Bulgaria V England

MagicMarker

Kicking off in a couple of mins, no idea of the line ups.

greendom

Bulgaria: Mihailov, Zanev, Bodurov, Milanov, Bandalovski, Ivanov, Georgiev, Martin Petrov, Stiliyan Petrov, Popov, Genkov.

Subs: Vladislav Stoyanov, Iliev, Marquinhos, Sarmov, Raykov, Kostadin Stoyanov, Kostadin Stoyanov, Bozhilov.


England: Hart, Smalling, Cahill, Terry, Cole, Walcott, Parker, Barry, Downing, Young, Rooney.

Subs: Stockdale, Jagielka, Baines, Milner, Lampard, Johnson, Defoe.

MagicMarker

Wow, England line up is less than inspiring!

Headshot

stupid lineup by England

highgiant1985

any match link?

Sgt Pepper 64

Huff, puff, rubbish Capello has set back english football 20 years.
Should have been sacked after the world cup.
FA is as much to blame - overpaying managers for the impossible job

MagicMarker

I don't think I can take any more. Shocking stuff!

Headshot

Berba looking cool as usual

Hoki

what channel is this on , thought they usually show competitive english games on bbc or itv

MagicMarker

Hoki wrote: »

what channel is this on , thought they usually show competitive english games on bbc or itv

Away games are normally always on Sky.

Daemos

No live text on BBC

Sgt Pepper 64

Hoki wrote: »

what channel is this on , thought they usually show competitive english games on bbc or itv

i'm watching it on sky

stream here

http://livesoccertv.eu/channel1.php

Professional Griefer

SS1.

1-0 England, great little goal, fantastic pass for Cahill

Degag

Headshot wrote: »

Berba looking cool as usual

He could easily pass for a Bulagarian Mafia boss.... especially with the sunglasses on and a fag sticking out the side of his mouth!

Hoki

Dunno whats all the fuss about Englands team , looks fairly attacking to me, dunno what people expect from a team playing away from home against a decent side in Bulgaria.

Professional Griefer

Theres 2-0, Rooney with a header from a corner.

Great climb by Wayne!

Mars Bar

G'man Rooney.

That England kit is quality. I'd actually get one!

Professional Griefer

mars bar wrote: »

G'man Rooney.

That England kit is quality. I'd actually get one!

I like it, I'm gonna try find one, looks quality

mike65

Degag wrote: »

He could easily pass for a Bulagarian Mafia boss.... especially with the sunglasses on and a fag sticking out the side of his mouth!

Guardians take

Film noir's Dimitar Berbatov, who has prematurely retired from international football, in order to suck down filterless cigarettes, wear wide-brimmed hats, discuss existentialist philosophy in bistros over very strong cups of coffee, and listen to west-coast jazz.

WhiteRussian

Rooney 3-0. United link up Young and Rooney. Too easy for them, Bulgaria a shambles

Mr Alan

So maybe Capello knows more than a few lads on boards.ie about what line up he should use?

Interesting! Who would've thought it?! :rolleyes:

MagicMarker

Mr Alan wrote: »

So maybe Capello knows more than a few lads on boards.ie about what line up he should use?

Interesting! Who would've thought it?! :rolleyes:

You're right, they're beating Bulgaria, it's the line up for the future.

Mr Alan

Capellos job is to pick a line up to win a tough away game. He's done that.

MagicMarker

Mr Alan wrote: »

Capellos job is to pick a line up to win a tough away game. He's done that.

Who said they wouldn't win?

Mr Alan

Show me the team you would've picked please

LondonIrish90

MagicMarker wrote: »

You're right, they're beating Bulgaria, it's the line up for the future.

What could have been done to change your mindset from before kick off? You described the game as shocking and the line up as less than inspiring.

England then scored 3 times in the first half, on a bad pitch in a grim, shabby venue. Capello won't be at all disappointed with this, but some fans are just never satisfied with what the team do.

MagicMarker

Mr Alan wrote: »

Show me the team you would've picked please

haha, no, that would be pointless, I think it's a crap line up, now that they're 3-0 up I still think it's a crap line up. Me posting another line up won't change the fact that I think the current line up is a crap line up.

Try harder next time.

Mr Alan

Jesus. You suck at the internet.

Capello's line up has proven to be an excellent one for the game tonight, you should just be man enough to admit you were wrong.

WhiteRussian

Mr Alan wrote: »

Jesus. You suck at the internet.

Capello's line up has proven to be an excellent one for the game tonight, you should just be man enough to admit you were wrong.

+1

MagicMarker

Mr Alan wrote: »

Jesus. You suck at the internet.

Capello's line up has proven to be an excellent one for the game tonight, you should just be man enough to admit you were wrong.

Jesus fúcking christ, I never said they wouldn't win, they sure as hell should win. That doesn't change my opinion that it's not a very good England line. How fúcking hard is that to understand?

Mr Alan

Your issue was with the team Capello picked which implies you feel he couldve picked a better line up from the options he had available.

Come on Jose, what would you have lined up with? Cause the one he has lined up with is doing quite well, to put it mildly.

Headshot

England were ****ing awful in that 2nd half

LondonIrish90

Headshot wrote: »

England were ****ing awful in that 2nd half

To be fair, the job was done in the first half.

There was no need to go in at 100% in the second half and risk injuries and suspensions. England did a fairly good job of slowing the pace right down, as boring as it may have seemed.

Parker and Barry were actually quite good tonight as a shielding pair too. Professional victory, if not the most exciting.

D2D

FA reports racist abuse allegedly directed at England's Ashley Young by Bulgaria fans during the Euro 2012 qualifier in Sofia

Pepe LeFrits

Barry aside I thought it looked like quite a good line-up personally. The front four would be a handful for any side, and the rest was a solid enough platform to visit the likes of Bulgaria.

mike65

Headshot wrote: »

England were ****ing awful in that 2nd half

Stop posting with your pocket

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

According to the football betting tips forum Bulgaria were always going to lose anyways..

Cashed in on it nicely:cool:

Blatter

Awful lineup from England. It should have been;

4-4-2

Foster, Smalling, Ferdinand, Jones, Brown, Welbeck, Carrick, Cleverly, Young, Rooney, Owen.

bamboozling

Blatter wrote: »

Awful lineup from England. It should have been;

4-4-2

Foster, Smalling, Ferdinand, Jones, Brown, Welbeck, Carrick, Cleverly, Young, Rooney, Owen.

Why would you Brown at left back and Owen starting? Also Wellbeck right mid?

mike65

Its a Manchester Utd English 11

adox

bamboozling wrote: »

Why would you Brown at left back and Owen starting? Also Wellbeck right mid?

Woosh!

The_Kew_Tour

Headshot wrote: »

England were ****ing awful in that 2nd half

well they did enough in first

Blatter

bamboozling wrote: »

Why would you Brown at left back and Owen starting? Also Wellbeck right mid?

I think Brown is experienced enough to play the left back position. He showed he can use his left foot when he assisted the opening goal of the 2008 Champions League final. If it didn't work out, I think Kieran Richardson would have been good back up.

Owen is still a lethal striker and would thrive under the service of Ashley Young, Daniel Welbeck, Tom Cleverly and the greatest player in the world, Wayne Rooney.

Welbeck showed at Sunderland last season he is more than capable of being deployed in a wide berth. His immense strength, electrifying pace, workman like attitude and quality delivery in the final third makes him the most suitable selection for the right hand side of midfield.

bamboozling

Blatter wrote: »

I think Brown is experienced enough to play the left back position. He showed he can use his left foot when he assisted the opening goal of the 2008 Champions League final. If it didn't work out, I think Kieran Richardson would have been good back up.

Owen is still a lethal striker and would thrive under the service of Ashley Young, Daniel Welbeck, Tom Cleverly and the greatest player in the world, Wayne Rooney.

Welbeck showed at Sunderland last season he is more than capable of being deployed in a wide berth. His immense strength, electrifying pace, workman like attitude and quality delivery in the final third makes him the most suitable selection for the right hand side of midfield.

I disagree. Wes Brown has rarely if ever played on the left hand side of a defensive 4. I think it would be very unclever to put on there for such an important qualifier game. I wouldn't have Richardson either, I think Phil Neville of Everton would be an excellent choice for that position.

Owen is far from the clinical striker he once was. Bereft of pace, he is now a shell of the player who once banged in goals for the greatest team in English football history, Liverpool Football Club. I imagine the service would of course be excellent, but would Owen have the capabilities to finish it off. At this moment in time I say no.

Welbeck is best suited as a striker, he's in form, why take him out of there? Put him up front, play him where he is best suited.

I think his bison like power is perfect for the traditional number 9, as is the way he deftly lays the ball off to supporting players, similar to the way a fawn deftly glides about the field, awestruck by the intangable feeling that is life.