urban genie
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Expect days of hype for mainoo to start, while many ignore we were still turgid shite in the 2nd half, he just ran about a bit more than gallagher but still with zero effect
ItalyYou can only beat the teams in front of you…but it looks like the easiest possible route to a major Final!
Italy & Holland are no pushovers, but avoiding Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal & Spain until the Final is almost as fortuitous as one could imagine!
………………..Pickfird
Walker..Stones..Guehi..Shaw
………..Bellend….Rice
Palmer……Foden……..Gordon
………………Kane
But, there’s no fucking chance!!
He will put Mainoo in the second DM position and swap Gordon for Foden, pushing Bellend into the 10 role, saying Foden needs a much needed rest after his hectic week and lack of both sleep and training. If England win, it’ll do him good!
Expect days of hype for mainoo to start, while many ignore we were still turgid shite in the 2nd half, he just ran about a bit more than gallagher but still with zero effect
That’s what the Dutch media claims when they talk about Koeman. At least England finished top of the group. We finished 3rd so I would suggest our media to be humble and be happy with this new system that let nearly every tesm qualify for the next round.He planned it all along, the man is a genius.
It's on ITV if you want to update your postKick off time 17:00 (BST). Being played in Gelsenkirchen. It hasn't been announced which TV Channel will have it yet.
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Well the gods have aligned once again for Southgates men. On the 'easy' side of the draw, with an 'easier' opponent. I'd like to say they can't fuck it up but they can and probably will. A squad of that quality should be making the final on this side of the draw.
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It'll be a low block again and England really need to improve at breaking it down.
England last played Slovakia in a World Cup Qualifier in 2017, won 2-1 at Wembley after going 1-0 down.
I'd like to see:
-----------------Pickford
Walker---Stones---Guehi---TAA/Trippier
-------------?????-----Rice
Saka------------Foden--------Gordon
--------------------Kane
He won't drop Trippier which is why I've thrown him in.
As for the question mark, Wharton should play but will probably be Bellingham.
Why would he not want to pick Foden?Southgate has a good excuse now not to pick foden! All this talk as well that Southgate will sit down with Bellingham to get the best out of him stinks of Southgate dropping foden because of him going back home so a good excuse and picking Bellingham in the 10 role with mainoo with Rice Gordon on the left and Saka on the right!
Thing is that team is more balanced team if he goes with that and we playing a poor side so can see us beating them and that's foden benched for the rest of the tournament
because he has been making poor decisions for the whole tournament why stop nowWhy would he not want to pick Foden?
I watched the second Netherlands game in Amsterdam and saw plenty of “Holland,” but I digress…as we have seen in this competition, EVERYONE is capable of being held (for a penalty shoot-out) and beaten, and England are no exception…nor are France, Germany, Spain, etc, etc, etc…Italy
swiss
Netherlands (holland doesn't exist amymore they say )
Austria
Turkey
and even Slovakia
could easily knock us out thenway we are playing, I really don't expect us to get past Italy if we get them
Fucking hell, the difference between the two sides of the draw ha, England to make the final.
anybody thought to ask him why he didnt make the rags play football then
Gone back to England for the birth of his 3rd child! He gets back Saturday Southgate could use that as an excuse to change the team up because we know how weak he is to change anything unless he has an excuseWhy would he not want to pick Foden?
Not easy but nowhere near as difficult as the other side of the draw.Can only play what’s in front of you.
At the moment we’re facing teams parking the bus and making it difficult- I’m more than happy to scrape past teams like this.
If we win then potentially Italy and Holland awaits - far from easy.
Not easy but nowhere near as difficult as the other side of the draw.
There can be no excuses if England fail to get to the final.
Like he would know, another bang average midfield this country hyped up to fuck who in the end was a one trick pony
The same Portugal that had already won the group and made wholesale changes for what was, for them, a meaningless match? That Portugal?Yes there can, It's football. Favored teams don't always win. look at Portugal last night.
Can come down to bad luck on the night, a red card, decisions not going our way, few players off their game. so many factors. that's the beauty of the game.
the whole entitlement we have, looking down at other teams and demanding we beat them is crap imo.