IMO the Euros should be scrapped right now.. There is a clear conflict of interests when Germany plays countries that it owns or is well on the way to. Greece, Italy, Portugal or Spain. This is a stitch up. Give Angela the cup now and lets sleep night On Jun 25, 2012 1:21 PM, "Guy Thornton" <[email protected]> wrote:
> As has been said Jeremey it was late, those who where interested where > somehat deflated > so left any posting, those who wheren't had no cause to. If engerlund had > won no doubt > there would have been an outpouring(maybe). > > Personally all in all I didn't think it was to bad, considering where > england where coming > from. I can understand Dave being gutted but I think Betty summed it up. > With the limited > time Hodgson had, the talent[sic] he had available, the state of national > team and english > football all-in-all I think they made a good fist of it. Remember this > team was being written > off before the competition started as not even getting out of the group > stage. > > As for being "the worst team in the competition" Dr M take your blinkers > off. By a country > mile that was the Irish, and england wheren't the next worst. At least > they got out of their > group unlike the dutch. How appropiate it was that after the final group > game the heavens > opened here and it continued all next day so the country was a wet mess of > soggy > collapsing orange bunting and flags. > > Yes, I think the Premiership has a lot to answer for.and as for all the > hype about it being the > best league in the world. I do think with Hodson there is cause for hope, > but it will not be > immediate. Someone said this morning, I think on the Today programme, give > it 10 to 12 > years. Hodgson said they had trained for penalties and Cole and Young > where knocking > them in but you can't train to replicate the tiredness in limbs and how > they feel after 120 > minutes, the tension and nerves. Anyway the penalties are a distraction. > Italy where clearly > the better team but england held up against them playing to their > abilities. Apart from hitting > the woodwork twice, missing from 4 yards, shooting over from two yards, > getting an offside > ball in the net, keeping Hart busy and Lescott clearing off the line what > did the Italians do > against us? > > And it's not all over, the Euro's that is, there's still the semi's as > well as the final. Sit and, > hopefully, enjoy some good football. It's quite possible to enjoy the > beautiful game even > when the team you follow is not playing and there's been some good games > so far. Still, I do > agree with Da Rev and bring on Le Tour where's there's feasible chance of > brits in both the > yellow and green jerseys. And then there's the Olympics - got my tickets > delivered last > week. > > guy > > > On 25 Jun 2012 at 2:17, Jeremy Adams wrote: > > > > > Okay, this list is really on it's last legs it seems. I know it's a > Leeds list and we're far away from the England International scene but > England have jsut played a quarter final against Italy and lost on pens and > not ONE post about it??????? Okay, well now there's one. > > 1. Apart from the first 10 minutes England were rubbish and if Italy > hadn't left their shooting boots at home England would have and should have > lost this game 4-0 at least.2. Italy decided Gerrard was the playmaker and > so put at least two players on him at all times and played him right out of > the game. England just let Pirlo rule the midfield, they backed off and > backed off and let him walk the ball up into England's final third. > Shocking.3. Positives. England tried hard and put a lot of energy in.4. > Passing. Unbelievable how bad England's passing was all night, simple 5 > yard balls were overhit, bad passing choices were made with passes going to > marked teammates, and in addition long hopeful punts upfield were gobbled > up by the Italian defence. Also, England simply didn't try and use the > width of the park, even when Walcott came on they rarely tried to push down > the wings.5. Woeful and should be dropped. Wayne Rooney, Ashley Young, > Steven Gerrard, and Danny Welbeck. Utter > u > > tter anonymity from those four.6. Deserve a grudging nod of respect. > Joleon Lescott - Made a number of vital last ditch blocks. Milner - He > tried and tried and tried although nothing came off. Glen Johnson - Again > seemed to make a number of important blocks, and tried pushing forward. He > got the ball caught under his feet for his goal attempt but nearly scored, > actually a great save from Buffon. Ashley Cole - Defended well, tried to > get forward, had the balls to stand up there and take that all important > penalty at least even though he completely bottled it.7. Hodgson - Did the > best job he could with a bunch of average players, tried to do a Greece > 2004 and wasn't far off, those kind of tactics only work once in 20 odd > years.8. The future - Well this tournament has yet again highlighted how > technically and football "brainwise" England are years behind the four semi > finalists. Pirlo tonight controlled that game, we simply haven't had a > playmaker in years, since, well I don' > t > > know, since Hoddle or Gascoigne or David Platt for F*cks sake. Lampard > and Gerrard are pretenders at international level. Problem tonight was > Gerrard thought he was Pirlo and tried to play his game and simply got > tackled every time he got the ball.9. For me Germany are the best team, > Spain can bore me to death at times with their patient buildups. Germany > are great at defending and reading the game and cutting out passes and > turning defence into attack. They are exciting to watch and I'm actually > glad we lost here and weren't subject to humiliation under the hands of Zee > Germans, they would have embarrassed more than the last drubbing at the > world cup.10. I'm now 47 years old and I'm at the point that I don't really > give a toss anymore, 10 years ago I would have been down the pub for this > and would have been gutted at the penalty loss and would have got blathered > and then moped for days. Today I went to a friend's house, had some lovely > barbecued flank steak, and fresh veg > , > > went for a swim and then watched the game from the comfort of his > couch. When we went out I simply didn't care, I'm done with footy at that > level, means nothing anymore. > > Goodnight > > Jeremy > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate > > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
