Czechlad Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Well there are some positives to take out of that. Sterling and Sturridge together are fantastic and can break through defenses. Welbeck's pace caused a lot of problems and he covered defensively. The outside backs need to be more disciplined. Midfield was not bad. Gerrard and Henderson did enough but weren't fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Argh, supporting England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 3 points for me for the prediction, i'll take that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Typical dopey England team outsmarted again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Even game. They just took that one extra chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 (edited) Edited June 14, 2014 by Czechlad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardiffGreens Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Annoying - didn't really look like we were going to get anything from 2-1 down. Couple of decent opportunities resulted in either terrible balls in, or nobody attacking them. Can't see Rooney's international career lasting much longer - 1 cross aside you can't afford to be so tactially indisciplined and not score the goals to make up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 It was the pitch! We woulda won otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Even game. They just took that one extra chance.Nope, beaten by a superior side. They had more quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villanun Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Hmm. Don't think we played too badly overall - I just think Italy saw what we had to offer and realised they could soak it up. A couple of good individual performances but some disappointing play from the established players and a general inability to break down Italy's defence. Sturridge and Stirling were good, the rest were okay except for Rooney and Baines who were poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Don't get the hype for sterling. He was ok - but looks a little short at this level at his age. Only 2-1 but to be honest Italy were streets ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Even game. They just took that one extra chance. It looked even, but Italy wiped the floor with us tactically and that was key. They took their chances and we messed up ours. Very frustrating game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Still got a fair chance of progressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I don't know, I think of rooney could finish all this analysis would be different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Even game. They just took that one extra chance. Nope, beaten by a superior side. They had more quality. Slightly more possession, but we had more chances really. As I said, even game, they just took the one extra chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Spain lost against Switzerland four years ago. so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 If you are going to play Rooney you need to play him in the right position. Where we played him first half cost us big time. Personally I wouldn't have him anywhere near the starting eleven. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Someone should do this with a Tonev shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 England are never going to win anything when we keep playing the likes of Rooney and Gerrard. The 'golden generation' needs to **** off for good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 England also has more heat issues. There's a difference between being fit and being used to the heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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