Phil Neville too@horsechoker - Dude, you missed out Waddle and Pearce for their penalty misses in 1990.
Fun fact:
As soon as England lost that shootout there was the largest ever recorded drop in the national grid power demand as millions of televisions were suddenly turned off (or even destroyed in outrage)
The grid came under immense strain again a few minutes later as everybody turned their kettle on.
Also, Ince and Batty in 1998.
I think he will come on and then who knows..He’ll have to get on for a game where there’s something at stake first…
The media are hyping Harry and Shaw to death so probably one of them, unfortunately. The Shawback redemption…. Shudder
Hero the safer bet!Maguire will either be hero or zero today.
It’s hardly the first time the coverage of England has been extremely arrogant and lacking in self awareness. And imagine not the first time it had been used as motivation. Of course the same lack of self awareness would prevent those parties from seeing it themselves, so they’ll still look for someone to blameCould actually be the fans/pundits/our media this time round.
We've basically been doing opponents teams talks for them with our attitudes (that question to Kasper was absolutely insane), if Denmark/Italy use that as extra motivation and come out and smash us then I can't say we weren't asking for it.
When ?Gazza, Southgate, Beckham, Gerrard, Rooney
All of these players were responsible for England losing. Who will the new escapegoat be?
Sterling is probably the favourite.
Shaw could also be an escape goat.
Kane? Perhaps but he's too loved in my opinion.
Probably Pickford or Sterling in a penalty shoot out.
So far Pickford
I also vote Pickford
I feel like a prophet.Pickford. And Sterling.
Pickford definitely. His arse fell out against Denmark. It's a worry.Pickford must be the favourite but I could see someone like Rice getting tricked into a red card
With infinite time, infinite monkeys and infinite typewriters. The headline will be England Win!Law of averages…. You have to win it at some stage!
Do you mean the 10 players in front of him have stopped the opposition from having shots on goal, and not allowing the opposition too many chances.Pickford's been well dodgy all tournament, even though he also made some good saves. Bailed out by the 10 players in front of him.
This is not a slight on the 10 players outfield at all. They've all been brilliant in their own way. But if I were to pick one player to let us down, it would be Pickford.Do you mean the 10 players in front of him have stopped the opposition from having shots on goal, and not allowing the opposition too many chances.
happy for them to keep bailing him out.
He had a couple of slightly poor licks in the semi, other than that he’s done everything right.This is not a slight on the 10 players outfield at all. They've all been brilliant in their own way. But if I were to pick one player to let us down, it would be Pickford.
That said, Pickford's not been too bad himself imo. It's just the others are playing better.
Sterling is an easy pick. So is Grealish with his swagger and his haircut. The press would love to go after either of them.
I could also see it being a bad pass from Stones/Maguire or a red card from Shaw.
It won't be Kane. He's too boring for the press and plays for Spurs, he's been fairly shite in both recent tournaments but nobody says a thing.
Nah that’s nonsense. I don’t rate Pickford but he’s been superb the whole tournament up until the Denmark game where he looked like a deer in the headlights and clearly shat the bed. That’s still a massive concern for the final but we don’t need to make up some revisionist stuff about the rest of the tournament.Pickford's been well dodgy all tournament, even though he also made some good saves. Bailed out by the 10 players in front of him.
He was easily the best player on the pitch against Denmark though.Sterling is an easy pick. So is Grealish with his swagger and his haircut. The press would love to go after either of them.
I could also see it being a bad pass from Stones/Maguire or a red card from Shaw.
It won't be Kane. He's too boring for the press and plays for Spurs, he's been fairly shite in both recent tournaments but nobody says a thing.