packoman Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Aw well, bring on the spainish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 As much as Given is a Villa player I am DELIGHTED with todays tesult and keeper OG, after all the stick the Irish gave for that game we had + keeper mistake vrs Croatia, **** karma! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Lovely Irish accent St. Ledger has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Honestly don't think many really thought we would win the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Carragher needs subtitles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 that second goal shouldn't have been, Ward was fouled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Probably shouldnt have been a free kick for Irelands goal either if we are being picky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Struggled without McShane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heffoman Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Probably shouldnt have been a free kick for Irelands goal either if we are being picky. You sure? Looked a quiet straight forwarded push in the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Italy were fantastic earlier. They were strong all over the pitch, refused to let Spain settle into any kind of dominant rhythm and proved they have enough talent player by player to cause issues. They could well blast their way through playing against the "weaker" sides. If England do scrape the quarters I don't fancy our chances. I also didn't buy the idea that Spain were "off the pace". They played their game to perfection as always, except that for once they came up against a side who not only knew how to stifle it to a degree but that also had an answer in terms of how to get at Spain, put them on the back foot. I think the Spanish full backs are a weakness (despite liking Jordi Alba as an attacking force) and I think Ramos looks completely lost as a centre half. I'm going to stick my neck on the line and say Italy will win this. They are the ONLY side I have seen so far without a glaring weakness and I'm not expecting much from group D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Can see Italy possibly winning the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Spain. Six midfielders? What was that? They looked twice the team when Navas came on. A bit of direct play never hurts. I suspect they'll change it up. Italy looked good but I think against a more...traditional team, they would struggle. I think Spain will win it, simply because they have so many options. They got it wrong today, but just look at their squad. Frightening. But you can't judge after the first round of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Is there an echo in here? The only other side who looked 'complete' to a degree were Russia. Against far inferior opposition. Would you believe you can still get 12/1 on Italy. In fact, they're drifting. Madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Spain. Six midfielders? What was that? They looked twice the team when Navas came on. A bit of direct play never hurts. I suspect they'll change it up. Italy looked good but I think against a more...traditional team, they would struggle. I think Spain will win it, simply because they have so many options. They got it wrong today, but just look at their squad. Frightening. But you can't judge after the first round of games. But you can judge a hell of a lot more than you could before the tournament. I think for all of what you say about Spain, which is largely correct, they can only put 11 men on the pitch. I think much like Barcelona there are game plans being developed to stop them. First step is to stop believing they're invincible. That defence of theirs? Hmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted June 10, 2012 Author Moderator Share Posted June 10, 2012 Italy did well but I don't see them winning it personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 This tournament is germany's to lose imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted June 10, 2012 Author Moderator Share Posted June 10, 2012 This tournament is germany's to lose imo I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 This tournament is germany's to lose imo I agree. Really? For all their machine like endeavour they were nearly undone last night against what was basically a McLeish tactic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 And their defence is shaky as a shitting dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I'm unsure about the criticism of Spains defence. They 1-O'd their way to a WC win. So they can grind it out with the best. I'm certainly not their biggest fan, frankly they are dull most of the time, but they are a good team. I usually find teams can be judged better when they know where they stand. We'll see what Holland are made of etc. I'm looking forward to seeing France tomorow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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