Euro 2012 - Knockout Stages

[Ian Royal]

Erm, what happened to the game plan of doubling up the strikers on Pirlo and defending from just inside our half?

[Tails]

Leaving Young on is proving to be Hodgson's createst gamble to date.

[sandman]

Awful game this. England are camped in their own half bar the odd free kick and the Italians best finisher is on the bench.

[Ian Royal]

Erm, what happened to the game plan of doubling up the strikers on Pirlo and defending from just inside our half?

"Rooney in not doing defensive work shocker"

Also, RE: YOUNG
Might be an issue of preparing for a penalty shootout?

Harsh considering he was sitting deeper protecting the defence, and given the excellent marking throughout the game.

[Ian Royal]

That should have been a penalty.

[Bumblebee]

Barzagli should have been off there, two straight feet and the one foot is almost knee high!

LOL Perfect tackle that shouldn't have been a foul, let alone a red.

[Ian Royal]

Barzagli should have been off there, two straight feet and the one foot is almost knee high!

LOL Perfect tackle that shouldn't have been a foul, let alone a red.

Both wrong

[Tails]

Penalty though,eh Bumblebee?

[superreadingfan]

parker out of his depth

[Bumblebee]

Penalty though,eh Bumblebee?

Yes, but if they gave that, they'd give 6 or 7 penalties a game.

[Tails]

England midfield out of their depth

[Tails]

Penalty though,eh Bumblebee?

Yes, but if they gave that, they'd give 6 or 7 penalties a game.

Really?

[Ian Royal]

Suicidally dropping deeper and deeper as we tire, giving Pirlo more time and space and Italy all sorts of room to get it down and run at us. It's been a good effort, but it's only a matter of time unless we can freshen up those legs.

[Bumblebee]

Penalty though,eh Bumblebee?

Yes, but if they gave that, they'd give 6 or 7 penalties a game.

Really?

For shirt pulling and pushing and shoving? Yep.

[sandman]

Can't understand why the Italians didn't put Di Natale on. One of the best strike rates in Europe over the last few years and they leave him on the bench while the players on the pitch miss chance after chance.

[frimmers3]

problem is there is no donkey left on the bench should shrek have to take a penalty.

[Tails]

Glad we agree we should have had a penalty.


Btw, when he Italian feigned injury, did it hit his shoulder in the box [rather than his face]?

[Ian Royal]

We really need this rest, brief as it is. What to do with that last sub? Ox on for Young for his pace and trickery? Henderson for fresh legs in midfield for Gerrard who's suffering? Defoe on for Rooney?

But with one eye on penalties, you'd probably want most of those players on the pitch come the end.

[Royal Rother]

The Man Utd contingent have been spectacularly uninspiring again.

Now, presumably that's because one is tired after a long season and the other is short of match fitness after a 4 week break.

[AthleticoSpizz]

credit to Terry

he looks like he could go all night