ENGLAND V ITALY match thread

[ElBurroSinNombre]

What a goal
Southgate in!

 

[tommytwojags]

Bellingham best player on the pitch

Best attacking midfielder on the planet.

 

[20togo]

stunning, just stunning all round

 

[TangerineDan]

Pure class!!

 

[no9]

That was a great goal, Foden pinched it, Bellingham took it on and Rashford finished it, superb.

 

[Jaffa_The_Hut]

How is Philips still on the pitch?

Should be on 3 yellow cards by now.

 

[Farnorth]

Get Kalvin Phillips off now

 

[ElBurroSinNombre]

Great possession from England
This is Italy we are playing

 

[HighfieldSeasider]

We all laughed when Birmingham announced they were retiring Jude Bellingham's shirt number when they sold him.....

 

[Old_Laytonian]

Phillips very lucky. Get him off but don't put Henderson on

 

[Ollygon]

Philips needs to be subbed, and quick

 

[ElBurroSinNombre]

Get Kalvin Phillips off now

Yes agreed

 

[tommytwojags]

Phillips should have four yellows now.

 

[Satriale's Pork Store]

Get Kalvin Phillips off now

Pleeeeease.....

Never to return.

 

[ElBurroSinNombre]

He would be late for his own funeral

 

[Ollygon]

Phillips very lucky. Get him off but don't put Henderson on

We can all see it.

Why can't Southgate?

 

[ElBurroSinNombre]

Get Hendo on
What we need now is some quality pointing
Although Bellingham is also world class at pointing amongst all of his other skills

 

[20togo]

he's on a booking and the type of player he is it makes no sense to keep him on. One mistimed tackle....

 

[Old_Laytonian]

Here he comes

 

[Farnorth]

Phillips very lucky. Get him off but don't put Henderson on

Oh no !

 

[ElBurroSinNombre]

Here we go
Straight jacket for bendit!

 

[Jaffa_The_Hut]

Come on Hendo.

 

[20togo]

cue just as i post.

 

[Dave62]

Henderson for Phillips
Hope there's a protective screen in front of the TV in the Bendit living room

 

[Bend it like Suddick]

FFS

 

[ElBurroSinNombre]

Italian commentators saying that Hendo didn't deserve the boo boys when he came on

 

[tommytwojags]

Get Hendo on
What we need now is some quality pointing
Although Bellingham is also world class at pointing amongst all of his other skills

It's a big part of the modern game

 

[Bend it like Suddick]

Soak in the skill folks with his silky moves…. I despair

 

[Bend it like Suddick]

And the back passes and pointing begins

 

[ElBurroSinNombre]

Yay

 

[Jaffa_The_Hut]

Get in Harry.

 

[Dave62]

Kane, what a player

 

[ElBurroSinNombre]

61

 

[SeasideKurt]

Super finish.

 

[Ollygon]

Superb

 

[tangysider]

Job done

 

[tommytwojags]

Big benefit to qualify tonight. Southgate can give the fringe players a run out in the last two games.

Italy will have to beat Ukraine or they're going out.

 

[Bend it like Suddick]

Great goal

 

[Farnorth]

Wunderbar!

 

[AlternativeSeaside]

The fat tongue mong ain’t bad is he

 

[tangysider]

Soak in the skill folks with his silky moves…. I despair

Aah so that was what FFS means
Flippin Silky Skills

 

[20togo]

....and some doubted him.

 

[ElBurroSinNombre]

Looks like Germany has improved Kane already
He has been great tonight

 

[ElBurroSinNombre]

Good sub to have

 

[Mark_GT]

If we can't win something with Bellingham in midfield and Kane up front we might as well pack it in. These are absolute top end players and we've also got the likes of Foden, Walker and Trippier. As said above, this is Italy we're playing and we are making it look straightforward.

 

[20togo]

If we can't win something with Bellingham in midfield and Kane up front we might as well pack it in. These are absolute top end players and we've also got the likes of Foden, Walker and Trippier. As said above, this is Italy we're playing and we are making it look straightforward.

you'd like to think so, but the likes of France and Argentina are a notch up on Italy and they have perhaps the best two attacking players in the world in Mbappe and Messi. It's been pretty easy to contain this Italian side but those two teams is much harder. That said, we are very close and as recently mentioned it could well be 'just on the day' as to who comes out on top.

 

[Tangerinenick]

Quality

 

[L’étranger]

Very enjoyable game and another tactical masterclass from Gareth .
Great times to be an England supporter.

 

[ElBurroSinNombre]

you'd like to think so, but the likes of France and Argentina are a notch up on Italy and they have perhaps the best two attacking players in the world in Mbappe and Messi. It's been pretty easy to contain this Italian side but those two teams is much harder. That said, we are very close and as recently mentioned it could well be 'just on the day' as to who comes out on top.

I think Messi has retired from international football

 

[Wizzerboy]

Sweet Caroline being sung at a bloody football match