8 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

Makes me laugh how a few on here said they didn’t want Bellingham. He’s incredible. Clearly going to be one of the world’s best if not already and he’s 20. Sheesh.

🤭🤭🤭

Honestly it is kinda obvious though with Bellingham. 

 

 

Rashford should be dropped. His run of form is worse than two seasons ago, and that's saying something. Maguire looks like a clown as usual too. 

The shape of the team is just bizarre from Southgate. This doesn't even feel like experimenting, he's just playing players all over the place. Gallagher playing LM doesn't look right, it doesn't suit him to be so static, he likes to be everywhere. Alexander-Arnold looks uncomfortable playing RM. Tomori playing LB? what?

Another generation of talent gone to waste under a bang average coach.

 

Edited November 17, 20232 yr by Scott Harris

20 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Rashford should be dropped. His run of form is worse than two seasons ago, and that's saying something. Maguire looks like a clown as usual too. 

The shape of the team is just bizarre from Southgate. This doesn't even feel like experimenting, he's just playing players all over the place. Gallagher playing LM doesn't look right, it doesn't suit him to be so static, he likes to be everywhere. Alexander-Arnold looks uncomfortable playing RM. Tomori playing LB? what?

Another generation of talent gone to waste under a bang average coach.

 

Only England could have the team they do right now and employ the worst football coach. 

Since 1966 we've convinced ourselves that but for a succession of useless managers our conveyor belt of " Golden Generations " and world class players would have won trophy after trophy.

Just one final in all those decades, it's f**king pitiful.

Bring back Big Sam, 😂

Hearing Ukraine got robbed 

On 17/11/2023 at 21:23, Victor90 said:

Only England could have the team they do right now and employ the worst football coach. 

f**k me, that was dull last night and that's because the team mirrored Southgate's personality. Maguire FFS and Alexander-Arnold doing nothing in the midfield. Foden was good and Grealish did okay and good to see Palmer get some more minutes but why wait so late?

Only thing duller than England's performance was Dion Dublin's "punditry". He is so boring and more often than not, completely wrong too!!

 

10 hours ago, Nibs said:

f**k me, that was dull last night and that's because the team mirrored Southgate's personality. Maguire FFS and Alexander-Arnold doing nothing in the midfield. Foden was good and Grealish did okay and good to see Palmer get some more minutes but why wait so late?

Only thing duller than England's performance was Dion Dublin's "punditry". He is so boring and more often than not, completely wrong too!!

 

I thought Grealish was largely poor never saw him run down the left just cutting inside,  really thought Sterling would have been better on the left.

Interestingly Souness said something similar midweek, ask defenders who frightens them most, Grealish or Sterling, a non contest it was always Sterling.

Maguire often seemed the only one setting up attacks almost as though the midfield could not do it. 

Saka was dire in the the first half improving in the early part of the second half. 

Bizarre game mostly clueless with a few moments of the play coming together.

 

 

 

Over 30 minutes into the draw, but so far the drawing hasn't even started 

Edited December 2, 20232 yr by Valerie

Yes! A draw is being made! Spain to head group B, gosh how exciting!

21 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Yes! A draw is being made! Spain to head group B, gosh how exciting!

Rigged as usual.

Not one from us, thought Gusto might have been in with a shout. 

14 hours ago, SimonH said:

Not one from us, thought Gusto might have been in with a shout. 

ce 

That France squad doesn't look as scary on paper as it has done for a long while. It's still littered with quality but there was a time where it looked like they had 2 teams worth of players who would win the lot

Best thing on TV this summer? Seeing Kante playing competitive football again.

Ymlaen Deutschland!

It's nothing personal, just anti much of Fleet Street(yes, the press aren't based on Fleet St anymore) and slightly anti Westminster, though they have done some good to me over the years, thank you Westminster for that, blinking thank you very much. 

On 16/05/2024 at 21:51, SimonH said:

Not one from us, thought Gusto might have been in with a shout. 

Counting Kante & Giroud. Once a blue, always a blue.

I need to go to my local pub and enter the sweepstake. Whoever picks the winning team will win £100.

So Southgate does have balls, no call up for Rashford.

England look in big trouble at LB though. Shaw and Trippier are injured, Chilwell hasn't been picked and he's left all of the others out.

9 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

So Southgate does have balls, no call up for Rashford.

England look in big trouble at LB though. Shaw and Trippier are injured, Chilwell hasn't been picked and he's left all of the others out.

Thought Levi might have got a pick for that reason. It’s probably out of Southgate’s tactical scope but it does seem like he’s banking on having a centre half play on the left and potentially inverting Trent into midfield.

Gomes has played on the left for that scenario for Liverpool and Levi could have done it as well

18 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

So Southgate does have balls, no call up for Rashford.

England look in big trouble at LB though. Shaw and Trippier are injured, Chilwell hasn't been picked and he's left all of the others out.

Southgate is  going to use Rice as an inverted LB he picked that up from Poch.

On 20/05/2024 at 11:58, Boyne said:

I need to go to my local pub and enter the sweepstake. Whoever picks the winning team will win £100.

I drew Germany in the sweepstake. Not bad.

15 hours ago, Boyne said:

I drew Germany in the sweepstake. Not bad.

Will Havertz and Musiala continue to misfire or actually make it work this time?

England should have better chances in a shootout this time round with the likes of Kane, Palmer, Toney, Alexander-Arnold and Bellingham

Saka shouldn't be near the first 5

On 28/05/2024 at 16:05, AlexTommo said:

England should have better chances in a shootout this time round with the likes of Kane, Palmer, Toney, Alexander-Arnold and Bellingham

Saka shouldn't be near the first 5

And no Rashford missing from one of his dumb run-ups.

I really hope this is Southgates last tournament, regarless of your thoughts on if he should or shouldn't have done better with the squad England have now it feels like the end of the cycle with him. Bookies have England as favourites going in but given the near misses of the last 3 tournaments (and i count the last as a near miss as I think they win it if they beat france), I think another would begin to build a bit of a mental block within the squad under the same management.