Ellis Rimmer Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 18 hours ago, Night King said: Got a sneaky feeling there will be loads of injuries in this tournament following such a brutal 16 months or so of football. Me too... players looked knackered at end of that Austria game. I noticed trippier limping too. Austria were a bit rough for a friendly imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bez Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 On 02/06/2021 at 15:03, Adem Poric said: I dont really watch Spanish football so couldn't say how Trippier has been playing Their second best player this season. When he was banned, their form dipped. Was La Liga's best RB by a mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 19 hours ago, Ellis Rimmer said: Me too... players looked knackered at end of that Austria game. I noticed trippier limping too. Austria were a bit rough for a friendly imo And to think we are taking players like Henderson who's injured, doubtful again for the next warm up game and not played since February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 18 minutes ago, Skyline said: And to think we are taking players like Henderson who's injured, doubtful again for the next warm up game and not played since February. Yea, think Maguire and Henderson are been taken as much for off the field things as otherwise. Club captains of the two biggest clubs. Personally I think with the bigger squad, it's worth taking at least Henderson for that reason. I would replace TAA with White and would have swapped Saka with JWP to give us more cover in CB and CDM but not against taking Henderson and Maguire with a squad of 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 As an aside. Does anyone know if 3 gks is mandatory? Never got why everyone always picks them if not, surely 2 gks and an extra outfield option would be worth a risk for some squads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 An update on the use of VAR in the tournament https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/04/var-is-a-dangerous-project-admits-europes-top-refereeing-official Not sure a dedicated offside VAR official will change things if highly marginal decisions. Stuff like this goes against the "spirit of the Laws of the Game", a term used by Rossetti in this article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulva Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 18 hours ago, fudge27 said: As an aside. Does anyone know if 3 gks is mandatory? Never got why everyone always picks them if not, surely 2 gks and an extra outfield option would be worth a risk for some squads If one gets injured you won’t have a sub keeper. We’ve picked 8 right backs so I don’t think 3 keepers is unreasonable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night King Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 Spent a bit of time this morning simulating the tournament to aide my bets for the tournament and I love doing it anyway. Had England losing the final to France, tough route through though. Portugal in the last 16, Poland in the quarters and the Germans in the semis, all the flip of a coin though and wouldn’t have money on us. I have a resurgent Italy getting to the semi finals after knocking Belgium out in the quarters and Spain finishing 3rd in a very tight group. Themselves Poland and Sweden all on 5 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 1 hour ago, vulva said: If one gets injured you won’t have a sub keeper. We’ve picked 8 right backs so I don’t think 3 keepers is unreasonable. Right. Not what I asked though. Just wondered why no team ever takes that gamble (not saying for us to do it this year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night King Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, fudge27 said: Right. Not what I asked though. Just wondered why no team ever takes that gamble (not saying for us to do it this year) I think it’s in the rules that you have to pick 3 goal keepers within the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Just now, Night King said: I think it’s in the rules that you have to pick 3 goal keepers within the squad. Great thanks! Would make sense, just didn't know if it was a set in stone law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 All set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 On 04/06/2021 at 12:55, fudge27 said: As an aside. Does anyone know if 3 gks is mandatory? Never got why everyone always picks them if not, surely 2 gks and an extra outfield option would be worth a risk for some squads You do have to select 3. I would pick the 2 best keepers we have and the best penalty saving keeper in the league, and sub him on in event of a shoot out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flo Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Russia angry about Ukraine kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latemodelchild Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 3 hours ago, flo said: Russia angry about Ukraine kit And we got into trouble over a poppy. Wonder if Russia and Ukraine could play each other, or are they kept apart on purpose like some other countries? Maybe we should proper kick off with Germany again, avoid em in tournaments. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewswfc Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 5 hours ago, flo said: Russia angry about Ukraine kit It looks like a kids drawing of a dinosaur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night King Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bez Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Spain headed into the competition with Covid, no last game, no training and being fancied by no one. Weakest squad on paper for a long time. Yet they are stronger than the sum of their parts due to the philosophy and confidence of 2008-2012. Just look at the Germany drubbing to see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 This will be a shootout between France, germany & Portugal We have a few decent areas in attack and that’s it. The rest of our positions aren’t anywhere near as strong as the top teams Can’t see any further than the QFs for England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Bonvin Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Whoever wins the Group of Death with France, Germany, Portugal and Hungary will win the competition overall. Unless Hungary win the group of course. They’ve got no chance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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