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So do I and it is not just because we are no good at them, the better team does not always win its a lottery.

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Well, the game needs to be decided. And if it's a lottery, why are the Germans so bloody good at it? Take yesterday's game. All German penalties were clinical.

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It's all to do with self belief rather than ability over 90 mins, if FIFA really wanted exciting games they would give the FOURTH referee a job, perhaps he could count the times each goalkeeper touched the ball and award the match to the team that touched it least, this would encourage attacking play and discourage backpassing, also you would not get a Italia 90 situation where Argentina played for penalties all the way to the final.

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Do you think that someone needs to tell the NOTW that england were actually knocked out? :p:

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Nothing like a bit of denial!

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omg what noobs lol

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Interesting choice of ref given that we were at war with them only a few decades ago :scratch: Think Argentina and what comes to mind? Cows. Specifically, corned beef and Margaret Thatcher. Hmmm.

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Cos we would be crap at that too

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goicochea > all :)

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rooney was a thug, for stamping on someones nuts.

who the hell does he think he is?

I hope he gets heavily fined.

ik

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Are you blind? You really think he stamped on him on purpose?

No point arguing with you i guess, the replays show it was an accident to me.

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Not blind, Scottish ;)

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Exactly :tu:

Mind you, the fun starts in earnest in 6 weeks time ;)

http://www.england2008.co.uk/euro_20...roup_b_qua.htm

and

http://www.england2008.co.uk/euro_20...ng_group_d.htm


Revenge is a dish best served cold. ;) :D

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i can remember benoit cauet getting a much better shot on someone once during a milan derby, but i personally cannot see how anyone can say it was an accident.

well, okay, standing on his nuts was probably an accident, but stamping on him certainly wasn't.

it was funny really, i was just about to praise him for staying on his feet under numerous heavy challenges while some players went down when looked at

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It looked to me that it happened accidentally when Rooney tried to extricate himself from the tangle of the other two players.

The problem is that Rooney has a temper and thinks he can get away with violence to other players as well as dissent to the referee. When he returned to the England camp after his scan, he is reputed to have said "The big man is back", but sadly some of his tantrum-like behaviour demonstrates that he is still a spoilt child. Pushing Ronaldo in front of the referee and expecting not to get a red card is the height of arrogance.

England played better without him. It's a pity that Lennon wasn't on from the start because if the team had played like that from the beginning of the match England might have won.

Our team has too many divas and stars and regretably not enough players. Maybe next time the World cup emerges we will actually have a team that wants to score goals without getting red cards but by using superior football skills and a lot more maturity and common sense.