Euro 24

[deeane Koontz]

Bowen done more in 10 seconds than Foden has done all game

[jmjhb]

Foden's been honking tonight

[Wanderlust]

Thank god we're not playing a top team tonight. Absolute wake up call. Need to win this but it's far from certain.

[L/H White]

a tough opener like that much better than a walkover 

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

Shite but got the result

I never want to listen to Shearer commentate again

[Wanderlust]

1 minute ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Shite but got the result

I never want to listen to Shearer commentate again

Who is the main commentator? Been listening to him for years and he winds me up - needs to go to Specsavers.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

15 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

Foden's been honking tonight

Not gelling tonight.

Maybe hasn't done regularly for England.

Different wavelength/style maybe than with Pep- the little give and go movements at City perhaps aren't replicated with England.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

55 minutes ago, waffer cup 07 said:

Our build up play is far to slow, foe me. Up the tempo, more goals will come.

Aye.

[Duck Egg]

Same issue as Wanderers. When the tempo has been slowed down, they seem incapable of picking it up again. Still. A win's a win and we rarely win our opening Euro match.

[radcliffe white]

Not convincing but it’s a clean sheet & the 3 points

[Roger_Dubuis]

It might be bad management but going off that performance there isn't a good enough midfield there to win the tournament.

[wakey]

so much like watching us that.

Look great when opposition let us play, shite when they pressure us. And a manager who can't the make in-game changes to effect it.

Massive contrast second half between their press and ours (or lack of).

 

[Eddie]

Gallagher, Bowen and Mainoo as your subs. We’ve clearly got some world class players, but the actual squad is so over-hyped.

Win is the main thing though, and the Serbs aren’t in the same category as some of the dross that have been beaten so far.

[Wanderlust]

Fabregas made a good point. The difference between these players tonight and the top players is that they lose focus when the pressure is on them and they get complacent when they're winning instead of working even harder. They have the talent but mentality is the problem. Apart from Rice and Bellingham who were on it all game.

[deeane Koontz]

Kane was painfully slow and lumbering

[Not in Crawley]

Didn't mind that. Boring, yes, but we won and happier about the defence than I thought before we started.

[radcliffe white]

Need shaw back asap 

[Mounts Kipper]

7 minutes ago, Wanderlust said:

Fabregas made a good point. The difference between these players tonight and the top players is that they lose focus when the pressure is on them and they get complacent when they're winning instead of working even harder. They have the talent but mentality is the problem. Apart from Rice and Bellingham who were on it all game.

Add Walker to those 2, 3 top players and our best 3. 

[Dr. Feelgood]

Bloody Hell, that became hard work.

Still, a win's a win.

Edited June 16, 2024 by Dr. Feelgood

[RONNIE PHILLIPS]

9 minutes ago, deeane Koontz said:

Kane was painfully slow and lumbering

If he's on crutches Southgate will still go with him..... He's an outstanding striker but tactically a liability, there's no out ball half the time because he comes too deep. 

[desperado]

25 minutes ago, L/H White said:

a tough opener like that much better than a walkover 

 

15 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Gallagher, Bowen and Mainoo as your subs. We’ve clearly got some world class players, but the actual squad is so over-hyped.

Win is the main thing though, and the Serbs aren’t in the same category as some of the dross that have been beaten so far.

Agree good test that. Defense stood up pretty well.

I actually thought Southgate got the subs right. Bowen added something different. Gallaghers energy was just what was required and Mainoo replacing the battered Bellingham

[jmjhb]

4 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said:

If he's on crutches Southgate will still go with him..... He's an outstanding striker but tactically a liability, there's no out ball half the time because he comes too deep. 

 

17 minutes ago, deeane Koontz said:

Kane was painfully slow and lumbering

Absolute master of winning free-kicks though

[Eddie]

Just now, desperado said:

 

Agree good test that. Defense stood up pretty well.

I actually thought Southgate got the subs right. Bowen added something different. Gallaghers energy was just what was required and Mainoo replacing the battered Bellingham

Not supposed to be critical of Southgate’s subs (I don’t think his TAA trial paid off), and to be fair I think all 3 are half decent players, I just think it highlights that our squad has been over-hyped because we’ve got 4 or 5 world class players rather than any kind of depth.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

20 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Win is the main thing though, and the Serbs aren’t in the same category as some of the dross that have been beaten so far.

+1

Serbia are a decent outfit

[desperado]

2 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Not supposed to be critical of Southgate’s subs (I don’t think his TAA trial paid off), and to be fair I think all 3 are half decent players, I just think it highlights that our squad has been over-hyped because we’ve got 4 or 5 world class players rather than any kind of depth.

Yeh agree with that.

Similar to the likes of France, Germany, Portugal, Germany.

Think this tournament will come down to whose world class players have the biggest impact. 

Bellingham was just unbelievable today. So mature for a 20 year old.