07 Jul 2018 14:35:52
C'mon England! Degsy I will thumbs up all your posts next season if England win - that's a promise!
On the off chance I don't suppose anyone knows anyone who comes from Newcastle or there abouts to EFC games who may fancy car sharing next season?
07 Jul 2018 15:51:20
Pickford.
07 Jul 2018 17:37:57
I will keep you to that Sobs. Its a slow process the change to total football but it works in the long run.
07 Jul 2018 20:08:59
degs our general play has been awful. Today against an average Team how many chances did Sterling miss, figgin Sunday league player wanting to walk the ball into the net. Play Russia or Croatia in the Semi and we will get hammered without A. Sorting our Defence out and B. Create general play chances.
07 Jul 2018 20:12:40
Just thumbed you degsy ;) - haha. It was a good game.
08 Jul 2018 11:56:46
Yes Pickford is having a brahmer of a Tournament, my concern would be as England Manager is how such a mediocre side as Sweden had so many chances and shots on target.
08 Jul 2018 12:01:28
ktf1950 I don't know which games you have been watching, but they are not the same ones as me. Our general play (in my opinion) has been quite superb. Our defenders have had the bottle to not hoof the ball out, but pass it across, forwards and backwards and have been in the main under control. Yes the odd mistake has happened, but this is new to us. Would you prefer the old style by playing perhaps Phil Jones as a traditional muscular hoof it out defender. or have Stones, Maguire and Trippier and Cole and Walker "getting rid" of the ball as soon as they are put under pressure? Because that's what we used to do and then the other team has the ball for loads of the game and you are chasing shadows. Yes I agree that at times it is nervous stuff. but effective and what other nations have done for years. I also think Sterling has been terribly unlucky and another time would have had quite a few goals and assists. Ali has struggled but is improving. Well we are comfortably in the semis and no other team has dominated us except perhaps Colunbia for a short period and Belgium when we put out a weakened team. I don't get why you think our play has been awful. I suspect our possession stats are very high and we can check that out maybe?
08 Jul 2018 17:34:50
degsyp. Of course I would not wish to swap a back line that is effective. Our general play has not been consistent compared with our set pieces. Against a Team like Sweden they should not have been allowed out of their own half. Look at the stats for shots on target and the positions Swedish players were allowed to get into. I back my Country all the way same as I back my Club. Southgate (who I must admit has proved me wrong, I just didn't think he could do it but obviously his experience with these same players at U21 has helped a lot) will not allow them to become complacent but Croatia are the first real Team we are going to come up against (I do not count the Belgian game for obvious reasons) , we will need to press high and wide.