Altogether now....

Hahaha! u just like wearing a kilt yeah?

i've not got a problem with the scottish, just commenting on how shit they are in football terms.

I have worn one before, its me family history, och aye

I love gettin one over the jocks but when a scotsman (craigb) insults your goalkeeper, it shows how shit he must be

nothing wrong with family history, I've got welsh in mine, so we have to shag a sheep once a year, haha!

I couldn't give a fuck what peeps think about our keeper, i used to give him stick myself, but now i see him every week and know he's a class keeper, just one of the unlucky few who gets stick all the time, but that comes with being a keeper!

There are far worse out there, and he doesn't concede half as much when he plays for england as much as scottish keepers do, but then any keeper would playing for a crap team.

fuck your keeper! wright-phillips is where its at... him on the right and downing on the left...

REAL wingers for england

ouch

Downing still needs to prove himslelf though, but the potential is there! but yeah, take out the old, bring in the new, the ones who have the hunger!

Aye, thats what the sheep last year said, as I tried to get it over and done with as quick as possible, hahaha!

never rush the sheep :tut:

If there on form they should play, regardless of age... thats what I say, downing is an englishman on fantastic form at the mo and if ya good enough, your old enough! It could only benifit him, just look at rooney since he's played for england

Trust me, if you have to fuck a sheep for family tradition, u have to get it over as quickly as possible, it's not nice.

Yeah mate, he could be in the next england team, and I think thats one thing with sven, if they're good enough, he'll select them, and england are crying out for a decent left sided player!

Too true, dont rate both cole and bridge on the left... not at home anyway. Downing is direct, skillful and a crowd pleaser... just what we need

Yeah it is, but you also gotta look at the tactics of a team and whether england can play with full on attacking wingers or whether they have to play a bit more defensive and safe, and whether they need experience in there, but the younger inexperienced players will only get that if they are played on a regular basis, obviously.

At home or at a tournament attacking play is shown to work... just look at brazil, constant flair and inventivness for decades now, despite some failings.

Two defensive/holding midfielders are needed in the middle when wingers are used, any of gerrard/lampard/beckham have shown they are more than capable in the centre. The keeper and defence is competative if not quite world class. We have a handful of good quality strikers now too... it could the start of a good period. I just think we need a born leader in the tony adams mould to help lift us when we start to get tired or put our heads down. Wingers cant play every game, but it would make us far more interesting if we did use them more often