tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305109634987809620.post9154094787712012768..comments2023-05-08T15:11:12.192+01:00Comments on The Rise and Rise of Tim Lovejoy: Next Stop - PanicvilleEwarwoowarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01188994060142858403noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305109634987809620.post-23689428483044705682010-06-22T22:19:49.649+01:002010-06-22T22:19:49.649+01:00I'm going to sound a bit boring, but I agree e...I'm going to sound a bit boring, but I agree entirely with this. Quite frankly the media reaction to the USA game made me angry every time I picked a paper up. Granted, Rob Green dropped a bollock but he wasn't entirely to blame for us not winning that match, and I thought several papers went way over the top in their criticism. I was a bit more accepting of the hammering we got in the press after Algeria because the performance merited it. All this does is highlight the ridiculous levels of expectation heaped on the England team. I genuinely believe that, on form, we have as good a chance as anyone of winning the World Cup, but we must be considered outsiders really, and the public expectation never seems to reflect this.<br /><br />For what its worth, I agree with that team and expect Capello to go with a very similar line up. Gerrard was fantastic against the USA and surely his positioning for the goal is justification enough for playing him just behind Rooney. He plays there week in week out, so make use of him there.<br /><br />Do I think we will go through? Well it'd be typical of us to battle to an epic win tomorrow and then go out in the last 16 with a whimper at the weekend, but if we find our form we potentially have a good chance of getting to the semi-finals. I think we are lucky in that the players, deep down, really want to do well and I think that is what will make the difference between us going through as opposed to fading away. Either way, it will be one hell of a tense afternoon and I'm glad I booked it off work!Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12648522603501747348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305109634987809620.post-77527255285723308292010-06-21T14:06:33.226+01:002010-06-21T14:06:33.226+01:00I'd stick with Gerrard, changing it now would ...I'd stick with Gerrard, changing it now would be crazy.<br /><br />Comrades! The above 'Ewarwoowar' who commented above is not me. How wonderfully confusing.Ewarwoowarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01188994060142858403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305109634987809620.post-30965049658624347452010-06-21T13:55:52.218+01:002010-06-21T13:55:52.218+01:00One interesting thing you haven't covered - wh...One interesting thing you haven't covered - who would be your captain? I say Barry, you?Danhttp://davyancowboy.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305109634987809620.post-75789096548130061502010-06-21T13:46:07.568+01:002010-06-21T13:46:07.568+01:00I think you should be manager. And official team M...I think you should be manager. And official team MS Painter.Ewarwoowarhttp://www.twitter.com/ewarwoowarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305109634987809620.post-66848522983415555572010-06-21T13:37:11.283+01:002010-06-21T13:37:11.283+01:00I don't know much about football, but everythi...I don't know much about football, but everything you just wrote made perfect sense.Chinnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245958448815642850noreply@blogger.com