FlyingLotus
Midfield
They were the better side and deserved to win but didn’t have many clear cut chances - we had some decent periods too. Being schooled implies that they thrashed us.Did you watch the match?
They took the piss mate
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They were the better side and deserved to win but didn’t have many clear cut chances - we had some decent periods too. Being schooled implies that they thrashed us.Did you watch the match?
They took the piss mate
Id have been gutted if I was an Italian and lost that mind
You’re creating your own argument thereHe's got lucky all tournament. If Portugal or France had finished second we have been knocked out ages ago and then we got massively lucky playing Ukraine and Denmark to get to the final. Even my gran could've managed us past those two
Not schooled as in Jack Ross was a great manager for us? We were deservedly beaten, just so happened we were lucky it got to penalties
You’re creating your own argument there![]()
Took the piss but failed to win in 120 minutesDid you watch the match?
They took the piss mate
Pics?I remember the SSN yellow ticker saying Mancini wanted the Sunderland job, years ago. I think when we appointed Bruce![]()
I'm not a Southgate hater but it was clear from about 30 mins on that Italy were likely to score.
Football is all about momentum and pressure and we sat back Hoping for 1-0 and allowed Italy to take control.
With our young squad we were always on the back foot to win by penalties.
It was a performance where we were to frightened to lose to push on to get a win.
Tell me what's been good about Sunderland over the past five years ya muppet.correct. He's got nothing good to say about SAFC either. Complete arsehole.
While you are correct Italy probably had the strongest team in the tournament. Their midfielders were excellent as were Chiesa and Insigne. Their CB's were awesome last night. However, other than their scruffy goal Pickford had one real save to make from Chiesa - we were better first half, they were better 2nd and the extra time was pretty even. If we had won on penalties no one would have said it was a travesty of justice.To be fair either Southgate got the 2nd half onwards wrong or Mancini got it right
Grow up man
Well done Roberto Mancini.
England, and Sunderland, please take note.
This thread and many others remind how smug football fans are - if only we'd done what I thought, we'd be OK. We've had threads slagging off Southgate, Mount, Kane and no doubt others. We have ended up unbeaten in this tournament and got the semi-final in the WC. Its fine margins and England were certainly one of the best teams in the tournament. It reminds me of any time Sunderland lose you get smug posters like the OP coming on explaining to one and all the easy solutions that should be followed. If only the FA had someone like Chris advising them.
Hasnt learnt a thing from the World cup semi defeat.A paltry semi-final and final from two major tournaments. What an abysmal manager.
Are we just always going to claim that penalty shootouts are down to luck?Someone has been waiting for this moment to have a pop at a manager who has got it right 98% of the tournament, and even the 2% was unlucky due to pens.
The most incredible stat for me was that our main n striker Kane never touched the ball in their penalty area and never had a single shot. (According to Lineker)Wasn't just a penalty shootout, 34% possession, 19 shots v 6. We were lucky it made it to penalties
@chriswallace85 thought ndong was better than m’villa, says all you need to know
Would have thought that using players that can actually score a penalty would bring better results.Well done Roberto Mancini.
England, and Sunderland, please take note.