Croatia 1 v 4 England: England Finally Get It Right In Croatia
September 11, 2008
England have enjoyed sweet revenge over the team that ended their Euro 2008 qualification hopes, beating Croatia 4-1 in Zagreb with a hat-trick from Arsenal winger Theo Walcott. The loss is Croatia’s first competitive loss at home.
With much talk about England’s poor recent performances, the squad - and Fabio Capello - had much to prove in Zagreb on Wednesday evening. Thankfully, they did so in style. Read more
England Squad To Face Andorra and Croatia
September 4, 2008
With the World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Croatia coming up, it’s time to take a look at the squad.
The biggest stories are the omission’s of Michael Owen, and Jonothan Woodgate - two players who you would arguably expect to see included.
Steven Gerrard, Michael Carrick, and Owen Hargreaves are all ruled out with injury, and this has led to Fulham midfielder Jimmy Bullard being called into the squad for the first Read more
England 2 v 2 Czech Republic: Poor Performance Sees England Scrape a Draw
August 20, 2008
A poor England performance this evening has seen them only manage a 2-2 draw with the Czech Republic, and ensured the final whistle was met with huge disappointment. England twice came from behind, and were booed off the field after Cole scored a last minute equaliser.
Fabio Capello arrived in the England job with one objective - to get us winning again. Our dismal, boring, and damn right embarrassing performances under Steve McClaren’s ‘leadership’ had become to much. Read more
England Squad For Czech Republic Friendly Announced
August 16, 2008
England coach Fabio Capello has announced his 23-man squad for Wednesday’s friendly with the Czech Republic at Wembley.
Emile Heskey has been recalled to the squad, almost a year after his last international appearance in the 3-0 win over Russia last September.
Peter Crouch, who transferred to Portsmouth from Liverpool this summer, is a surprise Read more
England v USA: Terry Captains Side to Victory
May 28, 2008
John Terry has captained England to a 2-0 win against a ‘ordinary’ at best USA team. Terry opened the scoring 5 mins before the half-time interval, with Gerrard making it two on the hour.
With Capello having pretty much a fully fit squad to choose from, rumours were strife that Ashton would be making his long-awaited England debut, along with keeper Joe Hart. Neither started - or featured at any stage in the match. Read more
England Squad to Face USA and Trinidad & Tobago
May 12, 2008
Fabio Capello has announced his England squad to face the USA and Trinidad & Tobago.
Theo Walcott will join the England senior team, after appearing in Stuart Pearce’s under-21 squad to face Wales next Thursday.
There are also call-ups Man City keeper Joe Hart, Everton defender Phil Jagielka, Tom Huddlestone, and Stephen Warnock of Blackburn Rovers. Read more
England’s striking options- cause for concern?
March 6, 2008
If you were Fabio Capello, firstly you must be delighted at the message that greets you at your local cash point, but when you watch the current group of English strikers at your disposal- would you still be happy?
In the first 30 man provisional squad that Capello picked to play against Switzerland, five strikers were selected. Between these five (Heskey, Owen, Rooney, Agbonlahor and Crouch), they have, at the time of writing, scored 22 league goals this season. Most teams have played 28 games this campaign, and though obviously some players have had injuries- Owen and Heskey for example, this seems a very poor return. There isn’t an English player in the top 10 goal scorers this season- Steven Gerrard is at number 12 with 8 league goals. Cause for concern?
Jermain Defoe was drafted Read more
Fabio Capello’s First Game In Charge….
February 6, 2008
Well, firstly, apologies for neglecting this blog so far! No excuses - well, maybe one ….. other commitments. Not good enough? Sorry!
Anyway, I thought I’d jump straight in and discuss the subject on many people’s minds today I’m sure ……. England v Switzerland.
Watch the game tonight at 8pm on BBC1 for those of you in the UK or BBCSport Website for those of you who are not - unless you are lucky enough to have tickets to the game of course.
So, how is the game going to go? Of course it is only a friendly, but it’s Fabio Capello’s first game in charge and as any new England manager he will be examined in great detail. The performance tonight will, Read more
