TBF I could have got us qualified from this group.And Southgate qualifies us for yet another major tournament with ease.
Bloody Palarse dullard. He's got to go!
I can sniff the trophy already.And Southgate qualifies us for yet another major tournament with ease.
Bloody Palarse dullard. He's got to go!
These Palace players are better than we thought if they can play like that after a blunt.Maguire was decent as was stoned replacement
Decent win
Germany bound
1st half? Could easily have gone in behind.I must be watching a different game…we have been over Italy
To be fair Maguire hasn't done a lot wrong tonight, which means he will probably start when England exit in the quaters or semi final in the next competition
If any CDM over commits on a tackle or interception then both centre backs are automatically in trouble whoever they are. The whole tactical point of Rice and Phillips is to screen the back four.IMO Stones is not a top-class defender, all fur coat and no knickers. Stones and Maguire together is an accident waiting to happen. If Rice misses a tackle/interception, as he did for the goal, they are in trouble.
Bellingham and Kane paper over the cracks very well.
I didn't realise when I posted that! Disappointed twice in one night, FFS.Good luck with that, thanks to the football it’s on tomorrow
Yup, let's keep looking for negativity. Both managers you mention need to work with players everyday to make it work. International managers don't get that.Bellingham and Kane world class, Italy don't have players of that calibre.
Imagine what England could be like with Pep or De Zerbi in charge.
Even then, Phillips should have seen red and the last 20 mins might have been altogether different.
Err, no you couldn'tTBF I could have got us qualified from this group.
First home defeat of Italy since 1978, I hear.
I remember it well. England were playing 12 men that night. Even as an 8 year old I was so angry at the ref that even @Icy Gull would have told me to pipe down.
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Awful? Awful is being 3 down and not being able to keep the ball. Awful isn't going in 1 1 having had more posession and more shots on target than the opposition.Joe Cole and the C4 team are exaggerating in overdrive.
First 45 we were awful, second 45 much improved, Bellingham and Kane outstanding, elsewhere some nothingness eg Phillips.
Awful? Awful is being 3 down and not being able to keep the ball. Awful isn't going in 1 1 having had more posession and more shots on target than the opposition.
It wasn't a great first half from either side and Italy had the brightest moments but if you think that was awful then I'm surprised you didn't top yourself after the Albion showing at Villa the other week.
No, it was me that was wrong. They did say 1977. It was the November. And the Italians got away with everything. I remember my Mum, who wasn't crazy about football, going nuts. You know how I defend refs, but those were different times. There was something fishy going on that night. Tardelli was absolutely brutal against Keegan, full on elbow smash to the face, you'd be arrested for that now. No action. Keegan retaliated after another foul (in the penalty box) with a push and got an immediate yellow. It was so blatant.I remember it too, C4 wrong, it was 1977.
Coppell, Brooking, Keegan all class.
But we also beat them in 2012 at Wembley.
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