EtoileSportiveDeDerby Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 12 minutes ago, Wolfie said: Foden has been poor tonight He looks a different player. Those Citeh playing patterns aren’t being replicated by England. I thought we might see Eze, Palmer or Gordon coming on at some point angieram and Andrew3000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 The wins the thing as long as you believe that the team can grow through the tournament. Serbia were a load of massive lumps. The one thing that bothered me about the performance was that when we drop off, we look poor out of possession. Serbia looked slow and ponderous but we still didn't seem to be able to get the ball back off them. Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Brolly Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Why do they keep saying we're indebted to pickford all he did was tip one over the bar that was going over anyway Rammy03, Ram-Alf and angieram 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Ram-Alf said: England indebted to their number 1" 🙄 one save that was going over the bar. Fecking commentators, they do my head in. They talk more shyte than Nigel Farage. Edited June 16 by Grumpy Git Reggie Greenwood, EtoileSportiveDeDerby, angieram and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSD Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 (edited) Good 20 minutes, should have scored 2-3 goals. Completely sat off Serbia for an hour and the centre halves kept us in the game. Ball retention was appalling and England just made a meal of. They dug in and just got over the line. Sounds like Derby 😏 Edited June 16 by SSD bcnram and Crewton 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Played far to deep out of possession inviting them into our final third. Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 4 minutes ago, Grumpy Git said: They talk more shyte than Nigel Farage. He takes a good milkshake tho 😁 archram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouRams Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 18 minutes ago, Wolfie said: Foden has been poor tonight Southgates horrific slow tactics making him look that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 1 minute ago, YouRams said: Southgates horrific slow tactics making him look that way zzzzzzzzzzzz Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouRams Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Just now, AndyinLiverpool said: zzzzzzzzzzzz It sent me to sleep too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 “Not pretty but take the 3 points and move on” - Derby fans, for roughly the past year. Eddie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannable Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 6 minutes ago, YouRams said: Southgates horrific slow tactics making him look that way International football IS slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Serbs clearly set out to get heavy with Bellingham and Kane, but I expect they're used to that. Serbs player giving Jude a forearm smash to the head first half should have had a card, possibly red. England certainly far too supine second half and a little lucky though Serb keeper did pull off a good reflex save to keep Kane's header out. I thought Gallagher added some energy and won some important free kicks. Surprised Eze didn't get a run on the left as Foden was disappointing. A win without playing well for half the game is not to be sniffed at though. I hope they've got the nerves out of their systems now. ariotofmyown and Comrade 86 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouRams Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 1 minute ago, cannable said: International football IS slow Come on now, he has the best attacking players we've had in years and the first move he's got them all making is backwards, which most of them look lost doing because their club managers can actually manage a football team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 We didn't play well, obviously. I'm not a fan of the very deep press we do. We don't press until a team is within our own half. It makes us so deep. But then again, it makes us compact and we got a clean sheet. So what do I know. Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBRammette Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 (edited) 15 minutes ago, SSD said: Good 20 minutes, should have scored 2-3 goals. Completely sat off Serbia for an hour and the centre halves kept us in the game. Ball retention was appalling and England just made a meal of. They dug in and just got over the line. Sounds like Derby 😏 It was exactly like Derby but we usually got it back together after that phase of losing it Edited June 16 by CBRammette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Think we’re doing the classic England thing of trying to fit too many square pegs into round holes. Alexander-Arnold is never a CM, and Foden is not a winger. Get Foden in the middle alongside Bellingham in a 4-3-3, with Gordon out wide. More pace, more energy - need to braver and go after teams, we’re good enough to. Crewton, cstand and Grumpy Git 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Just now, YouRams said: Southgates horrific slow tactics making him look that way Foden is much better in the middle or on the right than he is on the left, even though he does have a free role for Man City. With a defesive LB (Trippier), the left winger needs to be someone with a bit of pace to break past the defensive line. For me, it has to be Eze at this moment in time. Overall the balance wasn't quite there - left wing, fullbacks not offering enough offensively, and midfield all seemed a bit off (despite Rice and Bellingham having good games). I'm not sold on TAA in midfield. Wharton is the player I think we need in there, so we aren't so reliant on Rice mopping up everything in the middle. It'll also free Rice up to drive forward like he does for Arsenal, knowing he has a reliable midfield partner behind him. However, his inexperience at international level, and even above Championship level is defeinitely a factor. Bellingham, Saka and Kane need to be managed carefully. They've had physically tough/long seasons so I think they need to have reduced minutes over the next 2 group games to ensure we get the most out of them in the knockouts. Andrew3000, rynny, Crewton and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 3 minutes ago, Norman said: We didn't play well, obviously. I'm not a fan of the very deep press we do. We don't press until a team is within our own half. It makes us so deep. But then again, it makes us compact and we got a clean sheet. So what do I know. Well, you know what a lot expect, which is that we're ok against teams like Serbia (and no doubt Denmark and Slovenia) but if a team moves forward against us with pace and one-touch passing we will struggle. As do most teams tbf.... Norman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 (edited) 25 minutes ago, YouRams said: Southgates horrific slow tactics making him look that way Horrific seems harsh! As for Foden, I really like the lad, but he just doesn't impose himself on games for England just yet, as he seems to live on his nerves a bit. He doesn't seem to have Bellingham's innate self-belief, but he has all the talent in the world and I think he'll settle down for England at some point, just the way he did at City. Maybe this tournament will be the making of him. Edited June 16 by Comrade 86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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