | Football | Gossip | Friday's gossip column
Jose Mourinho has been involved in a playground spat with a 12-year-old boy. The former Chelsea boss was not so special when he was forced to write a formal apology to one of his daughter's classmates after pulling the child's hair.


I also think Jose is fucking Legend and can not wait for him to come back to England and manage some team with money. The unintentional hilarity will last for ages.

oh another note, I started tracking traffic into this site (so there are 30 of you not 2--wooooo) and someone came in through searching google for "fucking old birds". classic. Sorry to disappoint. I'm only 26.

15 February 2007

So naturally we must turn to someone who's never lived in England.

Steve McClaren has hailed Owen Hargreaves as the 'glue' that holds his England
team together, and the man to get him out of a sticky situation


Fat Sam was right, England's fat and useless.

At least Owen's column for the Beeb is more interesting than Kevin Nolan's.

Fox News jumps the queue of US Media to suck off David Beckham and the Frat Boy Pricks who love him

From Fox Sports

England coach Steve McClaren insists he has not shut the door on out-of-favor trio David Beckham, David James and Sol Campbell. Beckham was left out out in the cold for England's friendly loss to Spain despite injury problems affecting the likes of Aaron Lennon.
  1. If the door wasn't shut, why the hell didn't James and Campbell get called up for the last friendly? Both would have been welcomed in the squad. I guess the only thing that stops me from getting 1) pissed 2) indignant about it is the fact that it was just a friggin friendly so who cares--really.

  2. Fuck off Fox Sports, Beckham didn't get called up for the friendly because he's just about useless, and ahead of the match, he hadn't played forever because of the temper tantrum from Calderon and Capello at Real Madrid. But most importantly let's not forget--useless.

14 February 2007

Brasil's reign of terror is ended!

Brazil have been the number one ranked team in the world since November 1993!

1 Italy
2 Brazil
3 Argentina
4 France
5 Germany
6 England
7 The Netherlands
8 Portugal
9 Czech Republic
10 Spain

FIFA World Rankings

13 February 2007

Oh those crazy Terrace Chants,

"We can't see you sneaking out!"
Mk Dons fans to Bury supporters as a deep fog enveloped the ground. (Sam Willis, England).

"Where are you?"
More fog fun with Wigan fans in the victory over Pompey. (Neil Robertson, UK).

"There's only one Harry Redknapp!"
Man City fans to Southampton fans in response to chants of "Glory, glory, Man Utd!" (Leucha, UK).

"I Bet your dad looks good on the dancefloor!"
St Johnstone fans to Falkirk keeper Kasper Schmeichel, whose dad Peter starred in Strictly Come Dancing. (Scott, Scotland).

"If Barton can play for England, so can I!"
Portsmouth Fans chanting to Joey Barton on Saturday after his clash with Mendes. (Tom, London).

"Shall we build a roof for you?"
Man City fans to Portsmouth as we got soaked in the away end. (Gavin Batty, UK).

"You're just a small part of England!"
Northern Ireland fans to their Welsh counterparts at Windsor Park during the 0-0 draw. (Peter Girvan, Northern Ireland).

"Yousef's here and Yousef's there, here we go ohhhhhh, Moroccan all over the World."
A chant we sang at Carrow Road to Yousef Safri - (to the tune of Rocking All Over The World). (Caroline Clarke, England).

"What's that coming over the hill, is it the taxman?"
Grimsby Town fans to Boston boss Steve Evans during the 6-0 thrashing. Evans was given a suspended sentence last year after being found guilty of tax fraud. (Mighty Mariner, UK).

"We want five."
Man Utd fans after going 4-0 up at Tottenham.
"We want one!"
Spurs fans reply. (Samsonite, UK).

From BBCs Quotes of the Week

Oh, how I love Who Ate All the Pies

Any post that begins as below, is fantastic in my book.

Hmm, this is a tricky one. After all, they're both gingers and both called Steve. Oh, and they're both rubbish managers.


HEAD TO HEAD Steve Staunton vs Steve McClaren

08 February 2007

Oh Noes Norway!!!!

Gamst is out!

Another case of "when the hell are the FAs of different countries going to start compensating clubs for their loses". I love my beloved England national team and I do not want to see things discourage the best national players getting call ups. BUT! I would be pissed if my club's star player was hurt for two important prem matches and an all important UEFA cup knockout, for an international friendly. It's probably why Fat Frank was the only Chelsea player "healthy" enough to play (;)).

This is particularly disappointing though, because as That's on Point said the other day, It's Morten Gamst Pederson's world, we are all just living in it. I really enjoy watching him play (and yes even against City this season).

How do you solve a problem like McClaren?

I have a couple of questions after yesterday's horrendous performance by Engerland.

  1. Why the HELL did he start Gerrard and Fat Frank? sub question: Why the hell didn't Barton play besides either Fat Frank or Gerro?
  2. Crouch?? While I understand that there were a shit load of hurt strikers, couldn't he have paired Crouch with *ahem* DeFoe from earlier in the match
  3. Ben Foster, Paul Robinson, what? Robinson has had a shit year and Foster is currently on loan to the championship bound Watford. I'm going to echo the rest of the world by saying that David James is having the form of his life, and while he's old and the Calamity James moniker is not undeserved, he should have been first keeper. Hell, I'd say Nicky Weaver is doing well enough to be 2nd or 3rd, but he's hurt right now


I'm really disappointed-but not surprised. I'm wondering why it was such a big deal to have an English Manager anyway. When was the last English Manager to win a top flight league?

Answers on a postcard please

"Take that San Marino! " - Ireland fan in the 94th minute

Footie Bird was watching her Beloved England down the Beloved Pub yesterday while the Footie Geeza(mentioned here) was watching Ireland.

I can get into the pathetic performance of England later. Let's talk about San Marino:


San Marino has only ever won one international game, a 1-0 win over Liechtenstein in a friendly in 2004. Andy Selva got the winner.

Despite the lack of success at international level, San Marino holds the record for the fastest ever goal in World Cup history. In a World Cup qualifier against England in 1993, Davide Gualtieri scored after just 8 seconds, though the team went on to lose 7-1.

Arguably the best performance by San Marino came in another World Cup qualifier on 10 March 1993, when they held Turkey to a 0-0 draw in Serravalle. The worst defeat inflicted on the team was a 13-0 defeat to Germany in the qualifying to Euro 2008, on 6 September 2006.[1]

If it weren't for Steven Ireland who scored in the 94th minute, this team would have drawn Ireland 1-1. San Marino's goal was the first in competition since 1998.

Oh does this have all of Ireland in a tizzy! Mostly because Steve Staunton is as useless--no more useless than anything save Steve McClaren. Leftback, a football blog, shares these lulz from Wikipedia.

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