England Friendly! (3 Viewers)

[stupot07]

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

 

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[alexccfc99]

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]

This is boring

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

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

 

[rob9872]

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

 

[chiefdave]

This is boring

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

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

Poor passing from England, pretty uninspiring

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

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[Wyken Sky Blue]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Hydration breaks?

 

[Macca]

Overcoached characterless clones

 

[mmttww]

Overcoached characterless clones

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

 

[SBAndy]

Is Ezri Konsa actually any good?

 

[Macca]

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

 

[Paul Anthony]

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]

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

 

[David O'Day]

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]

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]

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

@CJ_covblaze

 

[oscillatewildly]

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]

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]

Italy Bosnia was exciting ! Some great pens

 

[alexccfc99]

Both games were dire and have caused more issues than they were meant to solve, some of the fringe players have done absolutely nothing to stake a claim to be part of the travelling squad

Find the ostracization of game changes such as Bellingham and Trent absolutely baffling, he quite clearly fancies Reece James as his first choice which is fair enough but I am not having that you would take Ben White and Djed Spence over TAA

As long as Harry Kane stays fit and in form, England will have a chance of giving anyone a game this summer but the over reliance on him is alarming as is no obvious replacement coming through with HKs twilight years fast approaching - Should Kane god forbid pick up an injury in the back end of the season for Bayern then we genuinely needn't bother showing up

 

[Ian1779]

All about opinions I guess. I've always liked it and think all the home nations should sing it, but the others all boo it now. I guess it depends about views on the monarchy too, I'm firmly in the camp that wants to keep them, but aware that's unpopular on this board.

I don’t really have any feelings on the monarchy or the words, it’s just a dull anthem that isn’t remotely uplifting at all.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

All about opinions I guess. I've always liked it and think all the home nations should sing it, but the others all boo it now. I guess it depends about views on the monarchy too, I'm firmly in the camp that wants to keep them, but aware that's unpopular on this board.

I like that the cricket team sings Jerusalem instead, it’s more aesthetically pleasing for me anyway but it’s also about England rather than a person.

Pretty sure NI still play GSTK?

 

[ccfctommy]

I like that the cricket team sings Jerusalem instead, it’s more aesthetically pleasing for me anyway but it’s also about England rather than a person.

Pretty sure NI still play GSTK?

Yes and Wales booed it!

 

[rob9872]

I like that the cricket team sings Jerusalem instead, it’s more aesthetically pleasing for me anyway but it’s also about England rather than a person.

Pretty sure NI still play GSTK?

It's the fans rather than the team though. I like Jerusalem too, but still wouldn't change GSTK.

NI do still sing it - roundly booed by the Welsh last night.

 

[alexccfc99]

GSTK should be the national anthem of the United Kingdom

Scotland and Wales have their own why shouldn't England

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

It's the fans rather than the team though. I like Jerusalem too, but still wouldn't change GSTK.

NI do still sing it - roundly booed by the Welsh last night.

Each to his own

 

[CraigSBA]

Very hard to gauge anything from 2 meaningless friendlies with multiple players missing or unavailable