Gorando 184 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Belgium was just bad. We should have nailed that game.Creating so many chances against a team like France isnt bad to say the least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray 9,441 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Belgium was just bad. We should have nailed that game. Creating so many chances against a team like France isnt bad to say the least True!! I apologize. But ..... We could have won it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duppy Conqueror 1,534 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Would have thought Belgium would be up for beating France every chance they got,can't be many over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weckerz 3,781 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Would have thought Belgium would be up for beating France every chance they got,can't be many over the years. It's about 52%-48% for France actually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Creating so many chances against a team like France isnt bad to say the least but France isn't close to the shadow of what they were... seriously they've been sucking a lot for a few years now... their match against Brazil just before CC was one of the worst matches I've seen a French side bringing... they really aren't the standard...sadly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NishC300 1,865 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 I used to like him when he was captain of Chelsea but he's no expert..footballers generally can't string too many words together so t hey do scrape the barrel when it comes to trying to find ex-players to comment.I often find fans are way more intelligent than players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchekitchek 37 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Finished watching Belgium vs France... quite an average match tbhCourtois was good, Kompany is as great as ever and I loved Witsel and Fellaini's performance. The rest was average; Hazard was good, nothing spectacular; Lukaku is still clumsy; Benteke was disappointing, Chadli was invisible and De Bruyne had better games. kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duppy Conqueror 1,534 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 It's about 52%-48% for France actuallyNot bad considering how many years France have been better. Well unless they have only played each other 3 times or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushman 2,043 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Come on guys. This game was just a walk in the park. Nobody wants to get injured & all players need to play in 4 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weckerz 3,781 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Not bad considering how many years France have been better. Well unless they have only played each other 3 times or something. Apparently its 29 games won versus 24 for France out of 72 games. Even better ^^ Duppy Conqueror, Barbara, Bir_CFC and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorando 184 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) ...nevermind weckerz beat me to it Edited August 14, 2013 by Gorando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duppy Conqueror 1,534 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 I often find fans are way more intelligent than playersOut of recent players only Frank Lampard,Petr Cech,Michael Ballack and Gary Neville really go against the grain. Didn't use to be the case but think the money involved in football in the last 20 years or so has made alot of talented kids not bother getting educated. NishC300 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosnian Blue 2,471 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Jozy Altidore - what a player !Absolutely destroyed us today. Yeah, our coach changed half of the team at HT, but still a fantastic performance by Altidore. Surprisingly big clubs didn't have a look at him so far, but this guy looks as strong as a rock with a pretty good technique and an excellent turn of pace. He's only 23 aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) Scotland can be proud of how they played. Don't think if I was English I'd be celebrating a 3-2 win over Scotland too much though, England were quite shocking. They tried to play through the midfield and it doesn't work when you have 3 players who are all really box to box players of sorts (Gerrard, Lampard/Wilshere, Cleverley), with no Carrick there was a big problem in there for England, no penetration from midfield really except for Walcott's goal. Wilshere couldn't get between the lines as Scotland were so deep and well organized, Gerrard sat deep most of the time and Cleverley was just Cleverley (useless really). England lack a leader in defense... (cough JT, COUGH) Yes Scotland weren't quite Spain but when we got possession some of play was good, it was nothing spectacular but it was encouraging to see as the Scotland I remember all too easily played crappy long ball football to Kenny Miller but still we are a country ranked outside of the top 50 in the world, England are in the top 10 maybe even top 5.... Anyway from a Chelsea point of view, Cahill had another shocker loool, Lampard came on didn't do too much bar a very good shot which McGregor saved. I hope to god Cahill doesn't play as bad as that for us this season because against anyone and I mean anyone (Kenny fucking Miller.....) done him too easily. P.S how good was Leighton Baines btw? Edited August 14, 2013 by RyanDavidson LukakutoStamford, Bosnian Blue and BlueLion71 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 P.S how good was Leighton Baines btw? and when he isn't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 and when he isn't?I suppose Baines is very consistent... he just lacks that goal line clearance ability Ashley has.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 I suppose Baines is very consistent... he just lacks that goal line clearance ability Ashley has.. btw that was a fangirl response. I missed the after it.I meant to simply take a chance to fangirl on him. I'm a huge fan. OneMoSalah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 btw that was a fangirl response. I missed the after it.I meant to simply take a chance to fangirl on him. I'm a huge fan.I'm a huge fan of his too. I'd say if he had the experience Cole has had here and at Arsenal he'd be nailed on to start for England. Still think Ashley's experience edges it perhaps. He'd be an ideal replacement for Ash but I think we'll look at Luke Shaw as Baines is 28 this year IIRC. Barbara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 I suppose Baines is very consistent... he just lacks that goal line clearance ability Ashley has.. Eh? How is that even an ability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Eh? How is that even an abilityWas sarcasm haha, I've never seen Baines do a goal line clearance... Kojo, Reddish-Blue and Barbara 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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