The Midweek Friendlies Thread

mike65 · 05-02-2008 11:44PM #1

Not the full list

Austria v Germany, 19:35
Croatia v Holland, 19:30
Cyprus v Ukraine, 16:00
Czech Republic v Poland, 19:30
England v Switzerland, 20:00
FYR Macedonia v Serbia,
Georgia v Latvia, 20:00
Greece v Finland, 19:15
Hungary v Slovakia, 16:30
Israel v Romania, 18:45
Italy v Portugal, 19:45
Malta v Belarus, 18:45
Northern Ireland v Bulgaria, 19:45
Rep of Ireland v Brazil, 19:45
Slovenia v Denmark, 19:00
Spain v France, 20:00
Turkey v Sweden, 18:30

Sadly for some of us - BBC1 NI is showing er Norn Iron (wtf?!).

Spain-France looks like the pick of the bunch for those who place art above endevour

Mike.

Nailz · 05-02-2008 11:56PM

Austria v Germany, Deutschland
Croatia v Holland, Draw
Cyprus v Ukraine, Ukraine
Czech Republic v Poland, Czechoslovakia
England v Switzerland, En-ger-land
FYR Macedonia v Serbia, Serbia will crush them

Georgia v Latvia, Georgia (just because of dodgey Kaladze :cool:)
Greece v Finland, Draw
Hungary v Slovakia, Slovakia
Israel v Romania, Israel
Italy v Portugal, Ooohhh...

Malta v Belarus, ????
Northern Ireland v Bulgaria, Bulgaria
Rep of Ireland v Brazil, Brazil... we're not Brazil, we're shìte!
Slovenia v Denmark, Denmark
Spain v France, Ooohhh...

(again)
Turkey v Sweden, Sweden

chopperbyrne · 05-02-2008 11:59PM

mike65 wrote: »

Sadly for some of us - BBC1 NI is showing er Norn Iron (wtf?!).

It's BBC Northern Ireland, what did you expect?

P_1 · 06-02-2008 12:00AM

Not much travelling involved for a good few of those teams for their away matches.

mike65 · 06-02-2008 12:02AM

It's BBC Northern Ireland, what did you expect?

The chance of showing a decent football game?

Mike.

Vokes · 06-02-2008 12:09AM

Do Montenegro have a game on? Would be interesting to see some highlights if they're playing.

DSB · 06-02-2008 12:28AM

Austria v Germany,Germany
Croatia v Holland, Croatia
Cyprus v Ukraine, Ukraine
Czech Republic v Poland, Czechoslovakia
England v Switzerland, England
FYR Macedonia v Serbia, Serbia
Georgia v Latvia, Georgia
Greece v Finland, Draw
Hungary v Slovakia, Slovakia
Israel v Romania, Draw
Italy v Portugal, Italy
Malta v Belarus, Belarus
Northern Ireland v Bulgaria, Northern Ireland
Rep of Ireland v Brazil, Brazil
Slovenia v Denmark, Denmark
Spain v France, Spain
Turkey v Sweden, Sweden

OPENROAD · 06-02-2008 01:01AM

Austria v Germany,Germany
Croatia v Holland, Holland
Cyprus v Ukraine, Ukraine
Czech Republic v Poland, Draw
England v Switzerland, England
FYR Macedonia v Serbia, Serbia
Georgia v Latvia, Georgia
Greece v Finland, Greece
Hungary v Slovakia, Slovakia
Israel v Romania, Israel
Italy v Portugal, Draw and Ronaldo to pick up an injury hopefully.
Malta v Belarus, Belarus
Northern Ireland v Bulgaria, Northern Ireland
Rep of Ireland v Brazil, Brazil
Slovenia v Denmark, Denmark
Spain v France, Draw, hope Cesc is not playing
Turkey v Sweden, Sweden

Green Giant · 06-02-2008 09:42AM

Austria v Germany - easy German win
Croatia v Holland - Croatia to edge it
Cyprus v Ukraine - sneaking suspicion this will be drawn
Czech Republic v Poland - Czech Republic
England v Switzerland - England by one goal
FYR Macedonia v Serbia - Serbia
Georgia v Latvia - bore draw
Greece v Finland - Greece
Hungary v Slovakia - draw
Israel v Romania - Romania
Italy v Portugal - Italy 2-1
Malta v Belarus - I'd like to think Belarus will take this
Northern Ireland v Bulgaria - NI
Rep of Ireland v Brazil - 1-1, maybe Robbie Keane to transfer his Spurs form to a green shirt at last
Slovenia v Denmark - Slovenia to nick it
Spain v France - Spain 2-0, there will be hell to pay if Fernando Torres gets crocked
Turkey v Sweden - Sweden

_blank_ · 06-02-2008 09:52AM

mike65 wrote: »

Sadly for some of us - BBC1 NI is showing er Norn Iron (wtf?!).

Have you got Sky digital?

You can tune in the other regional BBCs on that, check in the Satellite forum for instructions.

PHB · 06-02-2008 10:40AM

I tell ya, I'd love to watch Portugal Italy, very very interesting tie.

Attractive Nun · 06-02-2008 12:48PM

So, according to this, Capello's England is set to look like...

James

Brown---Ferdinand---Upson---Cole
Bentley--Hargreaves--Gerrard--Young

Cole

Rooney

Interesting...

mike65 · 06-02-2008 01:00PM

Brown at RB over Richards? Hmm.

It is a freindly game after all.

Mike.

PHB · 06-02-2008 01:24PM

Brown has been playing in the best defence in the league at RB, and has been very sold in it. He deserves to be in there ahead of Richards.

I like the look at that team. Natural width. Two excellent technical players up front.
Defensive midfielder dictating player, with a creative midfielder to pass the ball around. Granted no target man, but I don't expect that sort of play from any of Capellos team.

I think this will be an excellent formation to use once Capello can get Gerrard to play properly. He can't lose the ball constantly, so will have to really cut out his tendency to hollywood ball it. That said, it's been a long time since he's felt that a manager wasn't obliged to play him, so I think if he gets instuctions from Capello he'll obey it.

Bubs101 · 06-02-2008 05:03PM

PHB wrote: »

I think this will be an excellent formation to use once Capello can get Gerrard to play properly. He can't lose the ball constantly, so will have to really cut out his tendency to hollywood ball it. That said, it's been a long time since he's felt that a manager wasn't obliged to play him, so I think if he gets instuctions from Capello he'll obey it.

TBH, I think Lampard will go right in to the team when he comes back. He's very very highly rated in Italy and I doubt Capello has heard the convincing (though as a Chelsea fan I must say flawed

) arguments in the Stevie Gerrard song. England should win easily though

Attractive Nun · 06-02-2008 08:16PM

Now apparently Jenas and Barry have come in for Hargreaves and Young. According to the ticker on Sky News anyway. Odd.

So I guess:-

Barry

Bentley---Gerrard---Jenas---Cole

Rooney

Not so sure about this one...

mayordenis · 06-02-2008 08:23PM

so the only match on normal cable in ireland is the NI match?

mike65 · 06-02-2008 08:26PM

Yep.

Mike.

Mr Alan · 06-02-2008 09:43PM

England 1 up, Jenas.

OPENROAD · 06-02-2008 09:56PM

Mr Alan wrote: »

England 1 up, Jenas.

Rooney looks quite poor imo.

Mr. Presentable · 06-02-2008 10:03PM

Italy 1 -0 Portugal

Also Italy had a goal disallowed for who knows what the f.....

Melion · 06-02-2008 10:05PM

Not watching the game but i think Rooney playing upfront on his own is a terrible decision, he cant do it, we've all seen it before.

Mr. Presentable · 06-02-2008 10:07PM

Now 2-0

The worlds best player doesn't look so hot tonight: two dives and two Free kicks that obeyed the laws of physics.....

herbieflowers · 06-02-2008 10:07PM

Melion wrote: »

Not watching the game but i think Rooney playing upfront on his own is a terrible decision, he cant do it, we've all seen it before.

when? the only time I saw Rooney play up front on his own was for Utd against Milan at Old Trafford last season, thought he played pretty well

Mr. Presentable · 06-02-2008 10:10PM

Rooney is strong enough and talented enough to play up on his own if he gets the support from midfield he deserves.

Peyton Manning · 06-02-2008 10:10PM

nipplenuts wrote: »

Now 2-0

The worlds best player doesn't look so hot tonight: two dives and two Free kicks that obeyed the laws of physics.....

God forbid he should not be at the top of his game in a meaningless midweek international friendly. Sell him I say.

Guy:Incognito · 06-02-2008 10:14PM

Archimedes wrote: »

God forbid he should not be at the top of his game in a meaningless midweek international friendly. Sell him I say.

He should'nt feel the need to dive in them either. It falls in with what PHB was saying about needless diving and worsening his reputation with refs, like in the Derby game.

Mr. Presentable · 06-02-2008 10:19PM

Make that three dives.

OK, it's a friendly, but it's a friendly for everybody, and doesn't professionalism in anything mean you do your best?

Mr. Presentable · 06-02-2008 10:33PM

Portugal pull one back - dubious offside, but whatever. Now Italy score to make it 3-1

mike65 · 06-02-2008 10:48PM

Rooney up front could only be a case of Capello seeing how badly it does'nt work!

What was the formation when Crouch came on?

Mike.

06-02-2008 10:54PM

Did anyone else hear Lawro and Motson talking about how Englands Player of the Year was voted for by fans online and then they asked who votes and Lawro said "geeks!"

Priceless!!

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