Uruguay Vs England 8pm (RTE/BBC/ITV) Group D

murpho999

Francie Barrett wrote: »

How so? Thought they actually did OK tonight. Think Woy let the. Down more than anything with his tactics and team selection.

They have lost 2 games so how anyone can say they were OK tonight is beyond me.

Game was there for the taking and they blew it.

S. Goodspeed

5 mins left, England a goal down and Hodgson sat on the bench staring at his watch. Sums him up perfectly.

I am pie

average players, poor manager. History repeats itself.

Pyjamarama

minusthebear wrote: »

Gerard deserves everything has has coming to him.

Cause he plays for Liverpool?!?

minusthebear

who would be a good fit to take over this England team now, though?

Son Of A Vidic

For a guy just back from injury, that was pretty impressive from Suarez.

TimeToShine

The holy trinity are putting on some show. Not very technical analysis but infinitely better than the dross on ITV.

RoryMac

Panthro wrote: »

must have missed those 5 minutes!:pac:

I was being kind to him to avoid accusations of bias!

Smithwicks Man

Giles losing the rag

brevity

Kill all the grannies!

Kill your granny

Nib

Suarez walks into the Liverpool dressing room for pre-season.

Gbear

RoryMac wrote: »

Can't believe people are defending Gerrard's performances in the World Cup so far!

He has had a 5 min spell in each game where he had an impact on the game but was absolutely anonymous apart from that.

The whole system just stinks.

Of course the game is going to run him by. He's 34 and playing in a 2-man midfield.

Lots of little decisions snowball into an atrocious performance. It suited England better to play relatively deep and hit Italy on the counter.

It suited Uruguay to do more or less the same today. While not a brilliant side defensively, they had enough to keep England's shabby, disorganised attack at bay for virtually the entire match.

Both are ****e at being asked to push forward and that's what you'd expect from a Roy Hodgson team and a Uruguay team with very little quality on the ball in midfield.

Nuri Sahin

When asked whether Suarez belonged in the same "world-class" bracket as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the England manager said: "I think he will only be at that level when he shows it on this particular stage.

That_Guy

First caller on BBC 606 mentions that Curbishley should be England manager.... :pac:

In fairness, Danny Murphy is fantastic yet again.

Headshot

"He's bloody tough"

Love the panel

Agueroooo

egghead. wrote: »

#Rodgers for England.

They could do a lot worse than go with tail between legs for Rednapp.

I don't like the man but he is probably ideal for the job.

Cypher_sounds

Would have to question Woy starting Welbeck out on the wing at international level.................surely they have a winger in the country that could have played there.

Lucifer MorningStar

Back alleys and grannies, the lads are losing it

Mr.Crinklewood

In other news, Bobby Collins has been arrested by West Midlands Police, in relation to an ongoing investigation.

eigrod

minusthebear wrote: »

Gerard deserves everything has has coming to him.

What's that supposed to mean ?

Lenin Skynard

Giles talking a lot of crap tonight. There's rough and tough in plenty of parts of England too, they just are located in a country with a ****e football team.

Sly underhand dig about Rooney from Giles with that granny stuff

TimeToShine

Lucifer MorningStar wrote: »

Back alleys and grannies, the lads are losing it

Love it tbh

efb

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Italy cheating? Cant see it myself.:)

If Costa Rica beat England Uruguay would be out...

Lucas Castroman

rarnes1 wrote: »

Kill your granny

We have front row seats for Giles's descent into dementia.

Chucky the tree

ronjo wrote: »

It's Roys fault don't you know..

Who picked Gerrard and made him captain again?

Guy:Incognito

Agueroooo wrote: »

They could do a lot worse than go with tail between legs for Rednapp.
.

Theyd hardly need too. Offer and hed take it imo. We're all adults here.

That_Guy

eigrod wrote: »

What's that supposed to mean ?

Think he means the slating that pundits (outside of RTE anyway) haven't been giving him. Dreadful.

Son Of A Vidic

Headshot wrote: »

"He's bloody tough"

Love the panel

So tough, he even parks in disabled parking spots.

Francie Barrett

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

When asked whether Suarez belonged in the same "world-class" bracket as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the England manager said: "I think he will only be at that level when he shows it on this particular stage.

The guy could barely run and he single handedly beat England in about 30 seconds of football.

Genius.

Lucifer MorningStar

See that big grin from Bill before the break

Cypher_sounds

Having Giles as an analyst in the world cup is a disgrace, his knowledge is limited to a few players who play in England and of back in his day...his day is long long gone.

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

When asked whether Suarez belonged in the same "world-class" bracket as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the England manager said: "I think he will only be at that level when he shows it on this particular stage.

Reminds me of this headline the other day.

Used to love when Moyes at Everton would slag Suarez pre game

http://metro.co.uk/2014/06/16/roy-hodgson-risks-wrath-of-luis-suarez-ahead-of-englands-clash-with-uruguay-4763262/

MayoSalmon

Dunphy saying nice guys finish 2nd???

Ronaldinho finished 1st!!

Soft Falling Rain

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

When asked whether Suarez belonged in the same "world-class" bracket as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the England manager said: "I think he will only be at that level when he shows it on this particular stage.

As I said in the Pool superthread, Woy went to the Moyes school of mind games.

Lenin Skynard

Didn't think I'd see the day come so fast but I really think Sadler/Cunningham/Hamann would be a far stronger panel at this stage.

keith16

Did anyone notice at the end of the game, there was a mini-highlights package?

Both Uruguay goals were replayed, the second several times from multiple angles in real-time.

England's goal was not shown. Someone in the control room was clearly rubbing England's face in it :pac:

guinnessdrinker

Lucifer MorningStar wrote: »

See that big grin from Bill before the break

Yeah he just said, "England lost, unfortunately" with a big smirk on his face!!!

That_Guy

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

Having Giles as an analyst in the world cup is a disgrace, his knowledge is limited to a few players who play in England and of back in his day...his day is long long gone.

In fairness, everybody can make up their own mind on the game. The panel are there for pure entertainment as ridiculous as they are with what they say.

Witcher

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

Didn't think I'd see the day come so fast but I really think Sadler/Cunningham/Hamann would be a far stronger panel at this stage.

That panel would be some craic...

Headshot

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

So tough, he even parks in disabled parking spots.

That takes big cojones

Agueroooo

Fücking hell anyone listening to Hodgson??

'Suarez second goal was lucky the way he got away with the ball'

murpho999

Just saw Roy's interview. A truly uninspiring man.

Already England analysis saying that England have been unlucky and not played badly.

Say Your Number

Lucas Castroman wrote: »

We have front row seats for Giles's descent into dementia.

What? he seems perfectly lucid to me, cop yourself on

kryogen

Francie Barrett wrote: »

The guy could barely run and he single handedly beat England in about 30 seconds of football.

Genius.

This post is great

Single handedly...

Brilliant!

Son Of A Vidic

murpho999 wrote: »

Just saw Roy's interview. A truly uninspiring man.

He's like the John Major of football management, bland, boring and totally irrelevant.

kryogen

Lucifer MorningStar wrote: »

See that big grin from Bill before the break

I actually burst out laughing when it happened, punditry gold moment for sure

daRobot

murpho999 wrote: »

Just saw Roy's interview. A truly uninspiring man.

Already England analysis saying that England have been unlucky and not played badly.

Sometimes a deluded fiction hurts less than the truth.

mike65

Roy Hodgson is a civil servant who somehow carved out a career in football.