England Thread - 2022/23

[mat]

Belgium 14/1 for WC anyone

They have same problem as Engerland.

Great players ruined by a shit manager.

 

[KentBlue]

He needs to stop playing Maguire.

That £80 million colossus in the rags' defence? That towering rock of steady, reliable dominance that every team must have in their line-up? Southgate would pick him even if he had prosthetic legs.

Watched a few very brief highlights and Slabhead looks what he is, a mid-championship plodder who should be doing what the most of us are doing, watching England games on the TV.
He looks bewildered every time the ball comes near him, pointing and gesticulating at everyone else, sheer panic etched all over his absurdly-large face.
I mean, the man moves like some kind of giant mechanism you'd find on a building site: moving hundreds of concrete slabs from one place to another. Some burly chap with a safety helmet and a yellow hi-vis jacket sitting astride Maguire's shoulders, the robotic-like movements of this hybrid of man and machine.
Problem is, once you are up against some very very good strikers, slow is the last thing you want your players to be.

Why Southgate is blinded with loyalty to this clanking, automated, genetic mish-mash escapes me.

 

[mosssideblue]

That £80 million colossus in the rags' defence? That towering rock of steady, reliable dominance that every team must have in their line-up? Southgate would pick him even if he had prosthetic legs.

Watched a few very brief highlights and Slabhead looks what he is, a mid-championship plodder who should be doing what the most of us are doing, watching England games on the TV.
He looks bewildered every time the ball comes near him, pointing and gesticulating at everyone else, sheer panic etched all over his absurdly-large face.
I mean, the man moves like some kind of giant mechanism you'd find on a building site: moving hundreds of concrete slabs from one place to another. Some burly chap with a safety helmet and a yellow hi-vis jacket sitting astride Maguire's shoulders, the robotic-like movements of this hybrid of man and machine.
Problem is, once you are up against some very very good strikers, slow is the last thing you want your players to be.

Why Southgate is blinded with loyalty to this clanking, automated, genetic mish-mash escapes me.

Summed up perfectly

 

[Bozzie]

Main difference between the two teams last night I thought was effort and desire. At least Foden and Bellingham tried to put some pressure on the Italian defence, neither Kane or Sterling even pretended to try. Defensively England need to decide what they want, if it’s playing out from the back then (regardless of current form) Maguire and Stones has to be the go to partnership. Walker has been (imo) the best right back in the league for the last couple of years but he’s clearly not in the best of form for us so, unless that changes between now and the WC, he shouldn’t expect to start. We’ve clearly got a bunch of talented midfielders but we’re almost entirely reliant on the seemingly un-droppable Kane and Sterling duo upfront, neither of whom are currently justifying their places. Don’t rate Saka particularly, but you’ve got to cut him some slack given the position he was bizarrely asked to play. Grealish appears to have gone from being ‘the answer’ to being ‘the question’ all due to his transfer fee. Didn’t have much opportunity to influence the game as every time he touched the ball he was fouled.
I know it’s stating the bleeding obvious, but Graeme Le Saux’s a wank commentator!

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

That £80 million colossus in the rags' defence? That towering rock of steady, reliable dominance that every team must have in their line-up? Southgate would pick him even if he had prosthetic legs.

Watched a few very brief highlights and Slabhead looks what he is, a mid-championship plodder who should be doing what the most of us are doing, watching England games on the TV.
He looks bewildered every time the ball comes near him, pointing and gesticulating at everyone else, sheer panic etched all over his absurdly-large face.
I mean, the man moves like some kind of giant mechanism you'd find on a building site: moving hundreds of concrete slabs from one place to another. Some burly chap with a safety helmet and a yellow hi-vis jacket sitting astride Maguire's shoulders, the robotic-like movements of this hybrid of man and machine.
Problem is, once you are up against some very very good strikers, slow is the last thing you want your players to be.

Why Southgate is blinded with loyalty to this clanking, automated, genetic mish-mash escapes me.

If he were struggling for a goalie I think Southgate would come up with the notion that Slabhead could play there as he once had five minutes in goal during training.

I switched on after 8mins, on 18mins I thought that's the worst ten minutes of footy I've seen this season. I stuck it out till HT and then jumped ship!

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Sad to say, but we need to go to the World Cup with a new manager bounce.

 

[brazilians hurt]

Lots of Bellingham only bright spark comments in dismal England performance in the media this morning. Was it just me who thought he was distinctly average?

 

[mexico1970]

Sad to say, but we need to go to the World Cup with a new manager bounce.

I agree but it isn't happening, there could only be one possible reason why that useless lump is getting game time and that's the rag link, Southgate isn't there to pick ALL of the team he's there to facilitate the product IMO.

 

[FantasyIreland]

He needs to stop playing Maguire.

And Walker at centre half going off last nights show.

 

[give it to gordon]

What I found interesting last night by not having to sound on ( laptop ). Plus I was watching tv as well.

With no commentary i forgot Sterling, Saka, Rice to name some where even playing. They were anonymous. Kane was a greedy all about me player, no idea what position he was playing. Some of England's players first touch was terrible.

As someone else said I fear for our players after being coached by this twat.