Ccfcisparks
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Don't think Shaw will manage 90.
Trippier against Yamal may work, Yamal cuts onto his left then Trippier is defending on his stronger foot.
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Trippier against Yamal may work, Yamal cuts onto his left then Trippier is defending on his stronger foot.
Sky Blue Harry H
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You mean - go with the starting line-up?
Sky_Blue_Daz
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Thought Foden had a great game really unlucky not to score , more of the same on Sunday
Otis
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Yup. Exactly the same.
Usually dancing around the room with a goal such as that, but I just about gave a little punch of the air last night and that was it.
I can only put it down to all the previous performances sucking the lifeblood out of me, because I follow England avidly and was struggling to even keep awake during games.
Be interesting to see how I feel on Sunday.
Yesterday was a much better performance, but it just kept entering my train of thinking, why didn't we do that before?
Usually hear cheering in the street and noise, but last night, nothing.
Very weird.
Otis
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Yeah, but he didn't manage 90 last night.
What's the difference between him coming on at half time and starting the game and not being able to last the full 90?
Makes much more sense to me to go with the stronger player at first and then when he tires, bring the other on.
tisza
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So many assume he'll walk into a top club job. Not sure I see it myself. Maybe a 2nd level club who think he can take them up a level.
Sick Boy
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I think it’s true, personally, especially with VAR, the new rules, the amount of foreign money in the game and the weird plastic fans.
Otis
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tisza
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Let's be honest there's a lot of dull international football - tournament qualifiers often characterized by lower teams parking the bus.. Plus there seem to be so many games now.
Otis
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The best thing to come out of the tournament so far for me (say, so far, because I am obviously hoping we win on Sunday) has been Kobe Mainoo. He has been absolutely top class.
Skilful, strong and hardly ever gives the ball away.
He might well have cemented himself a place in the England starting lineup for many years to come.
Really impressed with him.
Skilful, strong and hardly ever gives the ball away.
He might well have cemented himself a place in the England starting lineup for many years to come.
Really impressed with him.
MalcSB
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Characterised by some who finished third in their group progressing to the knock out stages.
Tommo1993
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No coincidence that Man Utd capitulated in the cup after he was taken off.
Brighton Sky Blue
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He needs to be managed carefully. My concern is that ten Haag in his desperation will play him every week and burn him out.
Sick Boy
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He looks exhausted.
Otis
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Ahh, the big reveal at last. Panda is actually Nick.
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That was my thoughts too. Tripper has struggled in that position all tournament but he's not a bad player and being stronger on his right foot might help against Yamal. Grateful for Walker's pace against Williams on the other side too.
Agreed. Should’ve been rested third group game. Fair play to him though, picking up the ball and running it down the line before winning a free kick in injury time last night. Not to mention his two game changing goals. The lads a winner even when knackered
Liquid Gold
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It's so tedious people online shouting "what about the WOMENS game" when people are mentioning Southgate's achievements.
It's clear that we're talking about the mens team here as it's during the mens tournament. The lionesses get celebrated when they play.
If they want to be constantly compared to the mens game it won't be a fair comparison.
It's clear that we're talking about the mens team here as it's during the mens tournament. The lionesses get celebrated when they play.
If they want to be constantly compared to the mens game it won't be a fair comparison.
shmmeee
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It’s very “ackshually St George was from Turkey” isn’t it?
San Francisco
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Lots of people all over social media writing us off. They didn’t learn from Euro 2020 when we were the ones being arrogant before losing to Italy.
We have the players to beat Spain so it’ll be a great game. Really think with the right setup and good game management we’ll turn them over.
We have the players to beat Spain so it’ll be a great game. Really think with the right setup and good game management we’ll turn them over.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Talk of a bank holiday if we win...
Liquid Gold
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That's dumb, should just make it a bank holiday. People aren't gonna wait to see the result before getting tanked up are they.
Mucca Mad Boys
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Such very fine margins isn't it. We were 86 seconds away from going out of the competition completely. Had that happened, that would have been humiliating and there would have been much gnashing of teeth and wailing and finger pointing at the manager, but now here we are, in a final.
We can't pretend it's been some kind of master plan to be scoring goals right at the death.
Not trying to take anything away from the achievement last night, however. Southgate still made mistakes and the subs should have been made earlier, because we were on the back foot and the Dutch looked more threatening, but we got it right in the end.
I thought Trippier was a worry in that first half too. His positioning at times was all over the place.
Very positive move from GS though to bring Shaw on at half time, so hat's off to him for that and praise too for the subs. Just wish it had been a bit earlier.
We played so much better last night, which was so nice to see and to see Foden play with freedom.
Fair bit of luck helps too. We wouldn't have complained too much had that penalty not been given and the Dutch did have a very valid point just before the winning goal, because Guehl seemed to just lose his balance and fall over and the Dutch player would have been clean through and bearing down on goal had play been allowed to continue. Luckily, we got the free kick
As I say, the margins between success and failure can be minute.
But well done to Southgate for last night. He does deserve a lot of praise for that performance and setup
I don't mind if we lose on Sunday as long as we play like that. Just don't want us to go into a shell and be too cautious again and get beaten quite easily without laying a glove.
We're in the final. Let's enjoy it and Southgate does seem such a lovely bloke, so I would like us to win it for him, because what a great legacy that would be for him and he'd be a hero wherever he went in life after.
Now I just have to hope they are showing the game on the ship I am on, on Sunday, because I am going to be on a cruise to the Norwegian fjords when it kicks off.
Most teams have to ride their luck. Take Spain, they could’ve easily conceded a pen v Germany and to win it at the death with a 120m winner to avoid penalties. Yamal’s goal v France was amazing, is he scoring that chance again if that moment was replayed?
Spain got a lot of credit for beating Italy in their ‘hard’ group, Italy get dominated by Switzerland more so than Spain did who’s goal was a rather fortunate OG.
We rode our luck against Slovakia but they had been defending with 10 men behind the ball since they went 1-0 up. The equaliser was coming and we’d emptied the bench of all our attacking talent. We’ve had our unlucky moments too with 3 disallowed goals.
Southgate has had a clear plan and tweaked it when Plan A wasn’t working. That’s kudos to him. He hasn’t listened to the football commentariat who think they know best and frankly, we’re wrong. He’s a manager that has really focused and studied what successful teams in major tournaments do.
You need luck to win a major tournament and I fully back us to beat Spain. Admittedly, I had backed Germany and France to beat Spain.
ccfc922
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Luckily I booked Monday off a couple of months ago. Wasn't going through that again after the Italy fiasco, not knowing what to do. Ended up being able to start an hour later, but everyone was miserable anyway haha.
Otis
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Williams just shouldn't be playing for Spain. It's just not right.
Ccfcisparks
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whyWilliams just shouldn't be playing for Spain. It's just not right.
Otis
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Mucca Mad Boys
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Imagine saying ‘what about the men’s game’ in the moments of glory for the Lionesses?
A subtext I never like about coverage of the women’s game is the cheap swipes at England’s lack of success from supporters and pundits alike. It’s jarring.
Mucca Mad Boys
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I’m the opposite, I need to log on and work in Berlin the day after the final…
Depressing and organising travel home is so far logistically challenging!