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Painful, but deserved. The right result

 

Bloody awful penalties. Stop pissing about and hit the bloody thing.

 

The stats tell a really bad effort from Eng;
34% possession
6 attempts
2 on target

Italy managed 19 attempts
6 on target

Did well to get to penalties but can have no complaints at being losers.

 

As a man manager he is superb. As a coach, no I don't rate him.

 

I agree club football and international football management is chalk and cheese, you have to make the most of the talent you have there and then because you might not get another chance. Italy didn’t even qualify for the last World Cup, when France were champions in 98 they got knocked out to Senegal in the group stages in 02. It can change instantly. Teams like Spain and Italy have managers who’ve managed the best clubs in Europe and won competitions. We have someone who has managed one club and was sacked and got them relegated. If managing the under 21’s is such a feather in the cap maybe we can give Aidy Boothroyd a go next.

 

This is the best England squad for many a year and as previous times could be ruined and wasted by poor team management.that changes the team depending on the opposition which smarts of lack of confidence in the players and yourself playing with some fear, Counter this against an Italian team that has kept its style and formation confident on its ability to win or at least not lose for now 34 games

 

Its easy to say it will but I am not convinced and certainly not under Southgate. France will improve as will Spain and Germany. Belgium might have another two years of their golden generation left.

It’s easy to forget we played all but one game at home and was on the easy side of the draw.

Yesterdays game required an all out attack approach but he’s far too defensive as a manager. You need to start with Henderson. Why Mount started I don’t know. No need for 5 at the back.

During the game we should have dragged Kane off who was doing nothing after the 1st half brought Rashford on.

Last night was fully on Southgate. The penalty situation was a joke.

 

Wouldn't have needed to be all out attack, just a touch more dynamic, and minded towards exposing their lack of pace at the back.

 

All is not lost, we are bound to win the Golden Knee Award...

 

I think Captain Kane would have had some input at some point whether Southgate took any notice is another point
In my opinion Grealish Henderson and Shaw would have been the part of the first five but strangely enough Maguire who took the best penalty of the night wouldn't it's all about the opinions
Hopefully we will give the likes of Sakha Sancho Grealish and Calvert Lewin more responsibility at the world cup
Certainly more than adequate in their positions

 

Well he has been one of our star performers in this competition asa whole

 

Twill be a war of attrition.

 

Forza Bianca!

England have never beaten Italy in a tournament apparently and recently Italy have been a bit of a bogey team for us.
Might as well hand the trophy over to them now

Except this current England squad are doing their own thing, very inclusive
and doing it rather well.

 

We have rarely played them in a tournament and due to the way qualifications work we rarely come up against them in qualifying.

Our last few games in a competitive environment were under Hodgson. We lost in the world cup where we were totally dire and went out on pens when Hodgson stuck everyone behind the ball for 120min.

Beyond that we are looking at 20+ years with the 0-0 draw which is a line in Three Lions 98 (and then one night in Rome, we had grown)

Current form from both teams since 2018 is very good and this is an Italian side that didn't even qualify for the last World Cup to find themselves in a major final.

This really could go either way, let's hope home advantage swings it.

 

I have a feeling he will find a role for Jordan Henderson in his team because of his leadership

 

Think we’ll win and a nice little cherry on top it I stuck £50 ew on us pre tournament at 9/2 and mates called me mad