[Richard Keys]

Originally Posted by Chain Gang solider

Yes shooting is part of the game and to an extent Wales were VERY wasteful but that doesn't mean England played well. Wales while being wasteful were the better side.

I appreciate that Wales did well tonight considering their players aren't as good, but to say they were the better side is ridiculous.

If the performances and result were reversed, i.e. Wales played exactly how England had played tonight and won 1-0, people like you would be raving on about how fantastic Wales played. And vice versa, if England had played how Wales had played tonight and lost 1-0 you wouldn't have said England were the better side.

[KME]

Originally Posted by Stringer

OptaJoe Opta Sports
21 - Number of open play crosses attempted by England v Wales today, of which just one found a teammate. Frustrating.

need we say more about downing's crossing?

Szczesny was apparently amazing for Poland v Germany. Hard to remember a better week for Arsenal internationals. Mostly every player has done their part.

Who set up the only goal of the night? Obviously not Stewart Downing, cos he plays for Liverpool

[WWE_TNA]

If the attackers were swansea fans. i say ban their fucking fans from a good bunch of away games.



I see Nitro is back with his usual anti english rubbish.

[-KA-]

Originally Posted by JimmyWangYang

Because it is really hard to take 3 points from Faroe Islands, Northern Ireland, Slovenia and Estonia both home and away right?

Then you've got Serbia, who Italy just got awarded the points for.

Italy's results have been FAR from convincing in this qualifying campaign.

Truth to be told, on paper Slovenia is a decent team.

Originally Posted by Nitromalta

7 wins from 8 and 1 draw only 1 goal conceeded(best defence in all groups)we can compete with germany,spain and holland at Euro 2012 FORZA ITALIA!

Well, not that it matters, I'm proud it's our shit team that has scored the only goal against you. Also if Estonia is the second highest scoring team (after Italy) in your group you shouldn't really brag about your defense. Other teams just have shit offense.

Originally Posted by JimmyWangYang

Your team actually had the easiest group of them all by far.

Croatia.
Greece.
Israel.
Georgia.
Latvia.

Yet MALTA are still bottom with 1 point.

Well not exactly. On paper group C was the hardest with 3 World Cup 2010 competitors - Italy, Serbia and Slovenia and no pot 6 teams of FIFA2014 qual.

Originally Posted by Chain Gang solider

lol at Nitromalta getting excited after dominating an easy group and saying they can compete with the likes of Germany and Spain.

Didn't Italy just beat Spain?

anyway... after beating N-Ireland 4-1 our EURO2012 dream is still alive. We just need to beat N-Ireland one more time and hope Italy beats Serbia and Serbia ties with Slovenia.

[Chain Gang Soldier]

Originally Posted by steamed hams

I appreciate that Wales did well tonight considering their players aren't as good, but to say they were the better side is ridiculous.

If the performances and result were reversed, i.e. Wales played exactly how England had played tonight and won 1-0, people like you would be raving on about how fantastic Wales played. And vice versa, if England had played how Wales had played tonight and lost 1-0 you wouldn't have said England were the better side.

Bar a few good runs England were poor and created damn near nothing. They continually lost the ball in ball near the half way line and in the final third. Wales just looked much more fluent than England.

Also if reversed I would have said England were the better side and wales won 1 - 0 while England played Better I would say England were the better side on the night and deserved more.

[Kiz]

Originally Posted by united_07

wilshere?, jones?, smalling?, sturridge?, cleverley?, welbeck?, carroll?, mceachran?, morrison?

none of them are close to germany. keep wishing though

[Nitromalta]

Originally Posted by Chain Gang solider

lol at Nitromalta getting excited after dominating an easy group and saying they can compete with the likes of Germany and Spain.

Yet us English overrate evertyhing

Last August Italy vs Spain 2-1
Last Feburary Germany vs Italy 1-1

[BkB Hulk]

How's Malta going?

[united_07]

Originally Posted by Kiz

none of them are close to germany. keep wishing though

misread you're first post, thought you said that england's youth players arent that good, didnt realise you said they were that good compared to germany. Although i would argue wilshere is at that level, and also possibly jones and smalling.

[haribo]

Originally Posted by Nitromalta

yeah much better than England

World rankings suggests otherwise lolol.