The Danes launched a petition about the Sterling 'foul'. The French got 400k signatures for a re-match with Switzerland after Sommer's foot was thought to have been 0.5cm off the line for the last penalty.
Hell, I think we should replay the entire tournament!
(Give me something to look forward to before the season starts again, anyway )
So an evil conspiracy between the Dutch official & the VAR crew represents a blatant example of Italian cheating that cost us the trophy...?
Let it go George, England fans are now being universally ridiculed & despised in equal measure, by every other nation... any idea why...?
I believe 100% the Italians cheated at times. I also believe UEFA will laugh off any petition. I thought the ref was very poor, most other refs would've had a couple if Italians off before HT. Yes England were fortunate a few times along the road to the final, but the way Grealish was dealt with and Saka in particular showed the level Italy had to go to in beating England.
George, do you really 100% believe that today the likes of Saka & Sterling feel that they have been most maligned & let down by the officials... or their own so-called fans...(?)
It just seems that at a time when England supporters are once again being regarded as the scum of the earth, you want to shine a light - or is that a laser pen? - on them also being rotten sports & bad losers too...!
Hey-ho... C'mon Chaps, allow me an attempt to lighten the mood...
My mate told me that his great joy at the win over Germany was unexpectedly enhanced beyond all of his expectations... ...he had agreed to watch the game at home with his new girlfriend, but was concerned that she really did not have a clue about football or the England squad.
So imagine his surprise when, as he was expressing his agreement with the introduction of Grealish to the field of play - appropriately in the 69th minute - she decided, to his surprise & delight, to perform an impromptu sex act on him...
...at which stage he thought better than to let her know that what he had actually just said was: "Saka's off...!"
I bet you've been waiting ages to use that one! :-)
Anyway, as for the game I've seen Kuipers referee on a number of occasions and thought that he was a shining example to our Premier League and EFL refs in not blowing his whistle every 30 seconds for the slightest bit of contact. I wish we could have him in charge when we play the likes of Port Vale or any team managed by Keith Curle. And yes, on another day the Italians may well have had a couple of red cards but they didn't and that wasn't the reason why we didn't beat them. After a superb first 20-30 minutes, as with the World Cup semi final, we didn't react to the changes the opposition made and just sat deeper and deeper without giving them anything to think about. It was almost an Italian style concept, IE get a goal lead and defend it. But we were never going to do that by having 11 men in the first third of the pitch and just booting the ball back to them and conceding possession. Easy to say now but a little less caution might just have seen us do it. Grealish on for Mount or Trippier no later than the hour mark and if Rice had to go off, perhaps Bellingham instead of Henderson. Henderson might be a great club captain but I've never really rated him at international level.
After a superb first 20-30 minutes, as with the World Cup semi final, we didn't react to the changes the opposition made and just sat deeper and deeper without giving them anything to think about. It was almost an Italian style concept, IE get a goal lead and defend it. But we were never going to do that by having 11 men in the first third of the pitch and just booting the ball back to them and conceding possession.
That is the problem with having your centre-forward as your most creative deep-lying midfielder... it leaves no-one playing centre-forward when you need one.
I have given serious thought as to whether we deliberately GAVE them that early corner in order to catch them out of position on the break... seriously, take another look at the first few minutes & see what I mean...(?)
I bet you've been waiting ages to use that one! :-)
Anyway, as for the game I've seen Kuipers referee on a number of occasions and thought that he was a shining example to our Premier League and EFL refs in not blowing his whistle every 30 seconds for the slightest bit of contact. I wish we could have him in charge when we play the likes of Port Vale or any team managed by Keith Curle. And yes, on another day the Italians may well have had a couple of red cards but they didn't and that wasn't the reason why we didn't beat them. After a superb first 20-30 minutes, as with the World Cup semi final, we didn't react to the changes the opposition made and just sat deeper and deeper without giving them anything to think about. It was almost an Italian style concept, IE get a goal lead and defend it. But we were never going to do that by having 11 men in the first third of the pitch and just booting the ball back to them and conceding possession. Easy to say now but a little less caution might just have seen us do it. Grealish on for Mount or Trippier no later than the hour mark and if Rice had to go off, perhaps Bellingham instead of Henderson. Henderson might be a great club captain but I've never really rated him at international level.
Hey-ho... C'mon Chaps, allow me an attempt to lighten the mood...
My mate told me that his great joy at the win over Germany was unexpectedly enhanced beyond all of his expectations... ...he had agreed to watch the game at home with his new girlfriend, but was concerned that she really did not have a clue about football or the England squad.
So imagine his surprise when, as he was expressing his agreement with the introduction of Grealish to the field of play - appropriately in the 69th minute - she decided, to his surprise & delight, to perform an impromptu sex act on him...
...at which stage he thought better than to let her know that what he had actually just said was: "Saka's off...!"
...after which he decided to say nothing about Harry Kane.