England V Sweden Match thread, Bobby Starts 15/11/11

[os5889]

Stunning corner save from Hart, then Elmander header hits side netting

[os5889]

It looks official - the goalscorer for England's opener has now been corrected to a Daniel Majstorovic own goal.

[os5889]

Ex-Fulham Watch - Bocanegra wins his 100th cap today for the states! Congrats!

[os5889]

HT England 1-0 Sweden

Hope BZ gets some 2nd half time!

[MJG]

He's just feeding off scraps at the moment. I hope he gets another 30 mins at least.

[Burt]

It looks official - the goalscorer for England's opener has now been corrected to a Daniel Majstorovic own goal.

So England's 2,000th goal is...erm...an own goal  :005:

[ElissonSnygg]

Zamora out
Bent in

Well done Bobby

[LBNo11]

...right, time to switch over to 'Coast' on the Yesterday channel...

[horse1031]

i have been really impressed with phil jones in the middle of the park.  good passer of the ball.  i thought Zamora had a good game but needs to score.  He had 2 or 3 half chances.  everytime i see joe hart he looks more and more composed.  I used to think he wasnt good enough but he is a really good goalkeeper.

rodwell should have scored that free header in the first as well.

[Scrumpy]

Zamora out
Bent in

Well done Bobby

Yep, well played Bobby.........and no injuries either  082.gif

[Burt]

Zamora out
Bent in

Well done Bobby

Yep, well played Bobby.........and no injuries either  082.gif

Thank God...I was worried about that in the run-up to the match.

[mrska]

Pleased with that performance..  held the ball up...  looked the part.. NICE1 BOBBY!

[mccscratch]

Ex-Fulham Watch - Bocanegra wins his 100th cap today for the states! Congrats!

To add a current Fulham watch... Clint scored the second for the US today in their 3-2 win over Slovenia... Lovely header from a corner...

Bryan Ruiz and Costa Rica are showing Spain how difficult it can be to play in Central America... Costa Rica leads 2-0 43 mins in...

[os5889]

Pleased with that performance..  held the ball up...  looked the part.. NICE1 BOBBY!

Eng-talia!!

Its the way forward Dean!

[Oakeshott]

Just back from Wembley and thought Bobby had a decent game. The one he missed may have looked fairly easy on tv but from behind the goal it was clearly difficult as the ball was going away from him and he just couldn't reach it sufficiently to wrap his foot round it.

The way he played he was clearly under instructions to stay in the middle so hardly ever ran down the wing, and as he had no one in support it wasn't easy, any more than it was for Bent on Saturday.

Bobby got clattered once but he was still very mobile afterwards and hopefully will be fine for Sunderland.

If England continue to play as negatively as we did on Saturday and tonight, expect an early exit next Summer.