Echo alistair Easy to look good against a back three of Vermaelen, Vertonghen and Alderweireld. The golden generation.
alistair Jules72 Irrespective, the job was done. England 2 Germany 0. Will never tire of that. Too early to crown Italy champions. Football has a funny habit of confounding expecations.
Along_the_Wire alistair Proper teams don’t look at drivel like that. Italy wouldn’t have thought about that for a second after the game. Move on - Germany aren’t even any good.
alistair Jules72 weren’t they taken to extra time by the might of Austria? Depends which Italy turns up (and if Spinazola is fit)
Jules72 alistair sure but the quality of their play is still a level above England.. step back and see what the underlying England performance was - utter shite lacking in creativity against the worst German team of our lifetime
Along_the_Wire Jules72 to be fair, we beat them in a group match in the early 2000s - they were worse.
LT42 Yeah, no team can match them for spirit or workrate , and they’ve match winners. Favourites for a reason.
Along_the_Wire LT42 To be fair though, great teams lose games - a lucky break, great organisation etc.
Smallman1 LT42 Yeah, no team can match them for spirit or workrate , and they’ve match winners. Favourites for a reason. Best assessment of England yet.
Along_the_Wire Jules72 can’t remember that early tournament, but they were much worse then. They complete started from scratch with young players and built it from there
alistair Love the premature crowning of Italy and negativity/cynicism around England. Hand them the trophy now
Jules72 alistair love your flipping your view on England after a droll performance against a shite Germany 😀
LT42 alistair I called Italy after their 1st game, they look fitter than everyone else too. They prob have very fashionable PEDs.
