England Senior Team General Discussion Thread

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  1. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
    We won calm down
     
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  2. Gaz811

    Gaz811 Member+

    Everton FC
    England
    Oct 15, 2018
    And a win against the number one team in the world.
     
  3. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
    Much better second half. Deserved it on second half performance
     
  4. W.A.S.P.

    W.A.S.P. Member+

    Leeds United
    England
    Sep 20, 2012
    St. Louis
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I've always said Southgate was a genius.
     
  5. TitoTata

    TitoTata Member+

    Jun 26, 2014
    Exactly... sadly he’s had a few of these fortunate games
     
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  6. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
    Not fortunate. Deserved
     
  7. TitoTata

    TitoTata Member+

    Jun 26, 2014
    Well it was a wasted 94 minutes in my book .. I watch football to be entertained
     
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  8. sharpovic

    sharpovic Member+

    May 20, 2010
    I honestly wish I could get excited by this result. But I’ve been there too many times, this does not work in tournament football and we’ll even be mocked by other nations for still playing like a rugby team in 2020.
     
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  9. wellno

    wellno Member+

    Jul 31, 2016
    Belgium aren't the best team in the world. Not anyway near it. The FIFA rankings are a joke.
     
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  10. TitoTata

    TitoTata Member+

    Jun 26, 2014
    Even the pundits described it as .. the result is paramount ..
     
  11. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
    What? Our passing was excellent second half
     
  12. MrSnrub

    MrSnrub Member+

    Oct 7, 2018
    I think a measured response is needed.

    England played well that second half. Credit to them, credit to Southgate they looked a functional team. The passing second half was decent, defensively a thousand times better. Created some changes but still pretty lacking in open play I think relative to what we can produce.

    I don't think that should hide concerns though that a) its not good enough that England keep needing second half changes to get things looking functional in this formation - more efficient teams would have had this game put to bed against us first half. b) I don't think we did anything today that couldn't have been achieved in another formation that gets more out our attackers. c) This formation still brings up some selection issues like balancing midfield and how uncomfortable the centre backs are in it.

    And we shouldn't forget Belgium despite missing players are number one in the world either.
     
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  13. TitoTata

    TitoTata Member+

    Jun 26, 2014
    Especially as they were depleted today
     
  14. Marcho Gamgee

    Marcho Gamgee Member+

    England
    Apr 25, 2015
    Somewhere in English Arrogance land
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
    Not sure why England fans are complaining about a penalty that was maybe soft but I think it was imo. Shots get deflected and go in all the time but for some reason when it happens with England, that’s not good enough and maybe we should tell the ref to cancel out the goal because it’s not perfect enough.
     
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  15. BarryfromEastenders

    Staff Member

    Jul 6, 2008
    I ended up having to go out after 20+ mins. Expected Belgium to press really well but they didn’t. Wales were so much better at pressing in the first half in our previous game.

    Can’t really comment on much else.
     
  16. W.A.S.P.

    W.A.S.P. Member+

    Leeds United
    England
    Sep 20, 2012
    St. Louis
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Go watch basketball then.
     
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  17. Gaz811

    Gaz811 Member+

    Everton FC
    England
    Oct 15, 2018
    A win is a win.
     
  18. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
    As were we kane sancho sterling chilwell
     
  19. sharpovic

    sharpovic Member+

    May 20, 2010
    it wasn’t excellent what are your standards ? We were a bit more in control in the Second half but didn’t create any chance before Belgium somehow went behind and left us gigantic space. We look a bit like a Tony Pullis Team, that’s not the route I was expecting with all the young technical players we have nowadays.
     
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  20. Wendigo7

    Wendigo7 Member+

    Bournemouth
    England
    Mar 31, 2015
    Poole
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I was f’ing and going in that first half but second we really felt in command of it.
     
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  21. TitoTata

    TitoTata Member+

    Jun 26, 2014
    Or Liverpool , Arsenal , Leeds , Everton ( when James plays ) , Wolves ....
     
  22. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
    I expect saka grealish sancho to be involved in the Denmark game
     
  23. Crawleybus

    Crawleybus Member+

    Oct 18, 2013
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Yeah right because we should beating the world's number 1 ranked team, a team that's lost 2 of its last 44 games by at least 5 goals right!?
     
  24. Jenks

    Jenks Member+

    Feb 16, 2013
    Club:
    --other--
    I don't think we passed really well at any point in the game, but there was quite a lot of defensive organisational improvement in the second half that was impressive, as was the work rate. Those are the main positives. The negatives are that this will no doubt validate Southgate's approach in his mind, especially given that Mount got the winning goal, even though pretty much everything we said would happen did happen. Belgium just didn't really turn up. It's been said already, but no way are they the best international team in the world.
     
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  25. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
    It wasn't route 1. Rice actually looked more confident in the second half. Phillips brought a good range of passing
     
  26. TitoTata

    TitoTata Member+

    Jun 26, 2014
    Look at the strength in-depth of our squad though !!

    They had nobody and fell away as soon as KDB went off .. even he struggled today as he didn’t have the usual quality around him ..
     

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