England v Slovenia - Tue 25th June, 20:00 | Euro 2024 Group C

[madloaf]

Wtf is the point of these 2?

I know. No need for Neville or Keane.

 

[Worzel Gummidge#9]

Apparently Kalvin is on the next flight out there and is an automatic starter for when we face the mighty Dutch on Sunday afternoon, there is light at the tunnel after al! !!!

 

[knuckles]

wtf? - "you look at our talented squad we'll have to grind out results"

 

[Nellies left peg]

Or David Bentley

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Wtf is the point of these 2?

Box ticking, innit

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

 

[madloaf]

Kobbie mainoo....these fuckers are as clueless as the ones in the studio.

 

[cleavers]

I’m be out in a minority but I don’t get this sub business , different from coming on tonight in a a virtual dead rubber ,
It’s game on , on Sunday.

It wasn't a dead rubber (until the other game finished 0-0), they needed to top the group to avoid others, they've done so by playing the most turgid football, it was abysmal.

 

[inchy14]

Many have called this England side the best in a generation and to a degree it is but in many respects it also isn't. We have a few good inside forwards and a decent striker, that's it. Everything else is not better than the other teams in the competition. The city lads like Stones and Walker have been there and done it but they look lost in this side.

Every decent team at this level is decided by its midfield and ours is really poor. Where's the Rodri winning the ball, controlling play and pinging the ball about? There's nothing but a sea of empty between defence and attack. The biggest thing that Pep has done at city is he's melted those two together.

You only have to look at that first 20 minutes. The fullbacks and centre backs get the ball and they have nowhere to go. There is no midfield coming to collect, there's no Rodri holding the ball whilst everyone pivots around him. We're just forced wide and it's so predictable unless we're prepared to take risks and move it quicker but we aren't.

We'll see who we get next but I think the only chance we have is if the team gets a kick up the arse and starts to respond to its critics instead of sulking about it. Tonight should have been about a response and a show of mental strength but instead it was a slow game against a tricky team which was ready for us, did we even have a shot??

Watch Rice when our centre halves have the ball, always behind an opponent and never offering himself as a good pass, and when ever does actually get on the ball he just gives it back.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Should watching England games count towards our National Service?