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

[Le Havre Oswald]

Beanie could do a better job than this muppet

 

[red 2 hats]

WTF? I have no words...

My God, no replacement for Kalvin Phillips, that surely can't be a genuine quote, if he has said that we're in a bigger mess than I thought

 

[Lauz9888]

Rice's strengths lie in interceptions and breaking up play. That's fine, you need someone to do that. The problem is in the balance of the midfield.

 

[hertsblue]

My God, no replacement for Kalvin Phillips, that surely can't be a genuine quote, if he has said that we're in a bigger mess than I thought

It’s actually worse than anything Mike Basset said

 

[1961_vintage]

"Coached" by a spineless coward. And it shows in the players' performances, the tactics and the team selection.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

All the back line and Rice playing ultra conservative - even whe there’s 4 v 1.
Plus Rice had a bit of an off game - this will occasionally happen to everyone.
But both he and Stones could come fwd and make such a diff - so obviously this has been coached out of them for the England setup.

TAA is next to non-existent- a waste of a position, as he is a problem child- a defender who isn’t a midfielder and can’t defend.
Luxury player who works for the dips only because he has a team of attack dogs around him.

Nobody else did much else - except for Phil who grabbed the game for a while, linking the rest up and showing game intelligence to be where he needed to be - literally dragging the uninspired bunch around him about as far as anyone could.

Other than that, we had no midfield to speak of. Everyone either at the front or at the back.

Subs - I can’t necessarily knock them as we needed something fresh. Gallagher for TAA - wise enough (but f obvious).

I pity the wingers and Watkins as they never got a sniff once Phil went off.

Which brings us to Bellingham - sorry, was he playing?
I think he didn’t do too much wrong tbh - but then, he didn’t do too much ar all.

Maybe Gareth was keeping Phil and Harry safe for future games…

But in reality, Southgate completely at fault for our almost complete lack of fluidity before and after the subs (except for a Phil trying his best to fix the system).

Think it was clear that we got progressively worse once he went off…

 

[adrianr]

So he tried Trent, didn’t work, tried him again, didn’t work. Wonder what his plan is next game

Oo, oo, I know this one!!

Trent?

 

[balotellishaircut]

No chance look at Arsenal he has Jorghino or Party in there and Arsenal use him more as a driving athletic 8, alongside Odegard he can't do the 6 role not clever enough and not technical enough

Not on the same planet as Rhodri or even Jorginho

He’s a defensive midfielder in an England shirt, if like you say he’s not good or intelligent enough to play there he shouldn’t be in the team.

 

[The Black Shed]

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Amazing fruit, never see them anymore

 

[its a Barm]

I am currently laid up at home recovering from a new hip operation and am very happy to watch all the games and have to say enjoying all the matches end to end great teamwork from most of the underdogs great passion from the players, then I watch England.