2014 FIFA World Cup

[ThomThomDrum]

[thetime]

Has anyone ever retired from international football and come back? Would it not have been worth while Woy asking him? Terry would have been there is he was asked. Im pretty sure of that

[mrtourette]

Has anyone ever retired from international football and come back? Would it not have been worth while Woy asking him? Terry would have been there is he was asked. Im pretty sure of that

Edited June 19, 2014 by mrtourette

[pink_triangle]

Eh? England a name team?

[ThomThomDrum]

You're pretty sure of it?

The guy retired, it's perfectly reasonable to assume that he didn't want to play any more. If he wanted to play again, then pick up the phone and tell the FA/manager, otherwise they'll get on with their job of choosing players who do want to play. If you're expecting them to go begging to a convicted racist who took the cowardly option rather than facing up to his conviction to anyone outside of his protective Chelsea bubble and who, while probably offering an upgrade over other options, certainly wouldn't be any kind of saviour as he wasn't really that good in the first place (his mistake to allow Helder Postiga to score in Euro 2004 was just as bad as Jagielka's tonight) then I think you're putting the onus on the wrong party.

Edited June 19, 2014 by ThomThomDrum

[thetime]

So the 2 defining moments of the season will be Gerrard slipping and his assist for Suarez to knock England out of the world cup.

Not all bad...

[ThomThomDrum]

So the 2 defining moments of the season will be Gerrard slipping and his assist for Suarez to knock England out of the world cup.

Not all bad...

[Wooderson]

Hilarious game on a variety of levels. Hope Suarez gets booed to high heaven next season.

[Wooderson]

So the 2 defining moments of the season will be Gerrard slipping and his assist for Suarez to knock England out of the world cup.

Not all bad...

[thetime]

Hilarious game on a variety of levels. Hope Suarez gets booed to high heaven next season.

[ThomThomDrum]

Can't imagine to many English fans at Real Madrid games.

[lost]

so when will the calls for Arry start?

[pink_triangle]

so when will the calls for Arry start?

[mrtourette]

Best centre half in the PL last year

He did not want to retire did he, but, really? He felt he could not stay on due to his relationship with the FA?? It was very much not your standard retirement for sure

And yes Im pretty sure if Woy asked "hey fancy playing for your country in a World Cup" that he would have said yes

Woy did not want him and his baggage and hid behind his "retirement"

Edit - Was he convicted??? Thought he was not

Edited June 19, 2014 by mrtourette

[thetime]

The interesting thing is even if England lose against Costa Rica (which I don't think they will) its difficult to see a natural successor to Hodgson unless they look overseas.

Edited June 19, 2014 by thetime

[pink_triangle]

You're pretty sure of it?

The guy retired, it's perfectly reasonable to assume that he didn't want to play any more. If he wanted to play again, then pick up the phone and tell the FA/manager, otherwise they'll get on with their job of choosing players who do want to play. If you're expecting them to go begging to a convicted racist who took the cowardly option rather than facing up to his conviction to anyone outside of his protective Chelsea bubble and who, while probably offering an upgrade over other options, certainly wouldn't be any kind of saviour as he wasn't really that good in the first place (his mistake to allow Helder Postiga to score in Euro 2004 was just as bad as Jagielka's tonight) then I think you're putting the onus on the wrong party.

On tonight's showing he would have been a better option than Jagielka, but on tonight's showing so would Chris Smalling or Steven Caulker. I think it may be exaggerating slightly to suggest that the FA/Roy Hodgson should have gone to Terry asking him to come out of retirement.

[pink_triangle]

I think they will have to go for a non English manager, the top 9 clubs from last season all have non English managers.

The likes of pardew, allardyce or pulis won't get it.

[mrtourette]

Theres no comparison between Terry and Jagielka. While the former made mistakes, he made things tough for opposing forwards. When they saw his name on a teamsheet they took notice, when they see Jagielka its probably a case of phil who?

However when it comes to centre backs Hodgson should be sympathized for having to deal with lesser players rather than criticized for not picking those who have retired.

Edited June 19, 2014 by mrtourette

[thetime]

Pulis is a non English manager!!

[LondonTom]

On tonight's showing he would have been a better option than Jagielka, but on tonight's showing so would Chris Smalling or Steven Caulker. I think it may be exaggerating slightly to suggest that the FA/Roy Hodgson should have gone to Terry asking him to come out of retirement.

[dentalplan]

Gary Neville please.

Boring how Gerrard's gonna get all the stick for this one despite being one of the best performers out there tonight - not that that's saying much. Uruguay pretty much deserved to win and no single moment tipped it in their favour.

Out of interest, when was the last time we had a poor defence?

[Andre91]

In my opinion, there is only one British manager who would be the right choice for England, and that is Brendan Rodgers. But he isn't going to leave Liverpool so they will have to look for a foreign manager as mentioned.

[dentalplan]

So whose next England captain? Rooney?

[thetime]

In my opinion, there is only one British manager who would be the right choice for England, and that is Brendan Rodgers. But he isn't going to leave Liverpool so they will have to look for a foreign manager as mentioned.

[thetime]

Joe Hart.