The 2012 UEFA European Championship - Poland/Ukraine - The Thread!

[Notorious Honey Badger]

As much as I dislike Italian soccer the English don't deserve this.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

This is looking a lot like the Champs league final this past May

[The Big Chill]

Well at least we should get some entertainment now.

[Notorious Honey Badger]

What a cheeky goal

[Senator Clay Davis]

England loses a shootout...in related news, the sun rises in the east.

[NBC]

Fitting.

[PeteLFan]

Sweet. Now Italy must go, let's go Germany.

[SuperMatt18]

England didn't deserve it, I am all for defensive football as an Italian but you shouldn't make this Italian team look like Spain.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Deserved win.

Brutal penalty by Cole. Opened up his hip and completely gave it away.

Germany-Italy, it's going to be fun!

[Notorious Honey Badger]

cant say im surprised or disappointed. england was brutal and shouldn't have even been there imo. terrible side.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Thank the lord.

With all due respect to England they had no business even being in the game.

They tried to pull a Chelsea and the coin flip didn't go their way.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

England didn't deserve it, I am all for defensive football as an Italian but you shouldn't make this Italian team look like Spain.

But you're Italian!

What England did to Italy today, you've been doing to other teams for 100 years!

[moon]

Italy probably deserved it based on play (although neither team was very impressive) but tough to be happy for a team with Balotelli, Pirlo and anyone from Juventus winning.

[afc wimbledon]

Desered win for the azure, on the bright side I would rather lose to them than the bloody boche, and as much as I was worried by Hodgsons appointment I suspect if he can pull the defence together in a few weeks they will play much better under him given some time and Hart looks like a good goalie to take them into the next world cup.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by NBC

Girly England doesn't have the talent in all positions like they used to.

Yes but why? Why has English football sunk to this level?

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by moon

Italy probably deserved it based on play (although neither team was very impressive) but tough to be happy for a team with Balotelli, Pirlo and anyone from Juventus winning.

Understand the others but why the Pirlo hate?

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Yes but why? Why has English football sunk to this level?

This is about the level of average English soccer Girly, I assume you arn't over 30

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

But you're Italian!

What England did to Italy today, you've been doing to other teams for 100 years!

Italy plays defensive with men behind the ball but England combined Italy's defense with their long ball style.

At least Italy is usually able to hold possession due to their effective counter-attacking style and they try to push people up the field.

England's tactics today were just ugly.

[NBC]

Development. It is easier for big clubs to pay for foreign stars than to develop their own. Too many big clubs that play in Europe against other top clubs are light on home grown talent. You need your best players playing at your best clubs. Granted it is a bit better now, but a few years ago Aston Villa supplied a disproportionate number of England squad players and clubs like Arsenal did not.

But this is a major digression from this thread.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

This is about the level of average English soccer Girly, I assume you arn't over 30

I mentioned two matches earlier

England-Holland Euro 1996
England-Argentina WC 1998

even England-Brazil WC 2002 (although that when I think England started to go downhill)

THAT's English football.

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What's happened to the exciting English winger? Like Waddle, McMannaman, Beckham etc...
You could go back 50 years.