England v Ukraine - Build Up & Match Thread

[Crazy Diamond]

Keep Pirlo quiet and I think you're already part the way there. He's been good in this tournament.

[Minsk]

sorted....I REALLY want to go

 

Get over there Jamie.

 

Kiev is a fantastic city!

 

And we are going to stuff the Italians!! (Well, maybe sneak a win by the odd goal.)

[Thedelldays]

Get over there Jamie.

 

Kiev is a fantastic city!

 

And we are going to stuff the Italians!! (Well, maybe sneak a win by the odd goal.)

none of my usual footy buddies have the money at the mo....ffs

[Orange]

Well done to the band for drowning out the fans all game, t*ats.

[Thedelldays]

Ah. Whinging scousers phoning in in the radio complaining about Hodgson and his tactics

 

Can't beat a Whinging scouser

[Crab Lungs]

Ah. Whinging scousers phoning in in the radio complaining about Hodgson and his tactics

 

Can't beat a Whinging scouser

 

WTF... serious?

[Crab Lungs]

Chiellini out for Italy....

[Thedelldays]

WTF... serious?

 

Very. Just two so far.

They complained that we did not stroke the ball around and that England will fail like Liverpool did under Roy

[S-Clarke]

Ah. Whinging scousers phoning in in the radio complaining about Hodgson and his tactics

 

Can't beat a Whinging scouser

 

Well he's playing us to our strengths, this is as good as we can be with the players we have, we're limited. So in that sense he's doing well to get the max out of them.

 

Scousers are bitter morons though.

[Thedelldays]

I bet the sun journos will kissing Roy's arse in the next few days

[Crab Lungs]

Very. Just two so far.

They complained that we did not stroke the ball around and that England will fail like Liverpool did under Roy

 

Liverpool were on their way out after Benitez hopeless splurges on mediocre players.... yet they trumpet his inane, boring football as "tactical genius"... bullying Roy out and bringing in King Kenny (lol) only further exacerbated their problems. And delusions, it would appear.

[SB]

Rooney 5/2 to score anytime and England win, surely worth a bet?

 

Does this count me as ITK? Healthy winnings.

[Whitey Grandad]

That wasn't over the line. Another couple of inches and it might have been given.

[Dark Munster]

If we beat Italy, I'll finally get the disappointment of seeing England lose to Germany in a semi-final. Too young in 1990, didn't see 1996.

 

You lucky whippersnapper. I still have nightmares about it.

 

If we meet them in the finals, they'll knock us out on penalties. Again. The whole German squad has been practicing them since when they were in nappies. OTOH Roy will look in the yes of his players, and see who's up for it.

 

You can bet your house on it.

[Dark Munster]

So the goal that should have been is a goal that actually shouldn't have been because Milevskyi was offside. Both incidents went unnoticed by the officials. So they're twice as incompetent.

 

So two wrongs do make a right.

[BlakeySFC]

Italy have looked pretty ineffective so far this tournament.

 

They played well against Spain but didn't exactly set the world on fire against Croatia and Ireland IMHO.

 

Will be a tough match, but IF (and it's a big if) England play their best football we'll win 1/2/3-0 maybe.

[John Boy Saint]

Just hope v the "Macaronis", Rooney remembers he is playing for England not Manchester United, and looks to pass to someone other than Welbeck when on the attack.

 

Still job done, so far.