Worldwide Soccer Thread I

[Az]

Poor Frisk. I really liked his refereeing.

[MikeH]

Really?

I never saw him have a good game.

[MikeH]

But the behaviour of the Chelsea 'fans' threatening him was disgraceful, and it's really sad he felt he had to retire. I hope they find the people who sent stuff and arrest them.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I don't think Downing is quite ready for the full international stage

He could get some good experience against NI and Azer though . I think he'd be able to hold his own. Get a few games under his belt and perhaps in WC 2006, he could be a force. Just tell him to learn how to defend .

I guess a 4-3-3 could be an option is Downing isn't ready if it is more like a 4-3-1-2 (one in the hole). Though I'd really like to see what SWP can do on the right wing side.

[MikeH]

Yeah, in the long term we can have Downing and SWP on either wing.

I'd have really liked to see in the last game, Johnson in the middle with Downing and SWP as real out and out wingers, like Chelsea use Duff and Robben. That would have been really interesting. But OH NO! What was Sven thinking?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by MikeH
But the behaviour of the Chelsea 'fans' threatening him was disgraceful, and it's really sad he felt he had to retire. I hope they find the people who sent stuff and arrest them.

You always have a few idiots that ruin things for everyone. And you can usually tell who they are. They are the morons who are happy the guy quit.

[Az]

Really?

I never saw him have a good game.

I never saw him have a bad one. You know, a REALLY bad one. I've seen plenty of other referees have those, and that's much more important.

[MikeH]

I didn't say I was happy he quit.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by MikeH
Yeah, in the long term we can have Downing and SWP on either wing.

I'd have really liked to see in the last game, Johnson in the middle with Downing and SWP as real out and out wingers, like Chelsea use Duff and Robben. That would have been really interesting. But OH NO! What was Sven thinking?

What is Sven ever thinking?

That would have been a good time to try it as well. To see if they've got it. We still don't know if Johnson has what it takes. He may, but it would have been nice to see what he could do in the last match. Put him with Owen and see if he can cut it.

[MikeH]

Originally posted by Azazel

Really?

I never saw him have a good game.

I never saw him have a bad one. You know, a REALLY bad one. I've seen plenty of other referees have those, and that's much more important.

He was really bad in that Chelsea Barca match, and not just in decisions against Chelsea.

Mind you, even Collina didn't have a great game in the replay and he's the refereeing Pele.

[MikeH]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


What is Sven ever thinking?

That would have been a good time to try it as well. To see if they've got it. We still don't know if Johnson has what it takes. He may, but it would have been nice to see what he could do in the last match. Put him with Owen and see if he can cut it.

Yeah. Johnson did miles better than I thought he would on the right wing though, but frankly what's the point of it?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by MikeH


I didn't say I was happy he quit.

I didn't say you were. I was talking about the idiots that sent him death threats.

[MikeH]

Ok, I thought you were making a funny point as I'd just said I'd never seen him have a good game.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Man, the posters on bigsoccer.com are furious that Heskey's been named 5th striker and are, predictably, question Sven's heterosexuality because of the pick .

[MikeH]

Sounds like a site to avoid then.

Or to start a thread praising Phil Neville.