IM NOT COCKY IM CONFIDENT, SO WHEN YOU TELL ME I WAS RIGHT IT’S A COMPLEMENT...ENGLAND WORLD CUP THOUGHTS
By M. B. Zaidi
Ok so my thoughts on England a couple days before the match were pretty much correct, click here to see what was written on England before the match.
Even though I would prefer that England play brilliant football...I REALLY didnt think we would and knew that we couldn't score from open play. I put a bet on Beckham being first scorer...and hey...it payed off nicely...a bit of luck perhaps, but an "educated guess" is what I prefer to call it...mainly because then my family cant call me a gambler-holic...anway back to why ENGLAND WOULDNT SCORE IN OPEN PLAY...
If Rooney was 100% MATCH FIT...not normal fitness, but MATCH FIT...then I would think England could score in open play, a fully match fit Wayne Rooney in any team would give it the potential to score plenty of goals. Thats because Wayne is a winner...a fighter and a boy next door GLADIATOR who will play football when he is 56 years old...not professionally, just at home with Coleen and the kids...thats because football is his life and that is what makes him such a great player. But even though he is all of these things, he isn’t superman…A 100% match fit Rooney could have made that 4-5-1 work…potentially…of course only if the rest of team did its job correctly, Lampard once again shot 62 times and scored nothing…proving what I had written before the game correct…but don’t get me wrong, he is a very DECENT player, just not like the overhyped BBC and Sky portray. He isn’t the second best player in the world as voted for in November 2005…that is quite ridiculous to tell you the truth…
Anyway back to….Rooney also could have made the team work if another player was playing with him upfront, because a player who has just come back from an injury like he has cant be expected to run after every ball in both the left and right channels…he did VERY well considering the circumstances in my opinion…great to see him back and he will be a great force for years to come…
Just the question remains if we can do anything against a Portugal side which won a WWE type brawl against Holland last night…that was hilarious stuff, even though it spoiled an end to end match which was shaping up to be a fantastic spectacle. Van Persie twice made Portugal players fall over with his Bergkampesque balance…that had me going all over the place…thanks Robin.
Anyway, I won the bet on Beckham to score because it was a lucky choice with high odds as he hasn’t scored in some time and then another “live bet” for it to stay 1-0 as soon as Beckham scored….I’ve been on a bit of a roll recently, don’t want to jinx it though, but I managed to spice up the boring Ukraine vs Switzerland game by winning another two bets in the penalty shootout…OH GOSH I sound like an addict…that should call it a day now but more tomorrow on Spain vs France which doesn’t need much introduction for the Arsenal fans out there…Fabregas should be playing and Henry has perhaps a bit to prove to all the haters who cant get off his back, but I will write on that tomorrow…Au revoir all.
posted by ArsenalReview.co.uk @ 9:54 PM
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4 Comments:
yh i hope some haters of henry who say he doesn't play as well for france as he does arsenal realise that he is 2nd in the all-time france goal scorers list with 35 goals in 81 appearances, only 6 behind the great michel platini who has 41. he was also the french top scorer in their world cup winning year of 98, which may not sound a big deal, but considering he was only 20 years old, it is a bigger deal than it seems. it shouldn't be long before he becomes all time french top scorer. maybe they'll get off his back then.
For your thoughts: What satisfies me is that all the teams who never deserved to be there in the first place are now out. Basically football is essentially a European and South American game, with an emerging Africa, well represented this time by Ghana. Its only the overblown FIFA ambition to be world inclusive that allows teams from North America, Asia and the middle east to qualify, we would be better off without them and now they are all out, we can get on with the proper business of seeing who is the best football team around - surely not England, although this whole thing has a strange ring of 1966 about it!
All I hope is that Arsene will not sign any of the following:
Australians
Americans
Japanese
Koreans
Crespo
Heinze
Lampard - he'll be on his way soon, mark my words!
Beckham
Kuyt or almost any other Dutch players
He could sign:
SWP
Droghba - don't laugh
Ya Ya
Buffon
Any of those Italian defenders who were brilliant
What do you think
Brazil, Ghana, France, Spain today! Almost too much to contemplate!
Thank you for your comments...Yes indeed it is quite a bit too much to contemplate but that is what makes the world cup such a special occasion, this is the business end of things now so it is what we have all been waiting for…YES it has been a good tournament so far but this is where we get to see the BIG exciting games and the two today will be nothing far from that I hope. Brazil who hit top form in their last game face Ghana who have represented Africa with such pride and honour that you cant rule them out…causing an upset against the Brazilians would be a bit too much to expect, but you can never say never with that sort of team…even though I just said it twice...
Thanks Aua for your comments too…couldn’t agree with you more about Henry, he is about to become the French top scorer of all time and they cant get off his back…but lets just hope it turns it on today…more later.
EASY MATEY no need to get aggy on me, simple mistake that tends to happen when you write with 3 hours sleep...thanks anways mate just no need to be rude about it...
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