Johan Elshitter...

Hipster_Nebula wrote:Ibrahimovic actually took the piss out of England at times, his strength holding the ball up is on another level.

Hipster_Nebula wrote:course he was... yawn...

Hipster_Nebula wrote:Why isn't there a report to moderators facility on here?

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has often been accused by his critics for failing to shine when push comes to shove on the international scene, but there can be no doubt that it was his team-mates who dragged him down as Sweden were sent crashing out of Euro 2012 by England.

After scoring against Ukraine, Ibrahimovic also revealed his tremendous potential against England, pushing his team forward in difficult circumstances. He often found himself holding off up to four defenders to create space for his team-mates, who struggled to support him whenever the Swedes counter-attacked.

Ibrahimovic was left to create miracles on his own up front, and Sweden are now rightfully out of the Euros. One man cannot carry 10 others, and the simple truth is that Sweden had the worst defence in the tournament and a midfield very short of pace and creativity.

When Andy Carroll put England ahead in the 23rd minute, it was the eighth time in the last nine matches that Sweden had conceded a goal from a header, a statistic underlining the problems Erik Hamren has faced while constructing his back line.

Hamren will certainly have to take his share of the blame for the disappointing exit. He aimed to revolutionise Sweden into a much more attack-minded team than had been seen under predecessor Lars Lagerback.

The current boss demanded that Sweden dominate possession, but the tournament proved that the squad lack the technical quality to control a game against good opposition. The midfield didn't have the talent or craft to support Ibrahimovic and Markus Rosenberg (against Ukraine) and Johan Elmander (versus England), and the Milan star suffered massively as a result.

The Swedes were left to put all their eggs in Ibrahimovic's basket. But despite providing plenty of examples of why he is one of the best players in the world, not even the powerful striker's enormous talent could rescue Sweden from crashing out of Euro 2012.

Hipster_Nebula wrote:

be honest whoever i singled out from the sweden team you'd have said was "shite" because thats your act and it's tiresome.

Sluffy wrote:I don't really mind being called names on an internet footy forum - after all I'll never ever have to meet the people who are slinging them my way but I can imagine that if every time I posted some one was calling me names - even if it was meant in fun - that sooner or later you get to the point where it starts to get boring, monotonous and repetitive and does start to spoil your fun of coming on to the forum.

At the end of the day throwing never ending abuse about is not what our forum is about.

It might be a good idea for everyone - including people who simply just want to read the threads - if we take a little break from the 'you're a knob, you're a bellend' type posts for a little while perhaps please.

I don't want stop anyone’s fun but I also want to protect people's enjoyment of the site and so I'm simply asking for everyone’s help to try and strike the right balance.

Hope that seems fair to everyone and that everybody can learn to accept other people's opinions from now on without the need to always lob a bit of abuse their way.

Thanks.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Sluffy wrote:I don't really mind being called names on an internet footy forum - after all I'll never ever have to meet the people who are slinging them my way but I can imagine that if every time I posted some one was calling me names - even if it was meant in fun - that sooner or later you get to the point where it starts to get boring, monotonous and repetitive and does start to spoil your fun of coming on to the forum.

At the end of the day throwing never ending abuse about is not what our forum is about.

It might be a good idea for everyone - including people who simply just want to read the threads - if we take a little break from the 'you're a knob, you're a bellend' type posts for a little while perhaps please.

I don't want stop anyone’s fun but I also want to protect people's enjoyment of the site and so I'm simply asking for everyone’s help to try and strike the right balance.

Hope that seems fair to everyone and that everybody can learn to accept other people's opinions from now on without the need to always lob a bit of abuse their way.

Thanks.

I have been calling Hipster a bellend for about 4 years or so. I don't believe for a minute he gives a toss - if he did why would he post here?

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Hipster_Nebula wrote:

be honest whoever i singled out from the sweden team you'd have said was "shite" because thats your act and it's tiresome.

Ironic. You don't think it's a little strange to come on a forum used by mainly English people to go on about a Swedish player? You've made your hatred of the English players perfectly clear and I get that, but to start banging on about the Swedish player as though he's Messi is just WUMming of the highest order.

And I'll tell you what I tire of, people threatening to leave football forums. If you're going to leave then leave, don't announce it to the world. You're not Chris Amos.