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Nick

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,446
Otis said:
Only positive thing here is that surely Belgium can't keep breaking away at that sort of pace all 90 mins.

Hopefully they will run out of steam and then we can go in for the kill.
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They aren't even in second gear are they?
 

Otis

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,447
Poor tracking back from Dier there
 

Otis

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,448
Nick said:
They aren't even in second gear are they?
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Nope, but when they break they are going like the clappers.

England's problem all tournament has not been taking chances. Kane should have scored and maybe we would be at 1-1.
 

Paul Anthony

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,449
Another sloppy bit of play, gives it to Belgium, John Stones luckily awake for us.
 

Otis

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,450
Awful there.

We had the ball high up the pitch and had no clue what to do and then gave the ball away AGAIN!!
 

lifeskyblue

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,451
The only positive in that first half is we are only 1 down.
How many times have Stones, McGuire or Jones blocked shots.


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Nick

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,452
Otis said:
Awful there.

We had the ball high up the pitch and had no clue what to do and then gave the ball away AGAIN!!
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Too much reliant on kane and sterling, stubbornness.

We didn't set up to attack, not with that midfield
 

clint van damme

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,453
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,454
Otis said:
Awful there.

We had the ball high up the pitch and had no clue what to do and then gave the ball away AGAIN!!
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This ! I'm all for coaching ball retention. But. Last minute of half, a goal down, and no-one had confidence to play it into area (until Maguire had a go - admittedly poor pass, but the rest all abdicated responsibility)!
 
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xcraigx

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,455
I wasn't expecting much but goodness me that was bad. 2nd to pretty much everything, and our passing has been absolutely attrocious.
 

Paul Anthony

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,456
Nick said:
Too much reliant on kane and sterling, stubbornness.

We didn't set up to attack, not with that midfield
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Well, if we set up to negate their pace on the counter, it's not working because we're too sloppy with the ball. They musty be licking their lips every time they get it.
 

Nick

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,457
Sterling or kane mom so far

I actually like Roy Keane as a pundit.
 

lifeskyblue

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,458
Nick said:
Sterling or kane mom so far

I actually like Roy Keane as a pundit.
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MOM...CJ for being there.
No one on pitch deserves that accolade first half


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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,459
If Southgate wanted to win it he should probably sub Kane, bit whoever is up top needs some service played into them. We get to the edge of the box, then turn backwards.
 

Gazolba

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,460
England slow, ponderous, devoid of ideas, giving the ball away far too easily. Kane gets one decent chance and can't even hit the target. Belgium are a class above us in every department.
Loftus-Cheek seems like an improvement but Danny Rose has already been exposed several times.

To get some perspective, last night I watched several England games from past World Cups from the 70's to the 90's, and I have to say we have NOT made progress.
Back then we had good solid, dynamic players, and great strikers. Players who would run at defenders with the ball. The current team has to be one of the weakest we've ever had.
I'm convinced we only reached the semis due to being in a weak group and then lucking into the easiest path possible.
There have been a few bright moments but when you take a step back and look at this team, it is woefully weak in so many areas.

Before the influx of foreign players into the premier league, we had hundreds of top flight English players to choose from, now we are scraping the barrel. Centre-forward? Who is there other than Kane and Vardy? Welbeck can't even get a starting place for his club. Same thing for midfielders and defenders.
 
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Nick

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,461
Sky Blue Harry H said:
If Southgate wanted to win it he should probably sub Kane, bit whoever is up top needs some service played into them. We get to the edge of the box, then turn backwards.
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The system doesn't work. It's been covered up by Southgate wearing a waist coat and hugging his wife.
 

Otis

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,462
What is Southgate doing?

I would have left Sterling on and taken Dier or Delph off.

Not sure this is going to help any.
 

Nick

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,463
Otis said:
What is Southgate doing?

I would have left Sterling on and taken Dier or Delph off.

Not sure this is going to help any.
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Shush, he clapped the fans. You can't question him.
 

Otis

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,464
Nick said:
Shush, he clapped the fans. You can't question him.
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I love that he has got the team playing with freedom, but tactically there are still doubts.
 

Otis

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,465
What is the point of Phil Jones?

Does he have one?
 

Nick

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,466
Otis said:
What is the point of Phil Jones?

Does he have one?
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He plays for man utd, that's all you need to know. He's never been good.
 

Otis

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,467
Nick said:
He plays for man utd, that's all you need to know. He's never been good.
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I think he's a decent club player. Maybe at Championship level. No way is he an international I don't think.
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,468
What does Delph do?
 

Otis

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,469
Sky Blue Harry H said:
What does Delph do?
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Forms part of the name of a famous American city?
 

Otis

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,470
I like Loftus-Cheek, but he seems to have a reluctance to shoot.
 

Otis

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,471
Lingard HAS made a difference.
 
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Paul Anthony

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,472
Sliced open, Lukaku really had to score that, poor touch.
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,473
Otis said:
Forms part of the name of a famous American city?
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Fabian City?
 

Otis

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,474
Kane, even though he has 6 goals, just hasn't been the deadly Harry Kane we all know and love.

Bit of a shadow of his normal self.
 

Nick

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,475
Otis said:
Kane, even though he has 6 goals, just hasn't been the deadly Harry Kane we all know and love.

Bit of a shadow of his normal self.
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How many of those were pens? He's been awful.
 

Otis

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,476
Sky Blue Harry H said:
Fabian City?
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Was thinking more San Frandelphia
 

Otis

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,477
Delph for left back? Done better since he has been moved there.
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,478
Otis said:
Delph for left back? Done better since he has been moved there.
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Yep. Ashley Young part 2
 

Otis

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,479
Another Kane miss hit shot.
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Jul 14, 2018
  • #4,480
Why play somebody wide left who doesn't/ won't /8can't cross
 
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