England vs Spain

[Elton]

Anyway, moving swiftly on....

[hembo]

only one team turned up and it wasnt england!

[Guest Rabbit]

Anyway, moving swiftly on....

 

Thought England looked in good form for the first 20 minutes or so, never have seen a England team play such neat passing...so considering it was a much under strength squad I am not too depressed that we lost to a very good and strong Spanish team..

I for one I prefer the more mobile type of striking partnership, perhaps Defoe and or Owen with Rooney which will break down defences as good as Spain. Beckham looked good and deserved a whole 45 minutes, some of his passing was the sort of thing that we cannot replace just yet. James looks error prone still, Green was better.

Onwards and Upwards

[Alan Stubbs]

The word 'outclassed' was what came to my mind.

 

Did the Spanish 'keeper have to make a save from a goal-bound shot? I've never seen an England side so far on the back foot.

[hembo]

Spain

Team Statistics

England

 

 

 

 

2

Goals

0

 

 

 

 

1

1st Half Goals

0

 

 

 

 

4

Shots on Target

4

 

 

 

 

2

Shots off Target

4

 

 

 

 

8

Blocked Shots

2

 

 

 

 

4

Corners

2

 

 

 

 

16

Fouls

20

 

 

 

 

3

Offsides

2

 

 

 

 

0

Yellow Cards

1

 

 

 

 

0

Red Cards

0

 

 

 

 

87.8

Passing Success

83.2

 

 

 

 

15

Tackles

19

 

 

 

 

73.3

Tackles Success

68.4

 

 

 

 

57.1

Possession

42.9

 

 

 

 

53.4

Territorial Advantage

46.6

[merlino bill]

OI OI,

Sol cambell could have scored if he had'nt dived for a penalty, and S.W.P. soon lernt to dive playing for chelsea, i think ENGLAND was sh$te & the best team won, second goal was excellent, ENGLAND oh dear !!!!!!!!!!

[lyn]

I gave up watching in disgust. The way England were passing the ball around in their own half, looked as if they were time wasting with a good lead and the number of times they passed to Spain I know we were missing some good players but we should have done better with the players that were out there. I was surprised to see David James in goal given the way he has been playing or not as the case may be!

 

Glad I spent most of the match watching Terry Pracket, much more interesting, even fliting over to see how the castle being restored on Grand Designs was coming on was more exciting than the match, lets hope our rugby team do better on Saturday

 

lyn

[captain cojones]

i thought it was a splendid game!

[jedibond]

I gave up watching in disgust. The way England were passing the ball around in their own half, looked as if they were time wasting with a good lead and the number of times they passed to Spain I know we were missing some good players but we should have done better with the players that were out there. I was surprised to see David James in goal given the way he has been playing or not as the case may be!

 

Glad I spent most of the match watching Terry Pracket, much more interesting, even fliting over to see how the castle being restored on Grand Designs was coming on was more exciting than the match, lets hope our rugby team do better on Saturday

 

lyn

 

I wouldn't count on it lyn. Playing away to the defending champions who, let's face it, love nothing more than beating England doesn't sound like a winning formula to me. Especially if they play any thing like they did last week !

[Guest Rabbit]

I gave up watching in disgust. The way England were passing the ball around in their own half, looked as if they were time wasting with a good lead and the number of times they passed to Spain I know we were missing some good players but we should have done better with the players that were out there. I was surprised to see David James in goal given the way he has been playing or not as the case may be!

 

Glad I spent most of the match watching Terry Pracket, much more interesting, even fliting over to see how the castle being restored on Grand Designs was coming on was more exciting than the match, lets hope our rugby team do better on Saturday

lyn

 

Looks like you took your eye off the ball Lyn, but still managed to appraise the match?

The passing by England was not the problem Lyn.in fact that element of their game has improved, sometimes as a team you need games like this to raise our own game, we were very weakened as a team, so don't read too much into the result.

As far as the rugby is concerned, unless you support Wales I fear you will be a bit disappointed

Edited February 12, 2009 by Rabbit