You can talk about wrong players, wrong formations, unpunished fouls etc. etc. for the defeat - I'm blaming the white kit and ITV.
Yeah... Maguire as impressive as he was.... got to think world cupitis if thinking of buying.... although how much would he cost? (Actual question) If cheap enough it's a gamble I'd take to have in squad and see if he replicates but not likely cheap after this and English factor.... I'd like a beast at the back .... and he came out with the ball... but international stage and against mostly teams that sat back
Anyone buying this "people will love international football more following this tournament" stuff...?
Roy Keane hit it on the head, England won't have a better chance. Actually I'll take it back, there was one person in the England team that was outstanding, it was Southgate. To get this team to a Semi and almost to a Final is amazing.
The WC always gets people watching and talking about football ...... for all of 4 weeks, then it's back to reality.
Yup.. said the same in previous post... and if Southgate is actually a product of the FA centre ... it actually looks good. The younger national teams have been playing with swagger.... lots of youth picked by Southgate.... and if they have the balls... keep picking the younger players as they come through the international ranks no matter their clubs. .. picking the few that struggle into the big 6 hasn't worked .... pick the English players that have played throughout the international system... Quite frankly it's what the Spanish and Germans did... the PL teams will pick them up based on it rather than other way around and consistency the whole way .... win win win
please mate, Maguire is 10x the player Lovren is. Can do everything lovren can defensively but he also doesn't **** the bed on the ball and is pretty comfortable on it. Wouldn't mind him at chelsea myself tbh
As I say... it won't be worth the money required... but wouldn't complain if he's Lovren competition. .. like anywhere else on pitch ... But if we have to pay lots... nah
I don't think any other manager could have got this team so close to the Final. They were limited and Southgate turned them into challengers.
He's better in the air but **** when the ball is on the floor. Lovren is capable of doing both but ticks up every ten games He'd be brilliant at Chelsea or Man Utd; defensive set-up and only expected to head balls away.
thought southgate was poor. No Plan B and basically played klopp football (tbf its quite refreshing rather than poor passing footie) when our players go 100 mph in first half and are gassed out in the 2nd half. I think the reason we made it that far is because we played loads of **** teams really
Well if they do that... yeah.. won't be picking the England players just from top 6 just because they play for .... top six lol. And we don't have many anyway lol
thats a terrible argument. Might as well say Traore is better than VVD then. He's pretty good on the ball. Dunno how well he'll play if he has space to defend behind. I agree he wouldn't be worth the money you have to pay for him though, he's not an elite defender but leicester would want stupid prices
