Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Our lads wouldn’t be any use in this team, they’d try and play rather than kick it back to the opposition. I can see why Southgate doesn‘t pick them.
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[Football] England v Italy UEFA Euros qualifier 7.45
- Thread starter Zeberdi
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- Apr 5, 2014
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Who was he biased for ? I thought for a long period England were getting the rub of the green.I don’t bother posting on England threads on here but read some pathetic comments earlier - didn’t know we had so many Scottish, German and Italian posters.
How can anyone not like Kane:
England Captain
Give his all for his country
Is clearly a genuine decent guy and not arrogant
Married his childhood sweetheart and never see him misbehaving at all
Class act and delighted for him
Sounded fantastic out there tonight - tough second half but they were much better. Win the first game away at the Euro champions with a poor ref who was biased to boot - absolutely great result - first half we were brilliant
Ref was fine overall. Sending off was a clearly second bookable offence. I actually thought he'd got away with it at one stage.
Naw poor England doesn't get to take half a minute to throw the ball
I'm with you on this. I can't stand time-wasting, but the ones he chose to book were rather bizarre. Booked Walker for picking up a drier ball, I didn't even notice Shaw dallying. Yet, when Kane crawls back on the pitch after being winded purely to delay the corner - he does nothing. So inconsistent that it must just make players completely lost as to what they can and can't do. Why wasn't Pickford booked for moving the ball at a free-kick, if Walker was booked for that throw-in?
Still - I quite enjoyed the game.
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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Well, we won but that was far from woeful from Italy.
Paxton Dazo
Up The Spurs.
- Mar 11, 2007
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Yep.
Respect to each and everyone of them.
These are the types of away trips (you’ll probably see this with Brighton next season) where people suddenly start running out of annual leave and can’t go.
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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Thought he was biased against us from the off. A lot of late tackles unpunished then seemed to dish cards out like confetti for us. The time wasting ones were all very harsh / bizarre for me. Anyway, apologies to you but I don’t discuss England on here as it genuinely baffles me how negative some posters are so cba to reply to anyone - oh and @Triggaaar I too just got the ‘laughing like’ from the Swede (on an England thread) who has meant to have blocked me on my request - what a bell.
Johnny RoastBeef
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- Jan 11, 2016
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Phillips was shite
78% pass accuracy.
2 dribbles attempted, 0 successful.
6 ground duels, 1 successful.
2 aerial duels, 1 successful.
Possession lost on 10 occasions.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
My god, the comments on here. England have just won in Italy for the first time in colour. Italy NEVER get beat at in home in qualifiers.
But apparently, Kane is a c*nt and we're shit. Right-o.
I reckon most posters on here were DESPERATE for us to lose so they could give England a proper good slagging. Oh well, never mind.
But apparently, Kane is a c*nt and we're shit. Right-o.
I reckon most posters on here were DESPERATE for us to lose so they could give England a proper good slagging. Oh well, never mind.
or away....
The Fits
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- Jun 29, 2020
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Southgate has done well. I don't think you can argue with that. And on paper that's a great result (although I've not seen many worse Italian teams that). But the idea that we wouldn't be better not playing a desperately out of form (and not particularly good) Maguire and an overrated Phillips who has played 50 odd minutes of football for Man City or whatever it is, is both ludicrous and a huge insult to the likes of Dunk, White and JWP.
tigertim68
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Should of been 3 up at half time , Grealish missed a sitter , would of made it 3-0 game over
instead had to endure that second half performance,
instead had to endure that second half performance,
- Apr 5, 2014
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I'm not. I've been accused of being a Southgate fanboy.
I analyse matches from a neutral perspective. Pleased England won, but tonight felt more like a friendly match. England very average and Italy utterly bewildering in the first half.
A win is a win. And this is, what should be, the toughest task out the way. That said, England have no other route than the top two, so this group is still an interesting one.
It was like a typical 1-0 away win at Port Vale in the 90s. Get on the train and think 'that was rubbish, but who cares ? we won'. And then crack open a tinny.
I beg to differ, apart from the goal I don’t think Pickford had a single save to make. Italy were awful, against ten men they didn’t have a shot on goal.
Sepulveda
Notts County's younger cousins' fan
The only reason I haven't said that they're the worst Italian side we've ever fielded (even though I was tempted) is because it's become a bit of a trope in Italy in the last 10 years to say "This is the worst Italian side in history" each time we see the line-up for a new match, and so there's really no point in saying it anymore haha. I'm sure the next one will also be the worst Italian side in history.
papachris
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I actually think Rice's yellow card was particularly harsh, I think the ref was annoyed either Maguire time wasting just before but gave a card to Rice when he didn't really delay
maresfield seagull
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- May 23, 2006
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Kane IS a cheating ****
But we all know that already
Or is it deemed ok for England But Not against Brighton
The Fits
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- Jun 29, 2020
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Yeah it's interesting how well Italy do consistently. I posted that they were as bad as I have seen, but you could've said that over the last ten or so years. Yet, they're always there or thereabouts. They're a results machine.
