England v Slovakia - Sun 30th June, 17:00 | Euro 2024 Round of 16

[ShorehamCitizen]

Got a lot of luck here.

Slovakia are a well-organised team and probably deserved to go through.

120 minutes of football and there wasn't much more quality from England outside the 3-minute spell for the goals.

Fair play, it was enough today, but we were on a precipice for a long time.

It was like the 2014 European Cup Final. Totally undeserved and players also like in that final goading the opposition bench.

 

[RayCTID]

The FA's complaining over Qatar hosting the World Cup couldn't have been more laughable and hypocritical.

Talking as if this country has always had a perfect human rights record and that the tournament should not have been there.... yet in 1966 it was illegal to be gay in the UK.

Not only that Racism hasn't got much better since that era too.

 

[adrianr]

Thing i am most amazed with is how after five games in 14 days John Stones has managed to stay fit??

Not at all convinced he is fit tbh!

 

[55yr old teenager]

Absolute garbage that tonight no dressing it up. Hopefully we can improve but there is no semblance of shape or tactical intent there after 8 years of Southgate and a crop of decent players.

It's like we have gone backwards over the last few years. We certainly haven't improved. With the players we have most would expect them to have got better. Unfortunately we have not. That has to be down to the Southgate.

 

[Lauz9888]

Not at all convinced he is fit tbh!

Strapping on his thigh and definitely not at the top of his game. Can't keep giving him the ball with no passing options and expect him not to get bored.

 

[ShorehamCitizen]

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Well put

 

[ganganvince]

Not at all convinced he is fit tbh!

Won't be for 18th Aug

 

[adrianr]

It's like we have gone backwards over the last few years. We certainly haven't improved. With the players we have most would expect them to have got better. Unfortunately we have not. That has to be down to the Southgate.

Think they mentioned in the commentary that we have 13 new players since the last World Cup. Quite an amount of upheavel (I know not all were by choice). It's hard to build international teams with that level of turnover if you don't have the benefit of bringing 5+ of your starting 11 from a single club.

Certain things this tournament have been hugely unlucky and contributed a lot to our form. Whatever you think about them both Maguire and Shaw are huge for England and have been crucial parts of our defense and play in general. I'm sure even out of position, Foden would have been a lot happier and looked a lot better with a fit Shaw at LB instead of Trippier. Of course Southgate carries the can for all his squad choices and the lack of improvement since the last tournament is ultimately on his shoulders.

 

[adrianr]

Won't be for 18th Aug

Unfortunately I suspect you might be right there mate.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

This is so much of an underdog mentality that I don't know where to start. That was NOT a good performance, first half, second half, or extra time.

First half dire, second half a bit better and we should have scored before we did really and ET awful after scoring. The fact we were playing Slovakia just adds to it. Southgate is a lucky manager. We always seem to get easy draws and today his luck maxed out.