International: Brazil v England

[Gino Ginelli]

Kaka and Fabiano and friends go up against the might(?!) of Huddlestone, Jenas and Crouch...

Yyyyyyep...

[olly27]

I just got PES 2010..for my xbox, not leaving the house this weekend!

[deadleyledley]

score draw.
some good football going to be played but im going with a 1-1 draw.
i really want to see hudd play in the role barry has. will be watching out for him.

[Elthamspur]

Na, it's a friendly game. No way our lot will get up for this, even though it's against Brazil. I see a 3-1 or 2-0 to Brazil but hope I'm proved wrong

[choda]

Watched the first half hour, made up my mind that England still have no chance in the world cup. They are slightly more functional under Capello, but they still aren't setup right to give them the ingredients, the players are too far apart and still play in straight lines.

When that team meets the passing sides at the business end of tournaments it will be in big trouble again, passed off the pitch.

I could never see how Capello was going to fix the major issues in the England team bar maybe sorting them out mentally, he has his own limitations as he's not good technically. He needs a team that can play technically itself when the players and system already sorts itself out.

To be honest once they hit the wall again confidence will once again start to plummet and people will start talking bollocks about egos when it is really a technical matter.

Two best bets for the year: Arsenal not to win the champions league due to being too narrow and predictable for the normal pace and superior ball retention where you can't just break all the time. Wenger is a visionary with coaching and idealism but tactically he's pretty ordinary and very stubborn. He also has a very suspect spine to his team and refuses to buy properly. They have always been poor in europe once they reach the knockout. But you can capitalise on the fact that they are one of the best at butchering smaller teams and their odds remain ridiculous every year to win it and will be right down come the knockouts.

And England not to win the world cup. They may get lucky and get past one good team with defensive solidity and nicking a goal but there is no vision in what they are doing. It is short termism and all the problems of old still remain. They are just being covered over, much like Sven's qualifying campaign, by a physical power in qualifying, new confidence, honeymoon and hope under a new manager. At some point they are going to be awfully exposed technically and passed off the pitch. It will be between the last 32 and the last 4 depending on their luck and other factors.

[earl warwick]

"And England not to win the world cup."

Since Brazil are the only country to win the WC outside its own continent, and England have only made the final in their own country, that's really not much of a tip.

Dismal stuff from England, but for some reason Capello seemed content to plod on without making any changes. That seemed pointless when it's a weak team playing in very hot conditions, and they were often left chasing the ball.

[choda]

"And England not to win the world cup."

Since Brazil are the only country to win the WC outside its own continent, and England have only made the final in their own country, that's really not much of a tip.

Dismal stuff from England, but for some reason Capello seemed content to plod on without making any changes. That seemed pointless when it's a weak team playing in very hot conditions, and they were often left chasing the ball.

Well you'd think it's not much of a tip but then you listen to most people and then it is a tip.

[peterc]

A few harsh comments there, bearing in mind, that England had eight regular players missing compared to their four or five. Forecating England's failure in reaching the finals is a little premature, anything can happen until then, players getting injured, suspended, this goes for all teams that have qualified. I think that this game was a friendly preparation for them to get used to playing in those weather conditions similar to South Africa's. Unfortunately, Capello was limited to his normal regular players and had no choice but to field what was avaialble. Considering those factors I thought that England did not do too badly and were not ripped apart from the best FiFA rating team in the world.

[Apples]

A few harsh comments there, bearing in mind, that England had eight regular players missing compared to their four or five. Forecating England's failure in reaching the finals is a little premature, anything can happen until then, players getting injured, suspended, this goes for all teams that have qualified. I think that this game was a friendly preparation for them to get used to playing in those weather conditions similar to South Africa's. Unfortunately, Capello was limited to his normal regular players and had no choice but to field what was avaialble. Considering those factors I thought that England did not do too badly and were not ripped apart from the best FiFA rating team in the world.

Well said Pete

[Gino Ginelli]

Difficult to judge when it's England's second string against a Brazil who never got out of 2nd gear, in a hot country when most of England's players are accustomed to the autumn at present and most of the Brazilians are more than acclimatised to it.

I'd be so bold as to sum it up as one big waste of time on an over-elaborate marketing exercise.