England captain David Beckham has resigned the captaincy. Becks was understandably emotional as he made the announcement at an England press conference. Beckham will still play for the team under the new 3 lions manager Steve McClaren.
♠ Did you know it was England caretaker manager Peter Taylor who first gave Beckham the captains armband in November 2000?
♠ Beckham up to today, has played 94 times for England. 58 of those appearances were as the captain. A boyhood dream of Beckham's.England Blog Comment - I think Chelsea centre back John Terry should be the new England captain.
My guess is David Beckham will actually play better for England without the armband. Becks may be the most famous footballer in the international soccer world, but I always figured he was somewhat shackled by the responsibility that comes with the England captaincy. He is not the loudest on the pitch and plays most of his football wide right.
I prefer the Tony Adams type of captain personally. Big, loud, influential and a natural organiser. The man to do that job, for me, is John Terry.
Posted at 12:31 PM, Sunday, July 02, 2006
♠ Did you know it was England caretaker manager Peter Taylor who first gave Beckham the captains armband in November 2000?
♠ Beckham up to today, has played 94 times for England. 58 of those appearances were as the captain. A boyhood dream of Beckham's.England Blog Comment - I think Chelsea centre back John Terry should be the new England captain.
My guess is David Beckham will actually play better for England without the armband. Becks may be the most famous footballer in the international soccer world, but I always figured he was somewhat shackled by the responsibility that comes with the England captaincy. He is not the loudest on the pitch and plays most of his football wide right.
I prefer the Tony Adams type of captain personally. Big, loud, influential and a natural organiser. The man to do that job, for me, is John Terry.
Posted at 12:31 PM, Sunday, July 02, 2006
England 0
Portugal 0 (win aet 3-1 on pens)
England have lost in the World Cup finals after a penalty shootout defeat at the hands of Portugal. Big Phil Scolari certainly is Sven Goran Eriksson's bogeyman.
Portugal were under strength and looked ready to be put to the sword for the first 10 minutes of the football match. The rest of the first half England looked jaded. Not sure why.
The second half was looking like it would be another unmemorable half. That is until Wayne Rooney got sent off for pushing his Man Utd team-mate Ronaldo in the 62nd minute. Sven sacrificed Joe Cole from left midfield and stuck Peter Crouch up front to plow the lone furrow. Crouch was shockingly impressive. The Portuguese defenders were baffled by his size I think.
Backs to the wall, England held out for a 0-0 draw until the 90th minute. I say held out, the 10 man 3 lions looked the more likely to score of the 2 teams. Peter Crouch looked in on goal with 10 to go, but Carvallo stole in to clear. John Terry nearly scored in the last minute too, that would have been quite a goal.
The extra time was interesting seeing that England seemed to take the bull by the horns again and were unlucky not to win the football match. In the end, 0-0 it was. Penaties ensued.
I have no intention of going over the penalty shootout any more than to say, England lost again in another International soccer tournament from 12 yards out.
Grim.
Posted at 6:33 PM, Saturday, July 01, 2006
Portugal 0 (win aet 3-1 on pens)
England have lost in the World Cup finals after a penalty shootout defeat at the hands of Portugal. Big Phil Scolari certainly is Sven Goran Eriksson's bogeyman.
Portugal were under strength and looked ready to be put to the sword for the first 10 minutes of the football match. The rest of the first half England looked jaded. Not sure why.
The second half was looking like it would be another unmemorable half. That is until Wayne Rooney got sent off for pushing his Man Utd team-mate Ronaldo in the 62nd minute. Sven sacrificed Joe Cole from left midfield and stuck Peter Crouch up front to plow the lone furrow. Crouch was shockingly impressive. The Portuguese defenders were baffled by his size I think.
Backs to the wall, England held out for a 0-0 draw until the 90th minute. I say held out, the 10 man 3 lions looked the more likely to score of the 2 teams. Peter Crouch looked in on goal with 10 to go, but Carvallo stole in to clear. John Terry nearly scored in the last minute too, that would have been quite a goal.
The extra time was interesting seeing that England seemed to take the bull by the horns again and were unlucky not to win the football match. In the end, 0-0 it was. Penaties ensued.
I have no intention of going over the penalty shootout any more than to say, England lost again in another International soccer tournament from 12 yards out.
Grim.
Posted at 6:33 PM, Saturday, July 01, 2006
Previous Posts
♠ England 23 To Face France On 26 Mar 2008
♠ England 2 Switzerland 1 (6 Feb 08)
♠ Capello Names His First England Squad
♠ Fabio Capello - The New England Manager?
♠ Steve McClaren Sacked As England Manager
♠ England 2 Croatia 3 - England Fail To Qualify
♠ Isreal Beat Russia - England Can Qualify
♠ Austria 0 England 1 (friendly)
♠ Russia 2 England 1 (17 Oct 07)
♠ England 3 Estonia 0 (13 oct, 07)
♠ England 2 Switzerland 1 (6 Feb 08)
♠ Capello Names His First England Squad
♠ Fabio Capello - The New England Manager?
♠ Steve McClaren Sacked As England Manager
♠ England 2 Croatia 3 - England Fail To Qualify
♠ Isreal Beat Russia - England Can Qualify
♠ Austria 0 England 1 (friendly)
♠ Russia 2 England 1 (17 Oct 07)
♠ England 3 Estonia 0 (13 oct, 07)
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