England vs Croatia

November 21st, 2007 . posted by admin

Euro 2008 Qualifying: Group E

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113 Responses to “England vs Croatia”

Andrew | November 21st, 2007 @ 6:51 pm | Reply | +0 |

first,

what a disappointment…. i hope McClaren stays the manager though.
Arsenalist | November 21st, 2007 @ 6:58 pm | Reply | --1 |

Arsenal man Eduardo doing some damange…nice!
Steven Gerrard | November 21st, 2007 @ 7:03 pm | Reply | +1 |

sorry guys, we know we didn’t peform

more time for 2010…
admin | November 21st, 2007 @ 7:03 pm | Reply | +0 |

first,

what a disappointment…. i hope McClaren stays the manager though.

He will most likely get sacked right after this disaster. Personally I think he messed up big time twith his tactics for this game… he changed the formation and expects the players to adapt in just a week.. that being said the players have to take some of the blame too. England was simply not up to standard.
Proud To Be Croatian :) | November 21st, 2007 @ 7:08 pm | Reply | +1 |

Croatia would be European Champion 2008 /

Just remember what I wrote!¸
Eagle | November 21st, 2007 @ 7:09 pm | Reply | +0 |

what a shame on you England!!!! /

SHAME!!!
HORRIFIED! | November 21st, 2007 @ 7:11 pm | Reply | +0 |

What horrific first 14 minutes! That has got to be the ugliest goalkeeping I saw in months!

McClaren’s sack is inevitable.
Ken | November 21st, 2007 @ 7:12 pm | Reply | +0 |

Long live Croatia! Only saw highlights but it looked like tight game. Great pass from Beckham.
ldrom | November 21st, 2007 @ 7:21 pm | Reply | +0 |

What a wonderful pass from Becks. I thought he would save them again like against Greece in 2002 world cup qualifiers. When you leave such a player on the bench, then someone has to question your skills McClaren. I always thought Peter Crouch will perfom well with Becks in the line up (saw his goals from Beckham set pieces against Austria freindly and Macadonia)

Steve McClaren: What a disaster!!!. How can he change goalkeepers for such an important match. Apparently, he didn’t learn from Briana Scurry’s contraversial change for Hope Solo in the recent Women world cup semi-finals. I am 100% sure he will be axed, it is just a matter of time. May be they will get Jose Mourinho, the special one to prepare them fro South Africa 2010.

I know he was unlucky to miss Owen (another mistake by playing in unnecessary freindly), Rooney,Terry, Rio Ferdinand etc, but you can excuse the poor performance especially in the first 15 minutes.
prema16 | November 21st, 2007 @ 7:23 pm | Reply | +2 |

Proud To Be Croat!
RusMan | November 21st, 2007 @ 7:25 pm | Reply | +0 |

Congrats to Croatia!

Thanks for beating England. Good job! What a great team!
Good luck in EURO 2008!
wheresaldo00 | November 21st, 2007 @ 7:30 pm | Reply | +0 |

scott carson, why? he’s the only reason they lost
english-aussie | November 21st, 2007 @ 7:35 pm | Reply | +0 |

The english national team sucks, the players are ridiculously over-paid prima donnas who believe it is their god given right to win tournaments simply because they are english. As for McClaren, well, i think he has shown how tactically inept he really is with his week of disasters 1) stupid friendly 2) stupid formation 3) stupid selection (Carson, Wright-Philips). What a pathetic joke!
2010 World Cup Fans | November 21st, 2007 @ 7:46 pm | Reply | +0 |

WOW…what a shame…i couldn’t believe it when i just read this on BBC.com. I feel really bad for England now…of all the teams they should be there. Well, as the whole world can see, the world of football is pretty close and any team can beat u on any given day. after all, its just a game. I still can’t believe it.
Shinda | November 21st, 2007 @ 7:47 pm | Reply | +0 |

We Simply were out played by a side full of desire and ability !! I’ve never seen such a lack lustre display from England in a crucial match. The midfield were lazy and ‘not bothered’- They acted like the overpriced primadonnas they’ve been called, hardly ever running in for tackles or making space (J Cole/Phillips the exceptions. It was like they should recieve the ball without any effort and I don’t want to hurt myself in a tackle attitude. Wayne bridge had a bad game and was done on several occassions. Why did we have a 5 man midfield - Cos Mac didn’t have the balls to put Lampard on the bench. We needed a 2 man strike like the 2nd half. Becks was good and made a difference - Crotia backed off and we equalised then We say we’ve got or draw , Now sit back ???? We got what we Deserved just cos we got the most expensive league and most paid players doesn’t mean their the best, just overvalued !!
goin home | November 21st, 2007 @ 7:59 pm | Reply | +0 |

GOOOOOOODBYYYYYYYEEEE!!!!!
luta | November 21st, 2007 @ 8:08 pm | Reply | +0 |

With all do respect to everyone hating Scott Carson, if I were McClaren, I would have done the same thing, but MUCH MUCH MUCH earlier, like after the Croatia away match or as late as the after the Germany friendly. You expect a goalie who only has his 3rd cap to keep his nerves together in the biggest game in England’s fantastic history?! This was a guy who should have had at least 3 or 4 more caps under his belt.

With that said, as everyone says, McClaren is such a duechebag. I didn’t listen to 606, but let me guess, McClaren pulled another George Bush, saying “we tried hard”, “endaevor”, etc. What a ******!!!

But let’s see who hired this guy….o I don’t know…BRIAN “FACKING” BARWICK!!!! You guys should have had Scolari ever since the world cup and he blew it. A real English fan will bring the pitch forks on him and not McClaren. You watch him get Allardyce, a man who picks a English cripple over a speedy nigerian goal scoring machine every Saturday. SAME OLD ****!!!!

My top 5 managers England should pick:

1. Jose Mourinho
(brings a swagger an English Manager doesn’t have)

2. Slaven Bilic
(same thing, but does it like a real man!!!)

3. Walter Smith
(will win the Scottish Title this year, and the Scots have the best crop of managers in the World)

4. Harry Redknapp
(transforms tiny clubs into big clubs, but you have to argue that has become a poor man’s Arsene Wenger when it comes to English players at club level)

5. Mark Hughes
(I know this is hard to say that, considering his resume with Wales, but is taking Blackburn back to massive heights)

My 2008-2010 England Team

Carson/Green

Richards-Terry-Ferdinand-A. Cole

Bentley-Barry-Lampard-J. Cole

Rooney-Crouch

Bench:
Green/Carson
Hart
Hargraeves
Gerrard
Shorey
Lescott(but only as a right back)
Young
Agbonlahor
Walcott
Carrick
Baines
S. Taylor
Pavel | November 21st, 2007 @ 8:09 pm | Reply | +0 |

HA HA HA you lousy british
You got what you were asking for, one week ago you were laughing at us, now we are laughing at you . You were so self-confident and now you lost.
And please don’t make any excuses that we got lucky in Moscow, you received such lucky diving penalty today, unbelivable…even C. Ronaldo wouldn’t dive better as Defoe did. But don’t cry you can watch us play in Euro ‘08 (together with your retarded Izraeli friends)

THANKS CROATIA

вперед Россия !!!
srr | November 21st, 2007 @ 8:10 pm | Reply | +0 |

England out, Scotland out, Northern Ireland out, Well out:
Dont you guys think it might be the time to join forces together and try to win? I believe a really good team will come out but no, very arrogant instead
dumb | November 21st, 2007 @ 8:10 pm | Reply | +0 |

youre goin home
youre goin home
youre goiin……
ENGLANDS GOIN HOME!!!
srr | November 21st, 2007 @ 8:14 pm | Reply | +0 |

OFF WITH HIS HEAD!
Jon | November 21st, 2007 @ 8:15 pm | Reply | +0 |

OFF WITH HIS HEAD!
RB | November 21st, 2007 @ 8:15 pm | Reply | +0 |

defoe dived 4 the penalty! if it was croatia tat did, england wld b hopping ard like mad babons! n obviously the commentators wld haf asid a different thing! not even a “soft penalty” claim by the commentators… typical arrogant english! but anyway they r out!!! /
srr | November 21st, 2007 @ 8:17 pm | Reply | +0 |

youre a loser, and your team, thats why youre bothered by what im writing! hahaha, who the **** is srr anyway?> **** bandit!!
indeed | November 21st, 2007 @ 8:22 pm | Reply | +0 |

hahaha, indeed what a diver! what bullshit it was man.

now you can stop takin the **** out of italians, cuz we qualified, 2 games ago i beleive. and our group had france ukraine and a scotland that was more organised than u guys!
youre goin home!!!
srr | November 21st, 2007 @ 8:25 pm | Reply | +0 |

England out, Scotland out, Northern Ireland out, Well out:
same thing for the next world cup.
England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Well will never win anything, while a United Kingdom team might…
ps i guess there are two srr
palex408 | November 21st, 2007 @ 8:25 pm | Reply | +0 |

As a Russian, I’m not happy with the way Russia qualified but have to thank Croatia for playing the way they always play, to win. Croatians deserve credit for being a better team than England and I think that they are one of the best teams in Europe. I don’t know why they haven’t won a World Cup yet but they are consistently good. I just hope Russian doesn’t play them again until the final in Euro 2008.
srr | November 21st, 2007 @ 8:26 pm | Reply | +0 |

England out, Scotland out, Northern Ireland out, Well out:
same thing for the next world cup.
England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Well will never win anything, while a United Kingdom team might…
ps i guess there are two srr
indeed | November 21st, 2007 @ 8:27 pm | Reply | +0 |

wow what an upset
srr | November 21st, 2007 @ 8:43 pm | Reply | +0 |

wow not an upset
pal | November 21st, 2007 @ 8:44 pm | Reply | +0 |

The English style is old fashioned and inflexible and has been for years. The Croatian team have a fluid passing game with plenty of pace to get in behind square defences. All the Croatian goals were helped by hopeless defensive blunders, ball watching, poor marking and spectacular goalie fumbles. (Anybody remember the Aus v Croat world cup game, there was a carbon copy fumble in that game too, must be a Croatian speciality!) To be serious though Crouch is no solo striker is he?, he’s not fast enough, don’t get me wrong I think he’s phenomenal, his take down and execution of his goal had quality, all this talk about his awkwardness is facile, look at his play, he has good foot skills and touch. Beckham shined from his position and showed fight, but he’s not a percentage player, he can’t win/keep/link play he’s a Hollywood pass guy and he’s one of the best at it no doubt. The midfield of England were just downright confused, confused about their responsibilities either going forward or defending, they couldn’t even detect that they were on the defensive in the first 20 mins, holes everywhere, a lack of leadership on the pitch. But the Croatian defense have nothing to fear from any one striker team, they are too good for that, they were in control of the match and they looked like they were enjoying themselves, they feared nothing, that’s what good morale can do for you. It’s time for some more foreign knowhow England, Hiddink, Jose, Solari, bring back Erikkson, you know he’s one of the best managers in the world don’t you? Croatia, great team, come to Wembley and outplay the hosts, top quality. England not even a team, must rebuild now from the ground up, nothing sacred, everything up for grabs, and sincerely best of luck in that endeavor.
arsenaldreamin | November 21st, 2007 @ 9:00 pm | Reply | +1 |

We love you Arsenal we do.
Now think again, why are there none english players at Arsenal ??

Because they are ****. Very simple.
Aesenal only have quality players. Mr Wenger you are indeed a genius /
unitedzone | November 21st, 2007 @ 9:02 pm | Reply | +0 |

Watch the FULL match

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Satisfied | November 21st, 2007 @ 9:05 pm | Reply | +0 |

jahhaha that was the worst play i’ve ever seen on international level. England u guys r sorry. stop playing football because ur embarassing the sport.

goodbye England u suck
rich.W | November 21st, 2007 @ 9:05 pm | Reply | +0 |

Never Before have I felt such despair because of a game of football. All I can hope is that it leads to a complete shake up of english football from grass roots to the premiership.

What a disgrace
ronron619 | November 21st, 2007 @ 9:06 pm | Reply | +0 |

not only were the choices of phillips over beckham, especially with a stirker like crouch who is quite apt at scoring from crosses, and carson over the more experienced robinson unforgiveable, but also Mcclaren’s leaving ashley cole on the bench for wayne bridge (especially after his 1st half performance) and his exclusion of hargreaves, the only player other than beckham to play with some semblance of desire during the world cup, for the often lackluster lampard were inexcusable. true, lamps scored the penalty; but it’s a penalty, you’re supposed to score. however, our criticism of Mcclaren and cries for him to be sacked won’t get england a spot in austria and switzerland. and, as england fans have become accustomed to saying, there’s always next time.
Dan | November 21st, 2007 @ 9:10 pm | Reply | +0 |

and, as england fans have become accustomed to saying, there’s always next time.

Yeah, there’s always next time. What a desperate outlook.
Anyhow i hear some fans blaming the pitch for this horrendous defeat and i think they should get a reality check (or a reality slap in the face!) because there is really no excuses that will cover up for the overall abysmal performance and the horrible managerial calls. Maclaren out!
rave79ers | November 21st, 2007 @ 9:19 pm | Reply | +0 |

Thx to Croatian….. Thx A Lot….

Don’t Cry For England Fans/

Note : #1 Goal of Croatia look so silly ( i mean the Goalkeeper
howie | November 21st, 2007 @ 9:27 pm | Reply | +0 |

ah well even if England goes through they’ll get knocked out the next stage. It’s funny how England can have one of the most exciting league and yet they can’t achieve anything on international level.

btw, I think the whole team was playing bad (except for becks maybe) I was watching the game during the second half,was it just me or did you notice England kept attacking from the left side (the Joe Cole side) instead of the right side (becks)..I mean..whyyy..whyyy ??? .. you have peter crouch up front..why the **** would you go from the left??

And the lesson that the English team ALWAYS fail to learn..don’t sit back when you only have 1 goal cushion..it happened llots of time.

oya and the pitch look horrible..look like some1’s backyard with all the muds and dirts
wowie | November 22nd, 2007 @ 5:11 am | Reply | +0 |

let’s be hones’t.. england has, a lot of quality players.. so they should perform better than this, but they have only one top striker.. rooney (maybe that long guy) and that’s not enough.. it’s the same for the goalkeepers..
that’s why the team is just avarage..
If the clubs in the premiership, preduce and use more english players in there squads, instead of al the outlanders… than the englisch national team would become far more better than it now..! the club should spent there milions on there own players in the youth…and not on great players from out the uk!
Chris the Fuzzy | November 22nd, 2007 @ 5:16 am | Reply | +0 |

It’d be hilarious if it weren’t so bloody tragic.

Thanks to the writers at NUFC.com for that perfect descrive phrase.
Chris the Fuzzy | November 22nd, 2007 @ 5:22 am | Reply | +0 |

Oh, and Newcastle had better win the f****ing Premiership this year if my mood’s to ever improve again.

What ***** tactics. Two of the exact same player in central midfield. That’s fine if they’re both Ronaldinho, but England will never have a player like that. Gerrard and Lampard are classes apart. Make Gerrard Captain and ban Lampard from ever playing football in England again.
azzuri | November 22nd, 2007 @ 5:34 am | Reply | +0 |

what a bunch of wasters. You’s need to get rid of alot of the foreign players out of the premiership to allow your home grown talent to emerge.
wowie | November 22nd, 2007 @ 5:44 am | Reply | +0 |

let’s be hones’t.. england has, a lot of quality players.. so they should perform better than this, but they have only one top striker.. rooney (maybe that long guy) and that’s not enough.. it’s the same for the goalkeepers..
that’s why the team is just avarage..
If the clubs in the premiership, preduce and use more english players in there squads, instead of al the outlanders… than the englisch national team would become far more better than it now..! the club should spent there milions on there own players in the youth…and not on great players from out the uk!
Juhyun | November 22nd, 2007 @ 5:47 am | Reply | +0 |

Limiting foreign players will further degrade english talent. If you impose a limit, the english players who doesn’t deserve a chance to be in the squad for BPL; thus, lowering the quality of english talent. Also, it wasn’t the lack of talent that knocked england out of qualification. It was bad luck such as injuries, football culture, and poor managing. When I mean football culture, I am pointing out to the fact that england plays an outdated style of football. Just look at all the major tournaments england had participated in recent years. Lot of guts, but no style, and all long ball attacks. You need to keep the possession of the ball and create openings. Sorry but england are years away from getting players like cesc, roman, and these type of playmakers in the middle. and no, carrick doesn’t cut it. not good enough.
Spanish Supporter | November 22nd, 2007 @ 5:48 am | Reply | +0 |

What did you really expect to reach with a coach named McClaren?????
Signed Fernando Alonso…
manutdfan from Croatia | November 22nd, 2007 @ 6:15 am | Reply | +0 |

such a small country with a BIG HEARTH!!! CROATIA!!!!!
england was schooled | November 22nd, 2007 @ 6:57 am | Reply | +0 |

haha
am happy england lost! its about time they learn that its not automatic!! haha

anyways. mclaren is an idiot. wenger even told him wat to do on SOCCERNET.com telling him to play beckam on the wing and crouch upfront.. and then he goes and puts shaun who cant cross a ball to save his life.

where was mclaren when beckam was the only reason vannistelroy was scoring 30 a season?? really how stupid do u get? crouch-becks combination will get u goal no matter how unfit beckam is.
nameless | November 22nd, 2007 @ 7:00 am | Reply | +0 |

We love you Arsenal we do.
Now think again, why are there none english players at Arsenal ??

Because they are ****. Very simple.
Aesenal only have quality players. Mr Wenger you are indeed a genius /

HAHA very funny!!! if there is no country name call england how would u support arsenal?? So shut up and make sure u dun watch arsenal match or any EPL match!!!
nameless | November 22nd, 2007 @ 7:02 am | Reply | +0 |

We love you Arsenal we do.
Now think again, why are there none english players at Arsenal ??

Because they are ****. Very simple.
Aesenal only have quality players. Mr Wenger you are indeed a genius /

HAHA very funny!!! if there is no country name call england how would u support arsenal?? So shut up and make sure u dun watch arsenal match or any EPL match!!!
Andy | November 22nd, 2007 @ 7:53 am | Reply | +0 |

easy guy,england lost coz they should have played a bit smarter in the last 15 minutes,they may learn from this…
listen up: C A T E N A C C I O
Mclaren wasn’t able to pick the job since the beginning
Now you don’t need any of this half trainer,not him and either Eriksson,you want the name??
Capello
here you go
Andy | November 22nd, 2007 @ 8:13 am | Reply | +0 |

BEST TEAM EVER = CORATIA // CORATIA /

england
mel | November 22nd, 2007 @ 8:28 am | Reply | +0 |

ahahha carson is a joke!!! terribleeeee!!! so slow and inaccurate, im amazed how he cud be eng’s keeper. reminds me of d fumblings by barthez and david james during important games!
i can’t realli comment on other things as didn’t watch whole game. But why are coaches aft one another, repeating the same old mistakes? Changing tactics last minute.. putting star players who don’t play well for England.. Previous worldcup, Lampard is TERRIBLE! i respect him very much in chelsea, but NOT ENGLAND. admit it plz.. he’s good player, but not good enough for eng. We don’t need players who don’t realli use their brains when playin, and juz simply ramp d ball anytime from far. Shootin from far is a very good thing, creates chances bla bla.. what if u miss? Time wasted, chance given.. Take risks at an appropriate time! thye need intelligent players who play FAST passing tactical and good finish off. If this current eng team is to play in d world cup, they won’t make it to even Quarters! Get rid of OLD players, bring in d new fresh ones who PLAY FAST FOOTBALL!
lan | November 22nd, 2007 @ 8:36 am | Reply | +0 |

believe me, mclaren should be sacked. It is too obvious he cant do the job. I cant understand his tactic. even we as football fans know beckcham should be playing for crossing ball to lone striker. What is he trying to do?? shaun is fast but not going to work with crouch. There is no spirit at all from the whole squad. England need a manager that can bring passion and inspire the whole team.
mark | November 22nd, 2007 @ 10:33 am | Reply | +1 |

fu*k off all u russian c*u*n*t*s ****** communist ******* hardly anyone in the world will watch euro 2008 because england in it who wud watch croats vs russia when u can watch england vs germany fu*k off and die all u russian c*u*n*t*s, another thing i am partly croatian but now im gettin the next plain ticket to croatia 2 beat the **** into every croat i see just u try nd stop me foreign c*u*n*t*s
wil | November 22nd, 2007 @ 10:36 am | Reply | +0 |

WOO lampard rox u noe y? He is so daring!! He dare to take the penalty when he noe if he miss the whole england will hate him even more!!!!
mark | November 22nd, 2007 @ 10:39 am | Reply | +1 |

all i an see is its gerrards fault everyone blames lampard when lampard is 10 x betta player than gerrard we should have dropped gerrard and put sum real qulity in ther hargreaves. droped wright-phillips and started with beckham. usually bridge plays qulity but he played shocking we should of subbed him sooner
selman | November 22nd, 2007 @ 10:56 am |