Jim D

Pens it is........Italy are favourites surely.

Stupidity from Zidane. Deserved to go, what was he thinking?

Italy hit the crossbar from another corner!!! The French are looking very weak from set pieces.

Italy equalise, Materazzi, header from a corner. 1-1

World Cup on the whole has been spoilt by divers.

Agree but Materazzi did pull away and then Malouda fell over thin air, there wasn't any contact at all.

Have to say, shocking dive there by the French player. Again another instance of diving in the world cup.

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I agree that most footballers will "dive" now and then but Ronaldo has been consistently doing it both for the mancs and for his country. Its not to highlight England's excuse in going out, the reasons for that have been debated on here for the past few weeks and it was quite obvious the manager was to blame, end of story. I think what most people are emphasising with Ronaldo is that despite the stick and the reputation he has given himself for both the mancs and for his country is that he continues to dive. It seems to me he will go to any lengths to cheat in every game. OK we know Gerrard has dived recently and I certainly hope he cuts it out but Ronaldo like I said, has been consistently diving week in, week out. What he has been doing in this tournament has confirmed to many fans around the country that his diving at the mancs isn't a one off, unfortunately its a mentality he has himself and it continues while he plays for his country. I think the best term to describe him is a "serial diver". Which is a shame really because the lad is obviously talented. If he cut out that part of his game I think he would be a much better player than the one we see today. The feeling for Ronaldo and his antics hasn't just stopped there, we've now had German and Italian fans booing his every touch of the ball? Why? Are they booing him because of what happened with Rooney? I don't think so, why would Italian and German fans care about England and the English players? In some respects I am glad he is going to La Liga, the league suits a player like him, its an ideal environment where diving isn't frowned upon as much and players go down and get free kicks under the minimal of contact compared to the Premiership.

Erikkson is clueless, Lampard should of been taken off ages ago. Gerrard has been covering Lampards backside throughout this tournament.

Hargreaves has started well, made two good tackles on Figo but unfortunately the ref is falling for Figo's theatrics.

Fat Frank has had a terrible start, giving the ball away constantly.

Agree with all of that, it came clear tonight that Gerrard and Lampard cannot play together unless England play one up top. Hargreaves had a good game and complimented Fat Frank really well. Lampard though was s**** and kept having a pop on goal at first sight.

Beckham should of been dropped and the captaincy taken off him a long time ago. Not going to happen now, if McClaren has his way looks like Beckham will continue to be captain. David Beckham was never captain material and still isn't now.

Crouchy saves Erikkson's a***......

Exactly, it is criminal, that a manager, with the talent he has at his disposal throughout the whole team. Sets up his team to play s**** football and as a consequence we have to rely on one player, where infact this shouldn't be the case.

LOL! So has every other England player! If thats the case then none of the starting eleven would be playing by your logic. People should stop looking to pick on individual players to blame for England's lacklustre performances. Football is a team game and quite frankly the whole team has been s****. The person who is responsible for picking the team and the tactics is the manager. If England don't win this game, I feel certain players will get the stick but in fact all the blame should be put on the manager. That is Erikkson's problem, he plays a system such that he relies on Individual brilliance to win a game. You can't keep doing that, England don't play as a unit, their attacking play throughout has been awful. England certainly defend as a team but they don't attack as a team, they attack relying on individual players.

Yep! Erikkson is a clown!

This is a shocking performance so far from England!!!!!!! AWFUL! Terry just had to clear off the line. Can't believe its the same players out there we see week in, week out in the Premiership.

Again, Erikkson sets up England to play a rigid, solid and defensive mentality into his team. England's only two options so far have either been lumping it to Crouch or taking a pop from 25 yards out. With the calibre of players on the pitch, this England team should be playing much better football. Haven't seen one decent move yet, where the players are running off the ball, passing it, in a flowing move. Erikkson would be better off managing Italy.

Strange game, England have dominated, but they have not controlled it apart from the first 15 mins. Defensively they have looked shaky, Neville and Cole have had ok games but obviously lack match fitness. Lampard has been England's worst player, hardly in the game and Gerrard is carrying the centre of midfield at the moment.

Lampard is non-existent, Gerrard been running the show. Haven't seen him on the ball for the past 15mins.

It doesn't end there...... Rafa shows the players how it is done. Rafa

Names that come to mind: Rush Neal Best Cantona and one that some people have missed out.............Gerrard! Didn't go in 98, got injured in 02, so this is Gerrard's first World Cup.