he was doing as much pulling and tugging himself
If you want a comparison take a look at Zidane in the first few minutes against Brazil. More or less same thing happened, but he rode three or four tackles and set the tone for the rest of the game. And if he went down do you think he would have tried the same low-life dirty trick as Rooney?
Nope. For all the talk of their world clbutt players (best prospects in a generation LOL) England have nobody in the same clbutt as Zidane. Gerrard non-existent. Lampard non-existent. Some excuse for Lampard who hasn't been on this stage yet but by now Gerrard should be buttuming a bit more control in these games and dictating play a lot more. He hasn't got the maturity and at this stage it looks as though he never will have it.
partisan dutchman on englandJol- " The pleading of Cristiano Ronaldo for the referee to take action against his clubmate Wayne Rooney was not surprising, but it was a disgrace for football" "Did England really...
And to those who say he was curtailed by the system i ask you, would you let yourself be curtailed by the system if it was the World Cup and your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show the rest of the world how good you are? f***ing no way would I be hampered by the manager especially if I thought I might have just one world cup left.
i can't believeNo thinking person could, realistically, have expected more than we got under Sven simply because he never put a TEAM together. The optimism came from the potential and the quality...
The football pitch is barely over 100? metres long and 70? wide. Hardly a f***ing trek to the North Pole from one end to the other.
Nope. It's only the average players who find themselves limited in an area so small. The greatest playeers in the world occupy the space as though it was all theirs -- + His Holiness Pope Pompous XVIII
Prayer for the Day -- "Oh Lord keep Me humble"