Dunny ...leggo di bottle , yuh ave nuff more drinking to do

[Sir X]

You will regret the day you supported Roy Hodgson as england boss.

Memba mi tell yuh , mi naah rub it in , but boss mi gi yuh a year and a half when im mash up unnuh qualification to Brazil.

[Dunny]

You will regret the day you supported Roy Hodgson as england boss.

Memba mi tell yuh , mi naah rub it in , but boss mi gi yuh a year and a half when im mash up unnuh qualification to Brazil.

England is in good hands, they have a good coach. Lets see if Roy is brave enough to rejuvenate the squad with some younger players. Good organization and coaching can only take you so far,England need the likes of Jack Wilshere etc to help them in their ball retention and creativity.

[Lazie]

You will regret the day you supported Roy Hodgson as england boss.

Memba mi tell yuh , mi naah rub it in , but boss mi gi yuh a year and a half when im mash up unnuh qualification to Brazil.

X ... have you reviewed the CV of Hodges? Stop being a hater bredren. Take time to review what the man has done. Yes Italy knocked them out on penalties .. not something to be ashamed of.



Hodgson took over as manager of the Switzerland national team from Uli Stielike on 26 January 1992.[20] Stielike had been the first Swiss coach to have a winning record,[20] winning 13 of the 25 games he was in charge of. As Hodgson was succeeding Stielike at the national level, Stielike took over the job Hodgson had just vacated at club level with Swiss Super League side Neuchâtel Xamax.
Switzerland had not qualified for a major international tournament since the 1966 World Cup. Hodgson took the Schweizer Nati to the 1994 World Cup, losing only one game during qualification, from a group that included Italy and the more fancied Portugal and Scotland.[21] The Swiss took four points from Italy, who, managed by Arrigo Sacchi, went on to make it to the World Cup final and lose only on penalties. The Swiss won 1–0 at home and in the game in Italy, the Swiss were at one stage leading 2–0 before being pegged back to 2–2. The Swiss also took four points from Scotland, winning 3–1 at home and drawing 1–1 away. Against Portugal, they drew 1–1 at home and suffered their only defeat of the campaign, losing 1–0 in Porto. In the tournament the Swiss were drawn in Group A alongside Romania, Colombia and the hosts, United States. The opening match of the group was between Switzerland and the United States and is memorable as the first World Cup match to take place indoors, at the Pontiac Silverdome. The Swiss drew 1–1 against the United States, beat Romania 3–1 and lost 2–0 to Colombia, finishing as runners-up in their group, qualifying for the Round of 16 where they lost 3–0 to Spain.[21]
The Swiss easily qualified for Euro 1996, again losing only one game during qualification. Finishing top of Group 3, the Swiss began well. They beat Sweden 4–2 at home with two late goals, beat Iceland 1–0 at home and won 2–1 away to Turkey before coming back from 2–0 down with fifteen minutes remaining to draw 2–2 away to Hungary and losing 2–1 at home to Turkey. This was followed up by a 2–0 win against Iceland, a 0–0 draw away at Sweden and a final 3–0 win at home to Hungary.[21] With their place at Euro 1996 assured, Hodgson left immediately after qualification, on 15 November 1995, to join Italian club Internazionale.[21] He had in fact been doing both jobs from October of that year.[21][22] Without Hodgson, the Swiss had a difficult time at Euro 1996. In their opening match, they secured a 1–1 draw with England only after scoring a very late penalty. The Swiss went on to lose 2–0 to the Netherlands and 1–0 to Scotland. Switzerland finished bottom of their group with only one point from the three matches.
At their peak while managed by Hodgson, Switzerland were rated the third best international side in the world, according to the FIFA World Rankings.[9]

[Me]

There really wasn't anything good about his coaching against Italy. He was poor.

[Gamma]

glen johnson played well though, I thought.

[Me]

We decide fi take it easy on X bredrin. we all give him goal to score and take it away just to make X vex.

[Jangle]

The team played good up to their abilities. Italy was not good, but they were better than England. Individually, some players played well - JT, Lescott, GJ. They all played within the limits of their abilities. The tactics were a little suspect, but then the coach works with what he have and the abilities of the players. The English game is not one of multiple quick, short passes, so the Italians used a different tactic to counter that by dominating the midfield. Gerrard and Parker were too busy trying to contain Pirlo to even think offensively. The Italians = better players + better tactics.

[Me]

Tactics were a "little" suspect and England played up to their abilities?

Sorry, I don't buy that one.

No one puts any pressure on Pirlo when he has the ball is a great tactic?
No one does any combinations through the midfield even though Pirlo is not much of a defensive presence?
Start with Millner on the flank who is no threat to Balzaretti and have Young on the wing with Abate who is quick enough to keep up with him, but not switching to Balzaretti's side?
Defenders constantly booting up the ball to two forwards who aren't that great at winning anything in the air?

[Gamma]

they tried but he is just too good with ball at his feet....did you see his penalty (rhetorical question)?

[Me]

They didn't try to press him. They sat back on their 18 yard box and until he got close to their no one pressured him any at all. Not even when he didn't have the ball did any one step to him.

The entire back four was made up of average defenders who struggle against pacey players. You would never know that the way England decided to play boom ball up to the forwards.

[Gamma]

apparently struggle against not so pacy players too ...