England Under 21 Discussions Thread (2002+ born) #8

Discussion in 'England' started by BarryfromEastenders, Jan 29, 2023.

  1. Marcho Gamgee

    Marcho Gamgee Member+

    England
    Apr 25, 2015
    Somewhere in English Arrogance land
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
    Anyone know of any good links for for the game for those outside the UK?
     
  2. Jimmy Skitz

    Jimmy Skitz Member+

    Leicester City
    England
    Nov 4, 2020
    its just dumb Leicester could have sent out an email with a ticket offer to their entire membership and got them a full house, every club could ...
     
  3. Jimmy Skitz

    Jimmy Skitz Member+

    Leicester City
    England
    Nov 4, 2020
    BBC iPlayer with a VPN
     
  4. Jimmy Skitz

    Jimmy Skitz Member+

    Leicester City
    England
    Nov 4, 2020
    I swear our keeper just sand god save the queen then ... :ROFLMAO:


    BBC have Max Aarons playing left back
     
  5. AJ123

    AJ123 Member+

    Man Utd
    England
    Feb 17, 2018
    Good French team to be fair. Cherki is class and Olise lines up against us. This will be a test.
     
  6. Jimmy Skitz

    Jimmy Skitz Member+

    Leicester City
    England
    Nov 4, 2020
    looks like circa 15k there, half the north & south stands and west stand in use
     
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  7. AJ123

    AJ123 Member+

    Man Utd
    England
    Feb 17, 2018
    The system isn't working so far. Gomes doesn't want to show for the ball in midfield, Aarons looks very uncomfortable at left back. Spence is dreadful. Gibbs-White and Smith-Rowe play the same position. Very disjointed overall.
     
  8. Jimmy Skitz

    Jimmy Skitz Member+

    Leicester City
    England
    Nov 4, 2020
    not familiar with the striker is he any good?
     
  9. BarryfromEastenders

    Staff Member

    Jul 6, 2008
    It is so silly playing Aarons in that role. Never going to play it at senior level. We waste so much playing time in that left back role doing things like this. We’ve got options available too. So, frustrating.
     
  10. AJ123

    AJ123 Member+

    Man Utd
    England
    Feb 17, 2018
    It's not even like Spence is of a talent level where he needs to be played.
     
  11. AJ123

    AJ123 Member+

    Man Utd
    England
    Feb 17, 2018
    He's pretty good yeah, Currently doing well with Carrick's Middlesbrough side. He's quick and is a good finisher.
     
  12. Jimmy Skitz

    Jimmy Skitz Member+

    Leicester City
    England
    Nov 4, 2020
    has Aarons lost the ability to defend by switching sides? Get a proper left back on
     
  13. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
  14. hussar

    hussar Member+

    Jun 24, 2015
    It's three already
     
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  15. Jimmy Skitz

    Jimmy Skitz Member+

    Leicester City
    England
    Nov 4, 2020
    Madueke having a big impact
     
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  16. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
    French under 21s first defeat in 2 years
     
  17. AJ123

    AJ123 Member+

    Man Utd
    England
    Feb 17, 2018
    Probably one of our best wins in u21 history.

    France pressed hard in the first half and shut us down. I think with Gomes and Elliot on the pitch we were a little too weak against a physically strong French side. That said, I think they only had one attempt in the box from Cherki. The rest were pot shots from distance. In the second half they didn't have the gas to play like that and we took over. We had a lot more than them from the bench. It was the same against the German's in the last break too. Players like Ramsey, Madueke, Palmer and Gordon are really strong at this level and are a lot to handle against tiring legs. Rico Lewis and Mcatee didn't even get on the pitch tonight!

    We've a bad record in the u21s Euros finals but wins over Italy, Germany and France in the past two breaks should give us confidence.



     
  18. BarryfromEastenders

    Staff Member

    Jul 6, 2008
    Trafford has most likely taken the number 1 spot now. Eligible next year too.
     
  19. KHSAFC

    KHSAFC Member

    Sunderland
    England
    Feb 12, 2023
    France were the better team for the first 30 but we grew into the 1st half and utterly dominated the second. Was really impressed by the centre backs, Tommy Doyle when he came on and obviously Madueke aswell. Cherki was the standout for France but none of their players looked a level above ours which is a good sign. We have so much depth at this level, the vast majority are playing regularly senior football which is a good but a few like Palmer, Madueke and Jones really need to start playing week in week out. hope we can give the euros a good go in the summer and right some of the wrongs of past tournaments.
     
  20. Marcho Gamgee

    Marcho Gamgee Member+

    England
    Apr 25, 2015
    Somewhere in English Arrogance land
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
  21. BarryfromEastenders

    Staff Member

    Jul 6, 2008
     
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  22. ht_hu96

    ht_hu96 Member+

    Middlesbrough
    England
    May 23, 2019
    Isn’t it amazing what happens when you get rid of Hoofroyd.
     
  23. BarryfromEastenders

    Staff Member

    Jul 6, 2008
    Goal scorers and team from the 1990 U21 win (Emmanuel Petit scored for France) -

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  24. AJ123

    AJ123 Member+

    Man Utd
    England
    Feb 17, 2018
    Had to look up Carl Muggleton given he's the only player I've never heard of from that line-up. That game was his only appearance for England at any level. He played for 16 clubs in his career including spells at Liverpool (0 apps) and Celtic (12 apps). The club he made most apps for was Stoke with 170. He's now a driving instructor offering lessons for £35 an hour on Facebook.
     
  25. BarryfromEastenders

    Staff Member

    Jul 6, 2008
     

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