Capello happy with England performance

England boss Fabio Capello was pleased by his largely inexperienced side’s performance in the 1-1 draw with Ghana at Wembley.

The Three Lions coach played several relative newcomers into the starting XI, and handed Matt Jarvis and Danny Welbeck their senior debuts.

Despite conceding a late equaliser at Wembley, England’s young stars showed plenty of promise.

Andy Carroll, who recently signed with Liverpool for 35 million pounds, scored his maiden international goal.

Capello, despite seeing Sunderland’s Asamoah Gyan breach the English defence, said he was satisfied with the overall performance.

“I am really happy because the performance was really good,” the Italian said.

“I am upset with the goal they scored in the last minute, but not with the performance.”

“The players that played did well. They improved a lot. The spirit and the system of the team worked well. ”

“We have played a game that wasn’t played like a friendly game, it was a real game because every tackle was strong.”

“The movement with and without the ball was good. I am really happy with the performance of the midfielders.”

Capello believes Carroll still has plenty of room for improvement.

“He scored a good goal but he needs to improve,” Capello told the BBC. “He’s not the same Carroll I remember, he needs games. I hope he’ll be back to his best for Switzerland in June.”

Carroll has praised Capello for installing a new tactical formation, which saw the Three Lions make light work of rivals Wales in the Euro 2012 qualifiers.

“It’s great to be playing again and to have scored a goal. I enjoyed playing in the 4-3-3 formation. I’m here and ready to score goals if picked,” Carroll said.

Tue 29 March, 2011

Trapattoni happy despite loss to Uruguay

Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni has praised his side’s gallant second-half display in its 3-2 loss to Uruguay.

“I was very, very happy with our performance after half-time,” Trapattoni told Sky Sports. “We recovered very well in the second half, we played with good personality.”

“We played well. We had a good direction.”

Trapattoni also praised Reading striker Shane Long. He deputised for Robbie Keane, scoring a headed equaliser in the 16th minute and was a standout performer against the South Americans.

“If I was the manager of a club, I would look out for him. He is maturing and he is strong and if he was playing in the Premier League, he would get even better,” Trapattoni told the Daily Mail.

“A year ago Long was still young but he is growing, and he has become a very important player for us. The other managers must have seen him now.”

“It is a mystery for myself and Marco (Tardelli) that more of our players are not in the Premier League.”

Tue 29 March, 2011

Capello happy with England performance

England boss Fabio Capello was pleased by his largely inexperienced side’s performance in the 1-1 draw with Ghana at Wembley.

The Three Lions coach played several relative newcomers into the starting XI, and handed Matt Jarvis and Danny Welbeck their senior debuts.

Despite conceding a late equaliser at Wembley, England’s young stars showed plenty of promise.

Andy Carroll, who recently signed with Liverpool for 35 million pounds, scored his maiden international goal.

Capello, despite seeing Sunderland’s Asamoah Gyan breach the English defence, said he was satisfied with the overall performance.

“I am really happy because the performance was really good,” the Italian said.

“I am upset with the goal they scored in the last minute, but not with the performance.”

“The players that played did well. They improved a lot. The spirit and the system of the team worked well. ”

“We have played a game that wasn’t played like a friendly game, it was a real game because every tackle was strong.”

“The movement with and without the ball was good. I am really happy with the performance of the midfielders.”

Capello believes Carroll still has plenty of room for improvement.

“He scored a good goal but he needs to improve,” Capello told the BBC. “He’s not the same Carroll I remember, he needs games. I hope he’ll be back to his best for Switzerland in June.”

Carroll has praised Capello for installing a new tactical formation, which saw the Three Lions make light work of rivals Wales in the Euro 2012 qualifiers.

“It’s great to be playing again and to have scored a goal. I enjoyed playing in the 4-3-3 formation. I’m here and ready to score goals if picked,” Carroll said.

Tue 29 March, 2011

Trapattoni happy despite loss to Uruguay

Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni has praised his side’s gallant second-half display in its 3-2 loss to Uruguay.

“I was very, very happy with our performance after half-time,” Trapattoni told Sky Sports. “We recovered very well in the second half, we played with good personality.”

“We played well. We had a good direction.”

Trapattoni also praised Reading striker Shane Long. He deputised for Robbie Keane, scoring a headed equaliser in the 16th minute and was a standout performer against the South Americans.

“If I was the manager of a club, I would look out for him. He is maturing and he is strong and if he was playing in the Premier League, he would get even better,” Trapattoni told the Daily Mail.

“A year ago Long was still young but he is growing, and he has become a very important player for us. The other managers must have seen him now.”

“It is a mystery for myself and Marco (Tardelli) that more of our players are not in the Premier League.”

Tue 29 March, 2011

Moyes happy with Everton fight

Everton manager David Moyes was pleased with his side’s performance after they beat Fulham 2-1 at Goodison Park on Saturday.

Goals to Seamus Coleman and Louis Saha gave the Toffees a two-goal lead, and although Clint Dempsey pulled a goal back for Fulham in the second half and created some nervous moments towards the end, Everton held on and climbed to eighth with their victory.

“We let them back into the game, we got 2-0 up and I don’t know if we came off the gas or ran out of a little bit of energy in that part of the game or if Fulham actually upped it,” Moyes told ESPN after the match.

“When they got the goal it was tough – they had a lot of the ball and we had to dig in but with the players we’ve got out we had to grind a result out today and we knew that was going to be the situation and the players have done that.”

Moyes reserved special praise for Irish winger Coleman, who has impressed at Merseyside this season.

“Seamus (was) great today for us, he’s been a little bit up and down recently but he got a goal and he’s created one or two other things for us,” he said.

“He’s a young boy as far as football terms go, he’s not long out of the Irish league and it’s his first full season in the Premier League so I think we’ve got to give him a lot of credit for how well he’s doing just now.”

Moyes also said he was not sure of the severity of Louis Saha’s knock, which appeared to be to his ankle, but said his substitution was for tactical reasons and nothing to do with his injury.

Fulham manager Mark Hughes bemoaned his side’s first-half performance, insisting that the poor start had cost them a chance of winning the match but was pleased with their fightback although it amounted to nothing.

“We gave ourselves too much to do,” Hughes said.

“The manner of our first-half performance was too passive and Everton were allowed to dictate the game to us. If you don’t start in the way you mean to go on then you can find yourself in a situation where you’re behind in the game.”

“At 2-0 down it’s a mountain to climb but we came back and showed a good response. In the second half we engaged with them a lot more aggressively and stopped things at (their) sources which helped us. We created a number of chances that, on another day, might have gone in for us.”

“Unfortunately it wasn’t to be and we ran out of time.”

Sun 20 March, 2011

Moyes happy with Everton fight

Everton manager David Moyes was pleased with his side’s performance after they beat Fulham 2-1 at Goodison Park on Saturday.

Goals to Seamus Coleman and Louis Saha gave the Toffees a two-goal lead, and although Clint Dempsey pulled a goal back for Fulham in the second half and created some nervous moments towards the end, Everton held on and climbed to eighth with their victory.

“We let them back into the game, we got 2-0 up and I don’t know if we came off the gas or ran out of a little bit of energy in that part of the game or if Fulham actually upped it,” Moyes told ESPN after the match.

“When they got the goal it was tough – they had a lot of the ball and we had to dig in but with the players we’ve got out we had to grind a result out today and we knew that was going to be the situation and the players have done that.”

Moyes reserved special praise for Irish winger Coleman, who has impressed at Merseyside this season.

“Seamus (was) great today for us, he’s been a little bit up and down recently but he got a goal and he’s created one or two other things for us,” he said.

“He’s a young boy as far as football terms go, he’s not long out of the Irish league and it’s his first full season in the Premier League so I think we’ve got to give him a lot of credit for how well he’s doing just now.”

Moyes also said he was not sure of the severity of Louis Saha’s knock, which appeared to be to his ankle, but said his substitution was for tactical reasons and nothing to do with his injury.

Fulham manager Mark Hughes bemoaned his side’s first-half performance, insisting that the poor start had cost them a chance of winning the match but was pleased with their fightback although it amounted to nothing.

“We gave ourselves too much to do,” Hughes said.

“The manner of our first-half performance was too passive and Everton were allowed to dictate the game to us. If you don’t start in the way you mean to go on then you can find yourself in a situation where you’re behind in the game.”

“At 2-0 down it’s a mountain to climb but we came back and showed a good response. In the second half we engaged with them a lot more aggressively and stopped things at (their) sources which helped us. We created a number of chances that, on another day, might have gone in for us.”

“Unfortunately it wasn’t to be and we ran out of time.”

Sun 20 March, 2011

John Terry Named England Captain: Rio Ferdinand Not Happy With Fabio Capello

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Jermain Is Not A Happy Teddy

By: Robert Reed | March 11th, 2011
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‘I thought of leaving in January,’ said Jermain Defoe, ‘I wasn’t playing in the big games.’ That was last week, and since then he has had to watch from the bench as an unused substitute for the biggest Spurs game in decades. How do you feel now, Jermain?

It has been reported recently that Harry wants a clear out of all our strikers in the Summer to start from scratch. After Defoe’s return to scoring form against Wolves he could possibly have changed his mind, but that could prove irrelevant as, if recent comments and team selections are anything to go by, Defoe may make the decision for him. The question is though, would that be such a bad thing? Harry’s first team has Rafael van de Vaart playing off a front man who can hold the ball up, and that ain’t Defoe. He is a good player to have on the bench to change things and get a goal but he clearly would not be happy as an impact sub.

It’s no secret that our front line has underperformed this season. Nobody has stepped up and taken the initiative. Some rave about Pavlyuchenko, claiming he doesn’t get picked enough and should be a regular, but he has had more than enough chances to stake his claim. He pops up with the odd goal, but is anonymous for large periods of any game we play him in.

Crouch has proved effective in Europe where his height has caused problems for opposition defenders, but in the Premiership he has been largely found out. Although he is tall he can be out muscled and, if not, teams concentrate on getting to the knock down first rather than trying to beat him in the air. Knock downs aside though, he will never be a twenty goal a season striker which is what we need in our first team.

So should we be looking to start over with a new strike force? I think whatever happens we should be starting next season with a new attacking coach. Les Ferdinand’s sole duty at the club is to get the strikers scoring and whatever he’s selling, they ain’t buying it. If one were not performing you could put it down to the player, but all of them? I think Les has to go.

There is of course the issue of replacements being in place before we sell. There are all sorts of stories being bandied about and while most are undoubtedly just newspaper talk some must have some substance. Didier Drogba is one player being linked, but is the best way to progress buying players who become surplus to requirements with our rivals?

Probably due to Van der Vaart’s ravings about what a great life it is playing for Harry, Sergio Aguero has been reported to have said that Redknapp is a manager he would like to play for. All well and good, but if the worst happens and we don’t qualify for the Champions League next season I cannot see him wanting to join Spurs and play in the Europa League. Even I don’t want us to play in that.

Connor Wickham is a very promising player who we have been repeatedly linked with and would doubtless be a good signing, but apparently he is a huge Liverpool fan and has his heart set on joining them. Options are looking thin on the ground.

I just hope that in the summer we will have learned our lesson from the January transfer window. Leaving everything until the last day does not work and we have to get the deals we want sewn up as soon as possible. Manchester City snapped up Edin Dzeko early and he cost them around £27 million. That may have sounded a lot at the time, but getting a player like that for such a price would have been seen as a bargain in the cash crazy closing days of the window. Levy knows he made a mistake, but just how costly a mistake will depend on whether the lack of a new striker will cost us a Champions League place next season.

Some of these loan deals have to stop too. If we cannot get a decent price for our strikers in the summer then we should hang on to them until a replacement is unquestionably in place, not just loan them out for the sake of saving on wages. We have loaned Keane to West Ham and while he may not be what he was we did it thinking we would sign a new forward. What if we have an injury crisis up front? VDV is crocked half the time, so a couple more injuries and we could end up losing points for the sake of doing West Ham of all clubs a favour. We also have two questionable right backs in Alan Hutton, who clearly cost us three points against Wolves, and Corluka who has two speeds; slow and stop. Aston Villa however are enjoying the services of our player Kyle Walker who is scoring goals, earning rave reviews and playing himself into the England squad. The club’s loan policy needs looking at.

We are having a good season but mistakes have been made, particularly in January. Let’s just hope that we have learned from them and that whatever we do with our strike force in the summer we do it in a sensible and timely fashion.

COYS!

You can follow me on Twitter @ RobertReedUK

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    Tweet « Roll On Quarter Finals! | Home | Comments   |  Add your comment Tony | March 11th, 2011 at 5:04 am

If you look at the striker January signings, only ONE has scored successfully – West Ham’s Ba – and that is a loan. Suarez has looked good at times, but has a solitary goal – and that was actually an own goal. Dzeko has scored in cups, but no goal in the league – despite City scoring many goals since he arrived. Torres has drawn a big fat zero. Jury is out on Carroll. So was not signing a striker in January a mistake? I think no. The way Spurs play makes the goals come from all over the park. This is why our strikers get low totals right now. I prefer it this way. To me, only Tevez would improve our team. Finding a striker who could improve us will be difficult – but we shouldn’t do a panic buy in Jan. It should be a measured approach in summer.

ant | March 11th, 2011 at 5:27 am

who would he go to that can match his ambitions!!
man u, arsenal, chelsea, man city, liverpool wouldnt sign him, so he would just end up at a lower league team like Villa, sunderland or something like that!!
would there be any point of him doing that???

Jay | March 11th, 2011 at 5:49 am

I was slating Defoe for weeks his 2 goals against Wolves were good but thats typically him, he doesnt score for ages then grabs a brace against a poor side, we need someone to be a menace every game, I would like to see Aguero due to raw ability he aint far off Tevez quite similar.
With Defoe let him go where ever he wants.
I would keep Crouch as 4th choice, get Drogba in as Redkanpp will do a Gallas with him, Ageuro as 1st choice and then get a young guy with potential, Wickham, Lukaku etc.
I hate Pav and Defoe

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