sidcow Posted July 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, MachoFantastico said: Do they not practice penalties anymore? This whole tournament as been filled with some of the worst penalty takers ever. It's this frigging fashion for the daft short run ups, trying to psych the keeper out, wait for him to dive then put it the other side. So so many times they arrive at the ball and the keepers kept his head then it's the penalty taker who panics and just rolls it at the keeper or like Rashford puts it wide under pressure. If I was manager the entire penalty strategy would be quick long run up and hit it with power. I'd love to see the stats but I bet those penalty takers are always more successful than the daft slow run up merchants. It never used to happen and as you've said so many poor penalties this tournament and most of them have been that kind. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 It's easy to say with the benefit of hindsight that England did this that or the other wrong but everyone could see after 55 minutes, not after the event, that England were far too deep and negative really. The played a good opening 20 minutes off football and were lively in extra time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 I'm an England fan but italy deserved to win. They were the much better team. Pickford did his best but when you miss three penalties in the shootout you're going to loose. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, ciggiesnbeer said: I put no blame on any player that misses a penalty. Good job my Dad wasn't alive to see it, he used to say there was no excuse for a professional footballer to miss a penalty. Smash it down the middle, goalies always go to the side, and in the unlikely case where they stand up, if you clearing in the woods it hard enough they can't hold it. NEVER try to place it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Grealish taking his medal straight off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 I’ve got a horrible feeling we tank at the WC next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Johnnyp said: It isn't nonsense. Twitter will be a cespitt x10 tonight. Absolutely. If it was nonsense there would be no need for players to take the knee. Some people are vile scum, especially on social media. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 11 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Nah. Very harsh. He came on, with no warm up, with no feel for the ball, and had the courage to step up and take one. Ultimately, with penalties, someone has to lose, it's a very cruel way to lose a final. Anyone with the bottle to step up and take one deserves credit. That’s fine if you’re going to come up, pick a spot and smack it one. If you’re going to piss about and prance up to the ball you’d better make sure you’re hitting the target Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 World Cup 2022: It's coming home. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Just now, PaulC said: I'm an England fan but italy deserved to win. They were the much better team. Pickford did his best but when you miss three penalties in the shootout you're going to loose. Yeah, Italy were the better team on the night and the best team throughout the tournament. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Just now, foreveryoung said: Grealish taking his medal straight off? Everyone did 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, sidcow said: He's more likely to get a knighthood than sacked. The brainwash is complete with Gaz I'm afraid. So true. He’s the perfect CEO, always on brand for the FA. As a manager making footballing decisions? He’s lucked his way past a few decent teams and beaten a lot of crap, but an anti-attacking football mindset combined with blatant favouritism over form is who he is. Qatar will be no better, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Just now, foreveryoung said: Grealish taking his medal straight off? Symbolic of Southgates treatment of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, maqroll said: Rashford, Sancho and Saka with the penalty misses. All the racists will be out in force tonight. I wish this wasn't true 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Every impulse Southgate got wrong. Conservative in style and subs - a lack of invention or imagination. Players will wrongly take the flack when his tactics were the downfall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Just now, PaulC said: I'm an England fan but italy deserved to win. They were the much better team. Pickford did his best but when you miss three penalties in the shootout you're going to loose. Men against boys unfortunately, but it's Southgate who treated them like boys, not 100 million pound Premier league players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Brumerican said: Dude I love you but you badly misread that and it was a crap comment. It's a cynical comment, I totally admit that. But it's cynicism based on what actually happens on social media. This has been an ongoing issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 All these players taking the medal off within a second. Awkward 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Absolutely bizarre. He should resign, for losing on penalties in a final? Who seriously expected us to be runners up at the start of the tournament? Give your head a wobble. He'll get the world cup, and rightfully so. Said all along he's not good enough even after victories. We had a easy run against no real opposition until the final, playing at home 6 out of 7 games and first serious opposition was Italy. We scored a great goal after 2 minutes but then on the back foot for the rest of it. With the talent in the squad that was poor. If we had given Italy a decent game then maybe fair enough but it was the usual poor from Southgate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 You get a final at home. Score after 2 minutes and then just sit back. The manager does nothing to address it. Manager totally culpable. Out of his league. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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