Gavin vs Stacey
A MASSIVE crowd today of almost 70 thousand watched Wales play England in the Millenium Stadium. Aaron Ramsey of Arsenal captained Wales, John Terry of Chelsea captained England, and the latter was victorious (Aaron Ramsey was born in South Wales, as is Stace of Gavin & Stacey, and JT was born in Barking which is practically in Essex, like Gavin. So there's your sort-of-analogy and hence the crap title trololololol). The second half was pretty meh, as was most of the game tbh, wherein two goals were the difference between the two sides.
Wales flag!
both teams beforehand
England squad!~
Look at Michael Dawson in between Ashley Cole and Wilshere, height difference, hehe.
England won a penalty in the seventh minute when James Collins fell his Aston Villa teammate Ashley Young in the penalty area. it was a pretty soft penalty, truth be told, but I'll let Collins and Young debate that amongst themselves when they train :p England's recently re-appointed skipper John Terry was instrumental in the creation of that penalty, leading me to think he's acquired some more attacking prowess from chilling with David Luiz ^___~
Because Frank Lampard is a don and beast at penalties (when he's not missing them), it was bunged in
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I love my Chelseabungs and I love how much they love it when each other scores. Like, my life is sooooooooooooooo crummy right now, you ain't got a clue, but all these pics of Chelsea bruvvahood make my shitty life a bit less shittier =)
Not another seven minutes had passed, when Darren Bent scored a second for England
I dislike Ashley Young, tbqh, but then again I dislike quite a lot of England players so I need to train not to be like that. ^___~ Anyway, my dislike of Young stems from the fact that when he scored against Chelsea this season he came and celebrated right in front of where I was sat. MEH.
Aaron Ramsey was Wales' captain, and to be honest, he didn't do anything to massively impress me today.
... but he's got plenty of potential, as we all know
Craig Bellamy and Ashley Cole had *multiple* spats, trololol
Wayne Rooney was peacemaker between the two, which is an even bigger trololololol
The two managers, Gary Speed, and Fabio Capello, on the touchline. Gary Speed may have very little experience of managing, but he can't be worse than Capello, who didn't even have Crouchie on the bench. I were fuming, ngl.
That being said, the 4-3-3 England played worked. Lampard, Parker and Wilshere in the three-man-midfield worked very well, perhaps, not totally unsurprisingly, considering that Lamps is most used to that formation at Chels, Parker is currently doing the same with Hitzlsperger and Noble at West Ham, and Jack Wilshere, well, he's very versatile.
Some knob was shining a laser at Ashley Cole. *angry* I've seen far too much of this sodding laser for my liking recently (some twerp did the same thing during Chels-Man City.) It's not big and it's not clever. STOP.
Rightful, victorious captain ;)
Stewart Downing & Stuart pearce on the touchline
A glimpse of Jackyboy's Christian tat :p
dawwwwwwwwwwww
Boss goalkeeper is boss!
trolololol the England fans were singing "Are you Scotland in disguise?!" which made me rofl. I genuinely don't mind Wales, I'm quite sad that they most probably won't be coming to Euro 2012, because I like a lot of their players, such as the Wolves goalie Wayne Hennessey. But if/when Scotland don't qualify for Euro 2012, smirking, I'll probably do a bit of it ^___~
Sorry, this spam has been quite England-ccentric ('cos they're who I support :p), but feel free to make up for that by spamming with moar Wales pics in the comments! Truth be told I really didn't think it was an all that much, although Scotty Parker and Glen Johnson played quite well. Rooney was misfiring as usual (he got booked and will miss the Switzerland game, not a massive tragedy in my eyes), though at least Lamps scored. I think it would have been a LOT more interesting had Bale been fit, but , wasn't to be.
pic sauces: un et deux
oh and...
<3!
And to properly end (sorry to make practically every ~Bungy post~ have an I love Peter Crouch/Frank Lampard/Petr Cech/bung agenda, but, needs must:
3) Lampard's international career is far from over
The change in formation suited Wilshere, but it was Lampard who arguably benefited most of all. The 32-year-old had endured a week of suggestions that his days at this level were numbered, born largely of Capello's apparent reluctance to tweak his favoured system and the injury problems the veteran has suffered this term. Yet this was the set-up employed by Chelsea, in which Lampard prospers more often than not, and he revelled in the familiarity of it all, even as the right-sided of the central three. There were galloping runs forward through gaps in the Welsh rearguard, and clever inter-plays with team-mates to keep possession ticking over in the centre. He gained an 85th cap here, with the penalty rolled into the corner seven minutes in providing a first international goal in 18 months. England had needed his calm head early on. Thereafter this proved all too easy, but it appears there is life in Lampard yet.sauce
Hmmm, good one Guardian, seeing as you were one of the main perpetrators earlier this week of the whole "Lampard's England days are numbered", but it's typical #GuardianExclusive of them to backtrack almost immediately. Anyway, Frank Lampard should and hopefully will deserve to play for England for a long time coming. Man is awesome.
Wales flag!
both teams beforehand
England squad!~
Look at Michael Dawson in between Ashley Cole and Wilshere, height difference, hehe.
England won a penalty in the seventh minute when James Collins fell his Aston Villa teammate Ashley Young in the penalty area. it was a pretty soft penalty, truth be told, but I'll let Collins and Young debate that amongst themselves when they train :p England's recently re-appointed skipper John Terry was instrumental in the creation of that penalty, leading me to think he's acquired some more attacking prowess from chilling with David Luiz ^___~
Because Frank Lampard is a don and beast at penalties (when he's not missing them), it was bunged in
♥
I love my Chelseabungs and I love how much they love it when each other scores. Like, my life is sooooooooooooooo crummy right now, you ain't got a clue, but all these pics of Chelsea bruvvahood make my shitty life a bit less shittier =)
Not another seven minutes had passed, when Darren Bent scored a second for England
I dislike Ashley Young, tbqh, but then again I dislike quite a lot of England players so I need to train not to be like that. ^___~ Anyway, my dislike of Young stems from the fact that when he scored against Chelsea this season he came and celebrated right in front of where I was sat. MEH.
Aaron Ramsey was Wales' captain, and to be honest, he didn't do anything to massively impress me today.
... but he's got plenty of potential, as we all know
Craig Bellamy and Ashley Cole had *multiple* spats, trololol
Wayne Rooney was peacemaker between the two, which is an even bigger trololololol
The two managers, Gary Speed, and Fabio Capello, on the touchline. Gary Speed may have very little experience of managing, but he can't be worse than Capello, who didn't even have Crouchie on the bench. I were fuming, ngl.
That being said, the 4-3-3 England played worked. Lampard, Parker and Wilshere in the three-man-midfield worked very well, perhaps, not totally unsurprisingly, considering that Lamps is most used to that formation at Chels, Parker is currently doing the same with Hitzlsperger and Noble at West Ham, and Jack Wilshere, well, he's very versatile.
Some knob was shining a laser at Ashley Cole. *angry* I've seen far too much of this sodding laser for my liking recently (some twerp did the same thing during Chels-Man City.) It's not big and it's not clever. STOP.
Rightful, victorious captain ;)
Stewart Downing & Stuart pearce on the touchline
A glimpse of Jackyboy's Christian tat :p
dawwwwwwwwwwww
Boss goalkeeper is boss!
trolololol the England fans were singing "Are you Scotland in disguise?!" which made me rofl. I genuinely don't mind Wales, I'm quite sad that they most probably won't be coming to Euro 2012, because I like a lot of their players, such as the Wolves goalie Wayne Hennessey. But if/when Scotland don't qualify for Euro 2012, smirking, I'll probably do a bit of it ^___~
Sorry, this spam has been quite England-ccentric ('cos they're who I support :p), but feel free to make up for that by spamming with moar Wales pics in the comments! Truth be told I really didn't think it was an all that much, although Scotty Parker and Glen Johnson played quite well. Rooney was misfiring as usual (he got booked and will miss the Switzerland game, not a massive tragedy in my eyes), though at least Lamps scored. I think it would have been a LOT more interesting had Bale been fit, but , wasn't to be.
pic sauces: un et deux
oh and...
<3!
And to properly end (sorry to make practically every ~Bungy post~ have an I love Peter Crouch/Frank Lampard/Petr Cech/bung agenda, but, needs must:
3) Lampard's international career is far from over
The change in formation suited Wilshere, but it was Lampard who arguably benefited most of all. The 32-year-old had endured a week of suggestions that his days at this level were numbered, born largely of Capello's apparent reluctance to tweak his favoured system and the injury problems the veteran has suffered this term. Yet this was the set-up employed by Chelsea, in which Lampard prospers more often than not, and he revelled in the familiarity of it all, even as the right-sided of the central three. There were galloping runs forward through gaps in the Welsh rearguard, and clever inter-plays with team-mates to keep possession ticking over in the centre. He gained an 85th cap here, with the penalty rolled into the corner seven minutes in providing a first international goal in 18 months. England had needed his calm head early on. Thereafter this proved all too easy, but it appears there is life in Lampard yet.sauce
Hmmm, good one Guardian, seeing as you were one of the main perpetrators earlier this week of the whole "Lampard's England days are numbered", but it's typical #GuardianExclusive of them to backtrack almost immediately. Anyway, Frank Lampard should and hopefully will deserve to play for England for a long time coming. Man is awesome.