correct and his negative mindset! He was thinking hold what we have Play it safe manager Southgate he won’t let his team show there true ability it’s a ridged performance from now on to we out!
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Jack Grealish
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correct and his negative mindset! He was thinking hold what we have Play it safe manager Southgate he won’t let his team show there true ability it’s a ridged performance from now on to we out!
Centurions
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Last 10 minutes he was telling them to slow it down for sure. In fact they started as if that was their instructions.maybe he was happy with the point seeing a draw next game gets us through!? It’s all about getting out the group
With better finishing we would have lost that gameLast 10 minutes he was telling them to slow it down for sure. In fact they started as if that was their instructions.
ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN
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We should have lost that gameWith better finishing we would have lost that game
Centurions
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I'm up in Scotland and you'd think the buggers had just won the tournament rather than got a 0-0 draw.We should have lost that game
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It was just as important to them that we didn't get 3 points,they really are that bitter.I'm up in Scotland and you'd think the buggers had just won the tournament rather than got a 0-0 draw.
The Brazilian commentary was gushing about him when he came on
What did they make of Billy Gilmour out of curiosity?
bluesince76
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They way they were going on about Gilmour, I thought he was 13. Can you imagine the media if Foden had played so few first team games at his age!What did they make of Billy Gilmour out of curiosity?
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The players aren't, the manager is. I can't believe a top manager couldn't get a tune out of England with the players at our disposal.We are second rate.
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While I agree that he came into circumstances that gave him little to no room to make any impact with how negative the tactics were. He wasn't any different in the two friendly games before the tournament where he started and the team looked just as uninspiring so I'm not getting the excuses that he had little time. That's just his game, holding onto the ball longer than needed, inviting and drawing fouls by leaving his leg out, and when he actually gets through he often either lays it off or fail to pick out anyone.
For a team like villa that often plays on the counter and play built around him, he suits them perfectly as he gets enough space to utilise his best asset which is carrying the ball. Put in a side that often plays against 10 men camped around their own box that becomes almost pointless unless they are having to result in simply winning fouls. His passing/vision is not as good or better than any of bernardo, gundogan, mahrez, or foden so you are then left with a player who adds nothing much of value to the side that it doesn't already possess.
I don't even have much of a problem with him as a player as I've always said the talent is there, it's just the fawning over him that's become unbearable. Many seem to have convinced themselves he's what peak hazard was on the back of one really good season when the truth is he's nowhere near.
For a team like villa that often plays on the counter and play built around him, he suits them perfectly as he gets enough space to utilise his best asset which is carrying the ball. Put in a side that often plays against 10 men camped around their own box that becomes almost pointless unless they are having to result in simply winning fouls. His passing/vision is not as good or better than any of bernardo, gundogan, mahrez, or foden so you are then left with a player who adds nothing much of value to the side that it doesn't already possess.
I don't even have much of a problem with him as a player as I've always said the talent is there, it's just the fawning over him that's become unbearable. Many seem to have convinced themselves he's what peak hazard was on the back of one really good season when the truth is he's nowhere near.
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