Capello Drops Another Clanger
After another tepid performance from his England team on Wednesday night Fabio Capello dropped another clanger by announcing that David Beckham is no longer part of his plans. Capello’s bizarre announcement on TV is likely to get more coverage in the press than the match that everyone had turned up to see. (more…)
Continue ReadingEngland 2 Hungary 1
A new look England side started off rather slowly against Hungary, dominating possession without creating many chances. It took a goal from Hungary early in the second half against the run of play to spark England into life. Steven Gerrard scoring a brace of fantastic goals to seal the win in England’s first match since their drab performances in South...
Continue ReadingAre England Heading For Football Wilderness?
As the debate still rages as to where England went wrong at the World Cup here at Football Banter we’re wondering what the future holds for the England Football team? Are we about to enter the wilderness years where tournament qualification isn’t as nailed on as it once was? England took the oldest squad they’d ever taken to the World Cup and...
Continue ReadingFIFA World Cup Standings
Fifa today released their post-World Cup standings with England slipping to an all time low in 13th place after a dismal display at the finals. There were no real surprises after a number of big teams failed to perform in South Africa. Spain Netherlands Germany Uruguay Argentina Brazil Ghana Paraguay Japan Chile Portugal United States England Mexico South...
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7 Reasons To Be Optimistic
In the aftermath of England once again reaching the knockout stages of a tournament only to be sent packing by the first decent team they play there has been a lot of doom and gloom. But surely there are some positives? You’re damn right there are, and no matter how small they may be, here they are… 1) Germany never managed to find the goal that...
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Capello To Remain England Manager
The FA today released a statement confirming Fabio Capello will remain as England manager after a disappointing World Cup. “We are all still extremely disappointed at our performance in South Africa, and we believed it was important that we took some time to reflect on everything in a calm and considered manner back in England. After fully discussing our...
Continue ReadingThe Lions Forget To Roar
England suffered their heaviest ever defeat at the World Cup finals today with a shambolic performance against a German team that showed fluid movement and some fantastic slick counter-attacking play. Rarely have we seen England defend so badly. They were sluggish, disorganised and shell-shocked. The back four were constantly out of position and exposed by simple...
Continue ReadingUnderachievers
Perennial underachivers England lived up to their tournament reputation last night by, well err, underachieveing. In a match that many expected England to easily win, Algeria constantly pressed England, looked more comfortable with the ball and the game ended in a 0-0 draw. I’ve read lot of reports that suggest it’s England’s worst performance...
Continue Reading3 Days In…
We’re 3 days in to the 2010 World Cup and what do we know? As I’m typing this Germany have just run out clear winners in their opening game of the tournament against the Socceroos, who incidentally were down to 10 men early in the second half when the influential Tim Cahill was wrongly sent off for a nothing of a challenge. Still, had it been...
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