We'll qualify no problems at all.
I'm really glad your confident, cos barring Rooney and gerald I believe that was cap's proffered team out 2 nite, now that's just a touch scary. Hart looked shakey, cant blame him though really with the feel of that Defence, who were well at fault for both Swiss goal's. Midfield had no energy was out fought, offensively and defensively out played, and the attack, well they did, didnt they? just with , barring young, no effective pace or power. And lets not forget, we weren't exactly up against a European powerhouse, it was Switzerland, ffs.
I went to the game and started queuing at entrance L (for the upper tier west) a good 30-40 minutes before kick-off but only just made it to my seat as the players were kicking off. The scanners at the automatic ticket gates were just not working on most of the tickets and the stewards did not seem to know what to do other than to get the next person in the queue to try their ticket, usually with the same result. In the end two or three people were going through the turnstiles at a time on the rare occasions the scanners worked, so god knows how accurate the official attendance figure was. When I finally got in I could see hundreds of fans still stuck outside in the queues. A lot of people were getting quite angry. I really think they should have delayed the kick off - some fans were still taking their seats half an hour after kick-off and not because they had turned up at the last minute. The lower and upper tiers did look more or less full during the second half, but there were plenty of empty seats in the middle tier.
If Scott Parker is in any preferred England line-up, we're in serious trouble.............
Exactly as I saw it.
Past glories what ones are those then,apart from 66
You're right there Hersch, Parker was triffic for the Hammers last season by virtue of him playing two midfield roles simultaneously: the hard-tackling ball winner and the creative defence-splitting passer, and West Ham revolved around him.
