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

England go to pens all the time cause england never seem to play to win in knockout rounds

If England played San Marino in a penalty shootout who would win?

ahlycotc wrote:Juventino, I'm disappointed by your avatar. Hopefully, it's a joke.

Agreed, Mitt is not conservative enough.

Weather130 wrote:If England played San Marino in a penalty shootout who would win?

England

Penalties don't require that much talent. It's mostly about handling the pressure. So I wouldn't be all that surprised if San Marino won.

but it still does require skill

you telling me you would trust Messi on the spot same as a san marino player?

ViVaRooney wrote:but it still does require skill

you telling me you would trust Messi on the spot same as a san marino player?

But not that much skill.

How hard can it be (technically) to shoot a ball 12 yards from the goal? It's about handling the pressure. I might trust Messi more because he has proved in the past he can handle the pressure most of the time and has had a good success rate with penalties. I don't know any San Marino players, so I can't judge.

San Marino would have nothing to lose, but England would have to win to avoid absolute humiliation.

ahlycotc wrote:

ViVaRooney wrote:but it still does require skill

you telling me you would trust Messi on the spot same as a san marino player?

But not that much skill.

How hard can it be (technically) to shoot a ball 12 yards from the goal? It's about handling the pressure. I might trust Messi more because he has proved in the past he can handle the pressure most of the time and has had a good success rate with penalties. I don't know any San Marino players, so I can't judge.

not to mention san marino would have played 120mins, most of em not even professional footballers full time lol they would barely be able to get up

ViVaRooney wrote:

ahlycotc wrote:

But not that much skill.

How hard can it be (technically) to shoot a ball 12 yards from the goal? It's about handling the pressure. I might trust Messi more because he has proved in the past he can handle the pressure most of the time and has had a good success rate with penalties. I don't know any San Marino players, so I can't judge.

not to mention san marino would have played 120mins, most of em not even professional footballers full time lol they would barely be able to get up

Seriously?

How bad do you think San Marino players are? It's almost as if you are describing a team of 11 obese teenagers.

Maybe not obese teenagers but they're all wank

Wow they said West Ham reject and he scored a penalty, incredible!

ViVaRooney wrote:England needed Scholes

http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/157258.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

lolol

The England team visited an orphanage the other day in South Africa.

'It was great to put a smile on the faces of a group of people who constantly struggle and have little hope'

said Albert Umboto, aged 6

Chris wrote:The England team visited an orphanage the other day in South Africa.

'It was great to put a smile on the faces of a group of people who constantly struggle and have little hope'

said Albert Umboto, aged 6

Chris wrote:The England team visited an orphanage the other day in South Africa.

'It was great to put a smile on the faces of a group of people who constantly struggle and have little hope'

said Albert Umboto, aged 6

What were they doing in South Africa?

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Chris wrote:The England team visited an orphanage the other day in South Africa.

'It was great to put a smile on the faces of a group of people who constantly struggle and have little hope'

said Albert Umboto, aged 6

What were they doing in South Africa?

They thought they would take a little trip to South Africa before playing in the Euro's.

is that a World Cup 2010 joke

Slightly belated.

On the bright side, Glen Johnson was quite phenomenal, and Andy Carroll actually looked like a decent player for 30 minutes.

yeah....

Jordo wrote:

kyro7 wrote:Wow they said West Ham reject and he scored a penalty, incredible!

That's the thing though, most West Ham fans will probably tell you that he wasn't a reject. And he actually played well when he came on, hitting the post with a nice shot in ET. Just shows how idiotic those commentators were.

Laurencio wrote:On the bright side, Glen Johnson was quite phenomenal

Agreed.

Juventino. wrote:

kyro7 wrote:Wow they said West Ham reject and he scored a penalty, incredible!

That's the thing though, most West Ham fans will probably tell you that he wasn't a reject. And he actually played well when he came on, hitting the post with a nice shot in ET. Just shows how idiotic those commentators were.

I saw him for myself and was impressed at West Ham.

kyro7 wrote:Wow they said West Ham reject and he scored a penalty, incredible!

It's dissapointing to see how biased they was the whole match, incredible. As someone stated before, he wasn't a reject at all, fucking packed us in from the spot at Upton Park and I think he scored a beauty from a free kick against us also.

Rooney is terrible at international level. He lacks skill of a top player, he has poor pace, gives the ball away too much which results in England having to defend too much. Compare this to Andy Carroll, rarely looses the ball, plays some wonderful passes and tries to win the ball back.

Mason wrote:Rooney is terrible at international level. He lacks skill of a top player, he has poor pace, gives the ball away too much which results in England having to defend too much. Compare this to Andy Carroll, rarely looses the ball, plays some wonderful passes and tries to win the ball back.

Almost every single one of Carroll's passes went straight to an Italian player last night

Is there anywhere I can view player stats from last night? Dribbles completed, passes completed etc...

Mason wrote:Rooney is terrible at international level. He lacks skill of a top player, he has poor pace, gives the ball away too much which results in England having to defend too much. Compare this to Andy Carroll, rarely looses the ball, plays some wonderful passes and tries to win the ball back.

Carroll > Rooney.

Got it.