U21 European Championship

[deano ou812]

There you go just pointed out Abraham comes on plays on the left were he looked lost,according to rosenior should have been up top were he normally plays,boothroyd is an idiot pure and simple ...

 

[dave_blue12]

Going from PG to AB Phil must think WTAF !

Not to mention the massive drop off in the quality of his teammates

 

[1894southstander]

Bringing two forwards on and then playing them wide didn't help. Would of brought on Calvert-lewin and kept Ryan Sess on with his pace and an actual wing player.

 

[cleavers]

Cruel timing, but we got what we deserved there. Terrible performance, bar the solo wonder goal by Phil. Defensive meltdown resulting in braindead lunge by brain dead player

It was a stupid challenge, but he's not a "brain dead player", he's a good player who made a mistake, he had some very good games last season for Leicester, still has things to learn, but he'll become a top player imho.

then the manager tries to park the bus and not even attempt to keep the ball for the last 20 minutes

It clearly wasn't what he wanted, he was clearly heard several times asking them to play it out from the back, but they kept hoofing it to nowhere. I'm no fan of his, but he was trying to get them to use midfield, but they kept bypassing it, they're young players, and under that pressure the instinct is to clear it, but with nobody to hold it up, it was just coming back.

The winning goal was pure comedy, especially as he might be united's big summer signing, the last thing they need is him.

Did we sack Carsley by the way ? Left our U18's in 2017.

 

[Alex - City Matters]

Thought da Silva was completely out of position for the equaliser. You let the ball go out wide first, then close that angle down, rather than marking the wide guy and leaving the winger in acres of space on the edge of the box.

 

[Bluemoonie92]

Choudhury has to take a lot of blame for the defeat, but Boothroyd's substitutions certainly didn’t help.

The few times I've seen him play he comes across as a bit of a thug, he needs to calm it.

 

[deano ou812]

No wonder the majority of English coaches/managers get laughed at by other countries how many of them are sought after by overseas teams...yeah says it all ..

 

[cleavers]

The few times I've seen him play he comes across as a bit of a thug, he needs to calm it.

He is a bit wild at times, raw even, but I think he'll become a very good player under Rodgers, but yes he needs to calm himself a bit.

 

[super_city_si]

Why bring on two strikers and then have neither of them up front at any time? They just ended up as wingers in a 4-5-0 formation. And they gave Boothroyd a new contract before the start of the tournament.

Stupid. He should be out on his arse after that. Southgate is mediocre but he sticks to the philosophy and will pay off. Why waste so much talent with a donkey like him in charge?

 

[super_city_si]

Choudhury has to take a lot of blame for the defeat, but Boothroyd's substitutions certainly didn’t help.

Boothroyd exacerbated a bad situation. The opposite of what the coach is meant to do.