can i just clarify something? england arent on a slump...theyre just particualrly **** on the international stage, the only consistency is in the fans backlash everytime they put in a bad performance
england tying against israel isnt that big a surprise...considering they played like ****, there was no continuity, andy johnson and wayne rooney basically saw nothing of the ball and any attacking moves they even BOTHERED to start all ended quite flatly or lethagically,isreal were unlucky not to punish england. england are alot like spain....great individuals...(lampard,gerrard,rooney...etc), yet they all cant gel at international level. at least with spain...their individuals all have the ability to break a game wide open themsevles,england players are always cagey...and why mcclaren ever got the job amuses me...kinda like sydney fc appointing terry butcher...
in anycase...sydney fc drew 2-2 with urawa reds...after leading 2-0 for the most part, uwara are seen as the Man U of japanese football, so its a fair result for fc....but prolly shoulda capatilised a lil better =[ BRANKO FOR LEAD COACH!
adelaide beat dong tam long an(vietnamese football club) 2-0. i was actually going for dont tam...=[ oh well....
australia beat china 2-0 minus about 6-7 world cup stars, so its a pretty good result,dukes was in good touch,stinging the keepers palms a few times,bresciano looked good, and i like the look for valeri to one day replace grella, certainly us missing players like culina,kewell,emerton,moore etc. asian cup looks promising! not to mention our young kids,who are looking quite good not only in china on the weekend,but also the ones who travelled with the olyroos like nicky ward,david williams etc
once schwarzers gone...we still have frederici and brad jones,defence wise we have beachamp,milligan,thwaite and co, while in the midfielder players like kaz patafta,carl valeri,david carney and forwards like kristian sarkies,danny allsop,david williams an nicky ward, the future looks bright for the socceroos!