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I agree that it would have probably have been better to have started either Saka or Sancho. An interesting stat from the game was our passing completion in the final was 74.9%. This was about 10% below our average for our tournament so it’s entirely possible that the team lost its composure...

We limited Italy to low quality chances throughout and were quite comfortable. However, our transition play was non existent. So we were defending as if it were the final 5 minutes for around 65 minutes and there’s examples of Rice, Maguire, Phillips and Walker punting the ball down field and...

The Athletic has two really good articles on the final. To summarise very basically, we passed up too many opportunities to counter attack, we defended really well until we went to 4-3-3. England ‘controlled the game without the ball’ was a quote from a coach from Dortmund. From the Telegraph...

The transfer window isn’t shut and we clearly haven’t completed our business yet. Our strikers look like a strong part of our team and I’m sure we’ll look to strengthen the defence and find a replacement for Matty James too. A lower to mid table finish will do for me. I don’t think we’ll get...

I don’t think he would, unlike COH, he’d get shrugged off the ball a lot easier without drawing fouls either. I like Allen, he’s good at passing and pressing. He’s not really a CAM, but also doesn’t look like he would fit in as a CM in our system. He’d be a very good signing for a League 1...

Thank you for the information you’ve provided previously! Just out of curiosity, how much is it for a normal away game? I agree that the higher caps you have, you should get to go to games. It is more or less the same principle as buying a season ticket at Cov. If we get a big away tie against...

Disagree. Besides, he clearly isn’t going to be a starter. Our budget will be the approximately the 4th lowest in the division, there won’t really be better alternatives for that role for where we’re at now. We still have gaps to fill in defence and central midfield. Although I’m hoping Rose...

Why the negativity towards Shipley? He scored the same amount of goals as COH in 19-20 less games. He’s a good role player and he ended last season really positively!

Kane will be able to play to a high standard up to to 34 or 35 you’d think. Hope DCL can kick on to the next level as he’s an out and out striker. We still have Greenwood and Rashford to develop and mature too as well as some younger talent still in their teens. There’s plenty of development...

The host nation has not faired well in recent European Championships history. Only Spain and France in 1964 and 1984 has won the tournament as hosts. Portugal, France and now England (technically we weren’t) have lost in the finals as hosts. We’re in good shape going into Qatar 2022. For all...

Penalty shootouts favour the away team? Have you got a source for that?

Sterling has missed more penalties than he’s scored and Grealish isn’t a penalty take for Villa. Sancho hasn’t missed and Rashford has scored 13 of 15 penalties (not sure if that includes last night). Saka was a surprise choice, especially for the 5th and final penalty. But, if he’s scoring...

There’s no shame in losing to the best team of the tournament so far. Mancini is one of the best managers in international football too. The mentality has got to be ‘we’ll get to the final of the next tournament’. Under Lowe, Germany got to a final in 2008 and two semi finals before winning the...

That’s a pretty harsh assessment. This is a young team and they got beat by more experienced team. By and large, we managed their threats well, and in the end we were undone by a fortunate goal. In fairness to you, Italy were the better team with more possession and shots than us and it felt...

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...