Heskey used to get a lot of stick, but he was a superb target man. The ball could stick with him up top which worked so well for the players around him.
If Capello had picked Michael Owen, he would have become Englands alltime top scorer, but Capello never even bothered travelling to St. James Park. Owen was inform for Newcastle in 2008 scoring loads of goals! At the age of 27 he had scored 40 goals for England and could have had more. Just telling the truth.
I remember watching this game live ans thinking Owen was gonna get the record at the time. Such a shame. After his injury he could have played for a few more years easily and passed Charlton.
Defoe had his chances, but bottled it in big games. Owen even after his pace went could finish, and even in big games against big sides. Different mentality.
I was at this game at Wembley. Bad call to disallow the goal for Russia. Glad we have VAR now to iron those out). But Russia got better as time went on. They of course, got to the semis at Euro 08.
We were playing Russia at home. A team we would regularly beat, especially at home. The game plan with Heskey in the side was always to lump it forward and Owen would feed off the knock-ons. Against very average opposition like Russia, we would win these games all day long. Against Brazil, France, Spain, Germany, Argentina, etc, the Heskey option was very limited at best. The return of a Rooney would result in a far better team, with more fluidity and actually keeping the ball (to make things happen). We still didn't succeed with Rooney though, due to the terrible coaching and management England have always suffered with.
Coaching over the past 10 years has focused on ball retention and you can see that England are much better than they used to be. But actually, ball retention has improved for most sides over the past decade because coaches have suddenly seen the light that better posession was key.
@Dead-Ball-Situation @abfan8333 refreshing to read something positive about England. Southgate hasn't got everything right of course not but we had a good squad in 2000s and never progressed beyond QF. There were some fantastic individual players but they did not gel they would rather be wearing their club shirts. Under Gareth everyone wants to be playing for England (well maybe not Ben White but overall...) yes there has been the odd nervy performance the odd toothless one - happens to the best of teams occasionally- but nothing as bad as say South Africa 2010, Euro 2016 or indeed not qualifying for Euro 2008.
this game should be England 1-1 Russia, at that time, it was worst version of England team from 2008-2016, Russian team played too much defensive in the first half, second half Russian did better
I don't agree with that about John Motson (I get it sounds funny but I don't get annoyed by it) but that's how Guy Mowbray makes me feel a bit and also I think I used to like Clive Tyldesley but it might just be because he commentated on memorable Champions league games etc... I liked growing up but really I do start getting annoyed with his really high pitched voice and the fact he can't NOT bring up every time if a player has just used their weaker foot it's so frustrating who cares??? Secondary commentators like Jenas & AndrosTownsend I don't particularly like either and just like Tyldesley they focus way too much on if a player did a pass or shot with their weaker foot it annoys me if you follow football you know what foot is their preferred but they bring it up every time like it should always be a factor when it shouldn't (in Townsend's case yeah I get why he does it because he's 1 footed) it annoys me a lot. It's not hard to use both feet. It's football for f sake who has bought these players through all these academy's and picked them instead of others who can use both so they've never practiced so you then see on TV crap game after crap game after crap game.
@@FootkerSnooball A year on from my original post, I was maybe a bit over the top in my opinion of John Motson. The commentators of today are absolutely atrocious. Guy Mowbray and Darren Fletcher are insufferable and I mute the sound if either of them are commentating on a game I want to watch. Especially Guy Mowbray. Barry Davies was the finest of them all in my opinion.
Thank you mate, for posting all these yesteryear matches...wonderful stuff!
You ailriggt mate?
Miss motson 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Heskey used to get a lot of stick, but he was a superb target man. The ball could stick with him up top which worked so well for the players around him.
0:20 Gary's opening lines still ring true today.
If Capello had picked Michael Owen, he would have become Englands alltime top scorer, but Capello never even bothered travelling to St. James Park. Owen was inform for Newcastle in 2008 scoring loads of goals! At the age of 27 he had scored 40 goals for England and could have had more. Just telling the truth.
I remember watching this game live ans thinking Owen was gonna get the record at the time. Such a shame. After his injury he could have played for a few more years easily and passed Charlton.
Defoe was better at the time
Defoe had his chances, but bottled it in big games. Owen even after his pace went could finish, and even in big games against big sides. Different mentality.
Anything about Owen is the truth except his age by 08 his already 29
@@jzlnz That's still very young. Easily had atleast 3 more years at the top. Look at Messi and Ronaldo.
1:00:29 Never underestimate how good Heskey was at those knockdowns.
Owens second was brilliant, just knew where the net was and smashed it in. No chance for the keeper.
Now I came to know why England golden generation never perform at the utmost level as they often play unnecessary long ball and were too slow
I was at this game at Wembley. Bad call to disallow the goal for Russia. Glad we have VAR now to iron those out). But Russia got better as time went on. They of course, got to the semis at Euro 08.
It was a handball
This was a really good line-up that functioned brilliantly. But of course, they abandoned it as soon as bloody Rooney was available again.
We were playing Russia at home. A team we would regularly beat, especially at home.
The game plan with Heskey in the side was always to lump it forward and Owen would feed off the knock-ons. Against very average opposition like Russia, we would win these games all day long. Against Brazil, France, Spain, Germany, Argentina, etc, the Heskey option was very limited at best. The return of a Rooney would result in a far better team, with more fluidity and actually keeping the ball (to make things happen). We still didn't succeed with Rooney though, due to the terrible coaching and management England have always suffered with.
and then it all went horribly wrong
quite cool to see random things from the day you were born
Do you have the away game vs Russia?
Wow. Our subs bench was absolutely rubbish 😆 Crouch was pretty good but the rest were bang average.
What is the name of this woman who sang the anthems of England and Russia?
24:42
cole attacked with purpose , took the risks
Are the England fans booing Russia's national anthem?
We play much better football now, the english way of playing has changed
Coaching over the past 10 years has focused on ball retention and you can see that England are much better than they used to be. But actually, ball retention has improved for most sides over the past decade because coaches have suddenly seen the light that better posession was key.
@Dead-Ball-Situation @abfan8333 refreshing to read something positive about England. Southgate hasn't got everything right of course not but we had a good squad in 2000s and never progressed beyond QF.
There were some fantastic individual players but they did not gel they would rather be wearing their club shirts. Under Gareth everyone wants to be playing for England (well maybe not Ben White but overall...) yes there has been the odd nervy performance the odd toothless one - happens to the best of teams occasionally- but nothing as bad as say South Africa 2010, Euro 2016 or indeed not qualifying for Euro 2008.
this game should be England 1-1 Russia, at that time, it was worst version of England team from 2008-2016, Russian team played too much defensive in the first half, second half Russian did better
why are there no women in the video??
I don’t know? You tell me.
No women?
Probably because it was 2007 before the woke agenda was ramped up to full power.
John Motson was awful.
His voice was like fingernails down a blackboard.
I don't agree with that about John Motson (I get it sounds funny but I don't get annoyed by it) but that's how Guy Mowbray makes me feel a bit and also I think I used to like Clive Tyldesley but it might just be because he commentated on memorable Champions league games etc... I liked growing up but really I do start getting annoyed with his really high pitched voice and the fact he can't NOT bring up every time if a player has just used their weaker foot it's so frustrating who cares???
Secondary commentators like Jenas & AndrosTownsend I don't particularly like either and just like Tyldesley they focus way too much on if a player did a pass or shot with their weaker foot it annoys me if you follow football you know what foot is their preferred but they bring it up every time like it should always be a factor when it shouldn't (in Townsend's case yeah I get why he does it because he's 1 footed) it annoys me a lot. It's not hard to use both feet. It's football for f sake who has bought these players through all these academy's and picked them instead of others who can use both so they've never practiced so you then see on TV crap game after crap game after crap game.
@@FootkerSnooball
A year on from my original post, I was maybe a bit over the top in my opinion of John Motson.
The commentators of today are absolutely atrocious.
Guy Mowbray and Darren Fletcher are insufferable and I mute the sound if either of them are commentating on a game I want to watch.
Especially Guy Mowbray.
Barry Davies was the finest of them all in my opinion.
51:37 an example of why we now have VAR
It was a handball
@@Secret19977 Doesn't look like Handball, it came off his chest.