Italy v England | Euro 2020 Final

[RACHACE]

Hoof ball was never going to be enough to beat this Italian side

It wasn't enough to beat Denmark or those no marks Scotland either.

 

[Nascent Blues]

We have loads of attacking players, but what we don't have is a central midfielder who can dictate the tempo like David Silva, Jorghino, Modric, Busquets etc. A player who will receive, move, pass, receive, move, pass. Until we do, we'll underachieve and never be able to exploit the attacking talent at our disposal.

 

[D'Silva]

I agree how can any Blue not have a soft spot for Bobby Manc?

Still my favorite City manager. I've only known 4 TBF.

 

[Gray]

The whole defence were excellent regardless of what team they play for. I even warmed to Rice and Phillips.

As numb nuts ain't going anywhere he needs to find a better balance for the other positions and also play only one DM sometimes. We created pretty much nothing in 2 hours of football.

Yes after our first attack resulted in a goal, we just sat back and hoped for the best.

 

[madloaf]

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

And hes only 18

 

[Pam]

I agree how can any Blue not have a soft spot for Bobby Manc?

Exactly. Bobby Manc is a City legend. Why shouldn't we be happy for him?

 

[stonie]

shit happens as we well know, this will be forgot about tomorrow I for one still not over the champs league final, yep we lost with a whimper but sod it, over to the transfer forum we go

 

[andyhinch]

Well Ukraine apart I thought we looked pretty crap/rank average from match 1. Not remotely surprised we lost, just a bit surprised it took Italy untill extra time to do it.

I'm just a bit gutted I didn't put a few Bob on my pre-tournament prediction of Italy bearing England in the final :-(

I got 3-1 on a draw when they went 1 down, no way we were holding out for 88 minutes. Have a said Southgate is a risk averse **** resonantly ?

 

[bluenova]

No need to put the blame on the players.
Missing penalties after playing 3 mins of football isn't letting anyone down.

Southgate was too hesitant making changes and the penalty subs (emulating OGS) was a daft thing to do.

I'd be interested to know if this tactic is statistically successful.

To be fair, Rashford and Sancho both have excellent penalty records.

Southgate himself would know that trying to take a penalty when you've never (or almost never) scored one previously is almost certainly statistically more risky.

 

[Newman Noggs]

Southgates not going anywhere, were going to be fed the bullshit now of how he's that good by getting us to a final,extended contract on the table no doubt, its a shame because this England team has great potential under the right manager

This is what I can't understand. There's a hysterical giddiness in the media about getting favourable draws right to the final and then losing which makes them blind to what a terrible manager Southgate is.

If Allardyce had put out that side to play like that tonight (and I think he'd have actually done better) he'd have been slaughtered.