Italy v England | Euro 2020 Final

[mat]

25 minutes of great football, harrowing, chances, a goal and then 65 minutes of defending against an average team. Cue extra time, a defensive mid for a defensive mid, cue penalties...bring on the hop skip and jumpers and let saka go 5th? Where were the other players who should have stepped up?

Southgate claims he picked the Penalty takers not the players.

 

[crazyg]

All these pundits and fans that I have heard or read saying England did well getting to the final under the circumstances. We have got the players who play in the top league in the world , we are not fucking underdogs . England should be getting to finals, they are being made out as if we are on par with Fucking Albania.

Don't mention Albanians to Magliar!

 

[RayCTID]

Hopefully Southgate learns from this and has a decent WC next year.

Playing in Qatar, even playing it in December is going to be brutal and as team England don't look that clever in keeping the ball. Its going to be a long tournament for them.

 

[mat]

Let us know how it finishes.

Slabhead stepping up....

 

[madloaf]

Shocking.a manager wasting this abundance of talent .

you are to blame Southgate 100%

we are 1 up and you literally wanted to bring on more defenders all game, we had no out ball all game

kane , mount and sterling shocking all game you did nothing to change it

trying to defend a 1 nil lead from 3 minutes .

bringing on 2 specialist penalty takers at the end both of who missed the pens.

allowing a kid to take the crucial penalty when grealish and sterling still on the pitch .

conference manager in a suit.

Mount should be in massive capitalised letters. He was fucking anonymous.

 

[andyhinch]

25 minutes of great football, harrowing, chances, a goal and then 65 minutes of defending against an average team. Cue extra time, a defensive mid for a defensive mid, cue penalties...bring on the hop skip and jumpers and let saka go 5th? Where were the other players who should have stepped up?

It was a master class of shit management

 

[crublue1]

I doubt Phil would of missed if he were to take one, I KNOW HE WASNT A SUB. Saka is old enough to play so he’s old enough to take one. Southgate to blame though. Oh and rashford.

Surely a wum post

Phillips is fucking awful. Was useless out there tonight and dogshit for all but one game. Bellingham is two, three times the player he is

Yeah but there's some doubt about his age.

 

[SanPellegrini]

Oh ffs, it's not a binary choice.

Sorry, what isn’t a binary choice?

Giving shit to young players who gave so much for their country, just because they happen to play in red for their clubs? Do you honestly think there’s a grey area there?

It’s not a grey area, it’s pure tribal nonsense. Not sure what happened since COVID, but this forum has quickly become a cesspit of negativity

 

[Beanhead]

Southgate just said in interview that he picked the five based on pen practice in training. You know, just like the tension of a final...

Haha missed that.. I hate dippers and in particular old ‘Hendo.. but he is exactly the type of player you want taking one.. he has experience in these kind of games.. his experience and balls far outweigh his technical ability.. but sometimes that is what you need.

 

[meeesh]

Read a few times that England have overachieved in getting to the final.

Sorry, that's just bollocks.

Just like the WC, England have played one decent team and lost. Hardly overachieving.

Drew with Scotland ffs,so getting to the final IS over achieving