Group D Discussion - Ukraine, Sweden, France, England

[Scaly piscine]

Someone tell me how blatant professional fouls (stopping a counter attack) like that one just on Young are not rewarded with a yellow card?

 

[grecian]

Cool, they both used the phrase dangerous area right after each other, the good thing was the "dangerous area" that Tyldesley was talking about was the keepers arms.

I think I made a bad decision not to drink this match.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Are England the only ones who haven't figured out that their left wing guy always cuts inside?

We seem to be still playing as if Carroll is up front to win the aimless lofted balls. Ukraine have an incredibly high line, they should be looking to get in behind not the aerial crap.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Young still being **** then.

Would rather play one up and let Walcott and Ox run at or beyond their back line.

 

[Scaly piscine]

God they're just stood in a line next to their back 4 dead still. Make some runs ffs.

 

[The Sean]

**** me, Milner is on the field - I'd genuinely forgotten that until he just gave away that goal kick.

 

[The Sean]

Oh Wayne. That should be 1-0.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Absolutely feeble header.

 

[grecian]

Oh, bloody hell Rooney you scouse/manc crossover **** mutant.

 

[superkingdave]

Can actually say Carroll would probably have scored that. Terrible header

 

[The Sean]

Christ, Rooney's miss looks even worse on the replay. Free header, no pressure at all FFS.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

How crap have we been so far. Luckily they aren't much better. need more in 2nd half.

 

[wpdavid]

Christ, Rooney's miss looks even worse on the replay. Free header, no pressure at all FFS.

Throw in the number of times he's given possession away for no discernible reason, and he really is having an absolute smeller.

Terry and Gerrard holding us together, afaics. The rest of the back 4 have been OK, and Young, surprisingly, has been acceptable. But Milner once again looks out of his depth, and Welbeck, for all his liveliness, hasn't contributed anything of note.

 

[grecian]

How crap have we been so far. Luckily they aren't much better. need more in 2nd half.

Possesion a problem for us, we just can't keep the ball *same post I could have been making for literally 100s of matches*.

 

[The Sean]

Ha ha, even Wayne looks embarrassed to be claiming that.

Brilliant work from Stevie G there - he's been superb this tournament IMO.

 

[grecian]

Terrible 'keeping, but who gives a ****

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hmm so England will now find a way to be even worse for the next 20 minutes.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Well that should be enough, all on Sweden though as we won't beat Spain. Might beat italy with luck.

 

[grecian]

Hmm so England will now find a way to be even worse for the next 20 minutes.

It's already started, we really are ungloriously predictable.

 

[wpdavid]

Ha ha, even Wayne looks embarrassed to be claiming that.

Brilliant work from Stevie G there - he's been superb this tournament IMO.

I think that tonight has been one of his best performances for us, in terms of actually doing the job he's paid to do.