SiJ Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, Ellis Rimmer said: I don’t think France are at their best but much better than Germany. Portugal will go through with France I reckon And Germany will go through in third... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adem Poric Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Varane and Kante would walk into any team in the world. Incredible players. Germany haven't been able to get a sniff because France have been so solid. Plus they ways look such a huge threat going forward with Mbappe. Both looked better than Portugal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I don't see England beating France and I think we'd still struggle against the Germans. Who knows, perhaps this is the tournament where it changes, but I still don't fancy England whenever we come up against one of the big boys in a major tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Oh, and I thought Portugal were bang average earlier against a pretty poor Hungary team. That fella up top for the latter looked like someone you'd see playing in League One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 minute ago, SiJ said: I don't see England beating France and I think we'd still struggle against the Germans. Who knows, perhaps this is the tournament where it changes, but I still don't fancy England whenever we come up against one of the big boys in a major tournament. If you just watched that performance from them 2 and on the back of it you feel LESS confident than what you were there is something wrong because neither were particuarly good and as for Germany it's one of the worst performances I've seen from them since the early 2000s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adem Poric Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 France's only weakness might be Hugo Loris and he's better than any keeper we have. It's going to take something special to stop them winning this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Adem Poric said: France's only weakness might be Hugo Loris and he's better than any keeper we have. It's going to take something special to stop them winning this. Or an injury to Mbappe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, Ellis Rimmer said: If you just watched that performance from them 2 and on the back of it you feel LESS confident than what you were there is something wrong because neither were particuarly good and as for Germany it's one of the worst performances I've seen from them since the early 2000s Have you ever heard of two good teams cancelling one another out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 French look super solid. That defence is top class. Quite rare that the eventual winner starts all guns blazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Thing that struck me with France was not just their technical ability, but their athleticism. They’re all either 6ft + or Ngolo Kante. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adem Poric Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, fudge27 said: Or an injury to Mbappe Yeah he's fantastic but they just bring in Coman or Lemar or Ben Yedder or Dembele. They would still have the best defence and lots of very good attacking players. Edited June 15, 2021 by Adem Poric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, SiJ said: Have you ever heard of two good teams cancelling one another out? What have you just watched mate? you can't have watched that and be MORE worried about those two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 10 minutes ago, Ellis Rimmer said: What have you just watched mate? you can't have watched that and be MORE worried about those two. You are a strange chap. It's one game, France - the world champions - looked solid and just beat Germany in their own backyard. That's a Germany team with plenty of very good players who would still get in the England squad. I don't feel any MORE worried about those two than i already did, but I sure still wouldn't fancy England against either of them in a big, one off match. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, SiJ said: I don't feel any MORE worried about those two than i already did You must feel LESS worried about them after that game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRightSide Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 That Germany performance was like watching Wednesday Plenty of the ball, zero up top and would be annihilated easily if the opponent really went full tilt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dronfield Blue Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Did anyone see this doughnut? https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/greenpeace-protestor-almost-parachutes-into-crowd-at-germany-vs-france-game-276499 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 26 minutes ago, Ellis Rimmer said: You must feel LESS worried about them after that game Have a night off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffield_dave Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 France were in third gear but in complete control of the game, and Mbappe is quite frankly terrifying. I don’t think Germany played badly but they simply didn’t have the answers to this France team. Tonight strengthened my opinion on France winning the tournament, not lessened it. There wasn’t a single moment of that game where it looked like France wouldn’t win - and that’s against the Germans in Munich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 hour ago, SiJ said: French look super solid. That defence is top class. Quite rare that the eventual winner starts all guns blazing Spot on. France started the last World Cup with an unconvincing own goal to beat Australia and 2 other average performances in their group. Tonight they got the lead against Germany and kept them at bay fairly comfortably. Let them have the ball without being able to create much and were it not for poor decision making they would have won the game more comfortably. Germany huffed and puffed and created very little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Ellis Rimmer said: If you just watched that performance from them 2 and on the back of it you feel LESS confident than what you were there is something wrong because neither were particuarly good and as for Germany it's one of the worst performances I've seen from them since the early 2000s If you are basing your opinion of France based on one 90 minutes (in which they beat Germany with a clean sheet, in Germany) then there is something wrong. France will improve but they did what they needed to do tonight, Rabiot is a poor mans Petit but it doesn't really matter when Kante can do the job of a fully functioning midfield on his own. Griezmann put a fantastic shift in, Mbappe is a constant danger no matter how much he is involved in the game and they looked decent at the back. I didn't consider Germany to be anything to fear before hand and this doesn't change my opinion in that respect. They won't be pushovers for anyone but they will struggle to get to the latter stages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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