Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:40 pmHeard this on the radio whilst I was driving home the other day and I nearly swerved into a lamp post. Easily the pick of his asinine comments was something along the lines of "well you have to look at clubs like Liverpool... ...and ask what do they bring to the table?"
Well, last time I checked Stevo, I think it was England's best player.
Now here's the real question - for ten points Steve (and God knows you could do with ten points, eh?) what the f#ck have you brought to the table for England, other than a manager who is so far out of his depth that he needs armbands and a left winger so ineffectual that I would seriously consider looking at what the Championship has to offer in that position if Bridge and Cashley aren't back any time soon.
I mean, I think Bridge is hugely overrated (and not really a winger) but he looks like Berger at his imperious best compared to Downing. I'm sure that somewhere in the UK there is a man with a prosthetic leg that can hit a better cross. OK, just occasionally he nails one but his consistency is simply non-existant.
Worst thing is that even if England manage to miss out on qualification for Euro '08 completely, I still think the ginger f#ckstick's job will be safe. Given that England must apparently have an English manager now (note to the FA - there's your problem, right there) that realistically leaves Allardyce and Curbishley, neither of whom were good enough when McLaren got the job so would hardly be appropriate replacements to clean his mess up. Where do they go then? Stuart Pearce? Steve Bruce? God help us.
Well, last time I checked Stevo, I think it was England's best player.
Now here's the real question - for ten points Steve (and God knows you could do with ten points, eh?) what the f#ck have you brought to the table for England, other than a manager who is so far out of his depth that he needs armbands and a left winger so ineffectual that I would seriously consider looking at what the Championship has to offer in that position if Bridge and Cashley aren't back any time soon.
I mean, I think Bridge is hugely overrated (and not really a winger) but he looks like Berger at his imperious best compared to Downing. I'm sure that somewhere in the UK there is a man with a prosthetic leg that can hit a better cross. OK, just occasionally he nails one but his consistency is simply non-existant.
Worst thing is that even if England manage to miss out on qualification for Euro '08 completely, I still think the ginger f#ckstick's job will be safe. Given that England must apparently have an English manager now (note to the FA - there's your problem, right there) that realistically leaves Allardyce and Curbishley, neither of whom were good enough when McLaren got the job so would hardly be appropriate replacements to clean his mess up. Where do they go then? Stuart Pearce? Steve Bruce? God help us.
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