So... England have gone from being shite to being one of the top 4 teams in Europe all in the space of an hour?!?
As a wise man once said - "It's a funny old game".
As a wise man once said - "It's a funny old game".
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Stones and Dier for the goal. Just got the next Dier fuck up (76 min), he does that at least once a game.
England just score. Ironic. They were much better first half and couldn’t score, we’re looking poor second half, and score.
Just started second half. Bit disappointed with Croatia but decent first half forEngland. England have the same problem as Spurs, struggling to put a cohesive midfield together and they desperately need someone better than Dier to the lay that central midfield position.
You can see why Trippier gets picked ahead of Walker, who’s final third play is vastly better inferior.
The more I see of Pickford, the more I think he’s a fucking hung ho twat. Does some stupid things.
As I write Croatia score, poor from Dier.
Anyone know -CroSpurs ?- why Croatia have the English flag (and another one) on their shirt?
'Vastly better inferior' ...face palm...can't wait for your intellectual and informative rankings later...twat.
If England wins, this nations league means something otherwise its just shit
'Vastly better inferior' ...face palm...can't wait for your intellectual and informative rankings later...twat.
Spot on, the above fella is such a moaning cunt.
Could well be 3 of the 4 teams in the semis of this that were semi finalists in Russia. I guess that makes the summer look less like a lucky one-off.
I'll say it...getting fucking tired of don't say it fucking tweets...
The guys on SKY aren't even sure what it means to win the 4 team thing next summer!!
First off, you have to say this Nations Cup thing was a good idea, watching teams play meaningful games against similar level teams is so much better.
That was a decent game. This England are a breath of fresh air, and though they are far from polished, the intentions and exuberance are a massive step forward from decades of dross. They clearly still have midfield issues, they desperately need a central player to anchor the CM3 who is tenacious, but more dynamic, with more football in them than Dier, and who is better than Henderson, I’d like to see Cook given a go at it. Then get the two 8’s balanced either side. They have spells in games where they knock it about, but lack control and “balance” at other times.
Chilwell looks good going forward, but I’d have TAA or Trippier on the right, Walker was poor today, contributed nothing offensively and gave the ball away sloppily a few times.
I’d like to see Dier with Stones at the back.
Rashford is fast and dribbles well sometimes but too often fails to get his head up and make it count for something. Luckily there are some very talented AM’s coming through.
If England can get the midfield sorted, they can start to look like a serious team, because there’s a great bunch of attacking/creative players coming through to add to the likes of Kane, Sterling etc
That was a decent game. This England are a breath of fresh air, and though they are far from polished, the intentions and exuberance are a massive step forward from decades of dross. They clearly still have midfield issues, they desperately need a central player to anchor the CM3 who is tenacious, but more dynamic, with more football in them than Dier, and who is better than Henderson, I’d like to see Cook given a go at it. Then get the two 8’s balanced either side. They have spells in games where they knock it about, but lack control and “balance” at other times.
Chilwell looks good going forward, but I’d have TAA or Trippier on the right, Walker was poor today, contributed nothing offensively and gave the ball away sloppily a few times.
I’d like to see Dier with Stones at the back.
Rashford is fast and dribbles well sometimes but too often fails to get his head up and make it count for something. Luckily there are some very talented AM’s coming through.
If England can get the midfield sorted, they can start to look like a serious team, because there’s a great bunch of attacking/creative players coming through to add to the likes of Kane, Sterling etc
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The only thing that bothers me about the current England team is hwhen we sit back when leading. If they can add the whole attack is the best form of defence mentality to their makeup, which ultimately comes from the boss then it's got a good level of potential running through it. We lack the players to play keep ball when leading but apart from that it has good levels of strength that can hurt teams
The team is developing, we're not the finished article yet we're getting there.
They'll definitely win a major tournament...or two.
Fuck the so-called Golden Generation, this is the real deal and every person that supports England should be excited.
Thoroughly enjoyed that, credit to UEFA for the Nations League thing. It looked a weird non-starter at first but it's been great.
I love watching England, as I've said before, an old-school Stretford Ender from the next village comes over, his United-mad son too sometimes. It's great to watch the national team with the shackles of club affiliations taken off. We have a fine time, good food and drink, lots of laughs, a non-Spurs football perspective.
Today was great, as Gareth said, essentially a quarter-final. Fantastic that all three classification possibilities were alive until the last minute or so, compare that to a meaningless friendly against say Austria with 10 changes in the second half and Wembley three-quarters empty on 90 mins.
Didn't hear it but loved that they played Three Lions at the end. Also massively enjoyed seeing that donkey Lovren progressively losing his shit towards the end.
I love watching England, as I've said before, an old-school Stretford Ender from the next village comes over, his United-mad son too sometimes. It's great to watch the national team with the shackles of club affiliations taken off. We have a fine time, good food and drink, lots of laughs, a non-Spurs football perspective.
Today was great, as Gareth said, essentially a quarter-final. Fantastic that all three classification possibilities were alive until the last minute or so, compare that to a meaningless friendly against say Austria with 10 changes in the second half and Wembley three-quarters empty on 90 mins.
Didn't hear it but loved that they played Three Lions at the end. Also massively enjoyed seeing that donkey Lovren progressively losing his shit towards the end.
The guys on SKY aren't even sure what it means to win the 4 team thing next summer!!
Tbf a lot of teams (mainly England) were indifferent about the World Cup initially - how teams treat this going forward will determine its worth
Jesus pot kettle.