merse
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Post by merse on Sept 9, 2009 19:01:24 GMT
 Good luck to the lads tonight......................I can just picture TB1  at Wembley resplendent in his "Eggland" shirt! 
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chelstongull
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Post by chelstongull on Sept 9, 2009 19:12:10 GMT
1 nil to the England boys ;D
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Post by papalazarou on Sept 9, 2009 19:46:17 GMT
Anyone else notice Buckland Athletic at Wembley! They were on the clubs need you rolling advertisement on the pitch side boards!
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Dave
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Post by Dave on Sept 9, 2009 19:57:19 GMT
Anyone else notice Buckland Athletic at Wembley! They were on the clubs need you rolling advertisement on the pitch side boards! Yes I did and I was going to post that, you know what that Stadium may have been a long time coming, may have had build problems along the way, but boy does it look good up high from the Sky's of London. How great to hear the National anthem and see the cards held up to make the St Gorge flag and lets not forget a great first hand performance so far by the England team. |
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Rob
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Post by Rob on Sept 9, 2009 20:56:12 GMT
We're a bit good, aren't we?
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merse
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Post by merse on Sept 9, 2009 20:58:21 GMT
Well done boys.............................eight wins out of eight, 5-1 and our most impressive qualifying campaign ever. At last a national team to be proud of and Grazi Fabio!!!!!!!!!!!!  I've got a 7am pick up at the Plaza Hotel at Wembley Stadium in the morning for a corporate golf day down at lovely Tylney Park down in leafy Hampshire......................now I wonder where my client is right now?
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Dave
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Post by Dave on Sept 9, 2009 21:05:40 GMT
Eight wins from eight starts is does not get any better than that and how good it is to feel so good about the England team again.We made it look like a walk in the park, but we all know the games in the finals are going to be that much tougher.
It just shows really what a big part the manager does play, because its pretty much all the same players who so often have not performed in an England shirt. I loved it when they put the camera on the Notts County manager and said his club could afford to buy all the players on show and then joked they might fancy Rooney.
Shame Heskey did not get a goal, it has been a big surprise to me how he even got back into the England team, but he does play his part and has shown he has been worth bring back into the team.
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Dave
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Post by Dave on Sept 9, 2009 21:08:43 GMT
I've got a 7am pick up at the Plaza Hotel at Wembley ? I did stay on the Plaza at Hyde Park when I had to go to London for the milkman of the year award,but I guess its miles away from the one you are picking up from ;D |
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Post by aussie on Sept 9, 2009 21:34:46 GMT
Very well done you Englanders, impressed I am! I tried to help by putting a quid on at the bookies for Croatia to win, knowing that when I put money on a team they only bloody lose every time, so I`d like to think it was a good and cheap move or insurance policy!  |
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Post by Fonda on Sept 11, 2009 10:56:41 GMT
Capello has worked wonders - but off the field more than on it i reckon. He obviously commands respect in a way Mclaren was never going to manage, but it's a little more than that. By simply ditching the 'WAGS' culture and being a little more strict on players off-field habits and pre-match rituals, he's given us a team to be proud of once again. The players really ought to have had sufficient professionalism to make such changes unecessary, but i guess that's wishful thinking. They are clearly aware that they need to perform to stay in the side now too - whoever they are. That wasn't always the case and makes a refreshing change. Players that have to perform, are more likely to. It's not rocket science. The team/squad is a pretty well oiled machine now. If the finals were next month, we'd be right in there challenging, so hopefully we can maintain similar performance levels over the next 10 months. If we can, we'll be a force to be reckoned with.
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