Gibson on Trappatoni

Originally Posted by Ginners

dont see why not, we qualified. ireland didnt. if we played ireland we would easily win 4 or 5-0.

It would be 1-0 to Ireland. Seriously. Just like the last time we played and your mates ripped up seats and killed 10 people. OK 10 people may not have died directly in relation to the riots but I'd imagine 10 died somewhere that night, infact going by the laws of physics, hundreds of people died that night. Are you saying that it's worth killing a thousand children just because you're losing 1-0 to us? because if you are, hello!?

Originally Posted by Fuzzy Dunlop

It would be 1-0 to Ireland. Seriously. Just like the last time we played and your mates ripped up seats and killed 10 people. OK 10 people may not have died directly in relation to the riots but I'd imagine 10 died somewhere that night, infact going by the laws of physics, hundreds of people died that night. Are you saying that it's worth killing a thousand children just because you're losing 1-0 to us? because if you are, hello!?

1,000 is OTT but where do you say stop? 10? 100? 999?

p.s you have to be joking about the 1-0? ill give you a goal and call it 5-1

can you imagine rooney up against some irish guy ffs

Old delusions persist. "No Surrender to the IRA" is sung with renewed gusto, years after the Good Friday agreement, James Milner talks of other countries "raising their game against England", as if lowering St George's flag is some kind of historic feat, and energy and thrust in qualifiers is still mistaken for tournament-winning potential.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/b...tzerland-older

Originally Posted by Ginners

1,000 is OTT but where do you say stop? 10? 100? 999?

p.s you have to be joking about the 1-0? ill give you a goal and call it 5-1

can you imagine rooney up against some irish guy ffs

err...gins?

Originally Posted by Sullingtons

err...gins?

what?

Originally Posted by Ginners

1,000 is OTT but where do you say stop? 10? 100? 999?

p.s you have to be joking about the 1-0? ill give you a goal and call it 5-1

can you imagine rooney up against some irish guy ffs

Seriously Traps has it sorted. The only way we lose is when the other side cheat and England are not cheaters.

Originally Posted by Fuzzy Dunlop

Seriously Traps has it sorted. The only way we lose is when the other side cheat and England are not cheaters.

Except for Rooney, Cole, Terry, Gerrard...

Originally Posted by Fuzzy Dunlop

Seriously Traps has it sorted. The only way we lose is when the other side cheat and England are not cheaters.

not gonna lie and pretend ive watched you lot play a game but theres no way it could happen, doesnt matter how boring/defensive you play, people like rooney and gerrard will cut you up eventually.

i actually pray you fluke qualification and we get you in the group stages of the euros.

£#%&!ing hell, just checked the world rankings

gabon 34th
ireland 36th

gabon ffs, they havent even got a team bus

http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ra...llranking.html

Originally Posted by Ginners

what?

Rooney is essentially Irish.

Originally Posted by Ginners

£#%&!ing hell, just checked the world rankings

gabon 34th
ireland 36th

gabon ffs, they havent even got a team bus

http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ra...llranking.html

Neither do Togo.

Originally Posted by Ginners

not gonna lie and pretend ive watched you lot play a game but theres no way it could happen, doesnt matter how boring/defensive you play, people like rooney and gerrard will cut you up eventually.

i actually pray you fluke qualification and we get you in the group stages of the euros.

Really?

Oh really?

Like what they did against USA, Slovenia (seriously 2m people) and some jerk nation from North Africa that we beat two weeks before about 3-0.

So if we both got to the Euros I wouldn't be bothered. England couldn't beat poo from their pants when it matters. That's not an insult btw, it's just an observation.

Originally Posted by Sullingtons

Rooney is essentially Irish.

born in england, has an england tattoo, plays for england. cheats on his wife. hes english.

Originally Posted by andyroo

Neither do Togo.

too soon

let's do the post euros post mortems

1. ireland
fought like dogs, got a couple of draws, nearly got through but didn't

2. england
played like ireland, also didn't get through, probably fergie's fault, fa extend capello's contract, consider winter break

Imo at Gibbo's age he should really be looking for first team football

Its all well and good not wanting to leave a club of Uniteds stature but his development as a player should be paramount

Stoke wouldnt be such a bad option

Originally Posted by Tronics

Imo at Gibbo's age he should really be looking for first team football

Out of interest, anyone got the stats on Fletcher at the same age?

Originally Posted by Zaitsev

Out of interest, anyone got the stats on Fletcher at the same age?

When Fletch was 23 he was excelling in champions league quarter and semi finals, Hard domestic away ties and being more than a back up to premier league winning teams.

Originally Posted by History

When Fletch was 23 he was excelling in champions league quarter and semi finals, Hard domestic away ties and being more than a back up to premier league winning teams.

bit strong that, especially considering he was virtually overlooked for the entire 07/08 CL winning campaign

he was way ahead of where Gibson is though wasn't he

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

bit strong that, especially considering he was virtually overlooked for the entire 07/08 CL winning campaign

he was way ahead of where Gibson is though wasn't he

Yeah fair point but the season before, he had cracking games against AC milan etc..

Like Fletch was, if hargreaves was fit, gibson wouldnt be anywhere near the first team.

Grand. Thanks.