England Friendly! (2 Viewers)

stupot07 · 2026-03-31T20:15:51+0100

He's a good player but fuck me the pundits don't half overhype Mainoo.

alexccfc99 · 2026-03-31T20:15:55+0100

Southgate was limited tactically but I loved him and I loved his squad

I don’t really feel much with this management team and set of players (aside from Kane)

Nick · 2026-03-31T20:20:12+0100

This is boring

Sky_Blue_Daz · 2026-03-31T20:24:22+0100

This may be a tournament too far for England , not a world class striker around when Kane retires.

rob9872 · 2026-03-31T20:24:57+0100

I think it's a decent game. I also think Japan are a very underrated team and will do well in the WC

chiefdave · 2026-03-31T20:29:05+0100

Nick said:
This is boring

You've got an entire tournament to enjoy in the summer

Wyken Sky Blue · 2026-03-31T20:32:31+0100

Poor passing from England, pretty uninspiring

Japan have looked great, bit of a wake up call really

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Wyken Sky Blue · 2026-03-31T20:33:10+0100

Sky_Blue_Daz said:
This may be a tournament too far for England , not a world class striker around when Kane retires.

Yet in the 90s we had an abundance! Funny how football works over time

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ptr · 2026-03-31T20:39:53+0100

Wyken Sky Blue said:
Yet in the 90s we had an abundance! Funny how football works over time

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All academies play with one striker now. We have quite literally reduced the number of strikers coming through by half to create too many of these forward/wingers/10s that are ‘comfortable on ball’ which translates to ‘too scared to fucking lose the ball’

Wyken Sky Blue · 2026-03-31T20:55:26+0100

ptr said:
All academies play with one striker now. We have quite literally reduced the number of strikers coming through by half to create too many of these forward/wingers/10s that are ‘comfortable on ball’ which translates to ‘too scared to fucking lose the ball’

Yeah I get that because of the way football has been played

This season for the first in a long time we have seen more set pieces, balls in the box, long throws which needs proper old fashioned number 9s to get on the end of them!

Will be some time before we see Kane's replacement at a similar level

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SBAndy · 2026-03-31T20:58:49+0100

Wyken Sky Blue said:
Yeah I get that because of the way football has been played

This season for the first in a long time we have seen more set pieces, balls in the box, long throws which needs proper old fashioned number 9s to get on the end of them!

Will be some time before we see Kane's replacement at a similar level

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Thought it was going to be Liam Delap until this flop of a season he’s had.

Wyken Sky Blue · 2026-03-31T21:00:16+0100

SBAndy said:
Thought it was going to be Liam Delap until this flop of a season he’s had.

Me too to be fair but not even close!

Next one is probably someone we haven't even heard of yet

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Ccfcisparks · 2026-03-31T21:04:19+0100

I do wonder if we have a bad tournament and Tuchel leaves could Lampard get approached before we start next year?

If he goes and Howe leaves Newcastle like i’d expect i’d like us to go for him. Plays a formation and system similar to ours

Wyken Sky Blue · 2026-03-31T21:06:35+0100

Ccfcisparks said:
I do wonder if we have a bad tournament and Tuchel leaves could Lampard get approached before we start next year?

If he goes and Howe leaves Newcastle like i’d expect i’d like us to go for him. Plays a formation and system similar to ours

It's baffling why we gave Tuchel a new contact

He has one objective, win the World Cup!

Now he's got another couple of years, I hate to think it but wonder if his motivation has dropped a bit

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Nick · 2026-03-31T21:13:54+0100

Hydration breaks?

Macca · 2026-03-31T21:14:47+0100

Overcoached characterless clones

mmttww · 2026-03-31T21:26:01+0100

Macca said:
Overcoached characterless clones

if I could like this more than once, I would.

SBAndy · 2026-03-31T21:28:29+0100

Is Ezri Konsa actually any good?

Macca · 2026-03-31T21:45:56+0100

Everytime I watch England I'm amazed how uncomfortable a bunch of people who kick footballs all week look with the ball

Paul Anthony · 2026-03-31T21:54:16+0100

Fair play to Japan, they looked a decent side and deserved the win. Can see them doing relatively well at the World Cup.

England meanwhile, looked like about what you'd expect for a late in the season friendly with not much on the line and key players missing. Didn't create enough, wasted what we did create. Passing was garbage, defending wasn't great. No real goal threat at all.

viridisman · 2026-03-31T21:54:49+0100

One injury to Kane, and it's headless chicken time.

David O'Day · 2026-03-31T21:55:51+0100

Nick said:
Hydration breaks?

yeah, they explained that as they will have them in the world cup Tuchel asked for them to be in the warm up games to make them as like the real games as possible.

oscillatewildly · 2026-03-31T22:00:23+0100

So that's why Tats can't get in the squad!
Fair play (genuinely - No shambolic feigning of injury or other blatant time wasting tactics) to Japan.
They will be good value at the tournament.

Ccfcisparks · 2026-03-31T22:02:01+0100

Did any of our regular England goers on here boo Ben White

@CJ_covblaze

oscillatewildly · 2026-03-31T22:22:24+0100

Let's be honest - 50% of anyone who wore a white shirt (on the pitch) this evening won't be anywhere near that plane leaving for North America in a couple of months time.
Morgan Rogers and Jarrod Bowen as celebrity baggage handlers maybe but that's as close as they will get.

Ccfcisparks · 2026-03-31T22:23:32+0100

oscillatewildly said:
Let's be honest - 50% of anyone who wore a white shirt (on the pitch) this evening won't be anywhere near that plane leaving for North America in a couple of months time.
Morgan Rogers and Jarrod Bowen as celebrity baggage handlers maybe but that's as close as they will get.

Morgan Rogers will 100% go and it wouldn’t surprise me if he started

Mcbean · 2026-03-31T23:05:55+0100

Italy Bosnia was exciting ! Some great pens

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