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

[Lcfc82]

Surprised they sent saka up last. If he was going to be in the 1st 5 I thought he would of gone up 2nd or 3rd. 
 

where were the likes of sterling and grealish ?

[purpleronnie]

Italy were the best team tonight and during the tournament so fair play.

[hejammy]

2 minutes ago, ttfn said:

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.

Exactly this. Brought them on too late 

[Unabomber]

Just now, StanSP said:

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

Well you can. He literally bought them on to take pens. Pretty sure he would’ve known how they would be taking them seeing as it is his job.

[Brooksy]

Terrible of some of the experienced players and the manager especially to let Saka take that kick. Fcuk sake

[Stinkenzo]

2 minutes ago, ttfn said:

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.

Still struggling to understand how Rashford/Sancho share absolutely 0% of the blame here?

[z-layrex]

That poor boy. He had an awful game and then to be put in that position because the minister for school dinners decided to do a silly run up...

[st albans fox]

2 minutes ago, Corky said:

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

Gonna be a racist’s charter I’m afraid …….  And Twitter will do nothing of course …..

[SecretPro]

I'd love to know why Jordan the sideways snail came on for the best player on the pitch to be honest.

[Nalis]

Just now, Corky said:

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

I was sadly thinking that with Rashford, Sancho and Saka. 

 

Obviously it might only be 0.000001% percent or something of the population and some will use it as a nice excuse to tar all English people with the same brush despite most other european countries being less tolerant on minorities than the UK, but its still a percentage too many.

[hejammy]

Just shows the 19 year old had the balls. Grielish and sterling bottled it 

[Pliskin]

Add Barnes to that squad and they will win the world 🙄

[Mike Oxlong]

Nice to see Chilly get his boots on the pitch at last 

[Sionnach gorm]

I knew that Donnaruma was going to be a problem if it went to penalties.  Congratulations on PSG getting him…

[Guest ttfn]

Just now, Walkers said:

Still struggling to understand how Rashford/Sancho share absolutely 0% of the blame here?

You’re inferring something that hasn’t been said or implied.

 

[Sir Shep]

You can stick your knighthood up your arse you mount loving muppet. 

[CrispinLA in Texas]

Don't understand why Grealish can't come on earlier in games, does Southgate dont like him, Henderson with s***. Got to admire Mancini, great subs and great tactics

[Lionator]

Would also say Italy would’ve won before penalties if Chiesa didn’t get injured. 

[foxfanazer]

1 minute ago, st albans fox said:

Gonna be a racist’s charter I’m afraid …….  And Twitter will do nothing of course …..

Oh god I didn't even think about that. Southgate has seriously mismanaged Saka there I'm afraid. You can say he volunteered for one but that's where you've gotta be strong as a manager 

[Lcfc82]

Just now, Walkers said:

Still struggling to understand how Rashford/Sancho share absolutely 0% of the blame here?

Rashford’s penalty was shocking he’s certainly got to take a share of the blame 

[Brooksy]

Fair play to Pickford too. He did his part.

[Ian Nacho]

Knew it was dodgy when you put players on with a sole purpose to score a penalty. I don’t know the exact figures but a lot of players who come on for that reason actually miss; for example Rodri for Spain. Also no clue why you’d take such an experience leader like Henderson for a teenager to take a penalty. 

[Guest Col city fan]

Southgate has made some good decisions this tournament

To give that 5th decision to Saka was crazy crazy management. You could see the poor lad was shitting his pants as he ran up

That HAD to be Grealish 

[matty98]

Rashford and Sancho's were the most disappointing pens. They're both completely fresh, should be burying them in a corner every single time.

[StanSP]

2 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

Well you can. He literally bought them on to take pens. Pretty sure he would’ve known how they would be taking them seeing as it is his job.

Yes so he trusts them to do it. They didn't. So how is the blame on all Southgate? Why not some of the players as well?