Pablo Bonvin Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Unconvincing and dare I say it, rather boring to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyowl Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, owls maniac said: You just know it’s gonna be another negative damp squib. If he goes negative and we go out in round of 16 he should lose his job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickjj Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Germany though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0wl18 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 We’ve got untold amounts of attacking talent yet, set up with a negative mindset from the off. Kalvin Phillips should be nowhere near the England team. Miles away from being an international footballer. Harry Kane needs to learn to stand still and, stop chasing the ball. Hinders absolutely everything we do because, when the likes of Foden pick the ball up, there’s nobody to play it to. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Got a bit lucky tonight. Was in total control then Stones ballsed it up and then we struggled to get going again. Fair play to Stones for the assist for Maguire but while ever Southgate persists with 2 defensive midfielders we’re not going to be as successful as we could be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyowl Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, 0wl18 said: We’ve got untold amounts of attacking talent yet, set up with a negative mindset from the off. Kalvin Phillips should be nowhere near the England team. Miles away from being an international footballer. Harry Kane needs to learn to stand still and, stop chasing the ball. Hinders absolutely everything we do because, when the likes of Foden pick the ball up, there’s nobody to play it to. Kane only needs to come deep for England against top sides when he'll have the likes of Rashford and Sterling to run in behind, against opposition that sit behind the ball stay up top and allow creative players the space to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dronfield Blue Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 10 minutes ago, Pablo Bonvin said: Unconvincing and dare I say it, rather boring to watch. Extremely boring is nearer the mark. Kane in midfield and Maguire as centre forward? Pope? Liability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnsie Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 46 minutes ago, Huncho said: Urgh Kane is driving me insane One of the best strikers of the ball in world football, but lacks pretty much any other quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannofan Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 30 minutes ago, Weshallovercome said: If Lewandowski had played tonight I reckon Poland would have won. I agree, the confidence his presence would give that team, let alone his individual ability, would make it a totally different game. Main problem again for me is the overplaying and poor decision making when we get near the opposites goal. Sterling the main culprit, but he wasn't the only one. As for Rice and Phillips, they will have tougher games to prove their worth. With the three we have played, they just seem a bit unnecessary. I have a blind spot with Rice, I just don't notice him on the pitch at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Really not a fan of Southgate and dont get me started on that useless sod that is managing the U21 side. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markg Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I've no confidence that we will achieve anything and i can see a flop at the euros. Southgate isn't helping but this squad isn't capable of competing. Yes we have got some decent forward talent now but we have no one of note at the back, i don't rate any of our keepers at this level or our central midfielders. When up against genuine world class players we are going to struggle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbelow Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 It just appears as if people like to moan about England as they are an easy target, three games nine points. As I was listening to the game I thought that he wasn't making subs as he wanted to see how the players on the pitch reacted to the situation to see if they could stick it out and get the win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, eightbelow said:I thought that he wasn't making subs as he wanted to see how the players on the pitch reacted to the situation to see if they could stick it out and get the win. That’s risky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shezzas left peg Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, 0wl18 said: We’ve got untold amounts of attacking talent yet, set up with a negative mindset from the off. Kalvin Phillips should be nowhere near the England team. Miles away from being an international footballer. Harry Kane needs to learn to stand still and, stop chasing the ball. Hinders absolutely everything we do because, when the likes of Foden pick the ball up, there’s nobody to play it to. Yep, he spent more time on the left wing than up top. Sterling ended up spending more time as cf than Lane did. The problem for me is we've so much pace around kane, so when he drops deep and plays a bit like Rooney used to chasing people down in his own half he gets left behind play. If we play one up top, we actually look better with lewin as he plays as an orthodox cf. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taximark Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 29 minutes ago, eightbelow said: It just appears as if people like to moan about England as they are an easy target, three games nine points. As I was listening to the game I thought that he wasn't making subs as he wanted to see how the players on the pitch reacted to the situation to see if they could stick it out and get the win. You do that in friendlies not Qualifiers. Southgate has probably got off the hook tonight with that late goal but that second half was a concern for me against a side missing their star player and some others...let's hope some of the things are ironed out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, eightbelow said: It just appears as if people like to moan about England as they are an easy target, three games nine points. As I was listening to the game I thought that he wasn't making subs as he wanted to see how the players on the pitch reacted to the situation to see if they could stick it out and get the win. Tbf, England cruising through a qualifying group is hardly a shock. Bar 2008, we pretty much get through to every major tournament, helped massively by the fact we are usually in pretty easy groups with perhaps one other half-decent team. Who is the best team in this group aside from England? Hungary? Poland? People are critical because we don't play particularly well under Southgate (haven't really done so for years) and then we will inevitably blow it at the actual tournament when we come up against anyone mildly good. Always the same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Anything less than Semi’s at the Euros would be poor. 90% of our games will be played at Wembley FFS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbelow Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 2 hours ago, TaxiMark said: You do that in friendlies not Qualifiers. Southgate has probably got off the hook tonight with that late goal but that second half was a concern for me against a side missing their star player and some others...let's hope some of the things are ironed out! I agree pal, much easier on the ticker to do it in a friendly but what does that really tell you, that under no real pressure your team can react. I think they deserve some credit for taking their foot off the gas and being able to up the tempo again against a team who were more than motivated to hang on for a point in a WC qualifier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbelow Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 2 hours ago, SiJ said: Tbf, England cruising through a qualifying group is hardly a shock. Bar 2008, we pretty much get through to every major tournament, helped massively by the fact we are usually in pretty easy groups with perhaps one other half-decent team. Who is the best team in this group aside from England? Hungary? Poland? People are critical because we don't play particularly well under Southgate (haven't really done so for years) and then we will inevitably blow it at the actual tournament when we come up against anyone mildly good. Always the same. I disagree to some extent as the only thing that counts in international football is the result, I am sure we would all like to see them play well but I want them to win above all else. I agree that they should cruise this group and at the moment they are while some of the other 'bigger' teams aren't having it all their own way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 England have now won each of their last 20 home qualifying matches for the European Championship/World Cup - a run stretching back to October 2012. I have no doubt someone will be able find fault with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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