Netherlands v England - Wed 10th July, 20:00 | Euro 2024 Semi-Final

Match Result Prediction?

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ayrshire_blue said:
Kane kicked Dumfries, the decision was laughable and the subsequent yellow card just complete embarrassment.

Major penalty decision aside, the officials gave England absolutely everything. The corner decision and the "foul" on Saka which indirectly led to the winning goal summed it all up.
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I wonder why you think that :-D :-D :-D
Dumfries followed through on Kane on the top of his foot with his studs after the ball had gone Not getting a touch on the ball.
Anywhere else on the pitch that's a foul and a booking.
That said, I've never seen a challenge like that given in the box, ever. So it came as a surprise to me.
England were by far the better side though so it was a deserved win.
Watching Koeman make 3 changes to gradually shore up the centre of midfield to stop Foden was interesting. The space given elsewhere to England should have been exploited - sadly it wasn't.
 
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Ajm1985 said:
In what way
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It affective the balance and it made England worse and affected Phil's second half performance. That second half wasn't comfortable for England. On the otherside of the coin Watkins should be given the nod for the final and Manioo wasn't ignoring Phil (especially in the first half). I'll leave you to celebrate.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
You know, the more you watch that Watkins goal, the better it looks. It's a complete no-look goal, from the moment when he starts his run. He's on the wrong side of the defender, swivelling through 180°, and he gets the angle spot on. Anywhere else, and the keeper's getting it. I take my hat off. I don't know if he was doing anything like that for Villa during the season, but I did notice that he was scoring in match after match for them. Probably a major reason why Villa qualified for the CL.
I'd have Watkins or even Toney on from the first minute against Spain. Southgate won't, though, not a chance(got to give Kane credit for a very well-taken penalty, though. It was the one thing he did in the entire match, but he did it well).
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banged em in for fun at Villa
 
RayCTID said:
It affective the balance and it made England worse and affected Phil's second half performance. That second half wasn't comfortable for England. On the otherside of the coin Watkins should be given the nod for the final and Manioo wasn't ignoring Phil (especially in the first half). I'll leave you to celebrate.
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How did it affect the balance, how did it make England worse, how did it affect Phil's performance?
 
Ajm1985 said:
How did it affect the balance, how did it make England worse, how did it affect Phil's performance?
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England weren't that sharp in the second half with the change. Netherlands although not having much quality attacking wise were causing England problems. Again i'll leave you to cheerlead for England.
 
Sale Moor Blue said:
Always curious to understand what the phrase "it's coming home" actually means?
We haven't won anything since 1966, most people on this forum would not have been born.
Are we implying the trophy or football itself. I've never understood the song.
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It comes from when the euros were held in England in '96. With us being the founder of the modern game and giving it to the world, it was sung about the game coming home (hence the line football' s coming home) Only later was it hijacked to mean the trophy was coming home.
 
I'm getting a weird feeling that this England manager's job malarky might be a little bit of a poisoned chalice.

Underperform and do shit in tournaments and you're hounded out of the job by the media led fans' witch-hunt and you get pictures in the press that have been doctored to make you look like a root vegetable.

Conversely, if you lead a team to get further in tournaments than any previous England manager in the history of international football has ever achieved, you get told that you're clueless and shit and that "You're doing it the wrong way!"

It's a funny old game.
 
RayCTID said:
England weren't that sharp in the second half with the change. Netherlands although not having much quality attacking wise were causing England problems. Again i'll leave you to cheerlead for England.
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What about Shaw's substitution caused that? Rather than, say, Netherlands adding an extra midfielder and switching to zonal marking? How did it negatively affect the balance by having a left footed LWB?
 
Ajm1985 said:
What about Shaw's substitution caused that? Rather than, say, Netherlands adding an extra midfielder and switching to zonal marking? How did it negatively affect the balance by having a left footed LWB?
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It did allow Netherlands a way back in the game a lot sooner. He isn't at all match sharp. it certainly didn't help Foden at all. I'll leave you be as you have a dog in the fight with England. I don't. I don't have England tints on and didn't imagine that second half didn't exisist where it still took the correct sub to score the winner late on.
 
Foden out and they score again within minutes. Doesn’t help the agenda. People want Palmer to start now
 
RayCTID said:
It did allow Netherlands a way back in the game a lot sooner. He isn't at all match sharp. it certainly didn't help Foden at all. I'll leave you be as you have a dog in the fight with England. I don't. I don't have England tints on and didn't imagine that second half didn't exisist where it still took the correct sub to score the winner late on.
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How - how did it let them back in sooner? What was the negative impact it had on Foden?
 
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