Euro 2020

[sycophantia]

Well this second half is a bit grim, no movement, poor passing, no pace. We looked decent at times in the first half. Defensively we look all over the place.

 

[Quirkafleeg]

Obviously your response will be “iT’s OnLy a LOaN”, but either way…

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As you know we only deal in loans with a view to permanent. Chelsea arent going to sell him any time soon.

 

[AndyWolves]

It is about managing expectations. Win 5 0 tonight and the loons think we are champions already. Stay a bit under the radar until knockouts . I do understand that.

Are you saying Southgate has actively decided to not win by more goals?

 

[Quirkafleeg]

Who do we play if it finishes like this?

France, Germany or Portugal.

 

[sycophantia]

Who do we play if it finishes like this?

Think its either, France, Germany or Portugal

 

[jd1981]

Reality is think both teams have left a bit in the tank both know they’re through.

 

[Throbber3]

Are you saying Southgate has actively decided to not win by more goals?

No I think he has chosen to manage the game 1 0 and that’s fine. No goals conceded, group winners . Southgate will feel vindicated. Now it’s knockout and anything can happen.

 

[Carrotdude]

Boring as fuck. Can’t wait to get smashed in the next round, I’m sure it was worth it Gareth.

 

[Jack Regan]

First 20 minutes was ok, the rest has been shite.

You'd think any of France, Germany or Portugal would fancy turning us over. The case could be made the same for us with a home crowd if its the Germans or Portuguese, as both have looked ropey at times so far.

 

[PuntsWolf]

We have a naturally defensive manager, who is worried about his back 4 so sets his side up accordingly and when we have a lead his first priority is to shut the game down. Meanwhile we probably have the best offensive talent in 20 years and depth wise probably longer than that

Indeed. But…

John Stones title winner, CL finalist, part of a team with a ridiculous defensive record.

Maguire part of a team that finished second. Their best defender by a mile.

The same applies for Walker, Shaw and even Trippier.

What exactly do we want? Bar Italy and France, who else is much better at the back?

 

[Sniffer]

Not much to get excited about. Defence were good but the same problems going forward. Motm Walker.

Things to ponder. Grealish not as effective in the middle. Phillips looks better as the sole holding midfielder, pub quality where he was first half.

 

[Deano]

We are going out on Tuesday.

 

[jd1981]

Scotland result just highlights how much they raise their game for England. Piss poor effort really considering two games were at home.

 

[jd1981]

Yep fully expect the root and branch dissection when we go out next week.

 

[WolfMan]

Same England for the last few years struggle to beat the lesser teams and then as soon as we play a half decent team we'll be defending for our lives and go out in a narrow loss.

 

[Throbber3]

We are going out on Tuesday.

We have a 50/50 chance on paper but 45k fans for the first time. No opposition will fancy that at all. Foden to come back, Kane will surely come good as you don’t win Golden boots if you’re shit, and defensively looking as solid as at any time in the last four tournaments. I am not a Southgate super fan but England have achieved what was expected so far.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Holden boots? Is this some new Australian award?

 

[Deano]

We have a 50/50 chance on paper but 45k fans for the first time. No opposition will fancy that at all. Foden to come back, Kane will surely come good as you don’t win Holden boots if you’re shit, and defensively looking as solid as at any time in the last four tournaments. I am not a Southgate super fan but England have achieved what was expected so far.

They have achieved qualification as group winners which you'd expect with the players we have available to us compared with the other teams in the group but look far from convincing. I'd be amazed if we beat a team like Germany on any recent evidence. Chances are we are going out in a week's time.

 

[jd1981]

I’m looking forward to listening to how Jim White will spin this in the morning.

 

[Lupo]

I’m looking forward to listening to how Jim White will spin this in the morning.

Would have won had Billy Dalglish not tested positive for Covid