England vs West Germany 1990 as if it's live - 3pm

[Steel Icarus]

Brilliant striker, never write him off

 

[Lord Camomile]

Bloody hell, had to take a phone call, missed the goal

 

[Steel Icarus]

Bloody hell, had to take a phone call, missed the goal

Was brilliant. Left foot, bottom corner. Think I saw Pearce say to Lineker that he liked it, or words to that effect

 

[Lord Camomile]

I'll have to catch the replay at F/T.

 

[Dr. Furface]

C'mon lads, can't bear another 30 mins of this tension

 

[Lord Camomile]

"He's thighed it great" - a career in punditry beckons for Bryan Robson

 

[Steel Icarus]

I'm confident. We finished strongly, we're a younger team, and even if it goes to penalties we've got loads of lads I'd back to score

 

[Lord Camomile]

Seriously, these tackles!

 

[Lord Camomile]

Yes, John, Paul Gascoigne famously cool-headed...

 

[Lord Camomile]

30 years on, I just clapped that Shilton save

 

[Steel Icarus]

Great save from Shilts. Starting to think luck's on our side again.

 

[Dr. Furface]

Ha! Klinsmann you're shit!

 

[Steel Icarus]

Uh-oh...

 

[belboid]

Uh oh

 

[Steel Icarus]

Ah, the diving German bastard

 

[Lord Camomile]

Fuck, that's gonna be a real loss in the final

Hopefully Barnes and/or Robson'll be back by then?

 

[Steel Icarus]

Imagine how stupid it would be if every late tackle got a booking. Would ruin the game

 

[Steel Icarus]

England winger the width of a post away from beating the Germans and getting to another major final! That'll never happen again...

 

[Lord Camomile]

If Waddle hadn't hit that so hard, Platt would have been able to catch it.

Idiot.

 

[Steel Icarus]

If Waddle hadn't hit that so hard, Platt would have been able to catch it.

Idiot.

Plenty of time for him to do something so nobody remembers it though.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Fair play to Gazza, I would not shake someone's hand just after they'd taken me out like that!

 

[Steel Icarus]

Brilliant from Des Walker

 

[Lord Camomile]

Really good defending from Walker there, thought Klinssman had him.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[Argonia]

Bollocks, not penalties

 

[Dr. Furface]

I always knew this would go to pens

 

[Steel Icarus]

Oh god, pennos

Shilts will have done his homework, he has to guess right once or twice

Will Gazza take one? Will his head be right?

 

[Lord Camomile]

I really hate penalties, even when my team's not in them. I know others love the drama, but I don't. It's basically waiting for someone to fuck up with enormous consequences

 

[Argonia]

Poor Gazza

 

[belboid]

Well, England have never been knocked out of the World Cup on penalties, so it's looking good!