Comments on: England Expects – World Cup Qualifiers (Kazakhstan and Belarus) Preview

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:51:14 +0000

schedule-maker? the whole draw is kind to England, and with the away win against Croatia all they need to do is to keep winning one game at a time and then handle Croatia at Wembley.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:06:32 +0000

I think the schedule-maker was kind to England here; Terry’s injury shouldn’t hamper England much tomorrow. Again, we’ll see what Capello is made of. It’s in situations like these where he really has to manipulate his Starting Eleven and put the best players in the right spots.

By: BD Condell

BD Condell — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:31:58 +0000

England will walk this group. The debates will go on endlessly but they will qualify.
I’m not English.

By: KIBZIE

KIBZIE — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:08:12 +0000

what are you talking about valleesh. He still looks for all star players? Emile Heskey up front which over the last two games worked exceptionally well as it did when Smiley Stevie Mac played him with Owen against Russia and Israel at Wembley, No one on the planet would call Heskey an all star player despite his work rate and effectiveness in the role he plays at Wigan and recently for England.

I’d say, of the current squad, the only selection I would question is Stewart Downing. He’s usually pretty good for Middlesbrough but why he was included over Ashley Young? He’s been electric over the last season. Capello genuinely seems to pick players on club performance and merit, unlike his predecessors. If he was playing an all star team you would have an identical starting 11 to Sven and McClaren.

By: valleesh

valleesh — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:53:28 +0000

england is simply going down under capello.
His selection is worse then MacLaren.
His ideas are worse then ericsson.

He looks serious but overall a complete screw up.

He still picks gerard and lampard togther
he still plays beckham
he still looks for all star players
and when he picks non star player, he picks hopeless idiots like jenas, crouch to name a few..

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:23:08 +0000

Kazakhstan should be relatively easy, even if Terry is absent. Belarus will be tougher, England in the past have struggled away from home against mediocre opposition, this is no different.