England V Italy

Rooney has been awful

transylman

Ridiculous yellow card.

Paparazzo

Rooney has been woeful

darkman2

English defence caught again there.

Hank Scorpio

good man Carroll

grohlisagod

Will Balotelli have the balls to take a penalty the way he normally does if this goes to pens?
Apparently he sent Hart the wrong way 10 times in a row once in training.

kitakyushu

Pirlo having a lovely stroll in the park.

Taco Corp

Teams should be given an extra sub or 2 when it goes to extra time

murpho999

grohlisagod wrote: »

Will Balotelli have the balls to take a penalty the way he normally does if this goes to pens?
Apparently he sent Hart the wrong way 10 times in a row once in training.

He was probably throwing darts at him!

Nuri Sahin

This. Is. Our. Year.

Dcully

Carroll done more in last 5mins than Rooney has in almost 100mins

GLaDOS

Di Natalie must have his head in his hands

PhlegmyMoses

Paparazzo wrote: »

Rooney has been woeful

As have Welbeck and Carroll. The one consistent variable? A rubbish midfield relying on a half-fit Gerrard to do it all.

carbon nanotube

does 150k a week mario ever smile?

ollie1

Off the post :eek:

kitakyushu

I think England have just used up more luck tonight than Ireland did in Moscow.

Kylo Ren

Holy cow

Mars Bar

Christ almighty Hart!

Witcher

Hodgson keeping the head down in the dugout

Tox56

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Paparazzo wrote: »

Rooney has been woeful

As have Welbeck and Carroll. The one consistent variable? A rubbish midfield relying on a half-fit Gerrard to do it all.

I think Carroll's been good actually, suits this system down to the ground

Mr Alan

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

As have Welbeck and Carroll. The one consistent variable? A rubbish midfield relying on a half-fit Gerrard to do it all.

Wellbeck & Carroll have been considerably better than Rooney.

murpho999

carbon nanotube wrote: »

does 150k a week mario ever smile?

Why would he smile during a match and after just not scoring?

I can actually see nothing but an England win on pens tbh.

One of those games

Savman

BBC commentary really starting to grate now tbh.

Paparazzo

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

As have Welbeck and Carroll. The one consistent variable? A rubbish midfield relying on a half-fit Gerrard to do it all.

Rooney managed to mess up 2 good moves that Carroll started in the last 5-6 minutes.

darkman2

Savman wrote: »

BBC commentary really starting to grate now tbh.

"Be a shame to go out to a west ham reject"

:rolleyes:

Erm the only rejects on the pitch atm are the England team.

Bodhisopha

That England band make me long for the return of the vuvuzela.

NIMAN

Good to see Ashley Young continue to cheat and dive and cause a man to miss a potential semi final, maybe the biggest game of his career.

And the Beeb said nothing about it either. Its only Johnny Foreigner who dives and cheats.

KH25

Mr Alan wrote: »

Wellbeck & Carroll have been considerably better than Rooney.

Indeed. Carroll has actually done well enough since he came on.

Hulk Hands

My God Carroll's slow

SlickRic

Hodgson is so so fortunate that there is no expectation on England, and he is English.

Capello would've been slaughtered for these kinds of performances England are putting out.

i don't disagree with the way Hodgson is going about things given the players he has, but it's funny how well he's been received by the English media in particular compared to his predecessor.

keith16

I think Walcott has done well enough, has looked lively.

thund3rbird_

says it all about henderson when his lfc teammate (andy) turned back and held up the ball rather than pass it to him

Pompey Magnus

Of all the games that could have gone into extra time why did it have to be this one?

Its a shame one of these will win the game.

grohlisagod

Hulk Hands wrote: »

My God Carroll's slow

His acceleration is awful. Once he gets going he's reasonably quick.

Tox56

NIMAN wrote: »

Good to see Ashley Young continue to cheat and dive and cause a man to miss a potential semi final, maybe the biggest game of his career.

And the Beeb said nothing about it either. Its only Johnny Foreigner who dives and cheats.

Englishmen biased during a huge English game speaking to a predominantly English audience?

kitakyushu

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

Of all the games that could have gone into extra time why did it have to be this one?

Its a shame one of these will win the game.

I wouldn't fault Italy's attitude tonight. And England well, we all knew they'd play like this (personally I can't blame them considering what they've got).

PhlegmyMoses

Mr Alan wrote: »

Wellbeck & Carroll have been considerably better than Rooney.

Nonsense. Carroll is doing exactly as I said earlier. Wins flick on, holds up ball, Italy stand off him because they know he has no runners and no ability to do anything with it himself.

England's best chance since the start came at the end when Rooney nicked the ball off Pirlo and exchanged 3 quick, one-touch passes before almost getting on the end of the knock on.

But sure, why not, Carroll and Welbeck were way better.

carbon nanotube

Germany will put any of these to the sword thank god

murpho999

SlickRic wrote: »

Hodgson is so so fortunate that there is no expectation on England, and he is English.

Capello would've been slaughtered for these kinds of performances England are putting out.

i don't disagree with the way Hodgson is going about things given the players he has, but it's funny how well he's been received by the English media in particular compared to his predecessor.

All honeymoon period, not together long enough and not really his team. He can't lose.

Wait till Brazil 2014! They'll turn on him then.

Ulysses Gaze

Germany will fancy beating either of these teams.

Hulk Hands

carbon nanotube wrote: »

Germany will put any of these to the sword thank god

And they're not even that good. Spain will walk this tournament in second gear just as they did the World Cup

kitakyushu

I think that's Maggio thanking Young for conning him out of the semi.

whatawaster

Hulk Hands wrote: »

carbon nanotube wrote: »

Germany will put any of these to the sword thank god

And they're not even that good. Spain will walk this tournament in second gear just as they did the World Cup

eamo?

Equium

England must have been practising penalties all week. It's difficult to see what else they could have been working on.

PhlegmyMoses

Anyone think that England would have been better off with a wingless wonder formation? Carroll with Rooney and Welbeck off him and Gerrard, Milner and Parker in midfield. Johnson and Cole providing the width. Can't be worse than this.

antomorro-sei

This game is fcuking dreadful.

G.K.

Chris Waddle on @bbc5live: "We can't pass the ball. How come these other nations can pass the ball and we can't?".

rebel girl 15

Cheap free kick

darkman2

This is Pirlo range;)