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England v Italy - THE FINAL - Match Thread

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  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,167
    Ah fuck. Always fancied Italy if it got to penalties. Thought the 5 were a weird choice and said to my wife as they came on “I don’t like subs this late just to take a penalty. Puts added pressure on them and no time ti get into the flow.” Especially putting all that on a 19 year old. 

    So proud of the team though. They left it all out there could’ve won it (or lost it) in normal time. 

    They’ll finish the rebirth in Qatar. 
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,442
    Management team needs to take a look at that line-up. 

    You give the all-important penalty to a 19 year old that has never played in a big game before? Sterling you leave out altogether? 
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 6,361
    I agree they had the bottle. Words need to be said of the others. 

    Luke Shaw had such quality, how is Sancho with barely a touch stepping up.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,739
    It hurts but you have to be proud of the boys.
  • EricBanterna
    EricBanterna Posts: 1,740
    You did us proud lads. 
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,442
    Laddick01 said:
    Yeah what the fuck was that. Use experience. Feel bad for Saka and Sancho.

    they shouldn’t be in that situation.
    How do you know how they've decided?

    What if Saka and Sancho have said they want to be amongst the five?
    Management need to have a brain cell and tell them no. 
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 6,361
    Raheem Sterling has something to answer to. 

    If h s declined a pen I don’t want to see him in and England shirt ever again. 
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited July 2021
    Fucking stupid substitutions. 

    Why would you give a penalty to 2 players with 2 minutes of game time? and the deciding penalty to a 19 year old? 

    Fucking brainless. 
    Just Fuck off. Put your Bradley Pritchard nightie on and  fuck off.
  • lancashire lad
    lancashire lad Posts: 15,623
    Can't blame the youngster they should never have been put in. that position
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,735
    PWR.

    Very poor decision by GS to give pen kicks to the 3 youngsters , esp the 2 that had barely had time to acclimatise. 

    Hope he learns from this bitter experience. 
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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    Laddick01 said:
    Yeah what the fuck was that. Use experience. Feel bad for Saka and Sancho.

    they shouldn’t be in that situation.
    How do you know how they've decided?

    What if Saka and Sancho have said they want to be amongst the five?
    Management need to have a brain cell and tell them no. 
    Oh yeaaaa... thats gonna be great if they have to step up at the eighth or ninth penalty knowing their Management team dont trust them - Dont worry will let you lot get back to calling for Southgate's head
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 11,982
    edited July 2021
    Absolutely did the whole country proud
    What huge courage Saka showed to put his name to a pen. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,604
    Anyway.....we didnt deserve to win. We spent 80% of the game in our final 3rd. Hardly mounted an attack from the 10th minute onwards 
  • johnny73
    johnny73 Posts: 4,567
    A great tournament. A few kicks away from winning. In no way should those players be criticized.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,442
    Laddick01 said:
    Yeah what the fuck was that. Use experience. Feel bad for Saka and Sancho.

    they shouldn’t be in that situation.
    How do you know how they've decided?

    What if Saka and Sancho have said they want to be amongst the five?
    Management need to have a brain cell and tell them no. 
    Oh yeaaaa... thats gonna be great if they have to step up at the eighth or ninth penalty knowing their Management team dont trust them - Dont worry will let you lot get back to calling for Southgate's head
    The line up was clearly decided before the game even started, which is why Rashford and Sancho were brought on. 
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 10,999
    Laddick01 said:
    Yeah what the fuck was that. Use experience. Feel bad for Saka and Sancho.

    they shouldn’t be in that situation.
    How do you know how they've decided?

    What if Saka and Sancho have said they want to be amongst the five?
    Management need to have a brain cell and tell them no. 
    Oh yeaaaa... thats gonna be great if they have to step up at the eighth or ninth penalty knowing their Management team dont trust them - Dont worry will let you lot get back to calling for Southgate's head
    Its a no win situation for Southgate really
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,722
    Who the fuck let Saka step up? Someone has to have a word about these things surely 
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,158
    Management team needs to take a look at that line-up. 

    You give the all-important penalty to a 19 year old that has never played in a big game before? Sterling you leave out altogether? 
    Yaaaay, England lost, you can have a go at Southgate again!!
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 6,361
    Raheem Sterling, Luke Shaw, Jack Grealish you should be ashamed.

    If that’s not their decision then fair play but sometimes you just have to step up. 

    England don’t have players willing to step up.
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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    thenewbie said:
    Laddick01 said:
    Yeah what the fuck was that. Use experience. Feel bad for Saka and Sancho.

    they shouldn’t be in that situation.
    How do you know how they've decided?

    What if Saka and Sancho have said they want to be amongst the five?
    Management need to have a brain cell and tell them no. 
    Oh yeaaaa... thats gonna be great if they have to step up at the eighth or ninth penalty knowing their Management team dont trust them - Dont worry will let you lot get back to calling for Southgate's head
    Its a no win situation for Southgate really
    Of course not... Even had we won, he'd have had one game before the knives were straight back out
  • Laddick01 said:
    Raheem Sterling has something to answer to. 

    If h s declined a pen I don’t want to see him in and England shirt ever again. 
    Do fuck off
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,722
    They were fucking there for the taking. Pisspoor subs
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,824
    Laddick01 said:
    Yeah what the fuck was that. Use experience. Feel bad for Saka and Sancho.

    they shouldn’t be in that situation.
    How do you know how they've decided?

    What if Saka and Sancho have said they want to be amongst the five?
    Management need to have a brain cell and tell them no. 
    Oh yeaaaa... thats gonna be great if they have to step up at the eighth or ninth penalty knowing their Management team dont trust them - Dont worry will let you lot get back to calling for Southgate's head
    The line up was clearly decided before the game even started, which is why Rashford and Sancho were brought on. 
    I really don’t like people coming on cold to take penalties, after sitting on the bench for 2 hours 
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 6,361
    Laddick01 said:
    Raheem Sterling has something to answer to. 

    If h s declined a pen I don’t want to see him in and England shirt ever again. 
    Do fuck off
    You can’t tell me Southgate doesn’t want him to have one?
  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,678
    Fucking stupid substitutions. 

    Why would you give a penalty to 2 players with 2 minutes of game time? and the deciding penalty to a 19 year old? 

    Fucking brainless. 
    Just Fuck off. Put your Bradley Pritchard nightie on and  fuck off.
    Funniest thing I’ve read in ages. Cheers Ricky x
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,355
    edited July 2021
    We are all disappointed but would have taken that a month ago. 
    Beaten by the best team in the world in my opinion. Unplayable in the second half and probably more. 
    We have a young team  they will give us more to cheer in the next few years. 
    3-2 on penalties tough but we gave it a good go over the last month. 

  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,167
    Anyway.....we didnt deserve to win. We spent 80% of the game in our final 3rd. Hardly mounted an attack from the 10th minute onwards 
    How long have you been watching football Golfie? You want to try actually paying attention to a game sometime. 
  • NapaAddick
    NapaAddick Posts: 4,657
    Every one of the English subs did very poorly tonight. Not one I can think of that improved the play of the team. Not to mention the shootout performances.