Match Day Thread Slovakia v England

There is - Andy Carroll. I said it when the squad was announced that we'd need someone like him in situations like last night as the rest are all too similar and not powerful enough when there's 10 defenders camped in the box.

 

I agree that the problem was we didn't create enough rather than missing too many chances. They were nearly all half chances. Their defending was very good and I don't think any particular substitution would have worked better. All we could have done better is to be more patient on the ball like the top sides are when they need a goal. Probe for the opening rather than just smashing it when there's nothing on. There were far too many hopeful snapshots blazed over and also too many overhit speculative passes going into touch. That helped them wind the clock down. I think we're very close to being a top side, we just need to watch what Spain and Germany do in possession against a defensive side and do the same.

 

I wouldnt say the Vardy one-on-one was a half chance, or is that what you meant by 'nearly all'?

 

this is interesting:................

 

Not 56 and a half minutes interesting. Cant someone post a summary of what it says?

 

2.22 for me. The normal bunch of low achieving faces who find time to comment of anything ranging from football to sitcoms to stand ups to bands to Eurovision in flaccid attempts to boost their TV air time. Proper modern day "lifetime" football types, liking football now because it's trendy but pretending they've always been an England & Manchester United supporter despite having never seen a terrace in their lives.

****s TV for ****s.

 

and this.............

 

He doesnt know his formation which is the big worry.
We d qualified after about 7 games which left him a full year to find it.
We had 3 more qualifying games, 6 friendly games plus the 3 in this Euros and he's. Still ****ing around

 

Personally I would suggest you shouldn't have 'a formation' and you should have about half a dozen your players can easily adapt to as the game situation requires.

 

um yeah... results tell us it isnt good.

 

Formations are over-rated. They're only defensive positions and starting positions for some dead-ball situations.

Fluidity is the key, players swapping places around the pitch, knowing when they need to cover.

That should be the aim and it shouldn't matter whether we start 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 diamond or flat.

 

I can't think of a single major champions league side that doesn't rotate its players when playing 3 times in a week. Why is international football different?

 

Italy are changing their entire XI for their next game. And that stat is pointless until everyone has played 3 games.

Everyone bar none on here were demanding that he change the front 2 for last night's game, you can't have it both ways!!

 

Italy have won the group.
2 up front yes change them.
Rest why rest ??

 

Ahhh, so basically it's 'we've used more players than any other team apart from those that are really successful, and we're discounting that there's only a few teams that have played 3 games'.

Why do manager's rest players of champions league sides when they play 3 games in a week? They need rest because it's the end of a long season. Does anyone want to tally up how many games the whole squad has played this season?

 

"Im tired" should not be in a footballers vocabulary

 

I doubt it will be for most. It's part of a manager / coach's job to appraise when a player might benefit from a rest.