[Archived] euro12 thread

[MarkBRFC71]

Half-time can't come quick enough, looking like only a matter of time before Italy score. Rooney has been dire and looks totally unfit, Young, Milner and Welbeck all been poor too. Pirlo and Cassano running the game at the moment.

[DE.]

The most glaring issue for England is that we are an incredibly slow team. No pace or zip in our team at all, but I suppose with a midfield of Young, Gerrard, Parker and Milner you can't expect much in the way of speed. Rooney's lost a ton of his pace, too. He's a slow plodder these days, kind of like Gascoigne when he got older.

With the way we're playing (counter attack, cross it in) we should have started with Carroll. IMO Milner needs to come off ASAP, he kills any attack he's involved in. Get Walcott on, please!

[Tom]

Good half with it being pretty even

Rooney looks dire which means he will score first

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Half-time can't come quick enough, looking like only a matter of time before Italy score. Rooney has been dire and looks totally unfit, Young, Milner and Welbeck all been poor too. Pirlo and Cassano running the game at the moment.

Correct.

[roverandout]

get milner off, flippin useless, offers no protection to johnson, i mean where is he? hes supposed to be on the wing, yet bazagli gets ###### loads of space, we need to attack their fullbacks, get walcott on, we need rooney as he can do something special, even game in turns of chances but we keep giving the ball away.

[Tom]

Italy missed some sitters this looks like being our day

[Audax]

my gosh, even though the action is right now near the England goal, England has attacked some 2nd half.

People don't like John Terry's character but he's certainly again proving his worth....

Come On England, yes, everyone is saying Italy is dominating.

[MarkBRFC71]

Milner, Young and Welbeck off, Walcott, Ox and Carroll on for me.

[DE.]

We've been so poor since the 2nd half started, what is going on? For the love of all that is good get James Milner off the pitch!

[RoyRover]

Italy are dominating this now and have missed some absolute sitters. It could really come back to haunt them.

[MarkBRFC71]

Pirlo showing Gerrard that 'World Class' means being able to control a game, not run fast and kick it hard while doing your own commentary like an 8 year old.

[RoyRover]

Pirlo showing Gerrard that 'World Class' means being able to control a game, not run fast and kick it hard while doing your own commentary like an 8 year old.

Glad an English person said this!

[Reedy You're A Star]

That goes for Rooney too. Nowhere near "World Class" on this performance.

[MarkBRFC71]

It's a shame we can't take 2 more off as Young and Gerrard are having shockers ....

[RoyRover]

That goes for Rooney too. Nowhere near "World Class" on this performance.

Rooney doesn't look anywhere near fit. I'm surprised that the commentators haven't mentioned it. He seems to have lost a lot of his pace and dynamism. (Watch now as he rips one into the top corner from 30 yards!)

[MarkBRFC71]

Italy 23 shots, 14 on target, we've had 6 and 2 ....

[Jock]

Rooney doesn't look anywhere near fit. I'm surprised that the commentators haven't mentioned it. He seems to have lost a lot of his pace and dynamism. (Watch now as he rips one into the top corner from 30 yards!)

The new hair is weighing him down.

[AllRoverAsia]

The Germans would beat the best from Italy and England combined.

[Tom]

Awful second half by England

We are massivley lucky to still be in it but now we have to grasp it as you need luck to win anything

Rooney seems to be playing the lazy ball every time

[DE.]

TBF Italy have missed a couple of ridiculously easy chances. They should have won that in normal time.

England have been disgraceful since the second half kicked off. We cannot keep the ball to save our lives, we're playing like a Kean-inspired Rovers.

[RibbleValleyRover]

England shouldn't still be in this game. Pirlo absolutely dominant but pretty wasteful finishing by Italy.

From what i've seen there is no chance they will beat Germany if they manage to get lucky and win this game.

[Commondore]

England's attacking play has been poor, but I get the feeling that Italy could probably play all night without scoring against Hodgson's banks of four. Penalties, anyone?

[AllRoverAsia]

Rooney is gone and is the main reason Pirlo has got so much freedom

[Ozz]

Lawro-'If looks could tell.'

[Salgado Is A Hero]

Part of me wants England to scrape through to watch Germany annihilate them again. Hart still needs to learn that it's not a good idea to parry the ball back into the danger zone. I guess Hodgson has never heard of Pirlo. Same old from Rooney apart from the group stages of Euro 2004.