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Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
Saturday, October 08, 2016
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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Looks like the match is being shown on ESPN Deportes (for those who get it) and ESPN3 online. I'll probably use the latter option.
Good morning, Bob. Ditto for me on that. I will be in and out during the match because I have to take Melanie to the high school for a band competition then meet with the parent of a student I tutor at the local boarding school. Hopefully , the Three Lions will be more in than out.
Good morning, Bob. Ditto for me on that. I will be in and out during the match because I have to take Melanie to the high school for a band competition then meet with the parent of a student I tutor at the local boarding school. Hopefully , the Three Lions will be more in than out.
Morning, David - great to hear from you today. It's raining here in WNY so I'm bunkering in to watch a bit of the good stuff.
Hey Boys,
I have my smart tv set up for ESPN3... I've been told to STAND BY
On my tv it is not the spanish version
I hope
So, England start with
Hart, Walker, Cahill, Stones, Bertrand, Henderson, Alli, Rooney, Lingard, Walcott and Sturridge
Why no Rashford
Why no Vardy
Why play one up top vs Malta
Why play a holding middle vs Malta
My screen just opened to Wembley ...lovely jubilee
Three Lions on the shirt blurting out
Bummer... Blackpool just equalized very late at home to Cambridge
The teams now coming out at Wembley:
England: Hart; Walker, Stones, Cahill, Bertrand; Alli, Henderson, Rooney; Walcott, Sturridge, Lingard. Subs: Smalling, Forster, Rose, Dier, Keane, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Antonio, Vardy, Rashford, Townsend, Heaton.
Malta: Hogg, Sciberras, Agius, Borg, Fenech, Schembri, Camilleri, Kristensen, Effiong, Z Muscat, A Muscat. Subs: Zerafa, Failla, Mifsud, R Muscat, Pisani, Bonello, Farrugia, Scerri, Scicluna.
ESPN3 is not working for me so I'm looking for more links.
Why is there so much talk of holding middies... surely teams should say... we are playing Malta.... play three up top or at least a partnership
Teams don't need to have a system and always play it.... ADJUST
GET A SMART TV!!!
Here they come out of the tunnel to open up the Southgate Era
Wonder how the pitch is after the NFL?
Bet you can still see the end zone paint
Finally got it - anthems going on now at Wemberly.
Last time England play Malta was in 2000
Englad won away 2-1...yikes
This lot lost at home to the Jocks 5-1....it was 1-1 at ht tho
GSTQ just started
How are Hart and Rooney still in the side? And why the hell are we playing a back four and a defensive middle against bloody Malta?
I guess not having Vardy sort of makes sense because there probably won't be much space behind to run in to... they will be sitting back....so no holding middie... have I mentioned that before
Why Cahill ahead of Smalling
Cahill has been pants for Chelsea
Malta's bench has less players
I do like that the entire squad is available instead of just naming 5 subs as in days of old
And we're away at England - come on!
we are off
COME ON ENGLAND
Cambridge drew at Bloomfield Road
You can see the messed up center spot because of the Jags emblem
ATTACK
Back in time for kickoff.
Welcome back MUR
Already too slow for me
Pompey won at Brisbane Road... name the club...no cheating
Gareth told the players to be brave. Not with the lineup he chose.
Leyton Orient
I HATE MODERN DAY FOOTBALL
Well done MUR
Is he holding Rashford for Tuesday ?
Same old England. Same old tactics.
Too slow for me and all. We should be 1-0 up already and all over these mugs.
Agreed, MUR - he wasn't brave with that selection.
Thanks, UWS. I bet he picks the same lineup on Tuesday or something very similar.
Dele Alli is fouls and now England have an early free kick.
Not even trying to score. WHY? Isn't that the whole object of the game
Free kick for England... Rooney will take and hit the wall
Derby have made it official... Pearson is out
Hendo, Roon, and Bertrand over this one.
Rooney - straight into the wall. Get him off!
I CALLED IT WITH WAZZA
The Jocks won 1-5 away to this same team, so England will look really bad if they only win 1-0 or 2-0. Snoddy scored a hat-trick in that match
Free kick to England and Roon shoots into the wall.
Great save by the Maltese keeper Hogg from Rooney.
Decent effort from Roon
Better from England now - pressing our claim.
Wonder if I am behind you?
Great save by Andrew Hogg from Roon. That's more like it
Walker with a useless cross...there's a shocker for the modern day football
Roon concedes a foul on Malta's first attempted attack
I don't understand why professionals can't cross the ball anymore. Is it something to do with the modern ball?
And another useless cross by Walker... straight to keeper
Lindy hits the corner flag with that shot (sigh)....
I heard Pearson went psycho on them and he wasn't getting results. Chris Powell was named caretaker manager. Is he the replacement?
I don't get it... are they trying to do more with it?
Just like corners... front post corners work one in a 100 but they keep trying it
Still interim coach I think
Poor by Jesse Lingard after Hogg fumbled the cross.
Walcott does put a ball in the six but no striker in there
PLAY TWO UP THERE!!!
Thanks, UWS
Grand Final in Rugby League about to start at Old Trafford... they better not ruin our playing surface
Predictably it's all England, with Malta not even getting out of their half. So why do we need five defensive players? I'm not even sure we need a goalkeeper today.
The Jocks had already taken the lead in Malta by this time .
LOL, Bob. Funny, but true. Even Joe Hart can get a game today
Weak effort by Sturridge... bit a ball hog too.
Are you Defoe in disguise?
A tame shot from Sturridge is straight to Andy Hogg.
I doubt whether Hart will get more than five touches today. He's had one so far when it was played back to him.
Thats what I said... why talk about holding middies
Play three in the back !!
LOL, UWS
Bertrand is down and may not be able to continue. Danny Rose to come on. I prefer him anyway.
Bertrand looks like he did a hammy....Rose to come on
Three at the back, no defensive middies. And play three proper strikers from the off with two wide men. No reason to defend.
Ryan Bertrand pulls a muscle and that may be it for him
So now that means with Rose used, we're down to two possible attacking subs in the second half (sigh)...
It looks like the Yorkshire Rose, formerly of the LUFC Academy will replace Bertrand and he does.
Oh - nice long ball through to Lindy who tried a tricky half volley - well over.
Lindy with a chance... good run but not a good finish... difficult chance
I would have put on another attacking player.
Why is Sturridge dropping so deep to collect the ball? Get up the pitch, mate!
Exactly - it's not working now. Change it up by bringing Rashford on.
Lingard shanks a half volley high and wide with just Hogg to beat off a nice long ball from Henderson
Oh - Ali should have scored there - decent save by Hogg but it was straight at him. And Sturridge blazes over.
I now only two matches have been played, but the Faroes are second in their group with four points from two matches and clean sheets in both matches. Well done the Faroes.
My link is behind... i just heard the header on the radio update
Damn it!
Wish I was live
England should have scored there
How did England not take the lead.Great cross from Kyle wlaker and Hogg saves a header fropm Alli then Sturridge blazes over in front of an empty goal
nasty by Roon... I thought he could have been in trouble there...no card
He did get ball but left his boot in
Rooney crocks a Maltese. Might have been a red there. Nasty.
Wee Gordon played the same tactics last month in Malta that we are advocating for the Three Lions and the result speaks for itself.
Armenia are three down at home to Romania and man down...ELEVEN minutes has been played
Ayer lead in Norway
Why can't England be three up inside 11 minutes
Roon's a lucky boy.
All three middies are playing to deep in my book
WOW !!! Agreed since Romania is an average side at best.
Robbie Savage just tweeted
Even Scotland had scored against Malta by now
GOAL! Finally! Sturridge nods home England's opener nearly a half-hour in.
Joe Hart can take a nap or play with his cell phone.
FINALLY
Sturridge scores for England
Great ball in by Hendo and Sturridge got the header right for a change.
1-0
GOAL !!! STURRIDGE GIVES ENGLAND THE LEAD.
Score more!!!
Great angle shot of that header.. perfectly placed
Kyle Walker played a pass back to Henderson and he put in a great cross for his Pool teammate to score with a well placed header.
Robbie Savage is about twenty minutes behind the Goldy Sports Center and he wonders why he didn't make it with United. Timing was never one of his strengths.
England free kick now - Rooney whips it in by Stones can't get on it.
Danny Rose wins a free kick
Useless by Roon..why is he taking all the free kicks
It wasn't a dangerous area... it was right to the keeper
Oh - Lindy has an effort thwarted by Hogg, who is keeping the score down.
Oh - Cahill is just wide from the resulting corner.
Lindy misses another chance...great run but needs to bury these
Cahill misses a chance
The fee kick from Roon is headed by Stones straight to Hogg.
Defenders finish there... like you two!!!
I would have finished that one.
Sturridge's first Wembley goal since May 2014
A tad late by Stones on Effiong.
Part of that is due to injuries and part loss of form
GOAL! Delle Alli finally scores, after two bites at the cherry.
2-0 England!
TWO NIL!!
ALLI with England's second with a second effort
GOAL !!!! DELLA ALLI PUTS ENGLAND TWO UP. HOGG SAVED HIS INITIAL EFFORT THEN HE PUT AWAY THE REBOUND. STURRIDGE PASSED TO ROON, WHO PASSED TO DELLA ALLI
England need at least two more to catch Scotland's goal tally
England's match with Scots in on Veteran's Day... no school!!
I need to leave to meet the parent of a student I tutor. I should be back early in the second half.
Nice one - should be one where I can at least watch from work.
Cheerio, mate - chat with you later.
Hogg saves at his near post from Sturridge.
ANOTHER DEFOE MOMENT BY STURRIDGE
PASS THE DAMN BALL
Southgate's Era has already scored more goals than Big Sam's
Sturridge has another headed chance - this time right at the keeper.
LOL! Nice one, MUR.
More goals for England than touches on the ball from Joe Hart.
England need to win by at least five
Why not 9-0 like the time we saw England beat Luxembourg... I know I was there... were both of you?
I agree - I'd like to see England give a side a real thrashing like they used to do. Good for morale. 5-0 is okay away from home but not at Wembley.
Two minutes of stoppage time to come.
Half-time. 2-0 and cruising. Still disappointed by that.
half time
Okay but I want more
Agreed Bob
Still sitting in your chair btw
My ESPN coverage is showing the chances about 18 times from about 18 different angles!!
England have had mustered up 8 shots on target
Most in a full game since Oct 2015 vs Lithuania
That doesn't say much for England does it!!!
Ollie Coe: It's only Malta but England are at least doing the right things! Must be said that Rooney still looks our worst player
Mark in Glastonbury: Granted Rooney is doing OK, but he's negating everything that we should be doing. We are slow in the build up and choosing the wrong option too many times. When we beat Germany away without him we were electric. Him strolling around like a quarter back is no good.
Jon Evans: Good start for Southgate so far. Could easily be 3/4-0+ this half . Nice to see some width and forward runs. Nice change.
Teams in the tunnel to come out
Here comes Malta
Rash is warming up on the pitch with the rest of the subs
All the red seats are empty as England come out... something has to change about that!!
Put the camera on the other side so we don't have to look at it...or get everyone's bums back in the seats for the match... that's why they are there
We are off
The Sniffer gets a mention... as England's 5-0 win in the 70s is mentioned
Clarke and Franny Lee among the goals that day
Walker into the box...USELESS pass/cross
Sigh
Rooney shoots from a free kick wide of there area
Decent save by Hogg
Why is Rooney getting the ball from Hart
GO UP THE FIELD
free kick chance wide
Rooney will whip it in... doesn't beat the first man
not enough players in white shirts getting into the box
England should have played Michael Keane in defense where he wouldn't really have to worry about defending
Back after a bite of lunch. Still 2-0. Any changes?
Not good enough by England
What has Walcott done out there today?
Touched the ball a few times but that's it
Useless cross again by Walker
no changes mate...including my seating arrangements
The thing that frustrates me the most is that the approach here is the same as if England were playing a good side like Portugal or Italy. Same line-up. Safe substitutions starting at the hour mark. Why not change things for this specific match?
The fans are bored... why not entertain!!!
Totally agree... i said before... adjust to the opposition
Don't need to worry about hold middies... everyone says to play to the system... no... change the system against different sides
Decent ball in????
USELESS
Walcott with a chance....great save again
atrocious corner by the captain
Walcott trips over the ball...not international quality in my book
Marcus about to come on... for who?
I would say Walcott
I agree - that reality that Theo Walcott is still in the squad shows how shallow the talent pool is.
Henderson trying to be cutsie...shoot
It is the change I called for... I could run England
Here comes Rash then...and, as you ordered, it's Theo off. Nice one, Gareth, except that I would have started with Rash.
What do you think of Bob Bradley going to Swansea?
Giggs spurned
Hopefully he starts on Tuesday in a tougher match
Decent effort by Lindy... he likes scoring in that goal... CUP FINAL WINNERS!!!
only 20 minutes to go
no goals in the second... not pleased
Will Sgate make his one more available change?
Vardy?
Here comes Vardy.... for?
Will it be Sturridge?
Yes it will....I COULD be England manager
Hardy for Sturridge - you really could run this side, mate.
That change makes no sense - like for like so that Sturridge and Vardy don't have the chance to build any chemistry. How are England strikers supposed to gel if they never play together?
have players running in the box
I agree with you... why not have two strikers on the pitch
Some Maltese legend coming on - who cares.
England trying to be too cute!
Agreed - 2-0 is not good enough. 81K in attendance. They deserved better.
They are trying these impossible chips over the top!!!
Has Hart done anything except for collecting a cross with no one around
Malta have a free kick - wake up, Joe Hart!
now he has to make the save!!
One goal and it is squeaky bum time
Joe Hart woke up and saved at his near post.
Lindy crosses but no one gets a touch. This one should be over by now.
Again, the Scots are ahead of on GD if they win tonight
It's worth a point!!
Two corners in quick succession. Played short. Cleared. (Sigh)....
I'm not afraid of the Jocks - we should beat them home and away.
England, beginning to look a little dispirited, slow to walking pace.
Horrible miss by Delle Ali
great cross by Rash
Oh - Rash crossed brilliantly and Delle Alli somehow contrived to put it over.
The Maltese are celebrating a 2-0 loss. What a load of wankers.
Just look at the Malta fans... that says it all
NOT BLOODY GOOD ENOUGH
Did you see what Iceland did on Thursday vs Finland
They were losing 2-1 at home in the 90th minute...they won 3-2
A win is a win but why not try and entertain more
Play with speed
Get men in the box
Send the fans home happy
There goes the commentators saying it has been good!!
Bloody modern day football
Useless by Roon
He doesn't belong in United's or England's side
Who was man of the match?
Henderson?
Our holding middie... that says it all
2 added minutes
Two up... go out and entertain in the second half!!!!
Ben Dunmore: All too safe. No risk taking. Balls into a good area = lack of quality. No drive from the captain. It is Malta...be brave
Mark: If it's an open goal it's too easy for Dele!
Simon Latson: England reverting to type in this half. Not as much urgency and speed. Pretty dull.
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