Euro 2016 Discussion

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Thats an awful pass from Kane

This is what happens when you show no respect to worthy opponents. It's the same time and again, just end with egg on faces no matter what the score.

I remember the famous "no german would get in our team" before the humping in 2010. Just wish they would show some respect, it's not the fans it's the media.

Also, why the feck is Kane taking free kicks?

Surely we want him in the box, poaching goals? Whats wrong with Rooney doing them?

WHaT the FECK is Kane doing still taking free kicks!!! Rooney or Roy you useless twits have a word and tell him "your Poopie get away from the ball"! Get Sterling off now too! Utter crap!

Great pass Rooney you turnip!

Rooney in midfield is terrible, can't even pass tonight

It's embarrassing this! Just look at our players there, back to goal..no one bar Wilshire showing for the ball, not even moving to find space, just stood still!

The Icelandic captain (Aron Gunnarsson) plays for championship league team Cardiff City.  Should England consider players in the championship if there is not enough players to choose from in the premiership?

It's embarrassing this! Just look at our players there, back to goal..no one bar Wilshire showing for the ball, not even moving to find space, just stood still!

monty junior wrote:This is what happens when you show no respect to worthy opponents. It's the same time and again,  just end with egg on faces no matter what the score.

I remember the famous "no german would get in our team" before the humping in 2010. Just wish they would show some respect, it's not the fans it's the media.

I don't think its a case of not showing respect...we're just rubbish.

We weren't convincing in the group stages and we're no better now (worse, in fact). We just don't have any players that can cope with knockout tournament football, it seems.

Even when the ball is straight at Hart it's worrying.

Could have been 3 after more poor defence.

Thank flip the ball was smacked straight at Hart - not a 'great save', Glenn!

As poor as the players have been...Roy deserves to go because the simple fact is he was the one who picked them and in the case of both Kane and Sterling there was no desire to see either in this game! And to boot he dropped one of our best players to do so in Lallana!

10 mins into second half and best chance has been not for the team losing but those ahead!

owen10ozzy wrote:It's embarrassing this! Just look at our players there, back to goal..no one bar Wilshire showing for the ball, not even moving to find space, just stood still!

Thats what I meant with my earlier "lazy / pedestrian" comments.

When you watch the best teams, the guy with the ball moves decisively and his team mates move to support him. Good slick pass-and-move football.

With England, a player gets the ball, he stands still for 3-4 seconds before deciding what to do with it and the other players just stand where they are, waiting for a pass.

It makes you cringe!

dyrewolfe wrote:

monty junior wrote:This is what happens when you show no respect to worthy opponents. It's the same time and again,  just end with egg on faces no matter what the score.

I remember the famous "no german would get in our team" before the humping in 2010. Just wish they would show some respect, it's not the fans it's the media.

I don't think its a case of not showing respect...we're just rubbish.

We weren't convincing in the group stages and we're no better now (worse, in fact). We just don't have any players that can cope with knockout tournament football, it seems.

It was just the likes of Linekar and Ferdinand laughing off Iceland as a threat. Saying they had no chance etc..!

Yet they had one of the easiest groups in history and couldn't win it.

We need a Toni Kroos in our team.

Raheem off 14 minutes too late. Vardy on.

Rooney another poor touch. Him and Kane have been absolutely terrible tonight!

Same problem England always have at tournaments : they are playing with fear.
Iceland are enjoying themselves.

England have another fifteen minutes to get back into this - after that panic will do for them and they'll need a miracle.

Hope Vardy can make a difference.

We are awful, Rooney's midfield role must include don't break into a sweat, strolls round the pitch like a practise match.

Our defence has been an accident waiting to happen and Hart goes down in instalments,he's had a mare of a tournament.

Hodgson continually keeps getting team selection wrong, Sterling and Kane have been garbage since game one, but here they are again, typical stubborn coach trying to prove all the critics wrong.

Anyone still prepared to defend Rooney after this showing...what was that pass!

The penalty aside, Rooney has been dreadful tonight. I appreciate there's little movement, but he's messing up the short passes constantly.

nadeem2099 wrote:We need a Toni Kroos in our team.

And a Manuel Neuer, Jerome Boateng, Joshua Kimmich, Julian Draxler, Mats Hummels, Jonas Hector, Mezut Ozil, Thomas Muller, Mario Gomez and Sami Khedira.

Game was crying out for Ross...Wilshire just added another body in the midfield, he's great when you want to control a game and keep possession but he poses very little direct attacking threat which is what we needed.

Apparently Rooney and Sturridge are Englands best players by a large margin, with Kane the next best, according to the BBC 5 live commentary team.

That pretty much sums up Kane at the tournament.

And Kane deserves all the criticism he gets for simply being thick enough to stand and continue taking set pieces! Stupidity at the highest level.

What a shot, Harry Kane.

I think some of the England fans are whistling now.

You must be joking. Rooney has been dire, beyond dire. He has been exposed in CM, as we knew he would. Kane need to go home

If anyone believes Rooney has played well tonight they should never be allowed to watch a football match again or indeed have an opinion on one!

LiamB wrote:You must be joking. Rooney has been dire, beyond dire. He has been exposed in CM, as we knew he would. Kane need to go home

In just over 20 minutes he will be.

Rashford on now!!!

Well this is depressing

I don't watch many Tottenham games, but based on England I don't know how Kane has been so lauded. He's been probably the worst England player this tournament.

owen10ozzy wrote:If anyone believes Rooney has played well tonight they should never be allowed to watch a football match again or indeed have an opinion on one!

It was a relative term - they said Rooney and Sturridge were England's best players.

Now the commentary team are saying Rooney is spent, with no energy.

Nico the gman wrote:We are awful, Rooney's midfield role must include don't break into a sweat, strolls round the pitch like a practise match.

Our defence has been an accident waiting to happen and Hart goes down in instalments,he's had a mare of a tournament.

Hodgson continually keeps getting team selection wrong, Sterling and Kane have been garbage since game one, but here they are again, typical stubborn coach trying to prove all the critics wrong.

Well, at least Hodgson will be gone after this tournament.

Don't think Hart or Rooney should ever play again. Hart is just too prone to errors and Rooney has looked past his best for some time now.

Same old problem remains though...where are we going to find a manager who can make our players click at international level?

Say what you want about him...at least Steve McClaren didn't have the audacity to take an England team to a finals and leave us witness this type of shambles.

Hero wrote:

nadeem2099 wrote:We need a Toni Kroos in our team.

And a Manuel Neuer, Jerome Boateng, Joshua Kimmich, Julian Draxler, Mats Hummels, Jonas Hector, Mezut Ozil, Thomas Muller, Mario Gomez and Sami Khedira.

Woy probably wouldn't pick any of them

First England game I've watched since the world cup.

Looks like nothing has changed.

We look rubbish:technically incompetent, no imagination, usual guff.

How the hell has Hodgson stayed in the job for so long?

Have any England players considered taking some power off the ball.

Wayne has gone

Doesn't look as if anyone is going to get a true shot at goal tonight.

Might as well bomb it into the box and hope for a mistake from the Iceland defenders.

Vardy nearly in then ...

Rooney has been utterly abysmal. A toss up between him and Kane as to who has been worse.

Get Kane off the pitch now!!! Absolute waste of space!

Bet Roy comes out with how we dominated the game, controlled possession etc! Fail to mention that we troubled their keeper...ONCE!

Walker is terrible, as I've always said

Walker great ball again! Rooney once more stood still....I've seen statues move more than him. Reason he plays in midfield is simple..his legs have completely gone.

dyrewolfe wrote:

Nico the gman wrote:We are awful, Rooney's midfield role must include don't break into a sweat, strolls round the pitch like a practise match.

Our defence has been an accident waiting to happen and Hart goes down in instalments,he's had a mare of a tournament.

Hodgson continually keeps getting team selection wrong, Sterling and Kane have been garbage since game one, but here they are again, typical stubborn coach trying to prove all the critics wrong.

Well, at least Hodgson will be gone after this tournament.

Don't think Hart or Rooney should ever play again. Hart is just too prone to errors and Rooney has looked past his best for some time now.

Same old problem remains though...where are we going to find a manager who can make our players click at international level?

Short answer: never

Because our players are Poopie - we haven't had any good players since about 2004

Funny how every tournament people blame everything: the manager, the team selection, the weather, the tactics and on and on, except the glaringly obvious - we are a Poopie team 'cause our players are Poopie. Simple.

Kane didn't even challenge keeper then..awful ball from Sturridge.

Roy's head in hands because he's losing his £3.5m tomorrow morning

GSC wrote:Have any England players considered taking some power off the ball.

It would be funny if it wasn't so tragic. Lost count of the crosses, free kicks and long balls that have sailed into empty space or out of play.

Its like watching a pub team (although I suspect a few pub teams might put up a better showing).


This has to be a new nadir for England, getting dumped out of a competition by Iceland (population roughly the same as Leicester, apparently and with no previous track record in tournaments).

Its one thing getting knocked out of tournaments by the likes of France, Germany or Italy...but bloody Iceland? I can't believe I have lived to witness this day.