Posts Tagged ‘Capello’
Sunday, June 27th, 2010

This assessment comes in three parts: vs. Germany; the tournament as a whole; and the future. As with my last post, I am very keen to get a discussion going at the bottom of the article. As I have experienced this afternoon, everyone has an opinion on what has happened and where to go – there is no right answer, so have a read of what I think and then I want to see what the World Cup Statistic’s readers think. We’ve been accustomed to England Football Jokes over the years, now we want to know what you think!
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Tags: Capello, Doron, England, Rooney, SA 2010, South Africa 2010, WC 2010, World Cup 2010
Posted in Managers, Match Report, Opinion, Players, Premier League, South Africa 2010, World Cup | 8 Comments »
Monday, June 21st, 2010

That weekend felt draining. I don’t think I’ve experienced so much footballing information in such a short space of time. Saturday started with the England hangover. Everyone has their own opinion as to why England continued their poor form with another failure. England fans weren’t the only ones feeling angry. The USA’s fans awoke to their own frustrations. They felt, quite rightly, that their side had been denied a 3-2 victory against Slovenia which would have capped an excellent turnaround having been two goals behind. Maurice Edu’s late goal was harshly ruled out by the referee.
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Tags: America, Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Capello, Denmark, Domenech, Doron, Duverne, England, Evra, France, Ghana, Holland, Italy, Ivory coast, Japan, Lampard, Lizarazu, New Zealand, Paraguay, SA 2010, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa 2010, Terry, USA, WC 2010, World Cup, World Cup 2010
Posted in Africa, Europe, Ligue 1, Managers, Match Report, Opinion, Players, Premier League, Reviews, South Africa 2010, South America, World Cup | 3 Comments »
Saturday, June 19th, 2010

As the World Cup started I agreed on a (slightly bold and rushed) statement with my housemate: ‘if England don’t win the World Cup it’ll be down to the players and not the coach’ – that statement doesn’t stand so true anymore. After the USA game I attacked the England players individually with some player ratings. Post-Algeria I don’t see any point to individual assessment. Everyone was poor. The team must be examined as just that – a team.
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Tags: Capello, Doron, England, Fabio Capello, Rooney, SA 2010, South Africa 2010, WC 2010, World Cup, World Cup 2010
Posted in International, Managers, Opinion, Players, Premier League, South Africa 2010, World Cup | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

England manager Fabio Capello has named his 23 man squad, which includes once surprising omission – Theo Walcott. Although Walcott has continuous flatter to deceive at International level, despite notching up a hat trick against Croatia in qualifying, he was generally considered to be part of the 23 that would fly out to South Africa. The 1966 World Cup winners and hosts will generally pin their attacking responsibility on Wayne Rooney, who will no doubt be the main man for the three lions in just over a week.
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Tags: Capello, Doron, England, Fabio Capello, South Africa 2010, World Cup
Posted in FIFA, International, Players, Premier League, South Africa 2010, WC Squads, World Cup | 1 Comment »