ENGLAND WILL WIN THE EUROS

[Blue Mastiff]

800 passes completed in 120 minutes

[getborn]

35 shots to 3 or 4 or somethng.

WHere is the myth about Italy playing boring defensive football?

England were woeful.

Hawkesy you can cr#p on about "your" football all you want, the reality is that the best players in the EPL are foreign, its that simple.

England technically poor. Italy had more than double the passes and before you start with the pens rubbish, the game should ave ben over at half time.

For the record Italy will struggle against Germany, moreso becuase of the lack of rest time and the fact they played 120 mins.

ENgland midfield comperd to Italy's - no comparison. Pirlo next to Xavi and Iniesta in quality.

Capello got hammered for his style, he never got England playing like that!!!

CdS -
Pirlo 131 passes @ 87%
Gerrard 32 passes @ 74%

[dudley]

the socceroos would beat england probably more that 3 1 this time.

[God is an Englishman]

Once again we go out of a tournament without actually losing a game.

[getborn]

Once again we go out of a tournament without actually losing a game.

& barely playing one.

[God is an Englishman]

Once again we go out of a tournament without actually losing a game.

or barely playing one.

Played 4
2 Wins
2 Draws

[Blue Mastiff]

Italy subjected them to what was almost torture by possession!

[God is an Englishman]

Italy subjected them to what was almost torture by possession!

I would agree but the game is about scoring goals not having more posession.

[Faith No More]

With the team England put out in the Euros, not sure what people could expect.
Any team that has EPL bench players Henderson, Defoe, Kelly et all, are not going to be competitve vs technically superior teams.
all the blood n guts in the world won't beat Spain, Germany or Italy.

Ranking of Euro 2012 based on performance :
Germany
Spain
Italy
Portugal / Ronaldo
Croatia
Russia
Greece
England
France
Czech republic
Denmark
Poland
Ukraine
Sweden
Netherlands
etc, etc

[Blue Mastiff]

Fabio Capello helped Italy prepare for Sunday's Euro 2012 quarter-final showdown against England.

[Nice One Cyril]

I think (hope) there will be quite a few that have played more or less their last game for England.

[El Pibe D'Oro]

Italy subjected them to what was almost torture by possession!

I would agree but the game is about scoring goals not having more posession.

I knew you would have an argument for what really and truly is an undefendable performance.

Read some of the comments in the Guardian - your fellow countryman simply congratulate the oppositon for actually trying to play football and slate your team.

Remember, all your waffle about non-existent british football superiority. The EPL is foreigner run. If you took all the foreigners out of all the leagues, I know the leagues I would like to watch. The EPL would not be one of them. Even Andy Cole admitted the first thing that English players try to do is go for goal an dnot keep possession.

[El Pibe D'Oro]

I think (hope) there will be quite a few that have played more or less their last game for England.

Joe Hart is on the way to becoming one of, if not the workds best keeper.

Johnson ok
Terry - see ya later
Lescott not international standard
Ashley Cole - cant defend
Milner - less said the better
Gerrard - always 100% best is behind him tough
Parker - see Gerrard
Young - Poor tournament
Rooney - Unfit
Carroll - Not international Standard
Wellbeck - will be class
Walcott - flash in the pan - depends how he feels when he gets up in the morning.
Henderson - In the England squad?? You are joking surely.

[Blue Mastiff]

England's penalty record stands at six defeats and one win from seven shoot-outs at major tournaments.

They lost to Germany in 1990 and 1996

Lost to Argentina in 1998

Lost to Portugal in 2004 and 2006

Lost to Italy in 2012.

They beat Spain in 1996.

From 35 shoot-out penalties taken they have scored 23.

[God is an Englishman]

Italy subjected them to what was almost torture by possession!

I would agree but the game is about scoring goals not having more posession.

I knew you would have an argument for what really and truly is an undefendable performance.

Read some of the comments in the Guardian - your fellow countryman simply congratulate the oppositon for actually trying to play football and slate your team.

Remember, all your waffle about non-existent british football superiority. The EPL is foreigner run. If you took all the foreigners out of all the leagues, I know the leagues I would like to watch. The EPL would not be one of them. Even Andy Cole admitted the first thing that English players try to do is go for goal an dnot keep possession.

Undefendable! If you have 99.99% posession but don't score, can you win the game?

As I have said, italy deserved the win but they didn't get it. Why not? The game is about goals not posession.

I have never said "British superiority", the jocks, taffs and micks are pony.

And take all the foreigners out of the epl and I might actually watch it again on a more regular basis.

[El Pibe D'Oro]

I knew you would have an argument for what really and truly is an undefendable performance.

Read some of the comments in the Guardian - your fellow countryman simply congratulate the oppositon for actually trying to play football and slate your team.

Remember, all your waffle about non-existent british football superiority. The EPL is foreigner run. If you took all the foreigners out of all the leagues, I know the leagues I would like to watch. The EPL would not be one of them. Even Andy Cole admitted the first thing that English players try to do is go for goal an dnot keep possession.[/quote]


Undefendable! If you have 99.99% posession but don't score, can you win the game?

As I have said, italy deserved the win but they didn't get it. Why not? The game is about goals not posession.

I have never said "British superiority", the jocks, taffs and micks are pony.

And take all the foreigners out of the epl and I might actually watch it again on a more regular basis.[/quote]

Yes the league would be awesome without those "foreigners"

Yes you have always crapped on about British superiority, unfortunately I do not have time to go thru all of your utterly rubbish posts to dig up examples.

At least we wont have to worry about your ususal drivel for the rest of the tournament.

[God is an Englishman]

Yes the league would be awesome without those "foreigners"

Yes you have always crapped on about British superiority, unfortunately I do not have time to go thru all of your utterly rubbish posts to dig up examples.

At least we wont have to worry about your ususal drivel for the rest of the tournament.

I would be amazed if you could find one example of me talking about British superiority.

I guess it's drivel to suggest that goals win games! :?

[El Pibe D'Oro]

And just quietly........

Andrea Pirlo, please behave yourself.

That pen, psychologically turned the shoot out. I would have to agree with Mac Allister in the commentary on Setanta.

Who the f*ck has the nuts to do that when you are losing in a shootout in front of 500 million people.

I remember Totti doing something similar in Euro 2000 against the dutch.

[Doobie]

the socceroos would beat england probably more that 3 1 this time.

This really cheered me up this morning! Thanks for the laugh.

[SPURS18]

35 shots to 3 or 4 or somethng.

WHere is the myth about Italy playing boring defensive football?

England were woeful.

Hawkesy you can cr#p on about "your" football all you want, the reality is that the best players in the EPL are foreign, its that simple.

England technically poor. Italy had more than double the passes and before you start with the pens rubbish, the game should ave ben over at half time.

For the record Italy will struggle against Germany, moreso becuase of the lack of rest time and the fact they played 120 mins.
ENgland midfield comperd to Italy's - no comparison. Pirlo next to Xavi and Iniesta in quality.

Capello got hammered for his style, he never got England playing like that!!!

Don't use that as an excuse Italy will struggle against Germany because the Germans are a class above its as simple as that.

[Faith No More]

35 shots to 3 or 4 or somethng.

WHere is the myth about Italy playing boring defensive football?

England were woeful.

Hawkesy you can cr#p on about "your" football all you want, the reality is that the best players in the EPL are foreign, its that simple.

England technically poor. Italy had more than double the passes and before you start with the pens rubbish, the game should ave ben over at half time.

For the record Italy will struggle against Germany, moreso becuase of the lack of rest time and the fact they played 120 mins.
ENgland midfield comperd to Italy's - no comparison. Pirlo next to Xavi and Iniesta in quality.

Capello got hammered for his style, he never got England playing like that!!!

Don't use that as an excuse Italy will struggle against Germany because the Germans are a class above its as simple as that.

actually looking forward to 2 very competitive semis. Ronaldo vs Spain, Pirlo & Buffon vs Germany

[Ricky Tan]

35 shots to 3 or 4 or somethng.

WHere is the myth about Italy playing boring defensive football?

England were woeful.

Hawkesy you can cr#p on about "your" football all you want, the reality is that the best players in the EPL are foreign, its that simple.

England technically poor. Italy had more than double the passes and before you start with the pens rubbish, the game should ave ben over at half time.

For the record Italy will struggle against Germany, moreso becuase of the lack of rest time and the fact they played 120 mins.
ENgland midfield comperd to Italy's - no comparison. Pirlo next to Xavi and Iniesta in quality.

Capello got hammered for his style, he never got England playing like that!!!

Don't use that as an excuse Italy will struggle against Germany because the Germans are a class above its as simple as that.

Thats what they said in 06 and look what Italy did then.... Based on their performance against England, how can you say Germany are a "class above"? What have they done so far to be a class above? If they play and dominate against Italy, then i'll agree with you. Spain didn't play like they were a class above against Italy. We'll just have to wait for Thursday morning.

[God is an Englishman]

35 shots to 3 or 4 or somethng. and still you didn't scoreEngland were woeful.

Hawkesy you can cr#p on about "your" football all you want, the reality is that the best players in the EPL are foreign, its that simple. You watch football for your reasons, I watch for mine. I think the foreign influx have ruined the English club game as a spectacleEngland technically poor. Italy had more than double the passes and before you start with the pens rubbish, the game should ave ben over at half time. How many goals did you score for this passing, and how comes it wasn't over by half time.

The facts are simple, England were terrible but you still couldn't beat us. That says as much about italy as it does about England.

[Ga Pala]

How the Euro schedule their matches is a farce . Why should Germany get 2 days extra to prepare. It's a joke . You'd think all things should be equal come finals time.

[Blue Mastiff]

The italian fans will make up for it by beating their drums ad setting alight sparklers outside the German's hotel room so they dont sleep for the next 4 days!

[justmyopinion]

"polly waffle is an englishman"

[Blue Mastiff]

sums it up pretty much

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd74Vx2u ... re=related

[Blue Mastiff]

or this classic comedy extract

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq_cwwWc ... re=related

[ozzie owl]

England fail to win another major tournament and the FA will do the usual ,bury its head and in the sand.

[Nice One Cyril]

England fail to win another major tournament and the FA will do the usual ,bury its head and in the sand.

Only after it's extracted it from its collective arse