Football! Plenty of Liverpool players on show tonight (unfortunately), Henderson, Shelvey, Wisdom and Robinson have all travelled for England, and Borini has also travelled for Italy. The two meet tonight at 7:30, while Israel take on Norway in a truly mouthwatering game, who are also in the same group. Englands fixtures: England v Italy 1930 BST England v Norway 1700 BST Israel v England 1700 BST Alternatively, in the only other group, Spain, Germany, Russia and Holland all contest to go through to the Semi finals. All games are player at either 1930 BST and 1700 BST. Looking further down the fixture list I'm now confused as **** Greece, Portugal and Czech Republic are all already in the semis, with only the winner of Group B to go through. .... Football!
on Sky isnt it? not sure i can be assed for a stream just for an England game as don't have SS. hope the lads do well esp Robinson and Henderson, i bet all the build up has been about Zaha. hopefully Borini can show some form need him on fire for start of next season, also worryingly Shelvey wont hack him to pieces or we will be even more fecked for strikers for next season lol.
England U21: Butland, Clyne, Dawson, Caulker, Robinson, Henderson, Lowe, Redmond, Shelvey, Sordell, Wickham. Subs: Steele, Smith, Wisdom, Lees, Chalobah, McEachran, Zaha, Lansbury, Delfouneso, Rudd. Italy U21: Bardi, Donati, Bianchetti, Caldirola, Biraghi, Florenzi, Marrone, Verratti, Insigne, Borini, Immobile. Subs: Colombi, Capuano, Gabbiadini, Destro, Sansone, Bertolacci, Paloschi, Saponara, Regini, Rossi, Crimi, Leali.
1902: Text from Muppetfinder General in time and space: "Borini up front for Italy, guaranteed England win. a clueless buy by a clueless manager, a signing like this emphasises what a no mark Brendan Rodgers is, Have you seen his win percentage? At least Roy Hodgson had actually done something in his career."
1906: Letter written in crayon from Jim, an Arsenal fan from Willow class in North London: "Henderson 20m "
England are playing at Broomfield Stadium tonight, a 14,413-seat stadium which is the home of Hapoel Tel Aviv, Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Sound familiar? Thought not.
1921: Jordan Henderson captains England tonight, he explains to Not606 what an honour it is: "When t'gaffer told me I was over the moon like, my family back home will be proper proud. We 'ave a good bunch of lads 'ere, if we play well we could win. They are good players, hopefully we'll play good, because we're good players." "Italy are a good team, which is surprising 'cause all their players sounds like fancy ice creams, like. I know Fabyo well, he's a good lad and he's got much quality"
1926: Both teams are on the pitch, the national anthem of Italy plays. The Italian fans inside the ground sing the Cornetto song with immense pride.
1928: And now the England national anthem rings around the stadium, the England players with their heads held high, sing along. Ten of the eleven players getting the lyrics wrong.
1939: Immobile stretches England's defence for the second time. Strangely not living up to his name. First Immobile pun.
1941: Nervy start by Engurrlend, Italy putting pressure on the England defence with a few dangerous balls in to the box.
1943: Scare for England. Clyne forgets which team he plays for and headers the ball beyond unrushing keeper Jack Butland, fortunately he remembers keepers are teammates even though they wear a different colour strip, he gets back and puts the ball out for a corner.
1949: Redmond plays a ball in behind the Italian defence for Shelvey to chase. Unfortunately his touch is worse than his tackle and the balls bounces out for a goal kick. Better play from England, which isn't saying much.
1953: Insigne goes close to an opener, the ball gets played in behind the England defence, Butland manages to put off the Italian striker enough for him to put over from a tight angle.
1959: Good play by England, the ball is worked towards Sordell from a pacey ball by Shelvey, the ball is played back to Jason Lowe who shoots narrowly wide from 25 yards. Claims for a corner are waved away.
Not606 Chief publisher Phil Mcnutly: "Shelvey, Henderson and Robinson are all woefully poor players, which ultimately is showing in this England teams performance. They're letting there country and there club down, again showing that Liverpool FC are going backwards with having players like these three on their books. Ross Barkley could really add some flair to this painfully dull England team." "Borini is ****."
