You seem to think that I am slating johnson because he is a liverpool player though when that is not the case
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You seem to think that I am slating johnson because he is a liverpool player though when that is not the case
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You've went from being stupid, to outright lying. Well done.
You came onto this board and upon seeing an article slating a Chelsea player, used a Liverpool playing being poor in his defence.
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I don't remember cole being at fault for anything so far whereas johnson has
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I think a lot of players are unable to handle ibra to be fair
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Well in that case stop criticising Johnson because if it wasnt for Johnson, England may well have lost the match but for his last ditched tackles.
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I don't remember cole being at fault for anything so far whereas johnson has
You're still doing it!
The best right back in the country
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In fact the whole squad can be proud of finishing top of a tough group and that includes Hodgson.
I think Cole has not shone as much as usual, but he hasn't been poor.
He hasn't done much in the attacking 3rd, which is usually a strength of his, but that is partly because our full backs haven't got forward much full stop.
His defending has still been decent. It's not Joe Hart has been peppered with shots because of Cole errors.
I think Cole is gradually in decline, and he won't be our left back in 2014. He might not even be in Chelsea's team as Bertrand is improving.
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The criticism of Cole is harsh IMO. He's been solid on the whole but has made a couple of mistakes. Johnson has defended well this tournament. He's covered for either Terry of Lescott on more than one occasion. Saying 'he's good going forward, but crap defensively' smacks of cliché and lack of knowledge.
The two players that are due criticism are Young and Milner. They've under-performed in the 3 games so far. It's got nothing to do with club loyalty. It's about getting behind the national team.
Cole is poor defensively
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The back 4 has been very good overall. Park the bus tactics have exposed them to roughly 250 minutes of nonstop pressure and they've performed admirably considering the strain Roy is putting on them.
Cole had his best match v Ukraine but overall he's fallen short of the player we normally see. But he's been solid enough.
Actually Levi, I think you will find it is a combination of Terry and Cole who were at fault for Sweden's second goal.
If you watch, at the start Terry is marking Mellberg. Then Mellber curves a run out of the area and around the back, where Cole should pick him up. However COle decides to not follow the cross into the box but stands like a statue about 12 yards out.
This means Johnson is left to try and cover his own player and Mellberg.
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posted on 21/6/12
You seem to think that I am slating johnson because he is a liverpool player though when that is not the case
posted on 21/6/12
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posted on 21/6/12
comment by Levy's Itchy Trigger Finger (U7316)
posted 33 seconds ago
You seem to think that I am slating johnson because he is a liverpool player though when that is not the case
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You've went from being stupid, to outright lying. Well done.
You came onto this board and upon seeing an article slating a Chelsea player, used a Liverpool playing being poor in his defence.
posted on 21/6/12
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posted on 21/6/12
I don't remember cole being at fault for anything so far whereas johnson has
posted on 21/6/12
comment by Levy's Itchy Trigger Finger (U7316)
posted 4 minutes ago
I think a lot of players are unable to handle ibra to be fair
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Well in that case stop criticising Johnson because if it wasnt for Johnson, England may well have lost the match but for his last ditched tackles.
posted on 21/6/12
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posted on 21/6/12
comment by Levy's Itchy Trigger Finger (U7316)
posted 1 minute ago
I don't remember cole being at fault for anything so far whereas johnson has
You're still doing it!
posted on 21/6/12
The best right back in the country
posted on 21/6/12
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In fact the whole squad can be proud of finishing top of a tough group and that includes Hodgson.
posted on 21/6/12
I think Cole has not shone as much as usual, but he hasn't been poor.
He hasn't done much in the attacking 3rd, which is usually a strength of his, but that is partly because our full backs haven't got forward much full stop.
His defending has still been decent. It's not Joe Hart has been peppered with shots because of Cole errors.
I think Cole is gradually in decline, and he won't be our left back in 2014. He might not even be in Chelsea's team as Bertrand is improving.
posted on 21/6/12
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posted on 21/6/12
The criticism of Cole is harsh IMO. He's been solid on the whole but has made a couple of mistakes. Johnson has defended well this tournament. He's covered for either Terry of Lescott on more than one occasion. Saying 'he's good going forward, but crap defensively' smacks of cliché and lack of knowledge.
The two players that are due criticism are Young and Milner. They've under-performed in the 3 games so far. It's got nothing to do with club loyalty. It's about getting behind the national team.
posted on 21/6/12
Cole is poor defensively
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Stopped reading at this point.
posted on 21/6/12
The back 4 has been very good overall. Park the bus tactics have exposed them to roughly 250 minutes of nonstop pressure and they've performed admirably considering the strain Roy is putting on them.
Cole had his best match v Ukraine but overall he's fallen short of the player we normally see. But he's been solid enough.
posted on 21/6/12
Actually Levi, I think you will find it is a combination of Terry and Cole who were at fault for Sweden's second goal.
If you watch, at the start Terry is marking Mellberg. Then Mellber curves a run out of the area and around the back, where Cole should pick him up. However COle decides to not follow the cross into the box but stands like a statue about 12 yards out.
This means Johnson is left to try and cover his own player and Mellberg.
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