FT: ENGLAND 2 - 1 DENMARK. aet

[NYCBlue]

Re: FT: ENGLAND 2 - 1 DENMARK. aet

Penalty was soft England deserved to win

They were the better team, I don't think they deserved to win though.

[goats]

Re: ENGLAND v DENMARK. In to extra time

Why do 90% of the crowd look like total chavs?

You ever been to Ashton gate?

[Moodybluebird]

Re: FT: ENGLAND 2 - 1 DENMARK. aet

Well Rio, after that do you really think that your boys would be way too good for either Italy or Spain? .....he does read this messageboard doesn’t he?

Last night was a game of the highest quality played by two fabulously gifted football teams.

Tonight's game was several notches down quality wise played by two decent sides but nothing special.

Rio's entitled to his opinion of course but he's having a laugh if he truly believes England are better than Spain and Italy.

The worse thing is this.....we'll have to put up with this for the next 55 years, well our offspring will !

[Optimistic Nick]

Re: FT: ENGLAND 2 - 1 DENMARK. aet

They were the better team, I don't think they deserved to win though.

How do you reconcile that then?

Fwiw I think it was a pelanty anyway.

[superfeathers]

Re: FT: ENGLAND 2 - 1 DENMARK. aet

I’ve heard plenty of people say they hope England make the final then lose it in a cruel way.
I’m now firmly in that camp despite hoping they’d lose tonight.
A few reasons to be cheerful
1) extra time took a bit more out of them
2) the first real challenge they’ve had they’d have gone to penalties except for a moment of cheating
3) they still can’t take penalties
4) Italy look good
5) Italy have had an extra day rest

[Optimistic Nick]

Re: FT: ENGLAND 2 - 1 DENMARK. aet

Last night was a game of the highest quality played by two fabulously gifted football teams.

Tonight's game was several notches down quality wise played by two decent sides but nothing special.

Rio's entitled to his opinion of course but he's having a laugh if he truly believes England are better than Spain and Italy.

The worse thing is this.....we'll have to put up with this for the next 55 years, well our offspring will !

We will find out in a few days if Rio was right. Denmark are no pushovers and England were all over them for the best part of an hour. They are a very good side and very consistent.

[Tuerto]

Re: FT: ENGLAND 2 - 1 DENMARK. aet

We will find out in a few days if Rio was right. Denmark are no pushovers and England were all over them for the best part of an hour. They are a very good side and very consistent.

England are very good out wide, if teams allow their two holding midfielders to set up play then they're going to struggle, including Italy. Everything goes through the central pair with players like Foden and grealish dropping in to start attacks in the final third. They've got some real quality.

[xsnaggle]

Re: ENGLAND v DENMARK. In to extra time

Why do 90% of the crowd look like total chavs?

Probably because they're total chavs :shrug:

[Moodybluebird]

Re: FT: ENGLAND 2 - 1 DENMARK. aet

We will find out in a few days if Rio was right. Denmark are no pushovers and England were all over them for the best part of an hour. They are a very good side and very consistent.

Until Denmark substituted their two main forwards they were as good as England and very dangerous going forward. However they visibly tired after about 75 minutes and the writing was on the wall in extra time. So, all down to the depth of squad at the end of the day.

[Tuerto]

Re: FT: ENGLAND 2 - 1 DENMARK. aet

Until Denmark substituted their two main forwards they were as good as England and very dangerous going forward. However they visibly tired after about 75 minutes and the writing was on the wall in extra time. So, all down to the depth of squad at the end of the day.

Very good point. The defending for the penalty was tired legs and bodies.

[Baloo]

Re: FT: ENGLAND 2 - 1 DENMARK. aet

It may be cheating to you, but not to the majority of top level professionals. Two Danish defenders put themselves in awful positions and one made an appalling attempt at some kind of half arsed challenge. He will know that his defending wasn't good enough, not by a long shot, and he'll know that if he hadn't put himself in that position then Sterling wouldn't have had the opportunity to go to ground, Tough luck.

The top level professionals are the accused and therefore maybe not the best arbiters in this case. It’s more a question of whether this ‘clever’ play is a welcome part of the game. People can make their own mind up about that and don’t need to defer to top players.

[life on mars]

Re: FT: ENGLAND 2 - 1 DENMARK. aet

Kasper was there best player which suggests England may have had a lot of shots on target.

As to diving you either join the club or lose I'm sure we will see the best team at immersioni on Sunday, they have turned it into an art form

[Tuerto]

Re: FT: ENGLAND 2 - 1 DENMARK. aet

The top level professionals are the accused and therefore maybe not the best arbiters in this case. It’s more a question of whether this ‘clever’ play is a welcome part of the game. People can make their own mind up about that and don’t need to defer to top players.

I'm not telling anyone what to do or think. What i am sure of is that those in the game wont be reacting like fans, as they will know that the Danes ****ed up and invited a problem. That's just me making my own mind up. :thumbup:

[Tuerto]

Re: FT: ENGLAND 2 - 1 DENMARK. aet

I'm not telling anyone what to do or think. What i am sure of is that those in the game wont be reacting like fans, as they will know that the Danes ****ed up and invited a problem. That's just me making my own mind up. :thumbup:

And to add, as a fan i welcome play like that, don't mind it one bit.

[NYCBlue]

Re: FT: ENGLAND 2 - 1 DENMARK. aet

How do you reconcile that then?

Fwiw I think it was a pelanty anyway.

Because you can be the better team and not do enough to win. It happens all the time. I give England credit for the own goal, it was all of their making. But for me, the gift of the penalty was very fortunate. They say you make your own luck, but Harry Kane took a shit penalty which on another day, Schmeichel would smother. The better team on paper by far, better team on the pitch for the last 15 minutes or normal time and all of extra time. But not deserving winners in my opinion.