England v USA and Croatia Pre Match "£$%%^^&*

[ozleicester]

12 hours ago, ttfn said:

82 penalties were awarded in the Premier League, 80 were scored. For reference the figure last season was 56/80.

Amazing... more scored than given... referees are a joke! 

[les-tah]

Rooney was great when he was very young but his goal scoring record for England is silly when you look at some of the teams.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_goals_scored_by_Wayne_Rooney

 

Its like Danny Wellbeck dropping down to the Conference and scoring 100 goals and us celebrating him as an all time great.

 

 

 

 

Edited 15 November 2018 by les-tah

[Lionheart10]

3 hours ago, les-tah said:

Rooney was great when he was very young but his goal scoring record for England is silly when you look at some of the teams.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_goals_scored_by_Wayne_Rooney

 

Its like Danny Wellbeck dropping down to the Conference and scoring 100 goals and us celebrating him as an all time great.

 

 

 

 

Didn't realise he'd never scored against Germany,Italy or Spain, that list does look pretty poor.

[walkerleeds]

Is Jozy Altidore still their number 1 striker? 

[les-tah]

42 minutes ago, Lionheart10 said:

Didn't realise he'd never scored against Germany,Italy or Spain, that list does look pretty poor.

yep and its the 1 world cup goal he only ever scored Equal with Harry Maguire ...So you would of really expected that sort of 'legend' to contribute more.

Edited 15 November 2018 by les-tah

[urban.spaceman]

5 hours ago, les-tah said:

Rooney was great when he was very young but his goal scoring record for England is silly when you look at some of the teams.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_goals_scored_by_Wayne_Rooney

 

Its like Danny Wellbeck dropping down to the Conference and scoring 100 goals and us celebrating him as an all time great.

 

 

 

 

He’s scored more goals against San Marino than San Marino have actually scored in the last 5 years. I’m not sure who that’s more embarrassing for. 

[urban.spaceman]

1 hour ago, Lionheart10 said:

Didn't realise he'd never scored against Germany,Italy or Spain, that list does look pretty poor.

We know someone who’s scored against all three of those countries....

 

[foxy boxing]

What's the betting that the United States players will virtually allow Rooney to walk it in the net so he can get a send off with a goal!.

[filbertway]

17 hours ago, Gamble92 said:

I just cant grasp how such an experienced and successful goalkeeper could ever think its a good idea to wait for a player to kick the penalty before actually diving. By about under 9 level you learn to guess

I rarely guessed as a keeper. Penalty takers often bottle the pen and put it pretty close to the middle. I was taught to imagine you're in a smaller goal within the goal, if they put it in the corner then fair play, if it's in the middle 2 thirds, you've got a very good chance of getting to it.

[whoareyaaa]

20 minutes ago, foxy boxing said:

What's the betting that the United States players will virtually allow Rooney to walk it in the net so he can get a send off with a goal!.

10/11

 

wouldn't surprise me if he scores

[yorkie1999]

1 minute ago, filbertway said:

I rarely guessed as a keeper. Penalty takers often bottle the pen and put it pretty close to the middle. I was taught to imagine you're in a smaller goal within the goal, if they put it in the corner then fair play, if it's in the middle 2 thirds, you've got a very good chance of getting to it.

Unless you bang your head on the crossbar whilst in the smaller goal.

[yorkie1999]

1 minute ago, whoareyaaa said:

10/11

 

wouldn't surprise me if he scores

And fans will demand he carries on playing for england

[whoareyaaa]

1 minute ago, yorkie1999 said:

And fans will demand he carries on playing for england

not me, mystified as to why he is even playing tonight, typical American hyperbole

[urban.spaceman]

Chilwell starts!

[Guest Manini]

Wasn’t going to bother, saw that Chilly is starting so now I will. 

 

I saw a straw poll on one of the socials the other day, basically debating whether Rooney is England’s greatest ever player, yes or no. What’s the general consensus on here? 

[Max Wall]

3 minutes ago, Manini said:

Wasn’t going to bother, saw that Chilly is starting so now I will. 

 

I saw a straw poll on one of the socials the other day, basically debating whether Rooney is England’s greatest ever player, yes or no. What’s the general consensus on here? 

You could argue he's the greatest ever goalscorer. The statistics support it but I'd argue Lineker is our greatest ever goalscorer, despite scoring less.

Rooney greatest ever player? Not for me.

Edited 15 November 2018 by Max Wall

[spacemunky]

Get 'em Chilly!

[SAFC1]

fancy Callum Wilson to score tonight

[whoareyaaa]

7 minutes ago, Manini said:

Wasn’t going to bother, saw that Chilly is starting so now I will. 

 

I saw a straw poll on one of the socials the other day, basically debating whether Rooney is England’s greatest ever player, yes or no. What’s the general consensus on here? 

I'd put Shearer ahead of Rooney

[davieG]

Line-ups
England

1Pickford
2Alexander-Arnold
5Keane
6Dunk
3Chilwell
8Winks
4Delph
7Sancho
11Alli
14Lingard
9Wilson

Substitutes

10Rooney
12Kane
13Butland
15Walker
16Henderson
17Sterling
18Barkley
19Rashford
20Stones
21McCarthy
22Dier
23Loftus-Cheek

USA

1Guzan
2Yedlin
3Miazga
6Brooks
19Villafaña
8McKennie
20Trapp
10Pulisic
16Green
11Weah
7Wood

Substitutes

4Adams
5Carter-Vickers
9Delgado
12Horvath
14Lletget
15Saief
18Moore
23Acosta
25Cannon

Referee:
Jesús Gil Manzano

[Stevosevic]

Is Shaw injured again? He's not even on the bench when usually it's the full squad.

[davieG]

....and of course Sky focusing on him like he’s playing them on his own.

[Guest]

Is it bad of me to wish that Chilwell didn't play in these games. It is not in Leicester's interest for him to play and they are unimportant matches.

[PhillippaT]

42 minutes ago, Max Wall said:

You could argue he's the greatest ever goalscorer. The statistics support it but I'd argue Lineker is our greatest ever goalscorer, despite scoring less.

Rooney greatest ever player? Not for me.

Lies, damn lies and statistics...

[SAFC1]

Brad Guzan starts for USA  He’s absolutely tragic!