Sky Blue Harry H
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You were hardly on your own, Sam?!
many disagreeing earlier when i suggested throwing the belgium game
not looking so clever now
Well if we threw it, the team we'd have apparently beaten otherwise are also in the semi-final...many disagreeing earlier when i suggested throwing the belgium game
not looking so clever now
A bit generous there me thinks.Pickford 10
Walker 9
Stones 9
Maguire 10
Trippier 10
Henderson 10
Young 8
Lingard 7
Kane 7
Alli 8
Stirling 9
subs 6
Me thinks you're being a bit of a meanieA bit generous there me thinks.
Pickford 9
Tripper 8.5
Walker 6.5
Maguire 8.5
Stones 7.5
Young 6.5 (4 for first half)
Lingard 7
Henderson 8
Alli 7
Kane 8
Sterling 6.5
What about Sutton United?Neither team look as if they could beat Coventry City let alone England!
Modric is class, the way he sprays passes around is a joy to watch. Henderson is in for a busy night. Delph in for Alli or stick to our game plan thats worked so far ?We should be able to beat Croatia, though I don't think it will be as easy as some on here think.
I'd rather Modrić was on our side than theirs, and Mandžukić is likely to be a lot deadlier than Sterling if he gets a chance.
Well that's it. Without Pickford, Sterling's misses could easily have cost us.Me thinks you're being a bit of a meanieKane 8 ?....Thought he was ok but nothing special. Tin hat on..I thought Stirling was very good, never stopped running and causing them problems, ok he should of scored 2 but as we won i'll let him off !
The question is do you want the Premier league's leading scorer playing as a midfielder while a player who has scored once in 23 games for England is our main striker?Well that's it. Without Pickford, Sterling's misses could easily have cost us.
To be quite honest, I was thinking of marking Kane higher.
Thought he had a great game, albeit a different type role to his normal one. At times he was playing as a midfielder, but he played a real captain's role and led by example and hardly gave the ball away all night..
I thought he was excellent.
Sterling cannot keep missing golden opportunities. At this level it can so easily come back and bite you on the bum.
No. Think it was a needs must situation. Had Rashford played instead of Sterling I don't think Kane would have played so deep.The question is do you want the Premier league's leading scorer playing as a midfielder while a player who has scored once in 23 games for England is our main striker?
Yeah, I get all that and I am a big Sterling fan, but at international level you have to take your chances.16 Conclusions: England 2-0 Sweden - Football365
Excellent article.
8. We do need to talk about Sterling’s finishing again. There are those who will deliberately overlook – or maybe just not notice – Sterling’s movement for England. More than any other attacking player, it is his runs off the ball that create space for teammates and himself. He was excellent at it against Sweden.
Whatever you might think and no matter how many times people boo his name in pubs up and down the land, Sterling is an excellent footballer. But his finishing for England is the weakest aspect of his game. Having got into excellent areas, he lacks the confidence or clarity of thought to add the accomplished finish.
Whether that confidence has been battered by the media treatment that Sterling referred to pre-tournament is open to interpretation and opinion, but you would be a fool to think that Sterling’s missed chances mean he should not be in this team. Thankfully, Southgate gets it:
“In the last five or six games, with the change of system, he has been key. His movement, his ability to run at teams from deep, his inter-changing of position with the other forward players is very important.”
And Pep Guardiola gets it:
“Sometimes we judge him on ‘he missed that goal, he missed that shot,’ but the amount of actions he creates, assists, he creates fouls, penalties… His understanding of the game is global: he can create inside, outside, dribbling, runs in behind.”
Is he?More importantly have you seen the Croatian president? Milf
Didn't know that.Hasn't sterling only got one assist?
16 Conclusions: England 2-0 Sweden - Football365
Excellent article.
8. We do need to talk about Sterling’s finishing again. There are those who will deliberately overlook – or maybe just not notice – Sterling’s movement for England. More than any other attacking player, it is his runs off the ball that create space for teammates and himself. He was excellent at it against Sweden.
Whatever you might think and no matter how many times people boo his name in pubs up and down the land, Sterling is an excellent footballer. But his finishing for England is the weakest aspect of his game. Having got into excellent areas, he lacks the confidence or clarity of thought to add the accomplished finish.
Whether that confidence has been battered by the media treatment that Sterling referred to pre-tournament is open to interpretation and opinion, but you would be a fool to think that Sterling’s missed chances mean he should not be in this team. Thankfully, Southgate gets it:
“In the last five or six games, with the change of system, he has been key. His movement, his ability to run at teams from deep, his inter-changing of position with the other forward players is very important.”
And Pep Guardiola gets it:
“Sometimes we judge him on ‘he missed that goal, he missed that shot,’ but the amount of actions he creates, assists, he creates fouls, penalties… His understanding of the game is global: he can create inside, outside, dribbling, runs in behind.”
If he keeps playing and keeps missing gilt-edged chances it will cost us.As I said yesterday and that article alludes to his head must be all wrong.
His last two appearances have shown improvement and before yesterdays show I was wishing and willing him to bag one or two.
But that miss left me totally exasperated ,had Pickford hadn't played so well that could have really bitten us on the arse I was fuming and don't buy the line that Rashford or Lingard more advanced couldn't fullfil the role he's playing .
If Sterling is the question, Lingard isn't the answer.As I said yesterday and that article alludes to his head must be all wrong.
His last two appearances have shown improvement and before yesterdays show I was wishing and willing him to bag one or two.
But that miss left me totally exasperated ,had Pickford not played so well that could have really bitten us on the arse I was fuming and don't buy the line that Rashford or Lingard more advanced couldn't fullfil the role he's playing .
Our second goal was from open play.All that and we don't look like we can buy a goal from open play .
Yeah, but apart from that, what have open play ever done for us?Our second goal was from open play.
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Sweden (who are a rubbish side)
Agree, never popular because of the style but they are not mugs and have beaten some big nationsThey finished above Netherlands in their WC qualifying group, beat France 2-1, knocked out Italy in their WC play-off and of course finished above Germany in their group.
So not exactly rubbish.
Credit England for making them look distinctly average.
We should be able to beat Croatia, though I don't think it will be as easy as some on here think.
I'd rather Modrić was on our side than theirs, and Mandžukić is likely to be a lot deadlier than Sterling if he gets a chance.
I'm fancying a France vs England final and think France will be too strong for us. If somehow Belgium beat France, I think we can beat them.
That's fine, you've selected your scapegoat already if we don't win it. And if we do win, it will be despite Sterling...He's not been keen key though, he's been a burden to the team in every single game. That article is butt-hurt biased rubbish.
Before the tournament I said he shouldn't be started and got ridiculed for it. Now he has proved what I was essentially saying all along, but some people are still blindly defending him. I know some are overly critical of him, but there are others that are too far the other way.
He might have been slightly better against Sweden (who are a rubbish side) but it still wasn't really good enough. As the point in that script says, his final product isn't good enough. Like Ryan Kent though, why be on the pitch if you do a nice run but it comes to nothing?
If it wasn't for Sterling being so wasteful we would have been more than 1 up against Colombia. We also would have been more than 1 up at half time yesterday.
We have other better players waiting for a go, and they need a chance. We have ridden our luck on wasting chances and as we get into Croatia and France/Belgium we cannot go wasting our hits at the death star so carelessly. We will be punished for it and it will probably cost us our exit.
He's been involved with one goal all tournament, hardly something to rave about. He's a burden to the England team and whilst more people are waking up to this, I hope it isn't too late for Southgate.
There's a middle ground isn't there? After all, thought your whole argument was that we lose to Belgium to get the easier games...They finished above Netherlands in their WC qualifying group, beat France 2-1, knocked out Italy in their WC play-off and of course finished above Germany in their group.
So not exactly rubbish.
Credit England for making them look distinctly average.
He's not been keen key though, he's been a burden to the team in every single game. That article is butt-hurt biased rubbish.
Before the tournament I said he shouldn't be started and got ridiculed for it. Now he has proved what I was essentially saying all along, but some people are still blindly defending him. I know some are overly critical of him, but there are others that are too far the other way.
He might have been slightly better against Sweden (who are a rubbish side) but it still wasn't really good enough. As the point in that script says, his final product isn't good enough. Like Ryan Kent though, why be on the pitch if you do a nice run but it comes to nothing?
If it wasn't for Sterling being so wasteful we would have been more than 1 up against Colombia. We also would have been more than 1 up at half time yesterday.
We have other better players waiting for a go, and they need a chance. We have ridden our luck on wasting chances and as we get into Croatia and France/Belgium we cannot go wasting our hits at the death star so carelessly. We will be punished for it and it will probably cost us our exit.
He's been involved with one goal all tournament, hardly something to rave about. He's a burden to the England team and whilst more people are waking up to this, I hope it isn't too late for Southgate.
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