Capello Thread

[CROoney]

Capello probed by judiciary
From correspondents in Rome, Italy
April 01, 2008 ENLGAND coach Fabio Capello is being probed by an Italian state prosecutor for allegedly withholding information to a court, a judicial source said.

The prosecutor intends to bring a case against Capello and former Juventus director Antonio Giraudo after they gave evidence in a trial of six men accused of fostering unfair competition through the use of threats or violence as part of Italy's Gea World sports agency, the source said.

Under Italian law, a person found guilty of withholding information in court can be jailed for up to six years.

As a witness, Capello had earlier told the court in Rome he never dealt with player contracts while in Italy and never heard of players being put under pressure to sign specific agreements.

"I never spoke with Luciano Moggi and I was never concerned with how unnecessary players or staff arrived at the club," Capello said.

"I indicated which purchases and signings I wanted to make and then I left it in the hands of the sports director to pursue."

Former Juventus general manager Moggi, also at the centre of Italy's 2006 match-fixing affair, and Davide Lippi, son of former Italy coach Marcello, are also among the defendants.

Capello worked under Moggi at Juventus from 2004-2006 as well as during his time in charge of AS Roma between 1999 and 2004 also interested the court.

The 61-year-old, appointed as England coach in December, is also being investigated for alleged tax fraud by prosecutors in Turin.

He has said his finances are in order and was not aware of any matters which would be of concern.

In court, Capello denied having had relations with the directors of the Gea agency and denied having been put under pressure over the management of players during his time at Juve and Roma.

Prosecutor Luca Palamara asked the court for and obtained the transcripts of Capello and Giraudo's statements, accusing both of withholding information, the source said.

It was not clear which part of Capello's testimony the prosecutor was unhappy with.

Capello was coach of Juventus when they were demoted to Serie B and stripped of their 2005 and 2006 Italian championships because of a match-fixing scandal linked to procuring favourable referees. He subsequently left for a second spell in charge of Real Madrid.

Moggi was banned from football for five years for his part in the scandal.

Moggi's son Alessandro, also on trial, is head of Gea World.

Capello was appointed as England's second foreign coach after they failed to qualify for Euro 2008 in November when Steve McClaren was sacked.

Capello, Capello -one to many times you've been mentioned to be branded as innocent ...firts tax, no this - where there's smoke.....

[Jazz 16]

lol at the title 'more dark clouds over England'
Admit it Croo you just love getting one over on the English.
You Croats will always go on about it. hee hee, just like us Irish :p
and they say he could spend 4 years in jail. How will he coach the
English then :D

[fazman]

the england job has turned into a farce we have swedish playboys and now a italian who doesnt speak english

[CROoney]

lol at the title 'more dark clouds over England'
Admit it Croo you just love getting one over on the English.
You Croats will always go on about it. hee hee, just like us Irish :p
and they say he could spend 4 years in jail. How will he coach the
English then :D
spot on - i already feel like an irish ! lol

[reddwarf]

Better than getting probed by aliens :eek:

Let's face it - he could go a better job from prison than McClaren could from the touchline. I'm not concerned at this stage.

[sparkic]

Well at least this one is not an April fools joke!

[nigelchin]

LOL aww thats bad im a england supporter.

[Jazz 16]

LOL aww thats bad im a england supporter.

You might want to change your sig Nigel.......36 now :p

[red_devils4life]

You might want to change your sig Nigel.......36 now :p

LMFAO!! :D

[red_devils4life]

Source: Times Online

http://www.thefa.com/NR/rdonlyres/35924ABF-D684-4806-9CE1-6A82EFAE6E03/37314/Scholes_celeb_L.jpg

Fabio Capello, the England manager, plans to name an extended squad of 30 for the spring internationals against the United States and Trinidad & Tobago and is considering one final attempt to coax Paul Scholes out of international retirement.

Still casting around for a way to bring the best out of Wayne Rooney and increasingly worried by the inability of his team to keep possession, Capello is set to appeal to the 33-year-old Manchester United midfield player, who announced in August 2004 that he had finished with international football.

Steve McClaren, the former England head coach, made four unsuccessful attempts to persuade Scholes to change his mind and it is similarly unlikely that Capello will succeed, but he hopes that Scholes could be tempted by one last crack at a leading international tournament, with the prospect of playing an important role in England's 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign. Scholes will be halfway to his 36th birthday when the finals begin, but Capello is more concerned with what his intelligent passing could bring to England's midfield now, particularly his experience in bringing the best out of Rooney at United.

Capello intends to use the international matches in May and June to determine the key personnel who will form the backbone of his team next season and wants to make his approach to Scholes soon. The United playmaker has been an important figure for his club this season, not least during the 2-0 victory away to AS Roma in the Champions League.

Scholes won 66 caps for England, the last in the European Championship quarter-final defeat by Portugal in 2004, but he became increasingly frustrated with Sven-Göran Eriksson's decision to play him on the wide left of midfield rather than in his preferred central role. There would be no such problem with Capello, who has earmarked where he wishes Scholes to play, if he is open to a return.

There will be several player switches during the spring internationals as Capello searches for the right pairings and others who could feature include Dean Ashton, the West Ham United striker. Capello may also give Stewart Downing, the Middlesbrough winger, a chance to impress.

Capello regards the ten days he will spend with the players over this period as significant in assessing how open they are to his ideas and training methods. He has been frustrated by the lack of access to the squad, spending only three days together before the friendly matches against Switzerland and France, and was hampered further last month by the scheduling of big matches involving Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool on the Sunday before the game against France.

[abojodeh]

Scholes is wanted by every england maneger
but scholes says that he prefer to spend some time with his family instead of playing for england

[Jazz 16]

Scholes wont go back at this stage. Its pointless even asking him.
He wants to prolong his career at United and with the likes of
Hargo, Carrick and Anderson breathing down his neck for a place,
going on internationals is the last thing he would want to do.
Obviously Capello wants him, who wouldnt? but Its never going to happen.


Actually, while we are on this subject, Ive a question for the English members.
I know most of you prefer United way more than your National Team,
but as Englishmen would you not like to see Scholesy back playing for your
country? and why?

[fazman]

Scholes wont go back at this stage. Its pointless even asking him.
He wants to prolong his career at United and with the likes of
Hargo, Carrick and Anderson breathing down his neck for a place,
going on internationals is the last thing he would want to do.
Obviously Capello wants him, who wouldnt? but Its never going to happen.


Actually, while we are on this subject, Ive a question for the English members.
I know most of you prefer United way more than your National Team,
but as Englishmen would you not like to see Scholesy back playing for your
country? and why?


jazz this is one of them joke threads that annoy us real united fans

[abojodeh]

jazz this is one of them joke threads that annoy us real united fans
yeah scholes is our best mid. right now :mad: :D

[antdevil78]

hate to say this but at moment on perfomances, scholes has not done anything to merit getting into the england squad.

i think we could even be looking at his final season at United and expect a retirement.

he lacks that bite his game used to have. even the usual daft tackle is missing as is couple of yards of the pace. Its his passing range that helps him with that.

[Jazz 16]

hate to say this but at moment on perfomances, scholes has not done anything to merit getting into the england squad.

i think we could even be looking at his final season at United and expect a retirement.

he lacks that bite his game used to have. even the usual daft tackle is missing as is couple of yards of the pace. Its his passing range that helps him with that.

Id have to disagree somewhat. Ok he has been very poor in a few games,
but in other games he has ran the show.
He was rusty in his first 3/4 games when he came back, but then got some form,
not typically Scholesy form but maybe 1 game in 2 he is very good.
I know we need and expect more, but he still has a lot to offer both this season
and beyond.

[-zuco-]

Actually, while we are on this subject, Ive a question for the English members.
I know most of you prefer United way more than your National Team,
but as Englishmen would you not like to see Scholesy back playing for your
country? and why?

I've always been a 'club before country' man because I like to watch a
team with deire and passion actually trying to win a game.

When I watch England i get frustrated by a team of world class players
who play like numpties when in the same team. I don't think we can blame
the manager(s) any longer, it happens with all managers so it must be the
players. To avoid this frustration I have come up with a simple but effective solution: Don't watch England!

As for Scholes coming back, he's on his last legs at united so I'd rather he
saved the little energy he still has in his legs for playing for United rather
than fighting a lost cause playing for the national team.

[Jazz 16]

I've always been a 'club before country' man because I like to watch a
team with deire and passion actually trying to win a game.

When I watch England i get frustrated by a team of world class players
who play like numpties when in the same team. I don't think we can blame
the manager(s) any longer, it happens with all managers so it must be the
players. To avoid this frustration I have come up with a simple but effective solution: Don't watch England!

As for Scholes coming back, he's on his last legs at united so I'd rather he
saved the little energy he still has in his legs for playing for United rather
than fighting a lost cause playing for the national team.


Fair enough and cheers for the response. I can understand better now,
but being Irish maybe its different for me? well it is different for me.
Knowing the Irish lads on this forum and my mates, I know we have huge
passion for our national team and always will.

Maybe it has something to do with supporting a team in a different country?
You guys cant stand the Chelsea, Pool English boys, and I guess other
fans wont like the United contingent etc......Its booing and despising them
one week then watching Gerrard and Lampard for eg score goals for your country.
It must be a strange feeling cheering when a despised one scores?

It seems as though more people from outside England support the English
National team more than the English themselves...
:confused: did that make sense?

[-zuco-]

More and more England fans are becoming disillusioned with the lack of
commitment from the players. The only ones who seem to put in much
of an effort are Rooney, Joe Cole and Gerrard (sometimes).

I don't mind cheering for a rival team's player if he scored fro England but
I'm sure a lot of other fans do.

I think a lot of people from abroad support England because they love the
Premiership so much, it's just a shame the players can't replicate their
performances for their clubs when they pull on an England shirt.

[The_Red_Prince]

He past his prime in International football.It will be pointless to get him out of retirement at this stage when United needs all of players fit and ready for battle

[dckyfoxes]

Id have to disagree somewhat. Ok he has been very poor in a few games,
but in other games he has ran the show.
He was rusty in his first 3/4 games when he came back, but then got some form,
not typically Scholesy form but maybe 1 game in 2 he is very good.
I know we need and expect more, but he still has a lot to offer both this season
and beyond.

I have to agree with Jazz on this, it's really an insult to ginger boy on this... :mad:
He just got back from injury and to get him back to his normal takes time, having to see him in games with the younger lad, I see no problem on his fitness...
And mind you, he was the one that opts himself out of international and to the fact that many England Managers would loves to see him back shows that he definately have what it takes on the international level...

I sees that he can at least play for another season or 2... He will proved you wrong next season... :cool:

[akash_reds]

i dont think he will go back......he has reitred and he likes it i think..he wants to stay at united longer so why would he want to join england back.....he just has to stay at united and do his best for us...he is getting on a bit too.....and he has also started to lose the edge he had

[reddwarf]

Actually, while we are on this subject, Ive a question for the English members.I know most of you prefer United way more than your National Team, but as Englishmen would you not like to see Scholesy back playing for your
country? and why?

I support Man United and England. I'd love to see us lift the World Cup just as much as I'd love to see United win the Champions League. In fact, I have bought a ticket for England v USA in May and I'm planning to go to Wembley in August to see us play the Czech Rep.

A couple of years ago it would have been great to see Scholesy in an England shirt but I don't want him to come out of retirement now. Not only could it effect his club form but a player of his stature does not deserve to put up with the crap associated with playing for England these days.

Typical example is Frank Lampard - England's Player of the Year a few years ago is now repeatedly booed by his own fans. Capello getting booed less than half an hour into his first game was ridiculous too.

It's getting to the stage where it's almost embarrassing to admit you're an England fan - and not just because we're rubbish!!!

[abojodeh]

i cant see gerrard and scholes playing for united cuz gerrard plays for our rivals
so it will be a dream to see scholesy back to the international track but i prefer he dont to keep him fresh

[antdevil78]

i cant see gerrard and scholes playing for united cuz gerrard plays for our rivals
so it will be a dream to see scholesy back to the international track but i prefer he dont to keep him fresh

gerrard in a united shirt.

excuse me while i am sick

[nigelchin]

scholes still has it, i think the one losing it has been giggs. he hasnt been giving performances since march. performs badly against boro and blackburn recently. i think its due to position. scholes is in a more crowded central position where he doesnt need to run much well giggs has to run up and down the wing.

[red_devils4life]

Source: Goal.com

http://mummigud.blog.is/users/26/mummigud/img/c_documents_and_settings_owner_my_documents_mummi_ myndir_blog_is_fabio_capello.jpg

Former England Manager Sir Bobby Robson has criticised the decision to appoint Fabio Capello as the current Three Lions boss, claiming “The FA picked the wrong man”

In an interview in the News of the World Robson describes how he feels the England manager must be able to speak the language and how he would prefer the job to go a British manager.

“At half-time, how can you communicate tactics to a player if you can’t talk to him?” says Robson in reference to Capello’s potential problems with the language barrier.

“I would have preferred an English or British manager,’ he goes on to say before singling out managers such as Mark Hughes, Martin O’Neill and Harry Redknapp as candidates he feels could have done the job well.

Despite Capello having a wonderful track record as a manager, having won league titles in Italy and Spain as well as the European Cup, Robson remains unconvinced he is the right man for the job and even points out how he has made a less than impressive start to his tenure as England boss. “Capello has played two games and lost one already, not a great start”.

Of course Robson was England manager himself for eight years between 1982 and 1990 even taking his team to the verges of a World Cup final in 1990 before dramatically losing a semi-final on penalties to West Germany.

Therefore he is well placed to speak authoritatively on the subject of who should be the national coach. Indeed, Robson has an opinion on who should takeover should Capello fail and find himself out of a job.

“Hopefully an English or British manager,” says Robson before adding the name of his preferred choice, “Gareth Southgate will turn out to be a fine England manager,’ he says of the current Middlesbrough manager.

[reddwarf]

I'm not bothered by Capello's nationality but I am concerned by his tactics. I really don't like to see England play with 2 defensive midfield players and 1 up front. I've always preferred 4-4-2 for England and personally I'd like to see...

GK: James
RB: Richards
CB: Ferdinand
CB: Terry
LB: A Cole
RM: Bentley
CM: Hargreaves
CM: Gerrard
LM: J Cole
ST: Rooney
ST: Owen

...start in our next game.

I think young players like Young and Walcott also need to be given a chance.

[red_devils4life]

I'm not bothered by Capello's nationality but I am concerned by his tactics. I really don't like to see England play with 2 defensive midfield players and 1 up front. I've always preferred 4-4-2 for England and personally I'd like to see...

GK: James
RB: Richards
CB: Ferdinand
CB: Terry
LB: A Cole
RM: Bentley
CM: Hargreaves
CM: Gerrard
LM: J Cole
ST: Rooney
ST: Owen

...start in our next game.

I think young players like Young and Walcott also need to be given a chance.

Very true, I agree 100% with the your preferred line-up. When fully fit, Capello should actually field this starting 11 as many times as possible IMO.

[Jazz 16]

I'm not bothered by Capello's nationality but I am concerned by his tactics. I really don't like to see England play with 2 defensive midfield players and 1 up front. I've always preferred 4-4-2 for England and personally I'd like to see...

GK: James
RB: Richards
CB: Ferdinand
CB: Terry
LB: A Cole
RM: Bentley
CM: Hargreaves
CM: Gerrard
LM: J Cole
ST: Rooney
ST: Owen

...start in our next game.

I think young players like Young and Walcott also need to be given a chance.

Spot on Dwarf. Thats the best English team you could get.
Hargo in there would allow Gerrard to do what he does best.
Young and Walcott would be great impact subs.
Then you have the likes of Carrick, Barry, Lamps to come into MF if you have
injuries and the likes of Lescott, Campbell, Woodgate etc to come in in defence.
When you look at it like that, you have an incredible amount of very good players.
Oh yeah and the likes of Defoe, Crouch and Agbonlahor up front.
many many options.....

[akash_reds]

i agree with reddwarf's formation...
one more problem is that rooney deosnt play well for england and capello has to find a way to open the box of talent rooney has for england to do well....
the main problem of picking an england team is that all the players play in the EPL and that means there wil be a a big rivalry between the players.....gerrard and lampard in the same midfield is not good..
and the english strike force doesnt have a goal machine like RVN or someone like that.....and we dont have much height too(except crouch)...we dont have great headers of the ball.......we dont have great finishers up front.....
but out midfield and defence is strong though

[Red Devil]

Fabio Capello is ready to meet with Paul Scholes and Jamie Carragher in a bid to tempt them both out of international retirement. 33-year-old Scholes quit England after Euro 2004 - whilst Carragher, 30, gave up international duty in 2007.


Both players are continuing to perform at the top of their game for their clubs, Manchester United and Liverpool, and the Italian is keen to have them both available to him.


"There are players that don't want to be part of England like Paul Scholes and Jamie Carragher. They are very good players and the door is always open," Capello told The People.


"But you can't force anyone to play for you.


"The most important thing is for the players to love the shirt and want to play for the shirt. It is down to them."

[eoininho]

Not a chance Scholes is gonna bother playin for england again.. any country who puts a genius like Scholes on the left wing to accomodate two idiot rentboys in the middle deserves to never see him wear the shirt again!

[CROoney]

well who doesn't want him tbh...

[Zenitka]

very good!

They are great players!

And Scholes is fantastic!

[Red Warrior]

FABIO CAPELLO has rocked England by claiming he will quit management after the 2010 World Cup.

The England boss stunned FA chiefs by saying he could retire from football two years prior to the scheduled end of his four-year deal.

Capello said: "My shift ends with England. My work on the field ends with the English experience."

Asked if he was going to retire in two years after the World Cup, Capello replied: "This is certain."

Capello told reporters he wanted to take the Three Lions to "among the top three in the world" in South Africa, but lamented the lack of talent at his disposal and said he had a tougher task than Italy boss Marcello Lippi.

He added: "I'm worse off than Lippi."

"In the Premier League only 35 per cent of the players are English, while in Italy it is around 72 per cent."

Source: the sun

[abojodeh]

shut up capello
i really wonder if england can qualify to the world cup finals

[antdevil78]

"In the Premier League only 35 per cent of the players are English, while in Italy it is around 72 per cent."

Never realised so many english players played in Italy!!!!!:p

[marty davidson]

England coach Fabio Capello believes his team can qualify for the World Cup by playing with the same technical quality as Euro 2008 champions Spain.

Capello's team play Czech Republic on Wednesday 20 August in a warm-up to September's World Cup qualifiers.

"Technically we are like the Spanish players, though we don't play in the same style as them," said the Italian.

"I'm very confident we have the skill and the spirit to qualify. We have grown with every friendly so far."

Capello replaced Steve McClaren after England missed out on qualification for this summer's tournament in Austria and Switzerland, which was won in great style by Spain.

"We're a very good team," added Capello. "For us, the opponent's not important, the important thing is what we do.

We will qualify for the World Cup in South Africa. I am sure of it."

Losing twice in Euro 2008 qualifying to Croatia was the key to England's failure, and the teams will meet again in the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup.

Capello saw Croatia in action three times at the Euros this summer, but only Spain really caught his eye.

"I watched some games live and saw the rest on TV," said England's Italian coach.

"Only Spain played in a different style. Only the characteristics of their play was different. But I have a lot of confidence in my team and I think we will be OK.


606: DEBATE
Your thoughts on Capello's comments
"

"The level at the Euros was good, we have that same level or better.

"I must transmit the spirit of those teams to the players to play with confidence. In our four games so far, step by step we have been getting better."

England play Czech Republic at Wembley and having tried out four different captains so far, Capello refused to give any hints as to who he would name as his permanent skipper.

"I will announce the captain the day before the game," he said.

"I will speak with the captain just a moment before I tell the rest of the squad, then everyone else will find out."

Later on Monday the Football Association's chief executive Brian Barwick told BBC 5 Live by how impressed he had been with Capello's time in charge of the England team.

"We've a world-class guy. He's a singularly impressive man - he's religiously studying English for two hours every morning and that is a mark of the guy.

"He loves living in this country and considers this to be the crowning glory of his career and understands just how big the job is.

"He sees this as a very special time in his life and likes living in London.

"He has interests outside football - classical music, theatre, museums and art - and is enjoying that side of his life.

"He has only found warmth and friendliness the length and breadth of the country."

[16-Keano-16]

far off the mark Mr. Capello

[Zenitka]

I hope he is right and hope Ferdi will the captain!

Come on England!:)

[Jazz 16]

FAB HAS NO PROBLEM WITH ROO SMOKING

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/manu/news/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/08/12/manual_085138.html&TEAMHD=manu

[spellbound]

Squad for the friendly against the Czechs.

David James (Portsmouth), Paul Robinson (Blackburn), Joe Hart (Manchester City);
Wayne Bridge (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), John Terry (Chelsea), Wes Brown (Manchester United), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Glen Johnson (Portsmouth), Jonathan Woodgate (Tottenham), Matthew Upson (West Ham); Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Gareth Barry (Aston Villa), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), David Beckham (Los Angeles Galaxy), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough), David Bentley (Tottenham);Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Jermain Defoe (Portsmouth), Emile Heskey (Wigan):eek:

The strikers dont look impressive to me. Rooney just back from illness and Heskey:rolleyes:

[piazza]

Up the Czechs!!!

[abojodeh]

Go Upson prove that you are class

[spellbound]

Up the Czechs!!!
:confused: Didnt Crouch wanna leave Loserfools coz he wanted matches to keep his spot in team England? First squad Fab picks and Crouch is out. :D

Go Upson prove that you are class

Yep this proves it. Abo a West Hammer in disguise. :D
First Ashton and now Upson. What is next? Lee Bowyer for England? :D

[piazza]

:confused: Didnt Crouch wanna leave Loserfools coz he wanted matches to keep his spot in team England? First squad Fab picks and Crouch is out. :D



Yep this proves it. Abo a West Hammer in disguise. :D
First Ashton and now Upson. What is next? Lee Bowyer for England? :D
Did you cheer when Beckham scored? I hate England's national team.

[abojodeh]

Yep this proves it. Ao a West Hammer in disguise. :D
First Ashton and now Upson. What is next? Lee Bowyer for England? :D
ashton and upson are already class
imo Upson > brown
and about bowyer he was class with leeds

[spellbound]

Did you cheer when Beckham scored? I hate England's national team.

I dont like the English national team either. Im not from UK btw. I do like our players playing for England and I dont cheer when they score. But I hold nothing against Beckham. He's a United legend. He's not getting credit for it now but maybe when he retires he will.

But I admit seeing him working out with ArsE made me go Hmm! :D

ashton and upson are already class
imo Upson > brown
and about bowyer he was class with leeds

Madonna > Upson :rolleyes:

[abojodeh]

Madonna > Upson :rolleyes:
agree she even have bigger balls :eek: :D :)

[piazza]

I dont like the English national team either. Im not from UK btw. I do like our players playing for England and I dont cheer when they score. But I hold nothing against Beckham. He's a United legend. He's not getting credit for it now but maybe when he retires he will.

But I admit seeing him working out with ArsE made me go Hmm! :D



Madonna > Upson :rolleyes:
I hold nothing against Becks at all, I love him. Do you remember in 98 when he got sent off against Argentina and all of England crucified him? Then he redeemed himself against Greece? That's the origin of the "Did you cheer when Beckham scored" chant.

[spellbound]

agree she even have bigger balls :eek: :D

LOL :D

May I ask how do you know that? :rolleyes:

[abojodeh]

LOL :D

May I ask how do you know that? :rolleyes:
i know stuff :)

[piazza]

^^lmfao!

[spellbound]

I hold nothing against Becks at all, I love him. Do you remember in 98 when he got sent off against Argentina and all of England crucified him? Then he redeemed himself against Greece? That's the origin of the "Did you cheer when Beckham scored" chant.

Yep the logic of ¤&"(#@#/. :D Wasnt it Batty who missed the last penalty kick?

And why punish David for the red card and England exit? Isnt Victoria punishment enough for him?:cool:

[abojodeh]

Yep the logic of ¤&"(#@#/. :D Wasnt it Batty who missed the last penalty kick?

And why punish David for the red card and England exit? Isnt Victoria punishment enough for him?:cool:
lmao :D
that bitch ruined our lovely boy :(

[piazza]

Yep the logic of ¤&"(#@#/. :D Wasnt it Batty who missed the last penalty kick?

And why punish David for the red card and England exit? Isnt Victoria punishment enough for him?:cool:
Lmao, they put like pics of him on a dart-board in the newspapers and stuff too, sang horrible things about his kids. Makes me sick. :mad: :mad:

[spellbound]

i know stuff :)

Yeah Abo, reading books pays off in the end.:D

[spellbound]

Lmao, they put like pics of him on a dart-board in the newspapers and stuff too, sang horrible things about his kids. Makes me sick. :mad: :mad:

My fav thing about Beckham bashing was at the season opener at Upton Park. They had printed lots of red cards to show Beckham. I dont remember if they showed him that or if it was stopped in the last minute. :cool: But just the idea of it makes me laugh.

[piazza]

My fav thing about Beckham bashing was at the season opener at Upton Park. They had printed lots of red cards to show Beckham. I dont remember if they showed him that or if it was stopped in the last minute. :cool: But just the idea of it makes me laugh.
Lol, that's actually pretty good.

[spellbound]

"But Ashton remains on Capello’s radar and that means the pizza he so loves will be removed from his diet sheet."

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/57323/Ashton-in-new-Hammers-injury-woe-

Pizza man Ashton :D

[marty davidson]

Capello angry with Cole & Rooney

England coach Fabio Capello revealed he vented his fury at Joe Cole and Wayne Rooney for not following his orders during the 2-0 win away to Andorra.

Cole spared the Italian's blushes when he came off the bench to earn England a narrow win in the World Cup qualifier.

Capello said: "I was not happy with Joe and Wayne Rooney.

"I was asking them to go forward again because Emile Heskey was all on his own. I tried to transmit something to them but I was too far from the pitch."

Cole happy to get 'job done' in Andorra

Cole's goals did not save him from the wrath of Capello and the pair exchanged strong words as England struggled to break down the European minnows in the second half.

Capello said he had asked both Rooney and Cole to support Heskey up front, but felt that once they had gone 2-0 the pair were dropping too deep into midfield.

However, after the game Capello admitted he was happy overall with the impact of winger Cole.

It was the second time that Cole had bailed out Capello after snatching a last-gasp equaliser in the friendly international with the Czech Republic at Wembley last month.

"I have got to think about Joe," said Capello. "He is very good for himself at the moment and very good for us.

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The Italian looked almost permanently infuriated, punching his fist into his palm with open disgust

"Cole at this moment is scoring goals for fun."

Capello feels the hard-earned win will have given them confidence ahead of Wednesday's tricky qualifier against Croatia.

"I'm happy because we played a good game and made a lot of chances," said the 62-year-old Italian.

"I'm happy because it's an important three points. It's a good sign for the Croatia game."

The Italian also paid tribute to the early impact of Arsenal's 19-year-old winger Theo Walcott, who made his first start for England and was one of the few bright sparks on a tough night for the visitors.

"We played well for the first 15 to 20 minutes and had two chances to score goals," he said.

"But after not taking one or two chances to score a goal we started playing too slowly. It was not easy to find space when you have opposition putting nine players behind the ball.

"Near the box it was impossible to find space. But in the second half I changed it.

"For about 15 minutes Theo Walcott was incredible. He's an interesting player. We'll have to wait to see if he plays against Croatia on Wednesday."

The England XI were jeered by their own fans when they came off at half-time after what was a nervy display inside the Olympic Stadium against a team 186th in the world rankings.

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Cole believes the England supporters will see a different performance from the national team when they make the trip to Zagreb.

"People look at it on paper and say it's an easy game," he said.

"They got 10 men behind the ball and it was a sticky pitch. It was our first qualifier and our confidence was low.

"But we got the job done in the end. Anyone who has come here and played on this sticky pitch knows it's not easy.

"Judge the team after the Wednesday's game, because Croatia are ranked fifth in the world. Tonight's game and Wednesday's game will be two completely different animals."

[abojodeh]

shut up Capello and return Rooney to his regular position :mad:

[Jazz 16]

shut up Capello and return Rooney to his regular position :mad:

Did you even read what he said? He was asking Rooney to get further up
the pitch. It was Rooney that was dropping deep and coming to the sides.

[abojodeh]

Did you even read what he said? He was asking Rooney to get further up
the pitch. It was Rooney that was dropping deep and coming to the sides.
yeah i did read what he said
but to encourage Rooney to go forward he should get him back to his old position first :rolleyes:

pretty hard to tell a left winger to go into the area

[abojodeh]

is Capello the right man ?
of course hes not

Capello is one of the top european managers but hes too weak in his choices
,one of the managers who play good defencive football but also attacks allot and no one can argue with that


but do he ever make a right decision and does he ever pick the right squad ?

A good manager should keep an eye on the performance of the players of the country he manages
you see capello watching some of our matches and other top english matches but he don't watch midtable Villa/Westham/etc.. matches

the squads that capello choose are crap he keeps being racist and 1 dimension minded with using repetitive squads based from the top 4 teams
and when he wants to make a change he choose a crappy player (eg. Heskey)

First of all look at the crappy attacking department its ****
he choose the worst finishers and wonder why his team don't score
instead of picking the top finshers he choose worst
Defeo is good player good pace but does he finish well ?
Heskey is **** never finish well, misses chances and misunderstand the team al the time
those two keep getting picked instead of young good players like Agbonlahor who's faster and finish better than Defeo
and moving on to more important topic and its what kind of striker england needs
England needs a tall mark man who can finish the goods his team mates offer
with such generous and great assisters (Rooney Gerrard etc..)
so where is Dean Ashton ?
even when Deano is fit he don't get picked
also any good finisher no matter how tall he is can do the job
but where is Micheal Owen ?? hes fit why hes not picked ?
this is a prove that Capello is so weak in his choices
Owen and Rooney have a great understanding a a great partnership in between but where is Owen ???? or where is Wayne Rooney ?
i remeber that Rooney was a striker in Erikson and McClaern are
but big daddy capello want to show up how smart he is so he pick Rooney as a left winger
ok Rooney when he plays a striker goes little bit to the wings but he goes to both wings
Capello gave Rooney the most un-Orthodox role in the world
a left winger who goes forward for nothing

and lets look at the midfield Capello choose
he choose the most useless player in the world Walcott
Walcott have great pace but does he have any thing else that is good ?
no No end product no finishing nothing just useless player who keeps running with the ball
and this player Walcott gets chosen instead of the best player in the country and he is Ashley Young :rolleyes:
Ashley Young had been chosen in the PFA team of the year and also won a player of the month once
Ashley Young is very selfless and assist loads of goals and lets not forget that he is able to score and probably score better than the strikers capello choose

even as child know that Young should play for England as a regular
and little kid even a baby knows that a player who wins the player of the month award should be chosen for England

and lets not talk more about the midfield but there is a question where is Micheal Carrick and Mark Noble ?

and at least i have a question who is the team captain ?
and the team captain is picked above who

don't that prove that Capello is an idiot
picking a player who cries when his team loose instead of cheering and pushing his teammates to perform better

isn't Rio Ferdinand the best English defender and the ideal captain deserve the badge
and don't Gerrard deserve a chance

England would never make it easy to the WC finals and if he did he will not reach a good place


Sack Capello please

[Jazz 16]

jaysus Abo :eek: you have some serious issues with Mr.Capello and your not
even English lol. Fans have no patience anyway. He has barely put a foot wrong
and deserves a chance, simple as that. YOu can knock him if they fail to qualify,
but I reckon they will get through and have a very good World cup.

[Jazz 16]

is Capello the right man ?
of course hes not

but do he ever make a right decision and does he ever pick the right squad ?

he choose the most useless player in the world Walcott
Walcott have great pace but does he have any thing else that is good ?
no No end product no finishing nothing just useless player who keeps running with the ball

don't that prove that Capello is an idiot


Sack Capello please

Abo, care to reconsider any of your previous words?
Or at least admit you were wrong :p

[thekeanefella]

is Capello the right man ?
of course hes not

Capello is one of the top european managers but hes too weak in his choices
,one of the managers who play good defencive football but also attacks allot and no one can argue with that


but do he ever make a right decision and does he ever pick the right squad ?

A good manager should keep an eye on the performance of the players of the country he manages
you see capello watching some of our matches and other top english matches but he don't watch midtable Villa/Westham/etc.. matches

the squads that capello choose are crap he keeps being racist and 1 dimension minded with using repetitive squads based from the top 4 teams
and when he wants to make a change he choose a crappy player (eg. Heskey)

First of all look at the crappy attacking department its ****
he choose the worst finishers and wonder why his team don't score
instead of picking the top finshers he choose worst
Defeo is good player good pace but does he finish well ?
Heskey is **** never finish well, misses chances and misunderstand the team al the time
those two keep getting picked instead of young good players like Agbonlahor who's faster and finish better than Defeo
and moving on to more important topic and its what kind of striker england needs
England needs a tall mark man who can finish the goods his team mates offer
with such generous and great assisters (Rooney Gerrard etc..)
so where is Dean Ashton ?
even when Deano is fit he don't get picked
also any good finisher no matter how tall he is can do the job
but where is Micheal Owen ?? hes fit why hes not picked ?
this is a prove that Capello is so weak in his choices
Owen and Rooney have a great understanding a a great partnership in between but where is Owen ???? or where is Wayne Rooney ?
i remeber that Rooney was a striker in Erikson and McClaern are
but big daddy capello want to show up how smart he is so he pick Rooney as a left winger
ok Rooney when he plays a striker goes little bit to the wings but he goes to both wings
Capello gave Rooney the most un-Orthodox role in the world
a left winger who goes forward for nothing

and lets look at the midfield Capello choose
he choose the most useless player in the world Walcott
Walcott have great pace but does he have any thing else that is good ?
no No end product no finishing nothing just useless player who keeps running with the ball
and this player Walcott gets chosen instead of the best player in the country and he is Ashley Young :rolleyes:
Ashley Young had been chosen in the PFA team of the year and also won a player of the month once
Ashley Young is very selfless and assist loads of goals and lets not forget that he is able to score and probably score better than the strikers capello choose

even as child know that Young should play for England as a regular
and little kid even a baby knows that a player who wins the player of the month award should be chosen for England

and lets not talk more about the midfield but there is a question where is Micheal Carrick and Mark Noble ?

and at least i have a question who is the team captain ?
and the team captain is picked above who

don't that prove that Capello is an idiot
picking a player who cries when his team loose instead of cheering and pushing his teammates to perform better

isn't Rio Ferdinand the best English defender and the ideal captain deserve the badge
and don't Gerrard deserve a chance

England would never make it easy to the WC finals and if he did he will not reach a good place


Sack Capello please
abo , abo , abo,

top post AGAIN!!!!!!!!!:D

[andersons_left_foot]

to be fair as a english man i rate capello, i always have even before the became england manager

to be honest id giving up faith with england i was even considering not watching the game tonight untill a friend rang

and to be fair i was really suprised fair play the man took a risk playing walcott and boy did he get it right

it really was refreashing to see a ENGLAND manager take a risk for once although i still have doubts with england but my hope is cap will take another risk and drop lampard so we dont get the dreaded lampard - gerrard combo

[Jazz 16]

I see Abo STILL hasnt come back to this thread after his 'glorious' posts slagging off Capello.
lmao abo

[abojodeh]

Viva Capello erm ... :o

no when england do actually qualify i will maybe praise him ;)

[piazza]

Fab isn't the guy if you wanna play like Spain or Brazil, but if you want a master tactician who knows football, then Capello was by far the best man available, since we all know The Special One was never really in for it.