The England game is so boring, I've taken to the internet.

Why, oh why, is it so boring to watch England?

And can we please do away with these awful blue shirts. Horrendous.

Andrew,

I have a theory, which is...England are only good to watch when we have gone a goal behind early in the game. That way we have to attack and break free of the silly shackles we seem to inherit on the pitch.

Not always true, but a few of the great games, eg Germany 5:1 started that way.

As soon as we go ahead, especially early on, you just know the rest is going to be back foot, irrelevant of who we are playing.

Quoted from Andrew The England game is so boring, I've taken to the internet. Why, oh why, is it so boring to watch England? And can we please do away with these awful blue shirts. Horrendous.

We're really bad to watch because we're actually pretty bad.  Our players have little skill when on the ball which is why our best tactic is to bore the oppostion.  We can't pass over 10 yards and have very few players who look comfortable on the ball.

Glad to see Roy grow some balls and sub Rooney.  He hasn't played well for England for about 5 years!

Not sure I subscribe to the theory that are boys are simply not good enough. In the past few years, we've had some top, top players who prove their quality with their clubs consistently. I'd say that part of it is mentality, part of it ridiculous media coverage, part of it unrealistic expectations, and finally, part of it is poor management at crucial times. The players don't gel for a mixture of those reasons, I think.

What's been clear to me, however, is we made a big error in choosing Hodgson over Redknapp. Redknapp would've had us playing football and would've zeroed in on this fragility of confidence in their ability as a team, the caution that automatically sets in once we're up a goal and the obvious lack of collective purpose.

As a wise man once said: "Defeat is one thing, disgrace is another".

Awww you guys are sooo cute discussing why your crap....

I have a theory too.... It's because your crap

Yeah.... We beat the Faroe islands ..... So I can say that.... It might have taking us to the 2nd half to score... But we won and probably the only game we will win.

Mark

Crap? We ain't that good.

What are your thoughts on this Trappatoni bother?

The Irish are getting tired of him... his tactics are so defensive... but we are a limited country when it comes to players, a few good ones here and there, but nothing like the Jack Charlton era.... Houghtan, Aldridge, Mc Grath, O'Leary and so on... But I think it's time for him to move on... As big Jack used to say"Ill stay as long as the people want me"... Well nobody wants Trapp


Mark

Quoted from alffy We're really bad to watch because we're actually pretty bad.

I disagree, I blame the wet pitch. It meant we couldn’t get into our normal high pressure game which makes for an attacking style which we all love to watch, and what England normally produce… Right?

Quoted from Andrew In the past few years, we've had some top, top players who prove their quality with their clubs consistently.

Exactly! We have top players, not world class players. Apart from Rooney, where are England’s superstars now, who are not above 30?

Quoted from Andrew we made a big error in choosing Hodgson over Redknapp. Redknapp would've had us playing football and would've zeroed in on this fragility of confidence in their ability as a team, the caution that automatically sets in once we're up a goal and the obvious lack of collective purpose.

I agree with you, Redknapp would have been a great man manager bringing, not only immediate confidence, but also attacking football.

However, I think we would need to look at the other side of the coin, which is that Redknapp only has one game plan 4-4-2 and attack. This may have been excellent for games against teams like Poland, although I feel that he would lack the criteria to bring down a bigger nation.

Hodgson was the safe choice with lots of International experience and a better tactician but he’s lacking when it comes to entertaining football, and sometimes that is all the public wants me thinks.

THis is lawros predictions

Tottenham v Chelsea
1-2
Fulham v Aston Villa
2-1
Liverpool v Reading
2-0
Man Utd v Stoke
3-0
Swansea v Wigan
1-1
West Brom v Man City
1-2
West Ham v Southampton
2-0
Norwich v Arsenal
0-2

SUNDAY
Sunderland v Newcastle
1-1

QPR v Everton
1-1

Good shout.

We going again, boys?

I'll say:

Tottenham v Chelsea
2-1
Fulham v Aston Villa
2-0
Liverpool v Reading
3-0
Man Utd v Stoke
3-0
Swansea v Wigan
2-2
West Brom v Man City
0-2
West Ham v Southampton
2-1
Norwich v Arsenal
0-3

SUNDAY

Sunderland v Newcastle
1-0
QPR v Everton
3-2

My predictions

Tottenham v Chelsea
1-1
Fulham v Aston Villa
1-1
Liverpool v Reading
2-0
Man Utd v Stoke
1-0
Swansea v Wigan
1-2
West Brom v Man City
1-2
West Ham v Southampton
2-2
Norwich v Arsenal
1-4

SUNDAY
Sunderland v Newcastle
1-1

QPR v Everton
1-2

Mark

Only one score matters:

FULHAM 0 ASTON VILLA 4

Spurs v Chelsea 2-2
Fulham v Villa 2-1
Liverpool v Reading 1-0
Man Utd v Stoke 4-0
Swansea v Wigan 2-1
West Brom v Man City 2-2
West Ham v Southamton 2-0
Norwich v Arsenal 0-3
Sunderland v Newcastle 1-1
QPR v Everton 2-1

Lets see how badly I do this weekend lol.

Throwing my tips in just in time
     

Tottenham V Chelsea 2-1
     
Fulham V Aston Villa     1-1     

Liverpool V Reading 3-0

Man Utd V Stoke 3-0

Swansea V Wigan 1-2

West Brom V Man City 2-2

West Ham V Southampton 2-0          

Norwich V Arsenal 0-4

Sunderland V Newcastle 2-1

QPR V Everton 3-2

Strange how everyone picked Arsenal to win easily....funny old game.