Italy vs England

[LeTallecWiz]

Press will destroy Rooney

Rightly so ...

Balotelli:
2 goals in 14 friendlies
11 goals in 17 competitive fixtures

 

[Athens]

Well, we all know how good the Italians can defend a one goal lead.

 

[Fox]

At least we are more fun to watch than 2010

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Italy are shit

 

[barrymac20]

Well, we all know how good the Italians can defend a one goal lead.

not so good with three goal leads though.....

 

[FoxForceFive]

Fuck me, that was almost sexual from Pirlo.

Incredible strike.

 

[DHSC]

Wow almost brilliant from Pirlo

 

[nealmac]

Holy fuck that was some free kick from Pirlo.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Press will destroy Rooney

You think?

I reckon they'll rave about that pass & him playing out of position.

He's their fucking darling for some reason.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Great tackle from cahill.

 

[Fox]

You think?

I reckon they'll rave about that pass & him playing out of position.

He's their fucking darling for some reason.

His finishing cost us

 

[nealmac]

Barkley is very one dimensional. If he ventures out wide he's fucked.

 

[Fox]

Lambert needs a go

 

[FoxForceFive]

Shame that. Draw would have been much fairer.

This side will progress though, & he played an attacking side & played exciting footy.

I apologise Roy, you have got balls, just a pity you didn't find them a few years back.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Barkley is very one dimensional. If he ventures out wide he's fucked.

He doesn't need to though, play him as a 10 behind sturridge & have lallana/sterling either side.

Rooney needs to go, he slows us down in the worst place far too much.

Sterling will be the most valuable player in the premiership within two seasons maximum, maybe by the end of next season. He's magic.

 

[Fox]

Biggest problem was putting Raheem on right second half

 

[nealmac]

He doesn't need to though, play him as a 10 behind sturridge & have lallana/sterling either side.

Rooney needs to go, he slows us down in the worst place far too much.

Sterling will be the most valuable player in the premiership within two seasons maximum, maybe by the end of next season. He's magic.

Bringing Barkley on meant Rooney had to stay out wide. If he'd brought lallana on at that point he could've moved Rooney into the middle.

Having said that, Rooney was fucking balls all night. Apart from the cross for the goal he was fucking shite. The fat cunt.

 

[Gary25]

Glen Johnson...I didn't think it was possible for him to get any worse.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Glen Johnson...I didn't think it was possible for him to get any worse.

I honestly don't think he played badly.

Similarly to Liverpool the entire defence looked exposed when Italy countered, but I didn't see any major individual errors from him.

He didn't cross well enough when forward, but if you're being analytical then wingers get that free reign to miss 3 out of 4 crosses, he's breaking forwards & giving an option which is obviously what he's been told to do.

 

[Markeh]

shut up Thierry, you talk in riddles

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Johnson played alright, he wasn't shit at all.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Biggest problem was putting Raheem on right second half

It dulled us, but I think if ox was fully fit barkley wouldn't have come on & he'd have stayed there.

 

[refugee]

You know you're fucking thick if Alan Shearer beats you in a game of wits. Poor the Rio

 

[Fox]

Glen Johnson...I didn't think it was possible for him to get any worse.

He played well.

Better than baines

 

[Markeh]

Pirlo doesn't cramp because Pirlo doesn't run, he stopped chasing the opposition about 3 years ago. He's great with the ball though.

Shit comparison from Shearer

 

[Fox]

Pirlo doesn't cramp because Pirlo doesn't run, he stop chasing the opposition about 3 years ago. He's great with the ball though.

Exactly

 

[FoxForceFive]

He played well.

Better than baines

Baines corners were awful. Far post, not working, let's try three more, OK, near post, didn't work. Err, short corner, they always worked. Well, in the 80s they worked. Occasionally. Shit, it didn't work.

 

[nealmac]

Hmmm...I must've been watching a different game cos I thought Johnson was shite too. His passing was awful at times. He fucked up that cross and I honestly thought he should've done better with that shot he had.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

He played well.

Better than baines

A few problems with Johnson tonight imo:

1) He adds little in the attacking third - bar two adventurous shots, he rarely beats his man (injuries taking a toll?) and his crossing is very erratic.
2) He slows down the play more often than not, which for a team that wants to move the ball quickly is problematic.
3) Defensively, he was actually ok. Better than Baines? Yah, he was shite though ...

 

[nealmac]

Baines corners were awful. Far post, not working, let's try three more, OK, near post, didn't work. Err, short corner, they always worked. Well, in the 80s they worked. Occasionally. Shit, it didn't work.

They were better than rooneys.