HadjiChippo
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At least there’s no chance of the worst officials at the tournament reffing our games.
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oscillatewildly
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Community service/refresher course?
Frostie
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VAR review every goal regardless so no conspiracy of "putting it to VAR", they have to give what they think is the correct decision on the field.
Ref would have thought he was impacting the keeper which lino obviously can't tell, clarified it with him & that he was in an offside position & came to (probably) the right decision.
Why it took so long for the VAR to confirm that was just ridiculous though.
HadjiChippo
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Not impressed by France at all, have been very average in both their games considering their squad.
SeaSeeEffCee
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I thought it was the right decision by the letter of the law tbh. He was in an offside position and blocking the keeper. Whether the keeper was going to dive for it doesn’t really come into it as per the laws of the game.
Mucca Mad Boys
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Agreed, but to be consistent with my thoughts on England… it’s the group games and the only important thing is getting out of the group.
Netherlands winning the group would be (potentially) good for us if we get our act together.
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Arsene Wenger at Slovakia game in Dusseldorf a few hours ago, now Leipzig for this.
Private jetting all over Germany.
Private jetting all over Germany.
Paul Anthony
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That was a pretty rubbish game.
HadjiChippo
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If Maignan had dived and come near Dumfries I’d have agreed with ruling it out but Maignan was never anywhere near, and was never reacting fast enough to stop that(or reaching it anyway). It’s a perversion of the offside rule, no advantage was gained.
Sick Boy
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England players not fit enough to press effectively, claims Gareth Southgate
Gareth Southgate has claimed England players are not at the fitness levels required to carry out his Euro 2024 game plan
Otis
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So, tired, divots, the devastating news that Kalvin Phillips wasn't available, ......what's nextEngland players not fit enough to press effectively, claims Gareth Southgate
Gareth Southgate has claimed England players are not at the fitness levels required to carry out his Euro 2024 game planwww.theguardian.com
Sick Boy
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At the moment it feels like the excuses are being put in for an inevitable defeat on Tuesday.
Otis
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Well yeah, you say that, but if the sun is in several players' eyes as a Slovenian attacker skips past 6 of them to slot in a goal from a tight angle, you can hardly blame the players can you.
Nick
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Desperate stuff.England players not fit enough to press effectively, claims Gareth Southgate
Gareth Southgate has claimed England players are not at the fitness levels required to carry out his Euro 2024 game plan
Frostie
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It was ruled out on the pitch.
SBAndy
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It’s absolute ‘rocks in your head’ material. With the best will in the world, we didn’t need to take all of Dunk/Konsa/Gomez. It’d take a bloody disaster for any/all of them to have ended up on the pitch. The idea that Konsa gave us RB cover when you had Walker, TAA, Trippier already in the squad is bonkers. I kind of get not taking Chilwell - his season has been plagued by injury. But take someone! I know Branthwaite isn’t a LB but at least he’s left footed, same way as Ake/Gvardiol aren’t left backs but play there for Man City.
Liquid Gold
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Manager coming out against the players is never a good sign.England players not fit enough to press effectively, claims Gareth Southgate
Gareth Southgate has claimed England players are not at the fitness levels required to carry out his Euro 2024 game plan
In Southgate’s previous tournaments something we’ve never lacked is team spirit. Looks like this has finally gone here.
Nick
Administrator
What did he expect? He hasn't played since February so going to throw him in at the knockout stages with no match fitness?
Get the clown gone.
Nick
Administrator
Didn't he see them train before hand? It's weird as you would have thought he would see then their fitness levels.
Nick
Administrator
Not an ugly one?
fatso
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Yep, that's down to Southgate.
We could be out of the competition before Shaw is fit, and yet we leave out the 2 players with the ability to unlock defences.
Madness.
SBAndy
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“the two players with the ability to unlock defences” because, of course, Foden, Palmer, Eze are completely incapable. If you think that’s the issue we’re facing then you’re miles off.
Evo1883
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Let's be honest we've not been very good since 2022 .. and leading upto this tournament we drew with Macedonia and Belgium (not as good as they were ) lost to a second string Brazil, beat Bosnia but were dire and lost to Iceland
The only games we've won since 2022 that are remotely worth mentioning are the 2 wins against Italy in qualifying
We've won 15 drew 8 lost 6 in the last 2 years , and of those 15 , 5 were friendlies against shite and the others were euro qualifying against all shite but 1 team .
In Qatar we beat Wales, Iran and Senegal
We also got relegated from our nations league group without winning a game including a 4-0 loss to Hungary
The only games we've won since 2022 that are remotely worth mentioning are the 2 wins against Italy in qualifying
We've won 15 drew 8 lost 6 in the last 2 years , and of those 15 , 5 were friendlies against shite and the others were euro qualifying against all shite but 1 team .
In Qatar we beat Wales, Iran and Senegal
We also got relegated from our nations league group without winning a game including a 4-0 loss to Hungary
Skybluekyle
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Still one of the worst penalties I've ever seen given was Preston away
Kyle McFadzean: Attempted foul, now honestly, did they ever give someone a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?