Messi or Ronaldo ?

[Stavros]

So far what has been noticeable is that Steven Gerrard is playing well, I haven't seen him playing this well since that 5-1 defeat of Germany. I wonder if John Terry has now taken his rightful place in the rear of the dressing room, my impression is that in South Africa a lot of the internal dissent was generated by his colossal ego. The pass that Gerrard gave to Carroll for the goal in the Sweden game was sensational; he has also been driving at the defence in the absence of tame Scott Parker, and could be the key that unlocks the Italian defence

What do people make of Balotelli? Is he going to be England's nemesis?

[SammiValentine]

myth : gerrard doesnt play well for england

fact : has been englands most consisitant performer in the last 8 years+

[beaufont]

Poor effort I know but I want to get Messi with Sammi

[SammiValentine]

hahahaha

[Stavros]

Hmmm, well I am struggling to recall Gerrard's sterling performances in recent years. Did you see te ITV coverage of the England-Ukraine match? Jamie Carragher, asked about the visual quip that Rooney made after scoring his goal -apparently something to do with hair-gel, said that for a Croxteth lad Rooney should be ashamed to put anything on his hair...it sounded quite funny at the time, possibly because Jamie has an accent as wide as the Mersey. Rooney looks a few yards short of his fitness, one hopes he improves.

[SammiValentine]

your a bad queg if you have long hair, earring or wear gel on your hair round my way, even more so crocky la. carragher is just speaking the truth - its a very scouse thing to say. made transition easy like.. cough

[SammiValentine]

you probably will struggle cos he hasnt single handedly carried england like has us at times, however the key words are consistant level of performence for england, he has always been the best or one of the best in the side, regardless of them winning or losing including our last world cup humiliation. "shit for england" is a myth, just no istanbul or cardiff final cameos (to name but the famous ones for simplicity).

england managers have spent far to many long years debating if "lamps and stevie" could play together or not lol

[robertlouis]

you probably will struggle cos he hasnt single handedly carried england like has us at times, however the key words are consistant level of performence for england, he has always been the best or one of the best in the side, regardless of them winning or losing including our last world cup humiliation. "shit for england" is a myth, just no istanbul or cardiff final cameos (to name but the famous ones for simplicity).

england managers have spent far to many long years debating if "lamps and stevie" could play together or not lol

And both Ericcson and Capello continually played him out of position and asked him to do a job that didn't match his strengths. Hodgson has had the sense, maybe the wisdom, to put him at the heart of things and perform the same role that he does for Liverpool. Bloody obvious, really.

[robertlouis]

your a bad queg if you have long hair, earring or wear gel on your hair round my way, even more so crocky la. carragher is just speaking the truth - its a very scouse thing to say. made transition easy like.. cough

Can't have been easy Sammi. Good for you babe.

[SammiValentine]

And both Ericcson and Capello continually played him out of position and asked him to do a job that didn't match his strengths. Hodgson has had the sense, maybe the wisdom, to put him at the heart of things and perform the same role that he does for Liverpool. Bloody obvious, really.

he is still outta position now tbh, but hes the best we have that for now!