Denmark v England - Thu 20th June, 17:00 | Euro 2024 Group C

[jimharri]

They'll beat Slovenia, get past the 3rd place side in the last 16 and then lose to the first decent side they face.

I admire your optimism. Seriously, I do.

 

[I'm Blue]

Reading online it's very mixed opinions though all of them seem to think Foden was poor again.
Some think Twunt was poor and some think he was the biggest attacking threat (ffs)
Some calling out the (joke of a) manager while others are blaming the players.
Saint Jude seems exempt.
Fucking madness this fucking clown has managed England for 8 years and they're still absolutely dogshit.
I give up lol

 

[MarsLlama]

Well I only watched the last 30 minutes.

Feels like I'm going mad, because I've watched countless tournaments down the years, and the teams that come good later are rarely the ones sprinting through relatively tough group games. In fact winning big early on is usually a warning sign, the team won't cope when things go against them. In some ways, I think these are the best games to come through in tact.

a) We have been shit against almost any decent team for Southgate's entire run, this isn't new.

b) There is zero indication that we will 'come good later'. We can barely score a goal.

c) The team isn't coping now - I dread to think how bad we'll be when things go against us

d) We shouldn't be 'coming through' games against Denmark. We should be winning them.

 

[balotellishaircut]

Tbh I think Rice is the problem, he’s far too deep and that dictates our defence, it then becomes let’s pass it around our defence because there isn’t an out ball and then we lose it by kicking it long.

 

[Gogootz]

Him lamenting about not having a Kalvin replacement shows how out of depth he is, clueless, gutless and bereft of ideas.

Sack him as soon as we're out or he's going to put us back years.

 

[hertsblue]

Bellingham just showed up more in that vomit inducing Hey Jude advert than he did in 90 minutes today

 

[bluemoon32]

My left bollock could have marked Kane tonight

 

[GaudinoMotors]

The Tyrannosaurus Rex in the room - Jude Bellingham!
At a time when we have a team with a World class player in every position - we put all the emphasis on our Ronaldoesque ego!
Fuck him off.

 

[Tommy_Catons_Perm]

Genuinely believe that was the game plan towards the end - knock it long for Watkins and pray.
It was sadly grim watching injury time and Pickford trying to work out if it should REALLY be him taking free kicks from the half way line - lacking ANY sort of plan other than get a lead and live on our 18yd line

It was. Sam Allardyce used similar tactics most effectively as Blackburn Rovers manager 15 years ago. Every free kick around the half way line was taken by the keeper and lofted into the penalty area. It was effective because it was clear that the keeper was taking the free kicks and the team was obviously well coached in the tactic.

But in 2024, the game has moved on. With better players, many well coached by Pep and Arteta, it's obviously unacceptable.

 

[cleavers]

"We're top of the group" you know.