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Chiellini said our bench could get to the final of the Euros and I’d say that’s pretty spot on, minus our sub centre backs and goalkeeper. Being able to take a lot of key players off around the 60 minute mark against Ukraine was massive benefit to us. Against Denmark, we were in complete...

Mount’s work rate off the ball is what puts him above Grealish and Foden in that 10 role. His role is massive today in stifling Jorginho. Kane will also have to drop off and help out too I imagine - but he also needs to keep tabs on Bonucci who has an impressive range of passing for a centre...

I'm confident that Mount will do a good job of nullifying Jorginho and that is key because we don't want to have a repeat performance of 2012 where Pirlo controlled everything from deep. Italy/Spain have the best midfield in the competition, but I am confident we can nullify them.

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Saka will need to put a lot of pressure on the Emerson/Chiellini channel, the former who is half the player Spinazzola who didn't really make an impact against Spain. Saka will play a key defensive role too.

It's going to be a tough game, but I back us to win the game. Personally, I feel like we have the defence to keep Italy at arms length as Austria did and our double pivot is key to this as Rice will slot in for Shaw when he attacks and Phillips will need to harass Veratti when he's on the ball...

Not a huge fan of signing Bright if some of the things he’s done in the past are true i.e. skipping training and team meetings. That said, we’ll probably get to sign him on a cheap contract, he’s 23 and I’m hoping Robins can sort him out. Hoping it works out, but not very optimistic about this.

In a minority here, but England. The reality is that if we got promoted, we’d probably get relegated straight away whereas winning the Euros would immortalise a group of players. If we were guaranteed to stay in the top flight for 30+ years like last time, that might change my thinking. The...

Good signing, happy with that!

With the World Cup being next year, it’s very good for momentum and then the following Euros in 2024. Looking at the squad, most of them will be around for the next 6-10 years at least. The only area of ‘concern’ we have is developing future world class central defenders.

I think their manager making all those subs early prevented the game from being ended within 90 minutes. It was also a shrewd move from Southgate to make the one sub in normal time. We were in complete control in extra time and that was epitomised by the way we just kept the ball for a few...

We could caveat that, but anyone watching the game would have felt we had the beating of Denmark from around the 70th minute. They defended well, but we passed on 2-3 really good attacking opportunities when we were 2-1 up. It’s an academic point to make, but I believe we would have scored...

The stattos at Goldman Sachs reckon we have a 58% chance of winning and are predicting England to win in extra time. They predicted 2-1 v Denmark and the same for Sunday. I have had a few disagreements with mates on this, but Italy haven’t looked that good in the knockout stages. Their...

I think that’s because it hasn’t been much of a rivalry for them. We beat them for the first time since 1966 in that tie. The odd friendly win or qualification humiliation doesn’t make up for beating you in knockout games. The reaction in Germany has been that the loss hurt them a lot. If we...

Personally, I think we’ll play 3-4-3 for the final. Walker’s recovery runs will be key to counter their counter attacking threat. Then again, is Trippier needed to counter the attacking threat down the left hand flank now Spinazzola is injured?

So no one to make us sit up and worry about. They beat us back in 2020. No fans present, a rotated squad and a red card after 30 minutes. The Danes are the ‘people’s team’ with everything they’ve gone through as a team. You have to admire how they’ve bounced back from Eriksen incident, but...

Who have Denmark beaten to get to this stage? Peter Schmeichel calling Denmark the favourites must’ve been a joke. Frankly, if we approach the game as we have the others, we ought to win. Denmark will have long range shots and will be a set piece threat. 2-0 England.

I thought it was quite an arrogant response. German arrogance going into the tie with us went well for them...

I’d be happy if they were our 4 striking options. Waghorn will have to prove that last season was a blip, but the rest of those strikers have proved they can perform at Championship level. Walker and Godden had a lot to work through last season with injury/illness. As for Gyo, had a v promising...

Every year the Euros/World Cup comes and goes, I always try to get England tickets and the prices are ridiculous. I really want to go to Euro 2024 to Germany, like I went to France in 2016, but this time I want to watch England play their games. The only way to achieve this goal is join the...