Mike Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Crazy save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.R. Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Ian Darke continues to call out Italy. "To be honest, it's embarassing. Quite pathetic. Absolutely pathetic with the unnecessary theatrics." New Zealand have just done it, and he's said fuck all. Biased as anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 To be honest, I don't really like England. Most of the players are douchebags, the press' arrogance just makes it hard to like them and the average England supporter seriously thought they were favourites for the WC at the beginning, so I wasn't a massive fan. However, there are good lads here in this forum who deserve a decent performance from their team so I'm gonna be rooting for England against the Slovenians. as if . i dont know anyone who thought we were favourites. when you ask the average fan on the street the usual answers are brazil, spain, netherlands, argies etc. all the 'easy' shit is either press bollocks or pre-match bravado, like a newcastle fan going onto a mackem forum and saying newcastle will twat sunderland when in reality we're shit scared of the result. That was my impression, johnny. Maybe not thought of themselves as 'favourites' but definitely in with a great chance, which I thought was really people falling for the hype. I got the same arrogance from some of the Spaniards I know, but at least they have a legitimate reason to be confident (reigning Euro champs and all), and then you have the usual Brazil fanboys, and again, they imo have a legitimate reason to be confident. The confidence that the English people I knew displayed just smacked of arrogance. true, but as i say, most of it is bravado. england still do have a good chance, to be fair to them. if they beat slovenia the mood in the camp will change instantly, but if they can't beat them they'll deservedly go home as it's now down to effectively being a knock out game. unfortunately i can see us going out as a game against a well organised european side who only need a draw is exactly the sort of situation english players don't relish. i think we have it in us to give the likes of germany or italy a good game, where the teams are well matched and both try to attack, but we look a long long way from that sort of form or opportunity right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 ESPN doing a stellar job in educating the ignorant American masses in hating the Italian National Football Team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Great save. fwiw, England's main problem seems to be that they're thinking too much. Every time Gerrard has to the ball, he hesitates before he passes, then moves. It's not fluid. Rooney's been even worse. Rooney's had a ton of success this year because he's simply reacted to the play, either taking a quick shot or moving the ball on. He's rarely dwelled on the ball, which he's done so too often in the first couple of matches. It's as if when each player receives the ball, the first thought is 'what did Fabio say to do when you receive the ball in this position', which is the initial phase of hesitation, then they hesitate even more because whatever they're supposed to do, can't be done. For Heskey maybe it's squaring it for an onrushing Gerrard/Lampard but when Gerrard/Lampard aren't there, he hesitates then passes it back, which results in time for the defence to get set and also slows down the pace of the game, which doesn't favour your midfielders who have spent years playing a really, really fast game. All the reports coming out about the coaches wanting the players to 'just play' seems to reflect this feeling that the players are thinking too much, so that's why I believe that if the players actually play, you'll be fine against Slovenia and be fine in the round after that as well, assuming you don't get Germany. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 ESPN doing a stellar job in educating the ignorant American masses in hating the Italian National Football Team None of us needed to be taught how to do that, tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Dear me, I now hope the Italians score even though I hate them as otherwise Holland may well face them in the next round instead of Paraguay... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 ESPN doing a stellar job in educating the ignorant American masses in hating the Italian National Football Team None of us needed to be taught how to do that, tbf. They took it out of elementary school curriculum years ago because the hate was starting at such a young age already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Come on, Italy Forza Azzuri!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Dear me, I now hope the Italians score even though I hate them as otherwise Holland may well face them in the next round instead of Paraguay... on group form paraguay would be the more testing opponent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 I don't think England's troubles have that much to do with the plan Capello has in place (which was very successful in the qualies) nor the quality of the players at his disposal (you have four or five genuine world class players in your first eleven). Your play is too formulaic, too rigid, which makes it easy to defend against. Something just needs to be done to relax the players so they actually move, anticipate and try to improvise, rather than thinking then reacting to the game, which I feel is something which is really unnatural for your players to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Come on, Italy Forza Azzuri!!! http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1188/sutherland.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 nice from Wood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Holy shit! Almost Shola-esque there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 raped Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 yellow card for having cramp Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Did he seriously just get booked for having cramp? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Booked for cramp? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicago_shearer Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 I'm glad they booked Nelson for that. Sets a good precedent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Calling 5 minutes added. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 I'm glad they booked Nelson for that. Sets a good precedent. Bollocks does it. Not one other ref will do that for the rest of the competition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Dear me, I now hope the Italians score even though I hate them as otherwise Holland may well face them in the next round instead of Paraguay... on group form paraguay would be the more testing opponent True, true, but I know who I'd rather face.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Booked for cramp? He'd be the king of yellows if he was in this game. http://zeroshop.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/lux1.jpg :colo: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 I'm glad they booked Nelson for that. Sets a good precedent. Bollocks does it. Not one other ref will do that for the rest of the competition. This ref wouldn't have done it on the other side of the field. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonarmy Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 I'm glad they booked Nelson for that. Sets a good precedent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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