Off Topic International Break Thread
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UEFA have not responded to my petition to have snipers on the stadium roof who will dome anyone doing a stuttering run for a penalty
Cowards
Cowards
2 ridiculous decisions effectively determined the outcome of that game. Although from a personal prediction perspective.....
Canada through to the knockout stages of the Copa America after scoring 1 goal in 270+ minutes
...and yes, Jonathan David did score it
...and yes, Jonathan David did score it
The England team are going to do a display of metal riveting ??
Gotta be better than watching them play football.
Refs a bit card happy, if this is his usual standard little wonder the club owner decked him
Games not going to finish with 22 on the pitch
Games not going to finish with 22 on the pitch
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Compare that foul on the keeper to the **** Vicario had to put up with for months. Ludicrous.
The ref is awful, but hasn't changed the game. Slovakia deserve the lead at half time and it's difficult to see the 11 out there for England at the moment changing anything.
Changes must be made!
Changes must be made!
Played **** all tournament, so he just keeps doing the same thing over and over.
It's like he's refusing to change because everyone's been telling him what he's got wrong.
Stubborn and useless.
Incredibly inconsistent. Might be from his previous head injury:
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Brilliant ball by Kane, but that's awful from Foden. He's got a clear view of it and should never be offside.
What's amazing is that Southgate has been so much more successful than any England manager since Ramsey.
He's dead set on starting the biggest names, no matter how many square pegs he has to jam into round holes to do it.
He didn't bring a back up to his injury prone left back.
He doesn't understand a player who loves to cut in from the right onto his left foot can't be LM.
He persists with Bellingham at CAM despite him looking completely lost after a bright start because he and Foden keep getting in each other's way. It's Lampard-Gerrard revisited.
He doesn't seem to have given any thought to the concept that players generally do much better on one end of the pass than on the other. Kane, Saka, Bellingham and Foden are all better on the receiving end of passes than creating them. So there's nobody to get the ball to them in the areas they want to receive it. Southgate left his one passing 10 at home (Maddison). The one player on the team other than Trippier with a good range of passing is Kane.
The team should be
Trippier Guehi Stones (LB of choice)
Rice Mainoo
Gordon/Eze) Maddison Palmer/Foden/Saka
Kane
It's one thing to have come up with a dysfunctional lineup. It's another to stick with it resolutely when it's shown no signs of working-.
Nowhere near onside, and completely unnecessarily. Is Foden actually any good when he's not on a superior team?
England's best hope at this point is to swap Toney or Watkins for Bellingham or Foden and switch Kane to CAM. England had its best two chances from Kane's passing.
Tbf, Palmer and Saka as wing backs makes the team on the face of it a lot more sensible. So Southgate deserves some credit for that.
He's dead set on starting the biggest names, no matter how many square pegs he has to jam into round holes to do it.
He didn't bring a back up to his injury prone left back.
He doesn't understand a player who loves to cut in from the right onto his left foot can't be LM.
He persists with Bellingham at CAM despite him looking completely lost after a bright start because he and Foden keep getting in each other's way. It's Lampard-Gerrard revisited.
He doesn't seem to have given any thought to the concept that players generally do much better on one end of the pass than on the other. Kane, Saka, Bellingham and Foden are all better on the receiving end of passes than creating them. So there's nobody to get the ball to them in the areas they want to receive it. Southgate left his one passing 10 at home (Maddison). The one player on the team other than Trippier with a good range of passing is Kane.
The team should be
Trippier Guehi Stones (LB of choice)
Rice Mainoo
Gordon/Eze) Maddison Palmer/Foden/Saka
Kane
It's one thing to have come up with a dysfunctional lineup. It's another to stick with it resolutely when it's shown no signs of working-.
Nowhere near onside, and completely unnecessarily. Is Foden actually any good when he's not on a superior team?
England's best hope at this point is to swap Toney or Watkins for Bellingham or Foden and switch Kane to CAM. England had its best two chances from Kane's passing.
Tbf, Palmer and Saka as wing backs makes the team on the face of it a lot more sensible. So Southgate deserves some credit for that.
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