England v Switzerland - Sat 6th July, 17:00 | Euro 2024 Quarter-Final

Match Result Prediction?

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meltonblue said:
Not at all, judging by his performance tonight. We’ve all moaned about Foden playing a position we know he’s not best at but has played before. Saka did similar tonight and was our best player.

That’s not a dig at Foden but any England fan having a go at Saka needs their eyes tested, he was great tonight. Kane, though, is a different matter…
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Played well this evening for sure
 
super_city_si said:
Spot on. Agree with Mainoo and Saka too. Thought Mainoo showed some balls and was progressive. Rice was a complete shithouse as normal. I saw him ignore line splitting passes so often. Just to go back or sideways.
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Rice winds me up just because he isn’t brave with his passes, amount of times he can see Foden with a couple of players round him but won’t give it him is criminal (it’s the hospital pass English narrative). He’d rather the sideways or back pass, it’s why we can’t progress up the pitch, swap Rice for Rodri and it’s a whole different game.

To be fair I feel like i criticise anyone who isn’t City or hasn’t been trained by Pep.
 
meltonblue said:
Not at all, judging by his performance tonight. We’ve all moaned about Foden playing a position we know he’s not best at but has played before. Saka did similar tonight and was our best player.

That’s not a dig at Foden but any England fan having a go at Saka needs their eyes tested, he was great tonight. Kane, though, is a different matter…
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Saka is a fine player indeed.

However I wouldn't say he was really in a different position. Maybe on the team sheet he was but he spent pretty much the full game in his usual position on the pitch
 
meltonblue said:
Not at all, judging by his performance tonight. We’ve all moaned about Foden playing a position we know he’s not best at but has played before. Saka did similar tonight and was our best player.

That’s not a dig at Foden but any England fan having a go at Saka needs their eyes tested, he was great tonight. Kane, though, is a different matter…
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I think Saka is great, but he does play a more traditional left wing role at Arsenal.

When Phil plays on the wing he doesn't play anything like the same role.
 
Full of admiration for the shootout. Up there with the best you'll see.
Other than that, the performance was fucking garbage. If only that cunting twat, Southgate, went on the front foot, from the off...
 
We are into the semis and at this point it's about winning. Doesn't matter how you do it now, just do it. Performances are irrelevant. Southgate doesn't want all out attack or expansive football, he wants control. He knows our attack can deliver those moments to win games. It's not pretty, it's not what we would like to see, but ultimately so far so good.

There were some hairy moments in ET and that's as a result of having a more attacking lineup on the pitch. 3 of the 4 semi finalists have been dross for large parts of this tournament. But they won't care.

Our subs are having an impact.

The big question mark for me is Kane. He isn't right at all. Completely missing from the box quite often and barely running at all. Was shocked Southgate took him off, but he shouldn't be scared to do it much earlier in the semi final.
 
Crooked_rain said:
Saka is a fine player indeed.

However I wouldn't say he was really in a different position. Maybe on the team sheet he was but he spent pretty much the full game in his usual position on the pitch
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That’s down to his performance too though, he pushed his side up so it enabled him to be more a winger than a full back.
 
bluenova said:
I think Saka is great, but he does play a more traditional left wing role at Arsenal.

When Phil plays on the wing he doesn't play anything like the same role.
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He plays a traditional right wing role for Arsenal. Tonight he played without a full back behind him and was our best attacking player (and arguably our best defensive one too) and the last game he switched to left back for a period of it.

Like I said, I wasn’t having a go at Foden, I thought he was good tonight too, just saying anyone that thinks Saka is overrated really isn’t watching him, he was great tonight. Kane was garbage.
 
supercity88 said:
We are into the semis and at this point it's about winning. Doesn't matter how you do it now, just do it. Performances are irrelevant. Southgate doesn't want all out attack or expansive football, he wants control. He knows our attack can deliver those moments to win games. It's not pretty, it's not what we would like to see, but ultimately so far so good.

There were some hairy moments in ET and that's as a result of having a more attacking lineup on the pitch. 3 of the 4 semi finalists have been dross for large parts of this tournament. But they won't care.

Our subs are having an impact.

The big question mark for me is Kane. He isn't right at all. Completely missing from the box quite often and barely running at all. Was shocked Southgate took him off, but he shouldn't be scared to do it much earlier in the semi final.
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Give over.
There's no way of sugar coating that crap. The man's a fucking coward and it's impacting on the players.
 
The record books will say Southgate got to two semi finals and a final minimum.

WC 2018 (ranking at the time)
Tunisia (14th)
Panama (55th)
Belgium (3rd)
Colombia (16th)
Sweden (23rd)
Croatia (18th)

EURO 2020
Scotland (44th)
Czech Rep (40th)
Croatia (14th)
Germany (12th)
Ukraine (24th)
Denmark (10th)
Italy (7th)

EURO 2024
Serbia (32nd)
Denmark (21st)
Slovenia (57th)
Slovakia (45th)
Switzerland (19th)

Denmark semi final in 2020 is the only time we’ve beaten anyone in the top ten.

The equivalent of this euros run in comparison to last season’s final standings would be City or Arsenal (depending on individual quality alone you think England are the best or second best team in the competition)

Cardiff City
Leicester City
Exeter City
Portsmouth
Burnley

Never known a manager to get an easy run so much and struggle to get through with the talent he has available.
 
WNRH said:
The record books will say Southgate got to two semi finals and a final minimum.

WC 2018 (ranking at the time)
Tunisia (14th)
Panama (55th)
Belgium (3rd)
Colombia (16th)
Sweden (23rd)
Croatia (18th)

EURO 2020
Scotland (44th)
Czech Rep (40th)
Croatia (14th)
Germany (12th)
Ukraine (24th)
Denmark (10th)
Italy (7th)

EURO 2024
Serbia (32nd)
Denmark (21st)
Slovenia (57th)
Slovakia (45th)
Switzerland (19th)

Denmark semi final in 2020 is the only time we’ve beaten anyone in the top ten.

The equivalent of this euros run in comparison to last season’s final standings would be City or Arsenal (depending on individual quality alone you think England are the best or second best team in the competition)

Cardiff City
Leicester City
Exeter City
Portsmouth
Burnley

Never known a manager to get an easy run so much and struggle to get through with the talent he has available.
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It wouldn't surprise me if statistically he's England's most successful manager ever. Still shit though. I was hoping we'd go out tonight just so Kyle and Phil could get another week's rest.
 
WNRH said:
The record books will say Southgate got to two semi finals and a final minimum.

WC 2018 (ranking at the time)
Tunisia (14th)
Panama (55th)
Belgium (3rd)
Colombia (16th)
Sweden (23rd)
Croatia (18th)

EURO 2020
Scotland (44th)
Czech Rep (40th)
Croatia (14th)
Germany (12th)
Ukraine (24th)
Denmark (10th)
Italy (7th)

EURO 2024
Serbia (32nd)
Denmark (21st)
Slovenia (57th)
Slovakia (45th)
Switzerland (19th)

Denmark semi final in 2020 is the only time we’ve beaten anyone in the top ten.

The equivalent of this euros run in comparison to last season’s final standings would be City or Arsenal (depending on individual quality alone you think England are the best or second best team in the competition)

Cardiff City
Leicester City
Exeter City
Portsmouth
Burnley

Never known a manager to get an easy run so much and struggle to get through with the talent he has available.
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He isn't the first manager and will not be the last to achieve that. I am still counting down the days before Southgate leaves and we try something different for a change. It is all down to the FA.
 
WNRH said:
The record books will say Southgate got to two semi finals and a final minimum.

WC 2018 (ranking at the time)
Tunisia (14th)
Panama (55th)
Belgium (3rd)
Colombia (16th)
Sweden (23rd)
Croatia (18th)

EURO 2020
Scotland (44th)
Czech Rep (40th)
Croatia (14th)
Germany (12th)
Ukraine (24th)
Denmark (10th)
Italy (7th)

EURO 2024
Serbia (32nd)
Denmark (21st)
Slovenia (57th)
Slovakia (45th)
Switzerland (19th)

Denmark semi final in 2020 is the only time we’ve beaten anyone in the top ten.
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And that was 4 days after their best player had a cardiac arrest on the pitch.
 
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