Day 13: Costa Rica vs. England

It's fairly obvious fat Frank will never play for England again so why the hell is he playing?

Because it's about time we picked players that have desire to play for England and try their best AND perform, lampard offers that. Sick of picking "prospects" or one game wonders over real match winners. Lampard has done some fantastic passes already to open up a defence
 
do hope you are being ironic. henderson is just so ordinary. and if the excuse for taking him is liverpool had a good season gawd help us for the future

I don't think he's that good. He's a hard working midfielder with a decent pass on him. You're just massively exaggerating and making out he's a pub player with utterly stupid statements.
 
the "penalty " incident is no different from the ball being ushered out of play


no pen
 
Not a pen for me, bad touch by Sturridge should of taken it on his right. The defender got in front and shielded the ball and Sturridge just tried to kick through him.
 
Who could he play in Frank's position? Gerrard? That's hardly planning for the future. Henderson? He's played the first two games and will come on for Frank in this one.

There's nobody else in the squad who would benefit from playing ahead of Lampard.
also you CANNOT go with only two in midfield in the world cup. you get overrun... as results have proved
 
Completely forgot about this match, and got caught up watching the tennis :lol:

Hows it going? How are Smalling, Jones, Shaw doing?
 
Because it's about time we picked players that have desire to play for England and try their best AND perform, lampard offers that. Sick of picking "prospects" or one game wonders over real match winners. Lampard has done some fantastic passes already to open up a defence
Do you think Lampard will benefit from playing this game and put him in a good place ready for the qualifiers that he won't be involved in?
 
Completely forgot about this match, and got caught up watching the tennis :lol:

Hows it going? How are Smalling, Jones, Shaw doing?
shaw started promisingly. looks faster and fitter than baines but all gone very ordinary as usual
 
If Rooney played like Sturridge he'd be vilified.

England should put Rooney up top with Welbeck, Sterling and the Ox behind him going forward. Lallana and Wilshere in CM, put Gerrard, Fat Frank and James "the carthorse" Milner out to pasture.
 
Barkley showing real desire to win, sodd Wilshire. It's about time we picked players that are good and have the potential to be great rather then simply playing the "names" or playing people you hope will be better then average rather then topclass.

Lampard is playing so well.
 
If you think we have it bad, Clive Tyldesley has to sit next to him and not throttle him
 
I'm switching between both games but it seems to me that Lampard is owning the middle and is setting the tempo quite nicely. I think you lot just like to moan for the sake of it.
 
Does Smelling play on the left of the 2 CBs for us? Can't remember but whatever about his right foot surely you'd want to keep him off his left?