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...
Mike Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Four minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geordiesned Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 If had been an Italian who'd gone down with cramp the ref would have been helping him stretch his calf! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 4 mins added. Let's see if it goes to 96. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 If had been an Italian who'd gone down with cramp the ref would have been helping him stretch his calf! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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