Rio Ferdinand reckons that where England fell short was the lack of

[Ashberto]

Frank Lampard. :-|

Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney - England's specialists in failure, but their mates want to keep sticking with them.

[Herr Floyd - PEGIDA]

Im in stitches here. Keep up the good work son.

[Classic Jorge]

He's right though, the possession stats for england were far too high, they desperately needed a midfielder who couldn't pass water.

[Peter]

To f**k off as well. I am all for a chap holding the midfield together but he just doesnt want the ball enough. He will only take it in space and almost always wants to hit a long ball. I get annoyed just watching him.

Thought england did ok overall. Just that problem down one flank and falling asleep defensively a couple of times.

[Supermac1976]

[the splendor of antigone]

Pirlo showed just how **** he actually is in that role. Gulf in class.

[Peter]

Chasing the game in the last half hour is a lot to ask unfortunately.

[Alexism - Atheoist]

Really, a world class performance by a world class performer on the world's stage.

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/referee-bjorn-kuipers-trip ped-steven-gerrard-during-england-v-italy-vine/ (http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/referee-bjorn-kuipers-tripped-steven-gerrard-during-england-v-italy-vine/)

[the splendor of antigone]

Lad's playing with the same skates as Wilshere these days

[Alexism - Atheoist]

[Herr Floyd - PEGIDA]

[the splendor of antigone]

You haven't been properly applauded for that effort yet imo

Here:

:hehe: :clap: :hehe: :clap:

[Bergkamp's Brain]

[Supermac1976]

[Bergkamp's Brain]

[Classic Jorge]

Mind you, Jordan Henderson was so anonymous you would think he has a big future in international espionage.

[Peter]

Was that they had nothing left in the last half hour.

And that gerrard is actually ****.

[Classic Jorge]

This could be forgiven if he was diligently providing defensive cover for baines but he was the source of most of the LHS problems too.

He's basically only there because of the paucity of alternatives, still it saves Roy a tough decision.

[Ben.]

Apparently the fact that he has spent his entire career conceding possession with speculative cross field balls and shots from 35 yards makes him perfect for this.

[Bergkamp's Brain]

Which our players are good at but it is limited by design. When there is a need to improvise or do something a little different, the players either can't or, if they try, they get singled out for criticism

[Ashberto]

At least Sterling's early punt went close.