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Why when Sterling had the left wing to himself did we resort to defensive play when we'd not had a problem all night? Sheesh
Everyone ready to pick their second teams? 😉
howsyourdad1 - Member
Sterling goes off, we concede.
alot of people don't understand the defensive job these player do, sometimes they may not look like they are doing much going forward, but they are keeping people busy down the wing, and they help push a team back further up the pitch by stopping you getting attacked down that wing.. It has an effect on the whole opposition team.
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Couldn't agree more , see earlier post , I rate him . Not the finished product but he is trouble for the opposition
From what we saw earlier Wales aren't going to beat either England or Russia.
Copy will be about Sterling I'd say, he was dire wasting so many opportunities. Both Vardy and Kane need to play against Slovakia and Wales
classic 1st goal capitulation.. shows the 3rd rate replacements for the first team.. Milner and wilshere poor.. couldve been worse we couldve had henderson.
I was enjoying the football in the first half. Hodgson should not be following the lvg guide to winning gammes
Well. I didn't see that coming.....
Oh. Hold on a sec, yes, actually I did. 🙄
No it was definitely about wiltshire playing...don't pretend you have forgotten 😉
wilshere poor
Really? Thought he played quite well for the brief time he was on.
...and Milner wasn't on the pitch long enough to make any impact.
proud record maintained - well done lads
The joys of watching England - poor old mini THM is too young to realise this is the norm. At 89 m he still thougt we might win 😉
French coppers will have their hands full tonight
How typically, uniquely... England!
Going out first round
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Weren't we meant to have options up front - who was the bloke playing at 9, a ghost?
And 19, WTF.......how did he last that long??? Which side had the manager working for nothing/honour?
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I'm not sure I saw the same game as some of you lot. Wilshere poor?
Onwards and upwards! Positive performance . Would rather a 1-1 like this than a 0-0 with Algeria like World Cup 2010.
We're not out yet...but it's a decent start!
For some reason I knew they would equalise.
Russia goal was created by a lovely combination from Wilshere and Milner.. Didnt have to be on the pitch that long for them to make an impact !
Shame England's shape and intensity dropped in the second half. Got to move on now and win the next game. Give Sturridge and Rashford a go
I'll take 1-1 over not even qualifying all day long
Great to see David Ginola hosting the French TV coverage after his heart attack and quadrupe bypass just 3 weeks ago, respect
When whoever the commentator was at 80mins started talking about this being a win for England, it was clearly not going to be.
For some reason I knew they would equalise.
Yeah, I had a feeling. Cashed out my bets with 5 mins to go, as I just didn't have the confidence they'd close it out.
Anyway you can qualify with 3 draws, so it'll be reet.
Kane taking corners and set pieces is a joke. Sterling was absolutely dire. But he tracked back so that's ok(?!).
We terrorised the right wing first half then switched almost exclusively to sterling. Game over.
Still, I'm a glass half full kinda guy. Hopefully sterling will get injured
Wales will finish above England
Howsyourdad +1 majority of these posts are so short sighted. It's almost like they could write the tabloids
It's quite hard not to qualify from this stage. Pure riddy if you don't! 😆bongohoohaa - MemberAnyway you can qualify with 3 draws, so it'll be reet.
Can't quite figure out what happened there tbh. Great intensity. Great pressure. Dominance. Possession. Movement.
Should have had the Russians put away after the first half. Kane wasn't great today but wtf is he doing taking corners?
I still think they'll be ok, but crikey, this Wales England game is even more massive now than I thought it would be.
Great intensity. Great pressure. Dominance. Possession. Movement.
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The good news is that youse should beat wales and slovakia. Wales have a chance against Russia, if the first half team turns up and they keep it tight at the back.
England, Wales qualifying isn't beyond the realms of possibilty. Wales will even have a shot at one of the 3rd spots if they don't beat russia.
I'd take russia to beat slovakia.
@bongo, **** off. 😆
saying that, if wales beat ye, it broon nickers for the slovakia game and looking at 3rd! 😆
Twitter Images of some pretty scare looking children caught in the crush in the stadium,
Not sure how Russia can be hosting an even bigger tournament
I think competence of russian rather than french policing will be much better, some of the video of the french polis is almost comical..kimbers - Member
Not sure how Russia can be hosting an even bigger tournament
Kane wasn't great today
He was crap tbh
Not sure how Russia can be hosting an even bigger tournament
Corruption is usually the answer.
To be fair to Kane he was hardly given anything to work with. Why the management have their best striker taking set pieces is anyone guess.
How bad was Stirling's end product I don't remember anything all night.
Bizarre ITV coverage you'd think they were world beaters from the chat, yet hardly had a shot on target, the goal and the Rooney hit are the only decent ones I remember.
Would give Kane another go to be honest. Better than Vardy in every respect, bar running fast in a straight line. Thought England were decent, Rooney surprised me to be honest. Should have won the game sure, but it makes the next one a bit tasty!
Don't feed the Junky troll folks, its pointless and this thread will jist go the way of all the others
Not sure how Russia can be hosting an even bigger tournament
Sorry, we are absolutely sure how they got the winter olympics and world cup. Winter olympics was the most expensive ever with inflated government contracts (state money) going to private companies who are close to Putin.
Kane had nothing to work with best chances fell to Llanana and Sterling. Rooney was a bit unlucky althoug shot too close to the keeper really.
Dier even managed a few words in French to Ginola 🙂
WTF are you on about?Don't feed the Junky troll folks, its pointless and this thread will jist go the way of all the others
Have you broken the bet allready whereby if Wilshere played or not - you not me yes- the loser would be nice for a week- I linked to it but it probably passed by you by. Still if you must break your word probably best to attack me.
Shakes head
I would not have held you to it, as i did not on the last one you lost, but I really did not expect that as your reaction 😯
Kane is a great player and the future england No1 striker but even a spurs fan has to accept he did not do much today. Its not like its just me saying it
simmer down children! 😆
simmer down children!
I know. If this weekend has proven anything, it's that football is no place for confrontation.
Maybe not so appropriate since the Scottish cup final, but England just hibsed it.
What planet were the commentators on?
Sterling is there because of his price tag. He's been equally dire for Citah all season. Awful! He's the most overrated/ overpriced player since Andy Carrol - who also ended up, totally ineffectually, in Woys line up on the strength of his price tag.
A number 7 who couldn't deliver an accurate final cross if his life depended on it? And when has a sight of goal, looks like a rabbit in the headlights, and couldn't hit a barn door with a shovel? And he gets a starting place every game because, well... erm... City paid 50 big ones for him. So he can't be shit, can he?
They did, and he is! He'll be out on loan at Stoke within a season. There is never ever any end result with him. Ever! It's row z or just falling over
Hard to see Pep tolerating that sort of performance for long next year. Vardy should have come on with 20-30 mins to go and should start the next game imho.
Lallana flatters to deceive, how he can be described as an attacking midfielder god only knows ! 0 goals in 24, I suppose he runs around a lot in the oppositions half and is nicer to look at than Wayne.
A plebs game for angry chimp like morons worshipping younger more able men.
Cum on inglund!
Lallana was decent all night, huge work rate chasing and closing down, and not bad on the ball either.
Sterling - just astounds me. It seems like he's only programmed to do one thing at a time, he's clearly been told to use his pace and run at the defence but at the same time it'd be nice if he could think about what he's going to do next. Instead he charges forward into another dead end situation where he's either snuffed out by help defence, or completely isolated from his team. Has to improve, can't keep doing it, but still he does.
I was initially feeling slightly encouraged when Woy was interviewed just before the match and he said that the quality in the team meant that there was no need for the typical route 1 style of play of past Ingurland teams...
The first five minutes of play demonstrated that either the 'lads' were not listening to him, or didn't understand what he meant, whereby the hoof it up forward and hope one of the dudes in a white shirt can get the ball seemed to be the favoured approach. 😕
Aside from that, sitting too deep, not pressing high up the field when Russia had the ball, removing a known goal scorer from the opponents goal area, allowing the back four to pass between themselves until one of them miscues, or hoofs it hopefully forward, the attacking midfielders not dropping back to link up, playing Sterling for nearly the whole match and... not scoring more goals than the opposing team, despite all our ineffective possession.
Lucky to get a draw TBH and against many other better teams, Ingurland would have been taken apart.
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