Mitrovic and Vlahovic will cause any side problems. Stones and Guehi were brilliant and I now have much more confidence in our defence, especially with Shaw to come back in, than I did 2 hours ago.
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Mitrovic and Vlahovic will cause any side problems. Stones and Guehi were brilliant and I now have much more confidence in our defence, especially with Shaw to come back in, than I did 2 hours ago.
Concerns on this front look well overplayed. Stones is a rolls royce, Walker is the best RB in PL history and can pocket any left-sided player, Guehi is hugely talented and I feel like people forget this because he had an injury. Was linked to every top side last summer. If Shaw gets fit we have a very good back 4 and an incredible shield in Rice right in front of them.
Then its about keeping it tight and looking to Bellingham, Kane, Saka to have moments. Get Gordon in instead of Foden to stretch sides and then have the likes of Foden as subs if needed. We know under Southgate we won't dominate or play champagne football but we can still be a very effective tournament team.
To be fair .. is he saying that's a bad thing? People seem to think its a diss but I'd want full context. Just looks like an observation, and its a correct one.
He was brilliant. Won the ball so many times and did his job perfectly. We all know he's not the best at distributing the ball quickly, blah blah. But despite not being the perfect player, he's so important to this England team.
We had more shots, more possession, more shots on target and about three times their expected goals but yeah mate, they BOSSED it because you don’t like England.
And he constantly won possession back and read play .. like you know, you want your most defensive mid to do.
Want some bitter with that lemon
So you can basically see the same problems that others can see Gary repeatedly ignoring; yet you get antsy whenevrer anyone speaks of said problems after a game?
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Some people are clearly here to either just troll or only haver the ability to see the negatives in absolutely everything. Thank God there's a block button, it will make this site much more of a pleasant experience during this Euros.
I actually think we'll see the same team starting on Thursday. We did start very well, so I have a feeling he'll stick with it.
I agree though, I'd like to see other players coming in, but I think that'll depend on the circumstances and where the changes are needed. I think Southgate's subs today were spot on, we got more energy and battle, in midfield in particular, but leaving Foden on was a head scratcher. If I did have a criticism of his subs, it would be that they were a little late. If you can see the momentum shift developing, you do something to nip it in the bud, not let it gain greater momentum.
Because some people are just seeing the negatives. There were positives tonight. Constructive criticism is absolutely fine. There's a lot to question and ponder on the back of that performance. But the way a few are going on, anyone would think we just lost the game 0-2.
When really if Kane scores a relatively easy header we win 2-0.
Whereas Serbia erm … they had a shot on target from about 34 yards.
Have to say I did not really enjoy that. Mainly out of boredom. But England have started plenty of decent tournaments poorly. 1966. 1990. 1996. Serbia is a horrible opening game. We scraped an unglamorous 1-0 win. The result is what matters. We can and will play better. But there’s still a lot of naivety in this side. Possibly in the coaching staff too. H worked his socks off btw. Might not get the headlines but he’s a wise workhorse. God he’d be amazing in and amongst Ange ball.
Kane only touched the ball twice in the first half. On Talksport one of the pundits actually suggested dropping him and playing Foden as a false nine instead. Honestly these cunts are getting paid to make those sort of comments!