The Three Lions

[CaptainCharisma]

goal! Fat Lampard! will England hold on?

[CaptainCharisma]

England took its chance and won it, I know its a friendly but its always nice to win against the World/Euro champs, something to learn from and build upon, Spain wasted its chances but props to the English defence holding them for 90 minutes

MOTM: Scott fckn Parker

[hooney]

hahahaha!!!thanks Reina!!!!!hahahaha!

[hooney]

ok nothing to take away from Spain, England maybe lucky but a win is a win, i also think that the Armada is the better team here, still a long way to go for England

[renz_reggy03]

Wow. England won!

[hooney]

the beauty of football is sometimes you never know the odds

[renz_reggy03]

Friendly: Another 1-0 win for England. The Three Lions beat Sweden for the first time since when?

[CaptainCharisma]

1968, when they were the defending World Champions

[renz_reggy03]

Beaten this 2011. Yey!

[hooney]

looking back at the World Cup last year i cant see a Capello led team winning the Euro

[fred2265]

What does anyone think about the John Terry situation. I think the allegation of racism is so serious he should not just be removed as captain but should not be even selected to play as long as the matter is in the legal system.

[phillo]

Well I think the FA have made an almighty **** up over this John Terry situation. How can they seriously remove him as captain without consulting the manager. It would be like club owners telling Fergie and Dalglish to drop Evra and Gerrard, it just wouldn't happen. After having his authority undermined like this, I'm not at all surprised that Capello's had enough and decided to call it quits. Leaves England in a very interesting situation going into the Euro's.

[TheYoungblood]

Still shocked with Capello's departure. Wow. Kudos to Harry Redknapp as one of the possible choices.

"We have accepted Fabio's resignation, agreeing this is the right decision."
David Bernstein, FA chairman

[TheYoungblood]

Press conference in Wembley now...

[TheYoungblood]

As much as I can't agree on the John Terry incident, that I can't see the future of England now with Capello gone. If we remember, England was in 12th position when Capello was appointed, and in the past year, England is on the Top 5 with Capello as manager. His then predecessor, McClaren didn't even sent England in to the EURO 2008 but yeah, let's just see the future of Terry and England in the coming months.

[nwfirstranger]

I can see Harry taking the job. The players want him and the English people approves plus he has done a remarkable job in Tottenham in just a few years.

[nuss]

anyway, the point is, throwing a bunch of young players together who are not familiar with each other's game and expect them to perform after just a week's training with each other is just not gonna work (unless they all come from the same club), they need to be slowly bedded in. They won't get the same support they're getting at club level and every little mistake they make is magnified & scrutinised by the notoriously rabid British media...

Agreed, Spain & Germany are much better, especially Spain. Sometimes I wonder if it would be better for England if UEFA bring the rules back from the early 90s (prior to the Bosman rule) where there's a quota of 3 foreign players allowed to play for each team in European competitions -- would certainly force clubs to breed mostly British players. The influx of foreign players into the Premier League has certainly hurt the development of young English players.

and this was the point of one of my posts in the azkals and ufl threads which got drowned out by the troll posts that time. what system is better/more beneficial, a balanced domestic league where the national team players are spread out among a number of clubs or a cohesive national squad playing under one club to the detriment of the balance of the domestic league?

[seether05]

I wish Wilshere would not get selected for the England squad in the Euros.
He's just coming off from a pretty long injury, and with the events that have transpired for the 3L (Terry ban, Shrek ban, Cappelo out). England doesn't have the best of chances going to this tourney.

[phillo]

Stuart Pearce's England squad to face the Netherlands next week:

Goalkeepers: Scott Carson (Bursaspor), Joe Hart (Manchester City), Robert Green (West Ham United).

Defenders: Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Leighton Baines (Everton), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Micah Richards (Manchester City), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur).

Midfielders: Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Tom Cleverley (Manchester United), Stewart Downing (Liverpool), Adam Johnson (Manchester City), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), James Milner (Manchester City), Scott Parker (Tottenham Hotspur), Ashley Young (Manchester United), Theo Walcott (Arsenal).

Strikers: Darren Bent (Aston Villa), Fraizer Campbell (Sunderland), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Danny Welbeck (Manchester United).

[hooney]

surprised he didnt include Carrick but im not upset