Match Day Thread Euro 2016 Thread

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Southgate odds on hahahaha. When will we ever ****ing learn


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Missed a chance with not getting in Rodgers sooner. Think he could have done a job, he was never a bad man manager - and with little time for developing a collective technical style nor need for transfers I think he would have suited an international managerial role

Rodgers hasn't managed celtic yet lol
 
Nev leaving as well. Well that's him already out the running from 10/1 5 minutes ago lol
 
Press. Press would have gone mental if we'd have dropped Rooney even though we all know he doesn't fit into that team anywhere, especially not as CM.

If Sterling had been dropped for Albringhton would we the fans and the press have agreed with it? Probably not.

The thing is, the press are going to slaughter you anyway... at some point. Even if he'd won the damn thing, the next tournament had we gone out in Q/F he'd have been slaughtered. Surely you look at what's happend to ALL the previous managers up to Hoddle and think... **** it, there's no point trying to appease the press so I'll play my best 11 players in their correct position and I won't give a **** if that means putting a superstar on the bench.

It goes back to the Gerrard + Lampard ****e we used to shoehorn into the team. If it was an Italian side they'd play one and put the other on the bench and look at it as a ****ing good sub to have!
 
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The thing is, the press are going to slaughter you anyway... at some point. Even if he'd won the damn thing, the next tournament had we gone out in Q/F he'd have been slaughtered. Surely you look at what's happend to ALL the previous managers up to Hoddle and think... **** it, there's no point trying to appease the press so I'll play my best 11 players in their correct position and I won't give a **** if that means putting a superstar on the bench.

It goes back to the Gerrard + Lampard ****e we used to shoehorn into the team. If it was an Italian side they'd play one and put the other on the bench and look at it as a ****ing good sub to have!


Don't disagree <ok>
 
The thing is, the press are going to slaughter you anyway... at some point. Even if he'd won the damn thing, the next tournament had we gone out in Q/F he'd have been slaughtered. Surely you look at what's happend to ALL the previous managers up to Hoddle and think... **** it, there's no point trying to appease the press so I'll play my best 11 players in their correct position and I won't give a **** if that means putting a superstar on the bench.

It goes back to the Gerrard + Lampard ****e we used to shoehorn into the team. If it was an Italian side they'd play one and put the other on the bench and look at it as a ****ing good sub to have!

But do you think the players would use the press against a manager like that? Suppose if they win it wouldn't matter...
 
Yes without a doubt but then
You don't pick a squad with a team in mind just the top individual players of the day
..

I just don't understand it..why do you think no mangers builds an actual team?

It's pressure. It's players not turning up.

It's media.

Everytime it's the same... no new manager goes on a tour at seasons end... they don't get 15 really solid players together and stay together for 2 years.

Remember england won all ten group games starting in 2014 v Swiss.

Hart
Stones Cahill jones baines
Henderson whilshire Delph
Welbeck rooney sterling.

Like.... We've seen vardy pushed in there.. hodgson has had no clue how to use him

He's lost henderson and hasn't got him fit at all.
No Delph.
Picked unfit whilshire
Picked rooney at cm not striker. Also unfit. That's 3 guys who've contributed nothing.

Kane blown out.

Sturridge picked but thrown out wide.

Milner reliability ignored.

Changed full backs 3 times during tournament qualifying.

Picked out of form everton guys then never used them...

Picked rashford, no plan for him so stick on when it's all gone pear shaped.

Just about everything done has been scrambling to find some form of system
 
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Iceland defender Ragnar Sigurdsson: "It went well. We didn't feel that they created any chances. We were just heading away long balls. I wasn't stressed in the second half."


Alright mate, rub it in why don't ya <laugh>