Seriously, we have done amazing to get this stage; we have done amazing to get to fulll time at 0-0....AND amazing to get to pens at 0-0. Poor tactics really, Liverpool fans know they way Roy plays and tonight it cots us; leave top players in space and they will kill you, Pirlo was doing it all game...and as i say we were lucky to get to full time at 0-0.
England while we keep giving the ball away will not win a tourno, is it any coincidence that under Hoddle and Venables we played the best football and got to a semi final; not since have we played any decent football in tourno play.
The problem with the way Roy wants England to play is that the further we go in any tourno the less chance we have of wininng it; thats because working without the ball tires you quickly, which is why after 3 games and the forth tonight England players were absolutelly shattered; how can you win tournos playing like that??
Which teams keep doing well in tournos, its the ones who keep the ball; you dont have to be Spain; Italy, Germany, Brazil and Argentina ALL play keepball...look at there tourno records, England......not a chance with outdated tactics and destROYing our finest players by making em work like dogs.
PS- Fair kudos to Roy for wininng the group and actually getting the team to play as a team, now if only we can try and PLAY football.
England.
posted on 24/6/12
I just feel sorry for Gerrard. What more can he do as captain?
posted on 24/6/12
Roy got it right, right up until tonight's game. He had to play five in midfield, in this game and even going with the 4-4-2, Carroll had to start. In the first 30 minutes England were doing well, getting the ball into the box and Carroll could have benefited from that, then Wellbeck's pace could have hurt Italy as players tired at the end.
Unfortunately Roy gambled on Rooney and Wellbeck's link up play with has worked well for United but with Rooney being massively off form and unfit, it was never going to work.
posted on 24/6/12
What were you saying about Terry at international level
posted on 24/6/12
I hope people see why we were fed up with Hodgson after 4/5 months. You cannot win anything if you spend the entire match chasing the ball.
Also, this should have answered the 'Rooney has to play' debate. Seriously what does he bring to the team? He hasn't really performed for the national team for years and yet we persevere with the hope that he's world class, and can produce a moment of genius. Well I'm sorry but he hasn't and doesn't look like doing so any-time soon. We can all hide behind the 'he's not match fit' excuse. But what we all forget is why he wasn't match fit. It was his petulance that put him in that situation.
posted on 24/6/12
E N G L A N D
posted on 24/6/12
Tactics was not good IMO. Should have played 3 in midfield but Roy never plays midfield of 3.
posted on 24/6/12
not actually that disappointed. we didn't disgrace ourselves and that performance was a million miles away from that South Africa shambles
we leave with our heads held high-when was the last time you can say that about England at a major tournament?
posted on 24/6/12
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posted on 24/6/12
Wayne Rooney on the BBC website;
England striker Wayne Rooney: "We're gutted about it, people weren't expecting much this tournament but we've shown we are a good team. This experience will help the young players. I don't know why we can't win penalty shootouts, it's a hard way to go out and it's happened too many times now. There weren't that many chances in the game, apart from Balotelli at the start maybe, we defended well and hoped for a chance on the break."
What planet are you on Wayne? .
posted on 25/6/12
Got better, if only i could retrospectively use the same words to describe your football knowledge