England vs Italy | 24th June | 7:45pm BBC1 |

Zzonked wrote:Seems like there's a lot of stress about this game.

Then stop stressing Zzonked

Theo Filippo wrote:Mauro must of hurt them greatly.

I just want Liverpool players to play well.

2-0 Italy

Theo Filippo wrote:Mauro must have hurt them greatly.

Fixed.

Italy 2-1 England.

iSamuel wrote:

Theo Filippo wrote:Mauro must have hurt them greatly.

Fixed.

Italy 2-1 England.

I'm better than you therefore even when I'm wrong, I'm right.

Theo Filippo wrote:

iSamuel wrote:
Fixed.

Italy 2-1 England.

I'm better than you therefore even when I'm wrong, I'm right.

I'm afraid you're incorrect in both accounts, for I am superior to you & "must of" is incorrect English.

Always in my shadow, cockroach.

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But he also spoke an awful lot of common sense. He recognises the threat Pirlo might pose; his ability to dominate and control midfield.

Threat: Hodgson recognises the danger of Pirlo
'I know Andrea quite well,' he said. 'I worked with him (at Inter Milan). We'll make certain the wide players don't get too wide and leave gaps to the side of our central midfield players, and one of the two front players will drop a bit deeper to avoid the two central ones being dragged forward.
'When you're worried about their central midfielders, there is a danger yours might go too far forward and allow them to thread the balls around you. That's the thing we've got to avoid, so our front players will help us out. They did it against France and Sweden, with (Zlatan) Ibrahimovic, and with (Anatoliy) Tymoschuk against Ukraine. Pirlo is just one on a list of players who will occupy our attention.'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/euro2012/article-2163392/Euro-2012-England-v-Italy--Roy-Hodgson-hoping-shackle-Andrea-Pirlo.html#ixzz1yYuryvfV

Pirlo actually being recognised as a threat by the English media and Hodgson... is this real?

Pirlo was at Inter?

He was sold to AC for like 20 million.

How did I not know this

To be fair you wouldn't know unless you are either a massive Serie A follower or bum wikipedia pages, I did the latter when I was like 14-15.

Wonder if any former Bury players have ever played in Serie A.

Ibra.

Theo Filippo wrote:Ibra.

Oh yes that man, I remember watching him bang in 50 a season at this grand old club.

iSamuel wrote:

Theo Filippo wrote:I'm better than you therefore even when I'm wrong, I'm right.

I'm afraid you're incorrect in both accounts, for I am superior to you & "must of" is incorrect English.

Is it not "on both counts?".

Glen Damon wrote:

iSamuel wrote:
I'm afraid you're incorrect in both accounts, for I am superior to you & "must of" is incorrect English.

Is it not "on both counts?".

Down for the count.

italy has proven for the last 100 years of its dominance over its pale, ghost-like skinned opponents, england.

i am impressed at how worked up some of these guys get when i post on here. my erection enlarges when i read them say such things. this is going to be a big feast, italy shall be triumphant. we cannot be stopped

england have never played against forwards of the class of cassano, di natale and the might of balotelli. they have not gone toe to toe with a midfield of supreme technical brilliance and mastermind of pirlo and his co minions. mr hodgson, an italian football tragic will try his best to imitate our brilliance but it will fail

just like in the war of 180 ad when the mighty roman forces invaded what is now known as britain, this is going to be a slaughter of epic proportions. england once again, will bow down to their masters and this will be another trophy to add to our extremely impressive collection

I fear that you are right.

I predicted 1-1 Italy in pens.

England 1-3 Italy.

mauro=beast wrote:italy has proven for the last 100 years of its dominance over its pale, ghost-like skinned opponents, england.

i am impressed at how worked up some of these guys get when i post on here. my erection enlarges when i read them say such things. this is going to be a big feast, italy shall be triumphant. we cannot be stopped

england have never played against forwards of the class of cassano, di natale and the might of balotelli. they have not gone toe to toe with a midfield of supreme technical brilliance and mastermind of pirlo and his co minions. mr hodgson, an italian football tragic will try his best to imitate our brilliance but it will fail

just like in the war of 180 ad when the mighty roman forces invaded what is now known as britain, this is going to be a slaughter of epic proportions. england once again, will bow down to their masters and this will be another trophy to add to our extremely impressive collection

Wonderful choice.

We got the teams ready yet?

Mauro is shitting his pants. He's so worked up that he has to write up an entire story to relieve himself of his worries. Keyboard in one hand, English dictionary in the other.

mauro=beast wrote:italy has proven for the last 100 years of its dominance over its pale, ghost-like skinned opponents, england.

i am impressed at how worked up some of these guys get when i post on here. my erection enlarges when i read them say such things. this is going to be a big feast, italy shall be triumphant. we cannot be stopped

england have never played against forwards of the class of cassano, di natale and the might of balotelli. they have not gone toe to toe with a midfield of supreme technical brilliance and mastermind of pirlo and his co minions. mr hodgson, an italian football tragic will try his best to imitate our brilliance but it will fail

just like in the war of 180 ad when the mighty roman forces invaded what is now known as britain, this is going to be a slaughter of epic proportions. england once again, will bow down to their masters and this will be another trophy to add to our extremely impressive collection

, not sure Italy win will the competition, but pretty confident they'll beat England tomorrow with ease tbh.

Jord wrote:

Very impressive.

Can't wait to see Pirlo fry Gerrard tomorrow and show how misleading those stats are.

Theo Filippo wrote:Can't wait to see Pirlo fry Gerrard tomorrow and show how misleading those stats are.

Gerrerd is, has been and always will be a better passer than Pirlo.

NotSrs

Theo Filippo wrote:Can't wait to see Pirlo fry Gerrard tomorrow and show how misleading those stats are.

Pirlo's an incredible player, I know he was world class in his younger days (28 years old etc), but do you think he's actually better now?