[The Earl of Chesterfield]

The entire Spanish attitude is progressive.

Man with the ball looks for a forward pass. Man without the ball looks to make a forward run. No dwelling in possession. No sideways and backwards. Neat, sharp, positive football.

>Jealous sigh<...

[60s 70s Spireite]

Sammy Spireite, on 09 July 2024 - 09:05 PM, said:

Morata will be fuming if he misses the final after being taken out by a Security Guard slipping on the pitch after FT.

He?s had a knee injury recently hasn?t he? It looked like it was his knee again, same one?

[Scooby Doo]

Goku, on 09 July 2024 - 05:19 AM, said:

Doesn?t really matter how I ?support? my nation does it, I?m just sat watching it in front of a pub telly thousands of miles from where they?re playing.

Yes Gareth, well done for selecting and coaching Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka, 3 players who are already world class. Although, Gareth?s coaching/style of play has lead to 2 of these 3 players looking fairly awful throughout the tournament. The manager should be criticised when he sets a team up with awful patterns of play, that makes our world class front 4 look mundane and turgid, for being reactive rather than proactive etc. he does not deserve credit when Saka wanders in off the right in his favoured position and pings one in off the post from 25 yards because we have to resort to individual brilliance rather than relying on creating opportunities from tactical know-how and well-coached patterns of play. We?ve played well for about 50 minutes this tournament - we may go on to win the thing having only played well for 60, and nobody would be happier than me, but this is not a well-coached team in terms of attacking play, even taking into account that we?re not the only team who has struggled with that side of things during this competition. And that?s before we get into the fact he brought one unfit left back to a tournament and kept playing Foden down the left, completely nullifying any threat we had from one third of the pitch for multiple games. I could go on. Fact remains we create basically nothing until we concede, then Gareth has to abandon his defensive style of play and our incredibly talented players have to go on and score using their individual brilliance.

Well said Goku, spot on

[Mr Mercury]

Same forward line up from Southgate so I expect the same dour performance?ffs, at least have a go tonight.

[Goku]

Mr Mercury, on 10 July 2024 - 05:56 PM, said:

Same forward line up from Southgate so I expect the same dour performance?ffs, at least have a go tonight.

Aim for pens and win again with our ridiculously good takers 🤞🏻

[calvin plummers socks]

Mr Mercury, on 10 July 2024 - 05:56 PM, said:

Same forward line up from Southgate so I expect the same dour performance?ffs, at least have a go tonight.

Mercury dying for us to fail so he can say ?told you so?

Tragic

[Middle East]

Can't understand how Trippier has been selected yet again, everything else was predictable! Hey ho Gareth will either get Knighted or Castled...

This post has been edited by Middle East: 10 July 2024 - 06:40 PM

[metallilad]

Torn between a rock & a hard place here. Got Spain in my works sweep and Netherlands in my family sweep. England could make me one happy chappy but lose out on ?48 if either pick wins.

[hilly81]

Wank.

[Phil V 72]

That?s never a penalty

[hilly81]

Incredible decision. What has happened to football?

[Trigger]

I'm baffled by that decision.

[JonB]

Thing is on the continent for years that sort of challenge is given as a foul every time anywhere else on the pitch. It?s a foul and a pen. They don?t like the foot up challenge like that.

[Osborne again]

Bad decision, never a penalty, but who cares 😁.

[Mr Mercury]

Trigger, on 10 July 2024 - 07:19 PM, said:

I'm baffled by that decision.

The ref took a bribe?

[JonB]

Looks like I?m in the minority but I said it?s a foul the moment I saw it

[hilly81]

England playing their best stuff of the whole tournament here.

[Osborne again]

Foden has started like a man possessed, and I'll admit England are playing good football.

[Maddog Tannen]

Never a penalty but this is much more like it. A great game so far

[clarevoyant.]

JonB, on 10 July 2024 - 07:23 PM, said:

Looks like I?m in the minority but I said it?s a foul the moment I saw it

You're not, so did I, it was late. There wouldn't have been an argument if given in midfield