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Post by deridderforward#23 on May 7, 2006 15:54:26 GMT -6
once again usa soccerboy does not know what he is talking about. And i think if there was a race for strikers to play for england that are over the age of 29 it would be teddy sheringham because he is still class. fowler just does not have the quality to play international. He is still better than the likes of ching or dempsey or donovan though
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Post by ronaldo11 on May 8, 2006 5:57:26 GMT -6
I'd rather take THEO WALCOTT
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Post by pompey on May 8, 2006 6:49:24 GMT -6
Walcott would be good. Imagine if Sheringham got the nod. Ronn, is the team getting announced today??
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Post by deridderforward#23 on May 8, 2006 12:35:54 GMT -6
I would be happy if sheringham got the nod because i think his experience and excitement that he will bring will make england alot stronger team
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Post by usasoccerboy on May 9, 2006 4:42:44 GMT -6
Listen to derridder talking about how much he knows.
He is an idiot.
football365.com reported Heskey was in Sven's plans if he didn't pick Owen.
But now Sven has picked Owen and Rooney, two injured players who will do nothing at the World Cup.
Way to go Sven!
I love how deridder tries to bait me into a USA vs. England debate.
Sorry, I have had too many of these stupid conversations to know to stay away from useless conversations. Wait till they meet up in the cup and settle it then.
Otherwise, keep your illusions of grandeur of your overated football team.
As for you personally deridder, you don't show intelligence in talking about football or anything in life.
You are another weak effeminate nobody from England.
Who cares what you think of yourself? You just claim how great you are, yet you offer nothing to back your glorified vision of yourself.
You are in american biotch. But why in the world would you live in Deridder. LOL!
Man, you are a glutton for punishment.
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Post by usasoccerboy on May 9, 2006 4:43:23 GMT -6
Oh, and I know more about football than you deridder.
See. Anyone can claim that.
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Post by beckhamismyidol on May 9, 2006 5:39:24 GMT -6
didn't England bring over a very diminished squad over this past summer to play the US? Handing quite a few players their very first England caps? I thought they won that game too. hah only picking however, I do feel like England at their best against the US at their best would be no competition but ya can never tell. I do think that both teams are gonna struggle just as much to score goals, US strikers lack overall quality to score against good teams, England's quality is missing, lets hope Crouch gets hurt so Defoe can play, sad that he's left out, I think Walcott's probably better than Crouch too.
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Post by usasoccerboy on May 9, 2006 11:10:20 GMT -6
sarcasm] Yes, and team USA played with the best lineup in the history of the USA MNT when they played England. [sarcasm/] soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=367443&root=worldcup&campaign=fp&src=367443&cc=5901Note the Fowler and Sherringham comments. Good points about Sherringham from you guys. At this stage, it seems that Sven is wasting a spot in picking Rooney. I do not believe he will even recover fast enough to play in the final, much less the second round. No oxygen tent is going to speed the healing process that fast. Owen at least is well through with most of his rehab and more than likely can be match fit by the second round. England has to get past the group stage first. Nothing is a given, butmmany of the anglicans think they should receive a bye into the second round. |
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Post by f on May 9, 2006 15:42:44 GMT -6
maybe usasoccerboy and deridder should both stop posting
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Post by lvrpoolfan11 on May 9, 2006 16:40:04 GMT -6
No just usasoccerboy. You really dont know what you are talking about. Owen looked really good for Newcastle their last game of the season, and will def be in shape for the first game. And although I love Fowler, no way. And Heskey HAHA, Id rather take Sven himself and play.
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Post by ronaldo11 on May 9, 2006 17:33:52 GMT -6
Nothing is a given, butmmany of the anglicans think they should receive a bye into the second round. Again, shows how little you know about football. The job industry is fearing a huge lay-off of people somehow becoming "sick overnight" the days before, during and after the england games. Hell no, we dont think we should receive a bye. Stop putting words into our mouths. We are looking forward to our group games. |
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Post by deridderforward#23 on May 9, 2006 18:39:11 GMT -6
ok my friend my mum married my step dad who is in the military ok so he moves around alot. i came from england a year ago so that awnsered another question. I love this sport so i really dont care what you say because you really dont know what your talking about. It was not my choice to come to deridder because im only 16, and I know quite abit about soccer because i live for this sport. you my friend are just a fan like me that thinks he knows the news but knows jack s hit. you say im gonna dream about becoming pro and thats probably true but i had tryouts for ipswich town youth academy just before i left to come to the states and i think thats more of an accomplishment than you will ever get my friend.
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Post by usasoccerboy on May 11, 2006 16:59:34 GMT -6
Ahh, you are 16. That and you being English explains the feistiness.
Lighten up. The dig at Deridder was a joke.
I only passed through there when I traveled through Lake Charles from Fort Polk. I saw some really nice houses in DeRidder. Still, there looks to be not much around. Stay out of Leesville. I call it Sleezeville.
Hopefully you can play soccer for a Lake Charles team.
I celebrate your illusions of grandeur. It is great when you are 16, haven't done jack chit, and think you have it all figured out. It is a typical adolescent response. Wait, till you get out of your mum's house and enter the real world.
So, I have been following the game longer than you have been born.
Let me tell you a secret in England. England is not the only country that plays soccer.
Great you tried out for an Ipswich youth team, but what are you going to do now that you are stuck in BFE?
Ronaldo, again, you need to lighten up as well.
Sure England will not show up for work during game day. That is something the USA has a long way to go in terms of appreciation for the world's game. Well, at least the feeling from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, that soccer is a wimp girly man's sport is waning. Remember, when you were born, and I was at Fort Polk and
college, the USA had never been to a World Cup in 40 years, and didn't give a crap one bit about it. The level of appreciation is still nothing compared to football, basketball, hockey, baseball, golf, nascar, and tennis, but it is growing slowly but surely.
The demise of the MLS does not look like it is going to happen like it did for the NASL. One of the reasons is that the sport finally has a grass roots level of appreciation in some of the rural parts of the country and it is no longer an urban immigrant sport.
This is something you young fellows do not realise, that this is just the beginning for the USA team. The progress coming from virtually nothing to being ranked 4th in the world in less than 20 years is quite an accomplishment by the USSF. England may have the players now that are superior to the USA, but if the progress of the USA continues, then in another 20 years, the USA will be unstoppable.
In 90 and 94, there was not even a professional league and the squad was based off of the college game. As you may know, college is not how the other countries develop their youth players. Now, college is just an option, but it still is the main way to get playing time for most post high school soccer players.
The college game is virtually nonexistent in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas, so if you have the desire to play soccer beyond rec or premier level and high school soccer, you better get out of DeRidder as quick as possible. I suggest looking in North Texas if you wish to stay close to mum and step dad and do not think Louisiana College of Centenary is going to prepare you for a career in soccer.
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Post by usasoccerboy on May 11, 2006 17:19:07 GMT -6
Liverpool - I do not like Heskey. I was only mentioning him as there was a report on football365 that Sven was considering him as a replacement forward.
Owen looks like he can play. Will he get his touch back and be in shape by then? Maybe so. Maybe not. If he does come back, then that definitely makes it easier on Sven to field a credible team.
Still, his choice of a hurt Rooney and an inexperienced Walcott is going to jeapordize England's chances. It is fathomable that England could win this cup. They have the best midfield in the cup, a solid defense, and adequate keeping. The forwards can be respectable with an in shape Owen, so I do not see why they cannot go far, especially with an easy group; however, it is not a given that England will win the group. Sweden can beat them, and Paraguay should not be taken lightly as they have the capabilities of playing with the great teams when they had guys like Chilavert, Ayala, and Cardozo in past cups. Paraguay has made into the second round in the past two world cups, so they will not be an easy push over.
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Post by ronaldo11 on May 12, 2006 4:12:20 GMT -6
Ronaldo, again, you need to lighten up as well. Oh, im very light. Dont worry about me. And yes, Paraguay are underrated. The third best nation in South America in my opinion. If Roque Santa Cruz can regain FULL fitness, he will definitely cause problems. |
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Post by deridderforward#23 on May 12, 2006 19:28:19 GMT -6
i have watched paraguay many times and you can see they have the potential of beating alot of other teams.
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Post by madmid3 on May 13, 2006 10:29:44 GMT -6
they think Rooney wont make the first two games of the world cup...but he'll still be going..all these injuries are really killing England...I think they have one of the best squads right now..although, these injuries are really really hurting them!
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Post by deridderforward#23 on May 13, 2006 10:57:09 GMT -6
they sure are but it says on fa.com that rooney is on a fast recovery so lets hope he gets fit sooner than later
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Post by d1d5fan on May 13, 2006 19:54:23 GMT -6
Lets not rush it. I understand EVERY England fan in the world wants him to be back on the pitch as soon as he is fit, but dont risk his future for a few group games vs teams that can be beat without using him. Put him in the starting lineup for the first knockout round, that way he will be more ready, focused, and healthy.
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Post by deridderforward#23 on May 15, 2006 16:09:47 GMT -6
I just hope he can play.
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