England-Portugal..the penalty spot

[Peter Triggs]

Last minute goal aside, what England have to blame themselves for, is the fact that they tried to sit on a one goal lead.

To many teams have tried that in this tournament, and have gotten penalized for it.

But yeah...it was hard to see why that goal was disallowed.

That sums it up perfectly.

And whenever England gets an early lead, they try to sit on it.

And then they lose.

You'd think they would learn that this strategy doesn't work.

[Solly]

I think it's usually a problem for most teams when conceding early goals.

I frequently used to like it when Man United conceded early on in Europe, because that is when you would see them at their best, and usually they'd win.

[Gangerolf]

Yeah Ricardo was great... I think he even threw away his gloves before the last penalty. But did you notice how he tried to psych out the penalty shooters? Not very sportsmanlike... I don't know what he yelled at Beckham but he probably wasn't complimenting him on his tattoes. But sure, it's part of the game.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

yeah, italy pulls the same ****. they deserved to lose in the world cup.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

with that flopper totti. koreans ran all over them

[*End Is Forever*]

I can't repeat enough that England played like Ipswich defending away at Old Trafford. They were second-best, and if Portugal possessed a world-class cutting edge striker England would have been mauled. The best team won... but I'm sure the papers will delude themselves with excuses.

[Whaleboy]

Yes, go and shout it in the street while cheering.

Nothing beats the feeling of vindication when then country in which you live loses . There, there gentle telly addicts, soon there will be another meaningless event to dull your mind, lest you engage it to partake in that most forbidden of activities for the indifferent idiot: independent thought, so once more you will be safe from the fear of realising that your lives are so, utterly pointless .

[Solly]

Originally posted by *End Is Forever*
I can't repeat enough that England played like Ipswich defending away at Old Trafford. They were second-best, and if Portugal possessed a world-class cutting edge striker England would have been mauled. The best team won... but I'm sure the papers will delude themselves with excuses.

0.2/10

[Az]

Nothing beats the feeling of vindication when then country in which you live loses . There, there gentle telly addicts, soon there will be another meaningless event to dull your mind, lest you engage it to partake in that most forbidden of activities for the indifferent idiot: independent thought, so once more you will be safe from the fear of realising that your lives are so, utterly pointless

You know, that's a lot of hot air coming from a bong-user.

[Asmodean]

I wonder if anything would have been different, had Rooney not been injured so early on in the game.

Asmodean

[Whaleboy]

You know, that's a lot of hot air coming from a bong-user.

I'm running on clear aether for the evening, need to save some for Drogue tomorrow

[*End Is Forever*]

That's excuse #2, Asmodean.

[Solly]

"I wonder if anything would have been different, had Rooney not been injured so early on in the game."

The cameramen wouldn't have got neck-ache.

[Asmodean]

Originally posted by *End Is Forever*
That's excuse #2, Asmodean.

Exactly...I just felt we should get them all on the table

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Whaleboy


Nothing beats the feeling of vindication when then country in which you live loses . There, there gentle telly addicts, soon there will be another meaningless event to dull your mind, lest you engage it to partake in that most forbidden of activities for the indifferent idiot: independent thought, so once more you will be safe from the fear of realising that your lives are so, utterly pointless .

Isn't that the reason you smoke skunk?

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