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England v Germany U21 European Championship Semi Final SS1 `17.00 K.O
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HantsSeagull
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did we lose?
of course we ****in did
of course we ****in did
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Same old story
hart's shirt
Well-known member
"Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win."
- Gary Lineker
Different time, same result.
Better team won on the night though.
- Gary Lineker
Different time, same result.
Better team won on the night though.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Useless Abraham glad we don't want him
- Nov 3, 2015
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In this topsy-turvy world we live in nowadays, it's nice to know some things always stay the same.
Deserved to lose that.
No ambition and happy to go to pens.
None of that lot will make it at full international level
No ambition and happy to go to pens.
None of that lot will make it at full international level
Juan Albion
Chicken Sniffer 3rd Class
What do you expect if you let some Palarse reject take a penalty?
Wait...
Wait...
GloryDays
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To be fair to the Germans they were the better team by some distance.
Playing with zero gusto in an U21 tournament defeats the point of being there. Had we gone through I'm not too sure we would have learned the lessons expected of progressing so far. At that level it's not actually about the winning as much as it is to understand the strengths of the team.
I didn't dislike certain periods of the game but there was a lot of absorbing pressure and hoofing it away when surely the idea is to encourage the players that this is the time to not do that. Other times in the first half it looked as if we were defending for our lives (but that being said I was watching on mute, on my phone, in a taxi, with poor connection, so I'm not the best judge perhaps).
Credit to the players for going as far as they did but in reality the bigger picture is, "Can we compete against the relative generation of German players"? and the answer looks like a no, based on that evidence.
Lastly, that TA penalty was abysmal. Don't do that. Penalties need to go in the top corner. I'd rather one hit it over than have the keeper save it.
Not as bad as 2009 though, and we have some capable players. They are kids and hopefully they took something from the summer.
Edit : Having watched the saved TA penalty back, it wasn't as bad as I thought.
Playing with zero gusto in an U21 tournament defeats the point of being there. Had we gone through I'm not too sure we would have learned the lessons expected of progressing so far. At that level it's not actually about the winning as much as it is to understand the strengths of the team.
I didn't dislike certain periods of the game but there was a lot of absorbing pressure and hoofing it away when surely the idea is to encourage the players that this is the time to not do that. Other times in the first half it looked as if we were defending for our lives (but that being said I was watching on mute, on my phone, in a taxi, with poor connection, so I'm not the best judge perhaps).
Credit to the players for going as far as they did but in reality the bigger picture is, "Can we compete against the relative generation of German players"? and the answer looks like a no, based on that evidence.
Lastly, that TA penalty was abysmal. Don't do that. Penalties need to go in the top corner. I'd rather one hit it over than have the keeper save it.
Not as bad as 2009 though, and we have some capable players. They are kids and hopefully they took something from the summer.
Edit : Having watched the saved TA penalty back, it wasn't as bad as I thought.
The Brighton Buzz
Falmer here we come
- Jan 31, 2008
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In the other semi final looking forward to seeing Saul for Athletico Madrid at the Amex. Great Hat-trick.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
FT: Spain U21 3 - 1 Italy U21
