18 Nov 2014 22:00:51
This post is mostly about england with a hint of everton and a lot of anger, firstly what does roy get by putting on the likes of Lambert? He isn't very good and why when you have berahino on the bench with 20 minutes to go in an international friendly would you put on someone who you already know exactly what they'll give you? Seems more than pointless to me but onto my really point, Barkley- why not bring him on earlier? Half time, a start even, possibly 20 minutes but no he gets 4, why even bother, and not sure if anyone else has noticed but when Barkley tried something that wasn't the conventional receive, pass the way you're facing did Roy go mental at him? He's already publicly criticized him for giving the ball away to easily, let's thank god that ross isn't with England that often and with a forward thinking manager who wants him to play naturally, I get the feeling if it was up to roy he would have ross a completely different player and thank god he isn't there very often, in my opinion we will never do anything with someone like roy in charge, hope I'm wrong but I believe he is not at all what we need, old, predictable and has his favourites, and for anyone very excited about this england win remember, it was Scotland, not Germany

. couldn't agree more.Hodgson is something of a managerial dinosaur, we'll always fail miserably when it comes to the big tournaments & against better teams. let's hope he stays in the job for a little longer though because something tells me that Roberto is high up on the F.A shortlist to replace him!

19 Nov 2014 01:23:17
The manager is useless, one if the worst managers to ever be involved in football, but the teams full of overrated players anyway, hart, wilshere, henderson, sterling, barkley, rooney and welbeck, nothing spectacular is it. I wanted scotland to win tonight, wanted a naismith hattrick, the hype is unbearable, the most boring team to watch in the world, if england want to do anything, which is difficult as there are no world class players in the team, they need to scrap everyone 27 and over, play the kids and get an attacking manager, stop playin has beens like slippy g, fat frank and michael 'the wannabe gareth barry' carrick, get rid of them all, including the owl who manages them.

Don't agree with a majority of players in the list being overrated but I agree with the kids policy. Germany did it a few years ago and even though they were drawing and losing a few, they came good in the end. To me. even though it was a friendly and gave woy chance to experiment, I don't think he could bare to lose to the Scots.

If England would have lost to Scotland Hodson would be under so much flack from the media that his job would be in jepardy so you can't really blame him for playing tried and trusted players that he thinks will get him the win. This is the problem with England they are expected to win every match so managers just play it safe. If the FA came out and said we are going to develop players and therefore may not qualify for major tournements the managers may have room to experiment, but that's not going to happen as the financial implications are to great. just my opinion about England. As for Woy I don't think he is the right man for the job but thas who we have so there we go.

Swan the England manager can only play english players so unless you can come up with a starting eleven that dosnt involve tem players your argument makes no sense, w all know that English players are over hyped but hodgson did actually give it a go in the World Cup so its hard to criticise a manager who decided not stick with the way its always been, but you still need a good enough team to do it

Hodgson just looks like someone who doesn't inspire confidence.
Watch him as he sits there biting his lip in that nervy way, rubbing his hand over his chin/mouth.
He even did it the other night straight after England scored - he had a two second brief cheer/smile then he immediately sank back into his worry position and started grimacing and rubbing his mouth again nervously - he's not an inspiring leader is he?

18 Nov 2014 14:17:58
Does anyone know what the misconduct charge was that Sunderland have admitted to against us?
They were so dirty in that game I'm struggling to single out the worst incident.

Surely it was when the penalty was awarded.

Sunderland have been fined £20,000 after admitting an FA misconduct charge arising from the game against Everton this month.

The club were charged with failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion during the match which ended in a 1-1 draw.

The Sunderland players were incensed by the referee Lee Mason’s decision to give a penalty after Connor Wickham, their last defender at the time, brought down Seamus Coleman in front of the six-yard box.

“Sunderland have admitted an FA misconduct charge and accepted the standard penalty of £20,000 following their game against Everton on 9 November 2014, ” a statement on the FA’s website read. “The club was charged for failing to ensure its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion in the 76th minute of the game.”

Sunderland’s protests had been in stark contrast to the reaction of their manager, Gus Poyet, who admitted after the match the decision was correct. “I would give it, I need to be honest, if I was on the pitch and I was the referee, I would give it, ” he said

hope that helps

19 Nov 2014 07:59:35
Cheers Ste

18 Nov 2014 12:24:32
Jonas Gutiérrez has recovered from Cancer which is fantastic news, but he's subsequently been told to find a new club by Pardew. Very cold and horrible thing to do. But, when he gets back to full fitness would anyone take him? I think he was a pretty good player.

18 Nov 2014 15:36:43
No, he's a player who will work hard, but lacks any technical ability and has no pace not to mention an awful finisher and one footed, nowhere near good enough, even newcastle fans say that

18 Nov 2014 18:15:42
Fair enough Swan, personally think he could do a job imo. Sometimes just pure hard work is enough to win matches.

QB I think your using your heart rather than your head

19 Nov 2014 22:22:07
Yeah Mike, I reckon you're right. Would just be nice to give him a better chance for Football sake.