England World Cup Blogs
• What Exactly Is Going On In Here?
When he first arrived, he was hailed as the man who would sort it out. he had an impressive record, getting silverware with all four of his clubs. He was the disciplinarian, slightly old-fashioned, but he got things done. Not to mention, his fancy specs scream authoritarian. But recently, things seem to be getting a [...]
Posted on >11 Mar 2010 at 6:28pm
• England Flashback: Beckham Gets a Red Card vs Argentina in 1998
I posted about Beckham’s most famous sending off on the main page earlier, but thought it was worth re-posting here on the England blog too.
We all know what happened. The 23 year old David Beckham was fouled by Diego Simeone, and then foolishly had a kick at Simeone’s calf in retaliation. The ref saw it, [...]
Posted on >10 Mar 2010 at 6:53pm
• What Exactly Is Going On In Here?
When he first arrived, he was hailed as the man who would sort it out. he had an impressive record, getting silverware with all four of his clubs. He was the disciplinarian, slightly old-fashioned, but he got things done. Not to mention, his fancy specs scream authoritarian. But recently, things seem to be getting a [...]
Posted on >11 Mar 2010 at 6:28pm
• England Flashback: Beckham Gets a Red Card vs Argentina in 1998
I posted about Beckham’s most famous sending off on the main page earlier, but thought it was worth re-posting here on the England blog too.
We all know what happened. The 23 year old David Beckham was fouled by Diego Simeone, and then foolishly had a kick at Simeone’s calf in retaliation. The ref saw it, [...]
Posted on >10 Mar 2010 at 6:53pm
• FA Try to Suppress Bugged England Conversation
After yesterday’s nice news, its a return to the norm today, as the FA have discovered that a bugged conversation between Fabio Capello and his players before England’s win against Egypt last week was offered to the press. The FA have warned the press that it would illegal for them to publish the material as [...]
Posted on >9 Mar 2010 at 2:39pm
• Theo Walcott Reminds Us How Good He Is
Yeah, Theo’s performance for England vs Egypt was a little underwhelming. But based on the highlights I saw of Arsenal 3-1 Burnley, the young man still has plenty to offer the England team at World Cup 2010.
Walcott delivered some dangerous crosses from the right flank, crosses that a better striker than Nicklas Bendtner probably would [...]
Posted on >8 Mar 2010 at 11:04pm
• Beckham Should Go to the World Cup
An interesting article over at the Guardian today, which suggests that taking David Beckham to South Africa doesn’t really make any sense. The thrust of the argument is this – we have other more/similarly talented players waiting in the wings that we just can’t afford to leave at home.
The focus is particularly on Theo [...]
Posted on >7 Mar 2010 at 2:35pm
• Owen?s Done
We were all hopeful when Michael Owen made his daring move to Manchester United. It showed drive, ambition, and guts really, to go from the bench of a relegated club to the best (they won the league afterall) club in the division, and one of the best clubs in the world. His reasons were pretty [...]
Posted on >5 Mar 2010 at 4:05pm
• Win a Trip to See England?s World Cup 2010 Preparation in Austria
Remember how earlier I mentioned England were heading to Austria in May for a World Cup training camp? Well the above video is to promote a competition from Mars (the nougaty/caramely chocolate bar people) in which you can win a trip to Austria to see the England players in training for World Cup 2010.
Terry Butcher, [...]
Posted on >5 Mar 2010 at 1:56am
• England?s World Cup 2010 Preparations: Training in Austria, Friendlies vs Mex...
The FA has very helpfully released the timeline of England’s World Cup preparations.
Capello will name what’s expected to be a 28 man provisional squad on May 16th, for a training camp in Irdning, Austria (pictured, sort of, or at least that’s how I imagine it will look). Why Austria? I’m not 100% sure, but my [...]
Posted on >4 Mar 2010 at 8:57pm
• Things We Learned From The Friendly With Egypt
England v Egyptby oodinjeta
Usually, the main point of friendlies is to learn. To try things out, to see what works, and build from it. Certainly, last night’s friendly with Egypt (highlights above) was quite productive in that case.
4-4-2 Should Be Left In The Past
We’ve got a big soft spot in this country for 4-4-2 [...]
Posted on >4 Mar 2010 at 1:23pm
• England 3-1 Egypt Highlights
Slightly odd game at Wembley, which I supposed isn’t a huge surprise given all that’s happened in the buildup. Speaking of which, John Terry looked less than sure of himself, beginning the game by fluffing a simple pass out wide to Wes Brown.
What else can we say? Matty Upson needs to not fall over when [...]
Posted on >4 Mar 2010 at 7:41am
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