FreshOwl Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 40 minutes ago, scram said: Don't be surprised if it's somebody like John McDermott - or Chris Powell 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Wembley has been awarded another game due to covid situation in Dublin. This means if we win our group and get to the final we will only have played one game outside of England- a quarter final in Rome. Basically a home tournament for us. Hope we press home the advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 On 07/04/2021 at 21:36, fudge27 said: I'd take him as a left sided player if the squads are bigger. I'd be taking Pope, Henderson, Pickford TAA, James, Trippier, Maguire, Stones, Mings, Coady, Shaw, Chilwell, Saka Rice, Henderson, Bellingham, Phillips, Mount, Foden Sancho, Sterling, Grealish, Lingard Rashford, Kane, Calvert-Lewin, Walker and Ings 2 just missing the cut Squads of 26 allowed. Adjustments made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 9 hours ago, fudge27 said: Squads of 26 allowed. Adjustments made. GS wasn’t too happy with this. Says the skill is in the fine tuning of a squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 7 hours ago, The only way is S6 said: GS wasn’t too happy with this. Says the skill is in the fine tuning of a squad. Yea, tbf him taking 6 right backs will be less of an achievement now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 The scramble is on for Euro 2021 England tickets. Loads had their tickets cancelled due to stadium capacities. Ballots being conducted by both the FA & UEFA. If any organisations can make a ballots of it, it's those two! Tickets also on sale for the 2 warm up friendlies at Boro's Riverside stadium with an 8,000 capacity in early June. Strange times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannofan Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Looking forward to the Euro's, let's face it football hasn't been the real thing has it, without crowds? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 19 minutes ago, Bannofan said: Looking forward to the Euro's, let's face it football hasn't been the real thing has it, without crowds? Strange situation though, regarding ticketing. Hundreds having them for the group stages, where 2 of our fixtures are before June 21st & the remaining one after this. Then the knock-out stages beyond. The percentages of crowd capacity are already out there, so just imagine the nightmare if restrictions are altered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockieOwl Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 On 23/04/2021 at 13:09, owls maniac said: So what are the odds of getting knocked out by Italy in the quarters? Don't know the possibility of drawing them in the quarters though, although the R16 game is going to be tough regardless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 10 minutes ago, RockieOwl said: So what are the odds of getting knocked out by Italy in the quarters? Don't know the possibility of drawing them in the quarters though, although the R16 game is going to be tough regardless If both us and Italy finish in either first or second in our groups (A & D) I don't think we can meet until the semi finals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Does anyone get the feeling that we’re be a complete damp squib... all this if we do this. Usually feel more optimistic but i think because we actually have a good chance I feel it going wrong already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, Ellis Rimmer said: Does anyone get the feeling that we’re be a complete damp squib... all this if we do this. Usually feel more optimistic but i think because we actually have a good chance I feel it going wrong already Worse case, finishing second in the group. Next matches in Copenhagen & St Petersburg! Imagine the Covid hurdles for these. Bad enough with these 2 Boro friendlies. Negative test 48 hours before match, even after 2 vaccinations. And because one match is on the 2nd & one on the 6th, another negative test is required for the second match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 hour ago, The only way is S6 said: Worse case, finishing second in the group. Next matches in Copenhagen & St Petersburg! Imagine the Covid hurdles for these. Bad enough with these 2 Boro friendlies. Negative test 48 hours before match, even after 2 vaccinations. And because one match is on the 2nd & one on the 6th, another negative test is required for the second match. Have to top the group. Simple as. Failing to do so would be throwing away a big home advantage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 7 hours ago, owls maniac said: Have to top the group. Simple as. Failing to do so would be throwing away a big home advantage. We should too. Czech are nowhere newr the team they were. Scotland will obviously play to they're maximum like all the other home nationa against us. And Croatia, though still decent, majority of their better players are 33+ gotta be taking at least 7 points there 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markg Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 You don't win tournaments with our centre back pairings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night King Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Yeah it’s the centre backs and the midfield to a certain degree that worries me. I think a back 4 of Walker Stones Maguire Shaw is possibly the strongest defensive back 4 we can put out. Such a waste not having TAA in the 11 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Southgate has delayed naming the squad today He really doesn’t have a clue does he, never has, never will. How do you not know your squad by now? He’s spent the past year only watching PL matches FFS Won’t ever win anything with him in charge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 1 hour ago, FreshOwl said: Southgate has delayed naming the squad today He really doesn’t have a clue does he, never has, never will. How do you not know your squad by now? He’s spent the past year only watching PL matches FFS Won’t ever win anything with him in charge When is he announcing it now? Doesn’t fill you with confidence does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannofan Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 We have some decent players, but we haven't got a good team. Dodgy keeper. Pickford has so many errors in him , but we haven't really got many better options. Poor first choice centre halves - Stones has improved with Pep's coaching and having Dias next to him, but we know he's likely to make a a match changing mistake for England. Maguire just isn't that good. Emperors new clothes with him. We have better options than them, but Southgate has made it clear that those two are his preferred pairing. Kalvin Phillips, Declan Rice, Jordan Henderson - simply not good enough in the position they play to influence games at the business end of tournaments. We have good full backs and excellent attacking options . If Premier League Harry Kane turns up and not knackered tournament Harry Kane, he can win matches on his own. Foden, Grealish, Rashford, Mount etc all have the ability and confidence to match the very best in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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