Whitey Grandad

He failed at the last hurdle. Probably because he was up against a much better team than any he had faced earlier.

Italy had made five substitutions in 96 minutes. We had made two, Henderson and Sako, and from what I saw they disrupted what little rhythm and purpose we had at the time. Kane never got a single touch in their penalty area. As others have said, Southgate sets us up to keep things tight. Scoring goals is a bonus if they happen.

Agreed. Best game of the tournament? And the worst?

Yep. Losing the toss to take the first penalty was unfortunate. Not changing the list of takers in the light of the developing situation was a huge mistake. Neither of the late substitutes looked confident but when Rashford stepped up the balance was in our favour. He was looking at the goalkeeper and not the ball when he kicked it.

Shame we never got to see the best in him. Or perhaps we did?

Who exactly are BSC Young Boys? Are they some Thai kick-boxing team?

Yeah, we did well to keep them down to one goal.

Their keeper didn’t have a save to make (apart from the penalties).

No mention of VAR tonight. How refreshing.

It didn’t happen in my day but that was a long while ago and at a much lower level. I have just looked up the procedure “Each team is responsible for selecting from the eligible players the order in which they will take the kicks. The referee is not informed of the order.”

Southgate on the BBC just now said that the penalty takers were down to him. They had been practising them in training and he decided who should take them.

Then what was the point of those two last minute substitutes? They can only have been thrown on in order to take penalties.

Meh, it’s only a game.

It might have been that Southgate decided what the order should be.

Rashford effectively missed an open goal.

To be honest I think he would have been a better team player that Sterling.

What is the point of playing for penalties most of the game if you’re not prepared for them?

How can a team miss three penalties out of five? I blame the manager. What was the point of those last two substitutions?

At least we won’t have to put up with another bank holiday 🤗

If only we had given it a real go we might have got something out of this. We all know where this is going, don’t we?

My thoughts too. Doesn’t know when to pass the ball.

Some very loose passes going on out there.

It’s been coming.

Well that was unexpected 😳

I saw a map comparing touches for Pickford and Banks. Banks never left his goal area.