[Rob Ban Fan]

Originally Posted by El Capitano Gatisto Shit teams pack the box all the time to frustrate better sides. It's backs against the wall. It is stupid, in fact, because teams with England's quality would be much better playing their own game instead of letting France come onto them. I hate the sitting back in your own box form of defending, ever since the day Davor Suker stuck one in against us in the 7th minute of injury time in a Euro 2000 qualifier, and when we threw away a lead in the last minute against Macedonia in the same group. Fortunately, we learned our lesson. England have to do the same now, or else they'll be fucked when they come up against other quality sides in the knock out stages.

I agree, thats why I think it was stupid to take Scholes off because he was winning the ball for us and he was passing well. And I said the exact same thing, we should be playing our game. But the defence was holding up, Henry and Trezeguet were frustrated, their heads were dropping, they were reduced to trying hopeless shots from far out. Until that freekick.

Its just shitty when stuff like that happens.

But i agree with you about having people on the post too. I always cack it when Portsmouth do that.