The Official *England's Journey to Brazil 2014* Thread

[Calder106]

First topic message reminder :

Wilshere out for 6 weeks according to BBC. Hairline fracture on foot. Considering Arsenal have been nursing him through the season because of his ankle injuries I think it would be a risk taking him (not questioning his ability) due to the tight schedule of games.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Are you Poopie your pants over a 9 hour flight Owen? In the Frak highest luxury where their bloody sleep will probably be planned for them.

You need to get laid man!

[Guest]

Owen, are you as concerned as me, that long periods of time spent cramped into a tiny space with little physical activity & in the pressurised environment of a plane cabin, will adversely affect circulation in the blood vessels and the lymphatic system of our players? This could ruin our World Cup chances.

[mystiroakey]

Have you seen first class John?

Trust me. A couple of valiums and you sleep. Wake up fresh as a dasiey.

[Guest]

Owen, are you as concerned as me, that long periods of time spent cramped into a tiny space with little physical activity & in the pressurised environment of a plane cabin, will adversely affect circulation in the blood vessels and the lymphatic system of our players? This could ruin our World Cup chances.

     

[mystiroakey]

 

Must have missed John's pretty obvious wummery

[Guest]

Somewhere in John is a really funny bloke. He's prone to drop the odd gem.

[owen10ozzy]

I'm thinking more about the unlimited excuses we will have to endure for abject performances and an early exit afterwards if I'm honest!

And mock all you want with regards to the plane journey, it's not the conditions of the flight but the decision to have the camp in Miami and only fly 5 days before our first game! Makes no sense and less so when you consider they will go from Miami to Rio (9hr) then within 3 days have to fly to Manuas (4hr...approximately 1800 miles). Then back to Rio!

Portugal to England to Miami to Rio to .Manuas to Rio all within the space of 3 and half weeks...add in wherever the players fly back from from holidays and 3 matches in that time..can't tell me preparation is looking great now!!

[mystiroakey]

Well bar Walcott everyone seems fit. We have one of the youngest squads in the comp full of first choice on form squad members bar terry and Walcott.

It looks good.

[Duty281]

We've got the right mix of youth and experience.
We've got some quality in the starting XI.
We've got some quality on the bench.
We've got the right manager.

We've got...the World Cup...possibly!

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

I'm thinking more about the unlimited excuses we will have to endure for abject performances and an early exit afterwards if I'm honest!

And mock all you want with regards to the plane journey, it's not the conditions of the flight but the decision to have the camp in Miami and only fly 5 days before our first game! Makes no sense and less so when you consider they will go from Miami to Rio (9hr) then within 3 days have to fly to Manuas (4hr...approximately 1800 miles). Then back to Rio!

Portugal to England to Miami to Rio to .Manuas to Rio all within the space of 3 and half weeks...add in wherever the players fly back from from holidays and 3 matches in that time..can't tell me preparation is looking great now!!

PLAYERS IN TRAVELLING TO BRAZIL SHOCKER

Only 5 days before??? Omg however will they cope

[Ent]

...

[mystiroakey]

come back from the pub a bit drunk ent??

[mystiroakey]

Rooney training hard by the looks of things. Not really a holiday
 But Tbh the England squad shouldn't need more than a few days off. This is a once in a lifetime moment.

I am going to.be in the Caribbean during the first 3 games. So duty fly the flag solo pal. I will be back for the first knock out game...

[Duty281]

Nice place to go, Mysti.   

[Dolphin Ziggler]

"Duty fly the flag solo pal" could be the least subtle flirting we've had on this forum

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

I'll certainly help Duty keep his flag up

[mystiroakey]

Lol

[Duty281]

Any time, Olly, any time...

[Duty281]

Lampard will be vice-captain during the World Cup. I thought it would have been Rooney or Hart.

I don't mean to worry anyone, but if Gerrard gets injured then it probably means that Lampard is near-enough guaranteed to be in the starting XI!

[Duty281]

When asked in what position he can play at the World Cup, Ross Barkley said:

"In behind the striker (is best), but I can play in any of the attacking midfield positions and in central midfield too."

[owen10ozzy]

My prediction of Lampard being in the starting XI for the big games not looking so ridiculous anymore!

See Rooney has already had a bit of a whine about the training pitches in Portugal! Not even begun preparation and already we have our first excuse...jesus wept!

[Guest]

we've had roy's excuses two weeks ago, we've had the possible el-nino, we've had the effect of long haul flights on blood vessels, we've got the turned ankles & no doubt injuries to come from these dodgy portuguese pitches (that surely were inspected before hand)   

Then we'll have the leaked 'monkey-gate', who did it, being revealed once we land in Miami just to spice things up.

As for Lampard, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no chance of ever, ever, ever starting in these WC games. Roy's using him in the role as the seasoned professional to be happy to be benched & won't moan. He will mentor & look after the youngsters in the off-days to make sure they don't lose their way. The vice-captain announcement is just to make him feel wanted ahead of the WC, it's just a nice ploy by Roy to keep a member of the squad happy.

[Duty281]

Three Lions on the shirt,
Jules Rimet still gleaming,
No more years of hurt,
No more need for dreaming!

Less than a month now!

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

My prediction of Lampard being in the starting XI for the big games not looking so ridiculous anymore!

See Rooney has already had a bit of a whine about the training pitches in Portugal! Not even begun preparation and already we have our first excuse...jesus wept!

Ent? Ent? Is that you?

[owen10ozzy]

You would have thought they'd have been ey John...the FA probably booked the facilities 4 years in advance and then didn't bother to continue to check on the condition of them as we neared 2014.

I loved the fact that we booked the team into a hotel which tripadvisor users have only rated as 97th out of 204 hotels in Rio!! Sounds like you need not have much intelligence to work as part of the organising committee for England!

Anyhow; just the Champions League Final, Europa League and Playoff finals to enjoy then the countdown really begins!

[mystiroakey]

What Motel Carcia- lol it looks like a 70's block from Birmingham. I dont believe that for a second. unless they booked the whole hotel!

[owen10ozzy]

The Royal Tulip I believe it is;

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g303506-d299095-Reviews-Royal_Tulip_Rio_de_Janeiro-Rio_de_Janeiro_State_of_Rio_de_Janeiro.html

It has moved up to 91st (perhaps the FA have been logging their ratings to bump it up ) ..has a lovely sewer on the back of it, and whilst it provides nice views...also has rush hour traffic early doors right outside it (though apparently during the quieter summer month of June it won't be so bad...the comments of an FA spokesman who seems to have forgot that something called fans usually flock to a World Cup!!)

[Steffan]

Just realised im in Serbia (providing the excavation is still on after the flooding) for the whole of the World Cup up until the semi-final stage. Ah well at least I can watch the games now without 'Lets all talk about England whoever is playing' nonsense

[mystiroakey]

Just realised im in Serbia (providing the excavation is still on after the flooding) for the whole of the World Cup up until the semi-final stage. Ah well at least I can watch the games now without 'Lets all talk about England whoever is playing' nonsense

what do you do mate?

[mystiroakey]

The Royal Tulip I believe it is;

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g303506-d299095-Reviews-Royal_Tulip_Rio_de_Janeiro-Rio_de_Janeiro_State_of_Rio_de_Janeiro.html

It has moved up to 91st (perhaps the FA have been logging their ratings to bump it up ) ..has a lovely sewer on the back of it, and whilst it provides nice views...also has rush hour traffic early doors right outside it (though apparently during the quieter summer month of June it won't be so bad...the comments of an FA spokesman who seems to have forgot that something called fans usually flock to a World Cup!!)

I see - one of them business style expensive hotels- which rich people will whinge at..

I love trip advisor- but the ratings are normally based around the type of people that go to the hotel. So many cases best value wins out over expensive that is better- because they expect more,

they would have probably booked out the top floor anyway- so its not like your average booking

[Steffan]

Just realised im in Serbia (providing the excavation is still on after the flooding) for the whole of the World Cup up until the semi-final stage. Ah well at least I can watch the games now without 'Lets all talk about England whoever is playing' nonsense

what do you do mate?

Archaeologist. Well still graduating but already doing digs for work as well

[mystiroakey]

Just realised im in Serbia (providing the excavation is still on after the flooding) for the whole of the World Cup up until the semi-final stage. Ah well at least I can watch the games now without 'Lets all talk about England whoever is playing' nonsense

what do you do mate?

Archaeologist. Well still graduating but already doing digs for work as well

Very Interesting mate. Good on you.Sometimes I wish I did something like that.

[Steffan]

Just realised im in Serbia (providing the excavation is still on after the flooding) for the whole of the World Cup up until the semi-final stage. Ah well at least I can watch the games now without 'Lets all talk about England whoever is playing' nonsense

what do you do mate?

Archaeologist. Well still graduating but already doing digs for work as well

Very Interesting mate. Good on you.Sometimes  I wish I did something like that.

Cheers mate. I didnt get into it until I was 30 myself and there are quite a few mature students in Uni with me so its never too late

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Redmond scores for the under 21's

#redderzforengland

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

1-1

Jack Butland flaps at a cross, Wales score

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

I've never seen the hype with Butland myself. Makes the odd good save, doesn't do the basics well, decision making is iffy to say the least

[Steffan]

Come on Wales

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

2-1 Redmond again!!

Very good game this

[Duty281]

Is this the Welsh age-group side that lost to *snigger* San Marino's youth?

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Finished 3-1 England

Redmond with a hat trick, third disputed though deflected off berahino

Should've been 5/6 really

[Mat]

Definitely Saido's goal!

[Steffan]

Is this the Welsh age-group side that lost to *snigger* San Marino's youth?

Pathetic. We are and you are

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Definitely Saido's goal!

Hand of berahino!!

I'm still getting over Redmond getting two shots on target. Couldn't hit a barn door for us!

Reading twitter every mid table pl club fans want him, and I'm just like its Wales U21 ffs  

[NickisBHAFC]

March or Forster Caskey play?

[Duty281]

Is this the Welsh age-group side that lost to *snigger* San Marino's youth?

Pathetic. We are and you are

It's true though, isn't it? Lost to San Marino, deary me.

I thought it was worth a laugh.

[Steffan]

Is this the Welsh age-group side that lost to *snigger* San Marino's youth?

Pathetic. We are and you are

It's true though, isn't it? Lost to San Marino, deary me.

I thought it was worth a laugh.

Glad you take so much pleasure in us being rubbish

And you wonder why people like me take the anyone but England attitude

That being said you cheered on France against Wales in the 2011 rugby world cup so says it all really

[Mat]

March or Forster Caskey play?

Forster Caskey came on for about 10 minutes at the end

[mystiroakey]

England under 17's in the final lads.

But even Scotland got to the semis.

[Duty281]

Is this the Welsh age-group side that lost to *snigger* San Marino's youth?

Pathetic. We are and you are

It's true though, isn't it? Lost to San Marino, deary me.

I thought it was worth a laugh.

Glad you take so much pleasure in us being rubbish

And you wonder why people like me take the anyone but England attitude

That being said you cheered on France against Wales in the 2011 rugby world cup so says it all really

No I supported Wales, at least I did until Warburton tried to break someone's (Clerc?) neck, and the ITV pundits shamelessly excused him.

And no, I don't wonder why people take the anyone but England attitude - it's jealously, obviously.

[Duty281]

England under 17's in the final lads.

But even Scotland got to the semis.

But..but..., I've read on here, and in the print media, that England's youth system is awful, and here they are beating a supposedly superior technical side in Portugal....what?!

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