England - Thomas Tuchel then…

[joey_big_nose]

2 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

I was going to post similar in the first half.

He scored a great header in an earlier game but otherwise he's been pants.

Saving himself for the "big" teams ........ I hope ....

He was genuinely brilliant in the first half against Serbia and then utterly disappeared.... Very odd. Not really seen anything like it.

I think Bellingham and Kane are struggling to play together. Gordon and Palmer look like they need to star. Hard decisions need to be made.

[K-Hod]

12 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

Kane said we were much better tonight. He may need a drugs test. 

I think we were better tbh, but it’s a pretty low bar.

[yankfan]

Adam Wharton looks better with every minute he doesn’t play for England 

[rigger]

The fixtures are out tomorrow, so that is something to look forwards to.

[M_B]

13 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

Walking football. Hope you can handle some more criticism Harry Kane, you poor little lamb.

Aye, Lineker will be all over it, Lineker who's got as many World Cup and Euros winning medals as me.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

That was a pretty dire game. Second half a very willing but limited Slovenia team must have had all of about 2 minutes in our half yet we never really looked like scoring. Did Pickford actually touch the ball in that half ?

Lock Southgate in the boot room and let the players run the show

[Forever Blue]

2 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

I think we were better tbh, but it’s a pretty low bar.

We looked better once the subs had been made. Palmer is a very talented lad, as it Mainoo. They need to start next match.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I watched the Austria v Holland game earlier. It was like they were playing another sport entirely.

[Mercer]

Don't know what's worse watching Rovers or watching England.

Gallagher was ineffective exactly as I thought he would be and posted as such.  A glorified Robble Savage.

As for Rice, what's he doing that Travis couldn't!?  He's that ineffective.

For feck sake Southgate, show some balls and make Wharton your midfield playmaker.

Boring and frustrating stuff from our over hyped, overrated prima donnas.  Get the buggers home.

[simongarnerisgod]

5 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

He was genuinely brilliant in the first half against Serbia and then utterly disappeared.... Very odd. Not really seen anything like it.

I think Bellingham and Kane are struggling to play together. Gordon and Palmer look like they need to star. Hard decisions need to be made.

kane can`t be fit.he`s looks like he`s labouring from 10 mins in

[wilsdenrover]

4 minutes ago, rigger said:

The fixtures are out tomorrow, so that is something to look forwards to.

As it stands, our opponents can be Holland, anyone from group E, or anyone but Portugal from group F (I think!)

[simongarnerisgod]

7 minutes ago, rigger said:

The fixtures are out tomorrow, so that is something to look forwards to.

rovers vs dingles on boxing day😁

[Ewood Ace]

For the next game I'd go with the following. Get Stones in to midfield where he is very comfortable and allow Rice to play further forward. The left side is a huge problem thanks to the idiot manager so I'd play Saka there to try and bring a bit of balance.

                           Pickford

               Walker  Guehi   Gomez

                            Stones

TAA         Rice                 Mainoo       Saka

                          

             Bellingham         Kane

 

Edited June 25 by Ewood Ace

[rigger]

4 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

As it stands, our opponents can be Holland, anyone from group E, or anyone but Portugal from group F (I think!)

I was on about the Rovers.

[Penwortham Blue]

5 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

rovers vs dingles on boxing day😁

Wouldn’t that be brilliant, back to the days when a local derby was a Boxing Day banker, on and off the pitch.

[M_B]

21 minutes ago, Ewood Ace said:

The luck he get's is incredible. He's served up 3 dreadful performances in the group but get's lucky in that it is one of the worst groups in tournament history, so he top's the group and manages to end up on the softer side of the draw. If previous England manager's had the luck he has with draws then England would have won something since 66.

Nowt to do with luck, England topped their group and did the job. 

Others didn't, so end up where they belong. 

[matt83]

Southgate’s reaction to being asked to play attacking football. 

[M_B]

5 minutes ago, rigger said:

I was on about the Rovers.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[wilsdenrover]

6 minutes ago, rigger said:

I was on about the Rovers.

I just realised that 🤦‍♂️

[ABBEY]

38 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

Walking football. Hope you can handle some more criticism Harry Kane, you poor little lamb.

He said how much we'd improved...  chaddyesque that interview..

[ABBEY]

24 minutes ago, M_B said:

Aye, Lineker will be all over it, Lineker who's got as many World Cup and Euros winning medals as me.

What about England caps ?

[Admiral Nelsen]

19 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I watched the Austria v Holland game earlier. It was like they were playing another sport entirely.

 

To be fair, that was a game where both teams genuinely wanted to attack each other. I'm not making excuses entirely because the whole group stage has been like pulling teeth for England, but it's going to be completely different when we play a team that wants to attack us a bit more. 

[BigBar]

Misery loves company. I have had to suffer Rovers and Ireland for the last decade plus. Feels like the joy of football was sucked out of me. Welcome Gents.

A basket case club team and an underwhelming extremely frustrating national team. Different levels of expectations I'm aware but you get my point.

[ABBEY]

"Free flowing football" 

Is it there you must say this 

Or 

Taking the piss and you get a frankfurter up the jackesee for saying it

[47er]

1 minute ago, Admiral Nelsen said:

but it's going to be completely different when we play a team that wants to attack us a bit more. 

Yes and I'm really worried about it!