goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
Why should I be bothered?
That's exactly what I was just thinking.
Why should I be bothered?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-18576404
Bedford - that reknowned centre of footballing excellence - make the Italians pay
Twats
Are those stars marking World Cup wins? Anyway, I never suggested that England were the only ones to do it.
typical 'we wos robbed' reactionhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-18576404
Bedford - that reknowned centre of footballing excellence - make the Italians pay
Twats
England were only 'robbed' of the multi-goal defeat they deserved.
typical 'we wos robbed' reaction
pathetic
Well they did win by 2 goals but on freakin penalties and that doesn't count! BBOOLLLLOOCCKKSS!!£10 Italy to win by 2 goals @9/1 = a nice £100 return. 2-0, 3-1 Any will do. Italy only team to have given Spain a game. Who have we beat? Sweden meh! Ukraine ranked 52. Drew with France and we were lucky to do so. France hammered by Spain last night!Spain v Italy final
England are supposed to be the 6th best team in the world. Italy are ranked as the 12th.I'm just glad we exited the tournament punching reasonably above our weight, and not hopelessly failing to live up to the smallest of expectations.
Think no one expecting anything helped their performance, though did notice BBC studio pundits discussing England's chances in the final against Spain prior to start of match against ItalyThing is no one believed we would get anywhere so getting further than we didn't think we would get was fun. I enjoyed it, especially the Sweden game. That was a thriller.
haven't read the thread - but Pirlo was a class act - he was the difference - England need a player like that who bosses the game and we haven't got one
But some England fans seem to go around believing its true and then express surprise when they're completely outclassed by a team supposedly significantly worse than them.And not really our fault...
That's all very well, but I remember Seaman doing exactly this against, I think, Germany. He went the right way every time, but didn't save a single one. If Buffon hadn't guessed against Cole, he wouldn't have saved it.^^ Hart should have stood still and waited for the shot before diving for all the pens. He wasn't close to any of them anyway and would have saved Pirlo's. I don't understand why goalies commit to one side and hope the player kicks it that way as sooner or later someone will try to smack one down the middle or off centre.
The trouble is, we get pilloried for having high expectations, but then also get attacked for our team not doing better with all the supposed resources we have. It's something I've noticed more and more, and a more than a few times in this tournament, and I don't quite understand what other fans want from us. Should we lower our expectations, or be angry that our country can't produce better?But some England fans seem to go around believing its true and then express surprise when they're completely outclassed by a team supposedly significantly worse than them.
Actually, this is pretty much what he did for Balotelli's, the first, and he got very close to it. The others less so...^^ Hart should have stood still and waited for the shot before diving for all the pens. He wasn't close to any of them anyway and would have saved Pirlo's. I don't understand why goalies commit to one side and hope the player kicks it that way as sooner or later someone will try to smack one down the middle or off centre.
Yep. You could see before he started his run up that this was what he was going to do. Would have been unstoppable if it had been 10 cm lower...Actually, I think it's generally the hallmark of someone who's not confident.
That's all very well, but I remember Seaman doing exactly this against, I think, Germany. He went the right way every time, but didn't save a single one. If Buffon hadn't guessed against Cole, he wouldn't have saved it.
Anyway, I don't blame any player for missing a pen. At least they had the balls to step forward and take one.