Chindie

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son Truly iconic.

Oh whatever.

Rooney scores more goals with Heskey than he does with anyone else though? He might want to be up top on his tod but he achieves more with England when he's not. Capello has played more or less the same formation with every team he's managed as far as I'm aware, 4231, and you could argue he's shoehorned this side into a variation of that, but it worked in qualification spectacularly. And now it's not for some reason. My thinking, and I'm pretty convinced of this, is you could set up this side exactly as they would like it, Rooney up top on his tod, Gerrard in behind him, etc etc, and we'd still not perform imo, because it's not formations that is the problem to my mind, it's something else.

But as I said Trent, I don't really think Gerrard is being played on the wing, he's been asked to roughly play on the left but realistically, he's part of a fairly fluid 3 with Rooney and whoever is on the other wing. I think Capello wants him to do the hyperactive toddler routine that he does for Liverpool by giving him the reign to come off the wing and mix it up with Rooney. I'm not sure thats that bad of a decision, and it did work in qualification. It just seems to me now that, for whatever reason, the performance has gone through the floor, and I don't think thats down to formations or tactics particularly. Unless you would argue that its only good when it works and when it isn't it's a bad decision, if you get my meaning. Capello isn't without criticism of course, I wasn't that impressed with his squad (but then we could have guessed an awful lot of it a year ago). I think the recent performances problems lay far more at the feet of the players, the only thing thats changed since qualification is the loss of a couple of players, the fact we're at a tournament and the players seemingly losing any sense of ability.

...and the rest of the French squad will be swiftly following him.

We don't play 442 imo. We effectively play 4231, we have 1 big front man (Heskey) and then let Gerrard Rooney and Lennon in last nights case do whatever the **** they like, while Lampard and Barry are expected to be more strict in their positioning. I agree with Trent that, in Lampards case in particular, that leaves him doing sod all because I don't think in the time he's been a mature successful player, he's ever played in the manner Capello wants him to. And the fact that letting Rooney have that freedom and him last night doing absolutely nothing with it just damns him further. Can do whatever the **** he likes, and he undoubtedly has the talent to make the most of that freedom, and he does **** all. Beyond the problem with Lampard, I don't think I can place too much blame at the feet of Capello - the failure of the team last night is down to the players and the players alone. It is unacceptable that a player like Rooney cannot control the ball, as he was failing to do so often last night. That was an incompetant display. Pressure hasn't caused that - these are players that are pressured constantly in their club careers requiring high performance week in week out, often in massive games, and they handle it, often with aplomb. It isn't especially the formation, it's the same one we've played with with success in the qualifying games. The loss of some players has affected it, undoubtedly, but that doesn't explain the limpness of this side at the moment either - losing Ferdinand doesn't make Rooney's touch vanish. I'm utterly convinced there's a problem with the players. I don't think they are quite as good as many would think, not to say that they are bad, they obviously aren't, but they aren't quite all amazing. As a team they certainly aren't. Occasionally it clicks, more often than not it simply gets by on what talent there is in the side. And that sneaking suspicion in me remains. I don't think they like Capello. It's the first tournament they've had with him and I suspect that now they are at the World Cup with him, they've realised that they don't like him, that theres a lot about him that they dislike, and thats come out in the performances that have happened.

I'd love to put this theory to the test and I think you would be proved wrong. I agree. We would be dire to watch however, but we'd be good.

I think the expectation argument is being well overplayed. I think it has considerably more to do with the players. Be it talent or desire, it ain't happening. And more than a small part of me thinks they don't like Capello and want rid.

Cheers for the well wishes. It'll be a 2.1 but you've always got that slight doubt/hope it won't be. I'm just anxious to find out for sure. And I still want to know what my dissertation mark was more than anything.

Just discovered I get my degree results on the 30th... I don't think I can quite wait.

I use VT considerably more. I hop into Facebook a couple of times a day or when I've had an email to tell me of a notification. I actively browse Vt pretty constantly. And yeah I've thought about giving up a few times actually Mike, for the same reason. I'm not sure if I ever could but I did seriously consider quitting at 10k posts. Just seems like too much.

A Perfect Circle - Sleeping Beauty into Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

I was under the impression Tall Trees was in West Elizabeth, which I've not opened as far as I'm aware.

Yet to come across a bear. Managed to nail the boars earlier, I'm now left wandering around in the hope finding an armadillo while I do other things. And Ricketts does sound a bit like the bloke who did Roy Cambell's voice in the Metal Gear Solid series. But not quite the same.

I think it has a more consistant atmosphere than GTA.

Not really wandered that area much which might explain why I never saw any boars... but right now I'm fairly certain I'm stuck in Mexico for a while so won't be doing that any time soon. Can do the armadillos though!

Press Start, select Journal, then Challenges, should tell you what ones you're on and what you need to complete. My current hunter challenge is going to prove annoying as it involves boars and in playing so far I've seen a sum total of 1.

Just made it to Mexico. Doing the river crossing at night, especially where I'm playing it in our house which makes trying to see anything when the game turns dark a pain in the arse, was a bloody nightmare. Invested some of my hunting money in a Kentucky Saddler deed. I think my next few hours on the game will be going hunting to see Mexico has to offer in the way of killable creatures.

I really should get on with more missions... done a few more but still not really got that far, I got completely sidetracking going round killing anything furry. Amassed a decent amount of money though so not all bad. Did the Wolf challenge for master huntsman last night, bastards won't come near me with a knife again

The Golden Eagle is considered part of a world wide superspecies, with Gurney's Eagle, the Wedge-tailed Eagle, and Verreaux's Eagle.

My mate at Warwick Uni still has a load of exams to go. 12 in one semester. 'Lol'.

I'm still pretty unbothered. If he goes we get an arseload more than he's realistically worth and can reinvest in the side. If he doesn't, we keep a good player. I think he's more likely to leave than not but I just really care. I think he's a good player, had a fantastic season, I'd rather he stayed than not, but he's not a £30m player and thats the territory he'll go for. 3 £10m players could revolutionise this side.

Yup. ...and I'm still unconvinced he's really that good to make up for it either.

Benayouns off to Chelsea, apparently.

King out? Taking a crock, brilliant idea. I don't care how good he is, he can't be relied on to stay fit.