Love these random Stats. Moneyball has a lot to answer for. These stats would mean something if everyone had played the same teams. But they have not.
It's something the yanks seems to love for some reason. As you say, they usually tell you nothing of use,
Its a small sample that’s true but it pretty much confirms the eye test I think too. I suppose international tournaments are subject to a lot of statistical noise as well, see Morocco. They might do a Greece 04.
That France front line looks a tad too much for Maguire and company. IMO England will need to outscore France to win.
France are susceptible at the back. Every team that has faced them has exposed their backline. We have 3 clean sheets in 3 games. Not against top opposition but our defence isn't as bad as people make out. Upemacano isn't a great defender. The French defence has looked worse than England's
Well, if there’s any good that came from Portugal demolishing Switzerland last night is that it should have put Southgate totally off from playing three at the back. All tournament Switzerland have played a back four up until last night when they changed it and got hammered.
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I have zero idea who wins this competition ! Any out of the last 8 other than Croatia I’d say … Holland and Morocco are real dark horses as well . The other five all have an equal chance .. guess it’s gonna come down to a bit of luck judging by Spain hitting the post with the last kick of extra time .. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Paddy Power bookies just on the radio and confirmed that two punters won big .. correctly betting on a 6:1 Portugal victory over Morocco at odds of 200:1 !!
Callum Wilson missed training and is a doubt .. muscle strain .. Who saw this coming … Errr … .. ME !!
England will fall apart on Saturday..... As usual in big tourneys.... Now with their key players may not be playing (rice) and Southgate already shitting his pants and will 100 percent play 5 ATB.....they will get humiliated at Saturday.
Yep... That's me.... And I wrote my opinion here. The game could go either way. But seen and knowing france well. They are 2 levels above England. Quality wise. England played well so far..... BUT they had some of blackout moments and that will cost against france. Because in contrast to England.... France can and France will level up the farer they get. England could do some damage yes BUT england is far to one dimensional in their playing. All they can do is counter. And France.... Which is a team which can play counter and possesion... They will comfortably let england have possession. And since England have beside foden No player with dribbling ability or outstanding creativity..... It's gonna be easy for france on saturday Mark my words
I don’t regard Foden as our saviour … he’s not even a key player . He’s very effective when we are on top and the opponents are driving forward leaving space behind . When we are even or losing he’s a passenger on the wide left who receives the ball and instantly passes it BACKWARDS twenty yards - back to Shaw ..