North Ireland vs. England

I saw tonight match in Belfast.
I would have 2 words to say: MAMMA MIA!!!

Was the best day of my life

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ls/4224336.stm

i'm sorry, ericksonians

hip hip Healy

People were still singing in the city centre three hours after the game.

absolutely fantastic

Congrats to you guys, you played well and deserved that result or at least a draw... Sven made a stupid decision by letting Owen to play alone in front...

I was extremely happy England were humiliated!

That doesnt surprise me Hasan

horrible, horrible display

no passion, awful tactics and nobody knowing where they were supposed to be...Sven has a lot to answer for and he is too weak to make the decisions required for England to fulfil their potential. N.Ireland dont have any great talents in that team but Lawrie Sanchez and Dave Beasant have given them the old Wimbledon fighting spirit, their players were a credit to their nation whereas ours (having been inspired by Svens gentle conversational skills, and Beckhams leadership qualities ) seemed to think they need only turn up and things will happen for them.....Rooney got a lot of grief from the press but at least he showed he cared, and as soon as Terry is fit again he should be given the captaincy, he'd have smashed a few heads together if he'd been there yesterday.

Fortunately its only Englands first defeat and we need only 2 home wins to top the group. One thing worth noting is that the last time we played this bad was against Hong Kong select XI in 96, about a month after that the SaS destroyed Holland so there is always hope

imho, if Sven put in Cole for Rooney since the starting wistle.....

anyway the pressure is a bad friend and England is stressed.
The evidence is terry the butcher

Were you at Windsor Gino?

Honestly, the best night ever. I was about four rows in front of the guy who let off the flare when we scored.

no, Rab, unfortunately I weren't.
I saw live on tv,
I choose that game instead of Italy vs. Bielorussia
I watched the game one more time last night, Healy goal was absolutely legal, his movement has been fantastic: a great joy for you, I see rivers of beer....

[quote=Stezagud]That doesnt surprise me Hasan

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Oh no? Why?

Because lots of people take great delight in Englands defeats, we're like the international version of Millwall

Originally Posted by Stezagud

Because lots of people take great delight in Englands defeats, we're like the international version of Millwall

I like the happiness of North Ireland people because of this historic victory.
They didn't beat England since the night of the times.
I am happy for this simple reason, but it doesn't mean that I am happy for England defeat: I respect England and Sven, I'm laughing only for Spain disaster.

Norn Iron were great and England were awful at best. There's alot of criticism about England playing 4-5-1, but some of it isn't justified. I think when to play it was wrong, it should have been against Denmark not in a true qualifier, especially against home country opposition. Anytime England play Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland or the Republic of Ireland, it's like a derby where form and everything else goes out the window. So for me the timing of this formation change was bad.

However, if you look at the players we have you have to ask why it didn't work as 4-5-1/4-3-3 (they're pretty much the same formations it just depends if you're attacking or defending in my opinion) suits alot of our players. A midfield 3 of Lampard, Beckham and Gerrard means Lampard has the same role he has for Chelsea and Beckham has his centre position, which leaves Gerrard but he should be able to adapt. The front 3 of Rooney, Owen and SWP means Rooney plays wide like he has done for Man Utd recently (when they've played Rooney and Ronaldo alongside RVN) and SWP playing on the right side like he does for Chelsea/City. The only one it doesn't completely suit is Owen. I mean if Fergie plays Rooney out wide for Utd, why can't it work for England ? If you take all that into acount, the formation should have worked better than it did.

But anyway, now we have to go back to 4-4-2 because of pressure, which means no pace or width on the right and Beckham (as the game slips away from England) increasingly moving to the middle to show everyone he can hit the ball 50 yards ... no holding player of note because Lampard and Gerrard want to go forward and Cole on the left

But lets celebrate N. Ireland's TEAM performance and hope England can learn from it and also that Sven might be asked to leave, although i can't see it as it would cost the F.A. too much money. One last thing, why do so many people round the country want Allardyce to manage England ? I can't see anything in him.

"England are gonna win the world cup"

looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooool NORTHERN IRELAND scored their 2nd GOAL IN LIKE 3 YEARS !!! and England's starters all played AND LOST VS NORTHERN IRELAND OMFG THIS IS WORSE THAN LIVERPOOL WINNING CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAH