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The Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2012 campaign on the field was forgettable. Three losses in three game tells you all you need to know, as well as negative tactics and just plain bad football. One thing that the Irish won...read more »

England’s exit from Euro 2012 at the all too familiar quarter final stage posed an intriguing question. What must change for the national side to compete at major tournaments? As Alessandro Diamanti stroked home the decisive penalty to send Italy into...read more »

One of the more memorable images of England’s Euro 2012 campaign will surely be an unfit Rooney, charging forward, completely running out of steam and giving the ball away. After chasing the Italians across the pitch for 120 minutes, the...read more »

Well, what do you know: England were knocked out at the quarter-final stage of a major football tournament after losing on penalties to Italy last Sunday. This was despite all the players singing the English National Anthem. I thought that...read more »

Football fans: I have, for you confection, one hell of a question. To coincide with the Euros, the good folks at Samsung have launched the ‘because it matters’ campaign. It’s your opportunity to get you voice heard and tell the...read more »

This morning England fans all over the country have woken up with the post match blues from last night.  A lot of the blame seems to be aimed at Cole and Young for missing penalties and I couldn’t disagree with this more. ...read more »

Having slowly regenerated some train of thought following last night’s heartache, we can now gradually begin to assess the team’s overall performance. Leading up to the tournament, this much-maligned England side was predominantly written off. Despite a successful qualifying group and...read more »

How about this for a question? When it comes down to it, in footballing terms, what matters to you most? Samsung have raised the question and they’ve offered great selection of prizes to those who come up with intriguing/inventive/entertaining answers....read more »

We keep hearing how we haven’t had to settle for a 0-0 draw as of yet in this year’s Euros. Whilst it’s hardly been a deluge of free-flowing attacking football (with Spain’s effective tippy-tappy football hardly lighting up the Stadium’s...read more »

Courtesy of Sweden beating France 2-0, England now find themselves set for a quarterfinal tie against Italy. Whilst this looks a lot more balanced than if we were to play Spain I’d like to turn your attention towards comments made...read more »