EURO 2020 FINAL. England v Italy. At Wembley. Thread.

[Tuna]

1 minute ago, Unabomber said:

Why did Rashford stutter? Make your mind up and ****ing hit it! When will people learn!!! So annoying!!!! 

Can never understand why they do it. So stupid. 

[Guest ttfn]

Just now, Walkers said:

I'd say the three who missed have to take atleast some of the blame.............

He put 2 of the 3 on without the chance to actually play the game. Absolutely hung Rashford and Sancho out to dry. He of all people should know better than that.

[coolhandfox]

Two player who have played hardly any minutes given that amount of pressure and you expect them to perform. 

 

 

[StanSP]

Blame isn't all on Southgate, Rashford, Sancho, Saka. 

 

For all we know the players might have wanted to take it but if they are, they need to be better. Southgate brought them on with the trust they could take one with better composure and execution. Can't just hound on Southgate all for that. 

[Big Dave]

I do feel really sorry for Saka. He should never have been put in that position. He has been awful since he came on - I think the occasion was just too much for him. Should never have been one of the penalty takers.

[Corky]

Saka needs protecting now- he'll get so much stick on social media. Horrible all round.

[Nalis]

Maguire probably took the best peno of the lot, who would have thought that?

[Mark]

Just now, ttfn said:

Where the **** was Grealish and Sterling?

Sterling would been even less likely to score one

[ARTY_FOX]

Good job we sat back from the 30th minute. Fantastic management that Southgate. Cheers. 

[StanSP]

Can't also blame Southgate for Rashford and Sancho doing shitty run ups. 

[Guest ttfn]

1 minute ago, RowlattsFox said:

Kane hiding behind the first penalty. 

The sensible thing to do is have your best taker go first. No guarantee it goes to 5 or even 4.

[Sly]

Rashfords penalty was terrible. 
 

At least Sancho and Saka hit the target. He’s such a big goalkeeper through that you need to hit it like Maguire did. 

[DJ Barry Hammond]

1 minute ago, Corky said:

Seriously, why is a kid taking a crucial penalty? Where are the senior players?

I wondered that too - he should never had been put in that position. 

Feel sorry for the kid because of course he would say yes… but sometimes a Manager should know better.
 

Probably deserved it for the ludicrous substitutions at the end, playing Rashford right back ffs!

[purpleronnie]

I can just imagine Scotland exploding into joy.  Not only couldn't we beat Scotland we lose on Penalties, its perfect for them.

[spacemunky]

Least we can all go back to hating Southgate 

[Lionator]

Italy’s penalties were hardly good. Complete lottery. Neither team deserved to lose. Poor show sending Saka up last however. 

[st albans fox]

Just now, adam said:

Southgate masterclass tonight. 

You can’t say that ……. He’s not put a foot wrong ……apparently………

 

help me out here …..if sterling isn’t taking a pen then why take Walker off and risk that three minutes with no right back ?

 

same with grealish I/o Henderson for rashford 

my tuppeny bits worth is that on Wednesday night he left too many out there for too long which meant that tonight we couldn’t maintain intensity in the second half ……

 

and he did the same tonight in the second half …..too slow I’m afraid 

 

but he didn’t put a foot wrong - all his calls were correct ………

 

[Stinkenzo]

1 minute ago, Col city fan said:

Why Saka?? It’s broken him!

Well my comment is directed at the guy saying Southgate is 100% to blame for over half the takers missing their kicks. He must have forgot to tell them to score them or something.. Saka is a bit like Waghorn when we lost to Cardiff. Not sure why he's taking the decisive penalty

[Vacamion]

 

Never, ever do anything other than run up and boot it.

 

 

[Raj]

Best team of the tournament  deserved to win.

Some comments on here already prove what ****tards you are.

Blaming the 3 kids who had the bottle, where was your Grealish, Sterling to take them???

Bottlers.

England stopped playing after 30 minutes.

You should be proud of England but Italy were the better team.

 

 

[kingfox]

Penalties, bloody penalties 

 

Wasn’t to be but all credit to Pickford for a tremendous effort.

[foxes_rule1978]

If rashford and Sancho are good at penalties then you rightly put them in to take them… southgate can’t control such a lottery … poor way to lose it but a great tournament none the less 

[Guest ttfn]

Just now, StanSP said:

Can't also blame Southgate for Rashford and Sancho doing shitty run ups. 

He brought them on specifically to take pens. There’s no way that’s the first time they’ve ever done that.

 

Fair play to Pickford saving 2 pens by the way.

[Swarles Barkley]

2 minutes ago, ARTY_FOX said:

Good job we sat back from the 30th minute. Fantastic management that Southgate. Cheers. 

with the quality we had from the bench that was shocking game management 

Edited 11 July 2021 by Swarles Barkley

[The Bear]

2 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

It makes zero sense. Southgate seemed to be talking to Grealish for ages so I assumed he was gonna take one

It looked like he said to him TEN in the huddle. Though could have been EIGHT.