The Official England Thread-The Team We All Support [Vol 3]

[RichB]

Slow said:

Is it just me or is this ref biased?
Half as many fouls for twice as many cards somehow!
Been a ref against us twice and sent a player off both times.

No, it's not just you. Some of the cards appear to have been for absolutely nothing.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Slow said:

Been a ref against us twice and sent a player off both times.

But was he wrong? Tonight's decision looked about right to me.

[Dingu]

greygoose said:

Crawling back on the pitch after being hit by the ball is cheating, pretending it is ok because he is English is just pathetic.

Cheer up Mr Meldrew!

[RichB]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Slow said:

Been a ref against us twice and sent a player off both times.

But was he wrong? Tonight's decision looked about right to me.

So you thought the first card for time wasting was fair?

[48k]

Good result that, not many had this one down before kick off as an England win.

[Dingu]

RichB said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Slow said:

Been a ref against us twice and sent a player off both times.

But was he wrong? Tonight's decision looked about right to me.

So you thought the first card for time wasting was fair?

He didn’t give Italy a foul in the last second then so probably best to put the tin foil back in the kitchen cupboard

[Slowboathome]

fk me.

That doesn't feel like a victory tbh.

Great first half though.

[TCEvo]

48k said:

Good result that, not many had this one down before kick off as an England win.

Yep, excellent result - Italy by far better secondhalf.

[epom]

That’s some record you guys have, 18 wins out of the last 19 European qualifiers.

[carlo996]

To win against that bunch of cheating fkers is a result tbh. Shaw/Maguire were poor.

[Roofless Toothless]

When Rice got his card there was an Italian about five yards from the ball. We were entitled to wait as long as we wanted until he got back to the required ten yards. Shaw opted to run past the ball that had been in play to pick up a dry ball that was further off, understandable when going for one of his long throw ins. Poor decisions both of them.

[juice]

1st win in Italy since 1961, really ?
If I heard right then fair play, esp with 10 men

[Slowboathome]

Roofless Toothless said:

When Rice got his card there was an Italian about five yards from the ball. We were entitled to wait as long as we wanted until he got back to the required ten yards.

Agree with this.

[TCEvo]

juice said:

1st win in Italy since 1961, really ?
If I heard right then fair play, esp with 10 men

Yep & that was a Friendly.

Think tonight was our first competitive victory in Italy.

[Slowboathome]

For some reason I felt more proud of the 97 Ince headband 0-0 draw in Rome.

Hope Bellingham is fit for the Ukraine game. He's the heartbeat of this side.

[RichB]

Dingu said:

RichB said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Slow said:

Been a ref against us twice and sent a player off both times.

But was he wrong? Tonight's decision looked about right to me.

So you thought the first card for time wasting was fair?

He didn’t give Italy a foul in the last second then so probably best to put the tin foil back in the kitchen cupboard

It was a simple question for Twig not you...

[coldel]

Strange one from the ref, a few very iffy moments. Like when he and the linesman towards the end of the second half looked at each other after a corner hit someone on the front post and went out a good few seconds with no decision, neither had clearly seen it hit a player clearly, so they just gave a corner.

Maguire looked more comfortable when we were getting bombed, but he always looked like he was going to mess up when we were playing expansive. You just knew his distribution was going to cost. Rice absolutely monstered that game was easily the best player, we get the usual Bellingham plaudits during his moments but every ball into the front players Rice was all over it, glad Joe Cole called it because the fan boy England presenters always slobber over the star players.

[Roofless Toothless]

The amazing thing about Rice is that he is still steadily improving.

[Radec]

The net is so quick

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[Russ35]

TCEvo said:

juice said:

1st win in Italy since 1961, really ?
If I heard right then fair play, esp with 10 men

Yep & that was a Friendly.

Think tonight was our first competitive victory in Italy.

The team was Bobby Charlton, Jimmy Armfield, Bryan Douglas, Jimmy Greaves, Gerry Hitchens, Bobby Robson, Ron Flowers, Mike McNeil, Peter Swan, Ron Springett, Johnny Haynes.