International Football Match Thread 2018

[cleavers]

Apart from from the 3 well taken goals, England were very mediocre.

They were anything but in the first half, do you only post to get a reaction ?

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Apart from from the 3 well taken goals, England were very mediocre.
Southgate got his tactics wrong in 2nd half and almost gave it away.
At least it wasn't boring.

Tough. You lost. Deal with it.

 

[Mallorca Blue]

They were anything but in the first half, do you only post to get a reaction ?

No, I say things as they are not how I would like them to be

 

[hilts]

Tough. You lost. Deal with it.

He’s not wrong though

 

[cleavers]

No, I say things as they are not how I would like them to be

England totally outplayed Spain the first 45 minutes, so you are on the WUM.

 

[Mallorca Blue]

No you say things, how you THINK they are. You're making the old mistake that thinking you're opnion is fact.
Thought we sat a bit too deep second half, but we played a lot better than mediocre, in my opinion.

That's your opinion and I respect it.
My opinion is that England are not a top international side and today's game only emphasised how ordinary we are compared to say Spain who, despite conceding 3 first half goals, still should have won

 

[northwichblue]

What was Walker doing there for their goal

 

[mat]

What was Walker doing there for their goal

Carrying an injury I think?

Thanks Gareth.

 

[jimharri]

"In the dish"? Is that a Geordie expression then?

 

[OntarioBlue]

Have to say every time I have seen Chilwell play I have been impressed. He looks to be very decent defender who loves to get forward and has a good cross. I’m also a fan of Luke Shaw, who is a very good player, despite the best efforts of Maureen. We are also well covered at right back and are pretty strong at centre back, if a bit thin on cover for Stones and Maguire.

So, England looks pretty good across the back four. We also have pretty good options up front. The midfield simply isn’t good enough and goalkeeping is suspect. Unless we fix these areas we will only ever be in the second tier of the Worlds elite teams.