What I can't understand is......Originally Posted by Dorcus
Those were three dreadful penalties but:
1. They MUST have practiced and planned in some detail for a penalty shoot so how come all three were SO poor (especially Rashford's!).
2. How come everyone seems to be above criticism - Southgate and the three players concerned?
England did really well in the tournament and have clearly improved but, like the last World Cup, lost to the first really good team that they faced.
And yet there is zero criticism of anyone - constructive criticism is actually a good thing and will probably help in the long term, but all that everyone is saying is how well they did. That penalty shoot out was a fiasco, aside from Pickford making two very decent saves, so where is the objectivity?
Just bizarre.
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