I hope not, I really like mount but we know it will be the end of grealishs tournament if mount makes it.Do we think Mount will make it Tuesday
Do you still think it’s almost like Southgate deliberately wants to throw the match?
I’ll take another 4 boring 0-0s
I actually think we look good on the break so we might be good against a decent side.
I’ll take another 4 boring 0-0s
I actually think we look good on the break so we might be good against a decent side.
Last Friday that’s how badly we were playing. I get that you’re enjoying the performances but with home advantage in every game and a blessing of attacking players he could and should be more ambitious.
We will also need to score more than one to beat said teams.
We will look miles better against any team that comes at us, because that suits our game. We look very cumbersome having to go after teams ourselves
I’m not enjoying the performances but I didn’t expect to- we don’t set out to attack teams like you want us to. Expecting to tonk Scotland & these guys tonight really just betrays a lack of knowledge of how England play.
Against a Germany or a France- we likely wouldn’t win but the match would be unrecognisable
As for ambitious- not conceding a goal and winning the group easily, is that not ambitious enough for you?
What about If we keep another clean sheet, wouldn’t one goal be enough then?
Oh yes of course- “there’s no way we will keep a clean sheet, we’re shit, not ambitious enough, wasting talent” etc etc”
I don’t expect us to approach Scotland or Czech in the same way we would the best sides in the competition. You play weaker sides at home, you know they will pack behind the ball. Patient possession sideways football is not going to do the business in games like that and it especially isn’t harnessing the part of the pitch where we are clearly strongest.
It isn’t all out attack I advocate despite countless misrepresentations to the contrary
Raheem though hey lads
But patient possession football did do the business? We won the group didn’t we?
I don’t expect us to approach Scotland or Czech in the same way we would the best sides in the competition. You play weaker sides at home, you know they will pack behind the ball. Patient possession sideways football is not going to do the business in games like that and it especially isn’t harnessing the part of the pitch where we are clearly strongest.
It isn’t all out attack I advocate despite countless misrepresentations to the contrary
Most on here want England to do well, but anyone can see we are not playing to our potential, and if we don't against the better teams we will go out. That is why most are concerned - at Southgate's seeming inability to get us playing close to that potential. The tools are there, but not necessarily the operator
Feels a bit like having to justify 352 all over again doesn’t it?
Thought Saka played a blinder tonight. A little terrier! One to watch for future games!
Yeah he was very good.Thought Saka played a blinder tonight. A little terrier! One to watch for future games!
Wouldn't be surprised if we went 352 or 343 in the next game, particularly if we face Germany so it could be a very different looking team
It is a bit, but it’s not so much the shape that bothers me as much as how the players are being told to play. I get that slow build up possession is ‘in’ now but it doesn’t make it right for the players at our disposal and not is it the only way to get a result.
A team playing an effective press will cause us big problems while a team more well versed in the possession game will control proceedings.
Grealish didn't get on the ball 2nd half and I wouldn't be surprised if Foden and Mount come back and Grealish and Saka are benched.
Anybody see the devastated look on Grealish's face when he was subbed?
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