Match Day Thread General matchday thread.

[Skylarker]

That's unlike our media

Yeah he's just the latest in a huge line. Pathetic really.

 

[PINKIE]

... best check it's not witchcraft ........................... or wizardry

HIAG's put a hex on me.

 

[JohnTheFox]

Yeah Gomez plays, currently out of position at RB so he's perfect for the right of a back 3. Hopefully he's our long term future CB with VVD. He's had a slight injury so Alexander-Arnold has played last couple.

Southgate has played the 3 of them already so it must be in his thinking.

Walker will go as RB but Alexander-Arnold is the future of England at RB. Any of you twats can bookmark that - the kid is next level for his age.

I'd take Bertrand as LB but I'm not convinced by him. But who else is there? Shaw but Jose doesn't play him even though he rates him as the best LB in world football [HASHTAG]#dickhead[/HASHTAG]

Yeah Vardy goes, doesn't start though. Bit like Rashford he's useful off the bench.

Yep back 6 including the GK and wing backs speak for themselves then.
Vardy could be seriously vital for us. As Fosse said above, he has a record of scoring about the better sides domestically but also internationally. We would need to play a certain way but we should anyway given the players we have at our disposal. Leicester have started playing in a similar way too so I agree Vardy to come off the bench but he could be the guy to nick a winning goal against the big boys

 

[Skylarker]

You wouldn't... You don't go to games

No mate I never go to games

That last one we cancelled ended up costing me 2k btw. ****ing expensive day out

I'd like to get to more games but tbh other things are more important as you get older. You'll understand one day little man

 

[NSIS]

If he puts Hart in goal!....

 

[FosseFilberto]

HIAG's put a hex on me.

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[Skylarker]

If he puts Hart in goal!....

If he does he deserves to be slaughtered with a blunt instrument.

 

[PINKIE]

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That's not HIAG, he's a fat baldy .... apparently

 

[Skylarker]

Anyway gonna play some Fortnite. Laters all

 

[Libby]

... And I'm gonna hit the sack

 

[FosseFilberto]

That's not HIAG, he's a fat baldy .... apparently

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[Tel (they/them)]

He's pony mate.

I thought... never mind.

 

[FosseFilberto]

Time goes by real slow .... when you have a fug ugly avatar

 

[BobbyD]

Yeah Gomez plays, currently out of position at RB so he's perfect for the right of a back 3. Hopefully he's our long term future CB with VVD. He's had a slight injury so Alexander-Arnold has played last couple.

Southgate has played the 3 of them already so it must be in his thinking.

Walker will go as RB but Alexander-Arnold is the future of England at RB. Any of you twats can bookmark that - the kid is next level for his age.

I'd take Bertrand as LB but I'm not convinced by him. But who else is there? Shaw but Jose doesn't play him even though he rates him as the best LB in world football [HASHTAG]#dickhead[/HASHTAG]

Yeah Vardy goes, doesn't start though. Bit like Rashford he's useful off the bench.

keep dreaming.

TAA won't be a right back. Not good enough defensively. Think Gomez should stay as a RB. Don't think he can read the flight of a ball as a CB. He can get away with it as a RB

 

[FosseFilberto]

keep dreaming.

TAA won't be a right back. Not good enough defensively. Think Gomez should stay as a RB. Don't think he can read the flight of a ball as a CB. He can get away with it as a RB

Anything's a step up from these two ...

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... Cahill and Jagielka

 

[BobbyD]

If The Ox continues to develop like he has this season he might get a chance.

Drinkwater would if he had stayed at Leicester. Doesn't play enough at Chelsea to warrant his place imo.

Drinky should have stayed at leicester.

As for Ox's development. He's barely getting into the liverpool side which prefer a midfield of Can Henderson and Winja/Milner mate. Apart from a few flashes here and there Ox has been pretty poor.

 

[FosseFilberto]

Drinky should have stayed at leicester.

As for Ox's development. He's barely getting into the liverpool side which prefer a midfield of Can Henderson and Winja/Milner mate. Apart from a few flashes here and there Ox has been pretty poor.

Nah ... wouldn't get in our first XI

 

[King Shergar]

If Henderson is back to full fitness he probably starts. He's been captain a lot for England under different managers. Just because he isn't a technical player doesn't mean he's not important. He does the donkey work well.... better than people think tbh.

I don't rate him highly but the managers he plays under do, and they know more than we do!

I'm hoping he's not in Liverpool's first 11 next season although he'll be good squad player.

All we're doing here is highlighting how bad our nation's midfield is. The defence ain't much better tbh... for international level our defence is ****e.

The only saving grace for this England team is Harry Kane. He's the only world class player getting on the plane. Rest are bang average.

Jones, Smalling and Cahill need to **** off. Give Maguire, Gomez and Stones a chance to develop as a back 3.

Midfield I think he'll go for a 2 of Henderson and Wishere, with Alli in the advanced role.

Rashford is all hype. Good for last 15 mins if chasing a game. Sterling seems to play well for Pep only. Lingarrd is hot and cold.

Southgates got a tough job to sort these numpties out.

Pickford over Butland for me in goal. I have a feeling Hart will end up playing though which is truly baffling.

If Henderson is in the starting 11 then England are in big trouble, when I watch Henderson play, he reminds me of a centre half playing in midfield, he just looks akward and uncomfortable on the ball.

When you play these international tournaments, you need midfield players who can keep the ball and dominate the opposition with possession, as the games come so thick and fast, so you aren't gonna go far in it if your chasing after the ball every game.

You even admit he's not that great technically, yet ability on the ball is the most important attribute for a modern day midfielder to have. Eric Dier is miles better, and even Wilshire, Loftus Cheek and Shelvey are alot better than Henderson.

I'd agree Smalling is not good enough, but Jones is definately worth his place, considering the options England have. Jones form has only dipped recently because he's had Smalling alongside him. Put him with a decent partner like earlier in the season and he's a solid defender.

 

[PINKIE]

AC Milan v Arsenal in the next round of the EL

 

[King Shergar]

I'd play Vardy probably with Kane ... does at International level what he does domestically ... scores against the best teams ...he's a way better finisher than Sterling, Lingard or Rashford ..

He might well be a better finisher than those 3, but I'm not saying to play any of them as strikers. Vardy is not an attacking midfielder or a winger, he's a striker.

If this was the 80s or the 90s and everyone was playing 442 then I'd completely agree with you, but 442 especially with the midfield England have does not cut it in modern day football.

Vardys record against the big sides is impressive, but that has a lot to do with the counter attacking play style Leicester use against those sides. Vardy because he is so fast is a specialist on the counter attack. But he does often struggle to score against sides who don't give him space in behind to run into.

Looking at our group, the only side that we will probably set up to counter attack against will be Belgium, and perhaps you could play Vardy up top with Kane playing as a 2nd striker/Attacking midfielder. But I wouldn't be playing Vardy against either Panama or Tunisia, as I think the all round qualities of Kane up top gives you a lot more options than Vardy does.