I saw Southgate moaning that TAA was having to play in midfield for a year because they had no one for that role.Originally Posted by Baz
Mainoo is sitting right there.
Definitely! All hail Sir Waistcoat.
England have a good chance of winning.
Not predicting it will, but wouldn't be too surprising.
They'll go out in the quarters / semis once they play somebody good.
Not. A. Chance. Dunno when they'll go out, but they'll go out.
It's been too long. A group stage calamity beckons.
Drunk turtle with a flare sticking out of its bum.
I saw Southgate moaning that TAA was having to play in midfield for a year because they had no one for that role.
Mainoo is sitting right there.
You didn't have to watch it, you chose to.
It was unreal wasn't it? NO ONE has experienced THIS PRESSURE playing for their clubs.
Alright mate.
I've never seen someone so articulate talk so much shit, but he's also a bit dim with it as I don't think he realises what he's implying half the time - in this case that his players aren't mentally up to it.
Part of the binman game is to lay down some daft quotes with the utmost sincerity.
That’s us fucked then.
Tierney cant manage two games in a row, bodes well for selling him.
I don't know who wins out of Hungary and Scotland. Both of them have defensive horrors within and the STAKES will imply they both have to go for it. A last 16 tie against England (possibly) awaits.
I think Hungary are fucked.
I’m now starting to think of Scotland win they’ll miss out with 4 other teams getting 4 points and a better GD. Would be very Scottish
Given how good Bellingham is box to box you'd be as well putting him in alongside Rice and Foden in front of them. The way he persists with Foden on the left is peculiar.
3 points -2 will have a shout I think (for Hungary). Could get help from groups B and C.
Scotland were pretty good, and had the chance to win that game because of Steve Clarke rather than in spite of. Switzerland should be taking a toaster into the bath for not scoring more than one against that back 5.
How many sets of fans are not currently having a cry about their coach's decisions so far? I reckon it's literally Germany and Romania.
Rangnick is pretty much venerated in Austria, plus we went into the tournament with a massive injury crisis, so no complaints yet (that I know of).
And all of them have identical complaints i.e. play more exciting flair players and fewer functional ones.
Is that really the England complaint?
Isn't it more like the opening lines of Three Lions, which I have somehow still not heard at all yet? Is that going to end up some weird thing like the Eurovision song that the BBC only started playing well after the contest?
Who at the FA thought it would be a good idea to put Mainoo at the press conference?
The media are cunts, the FA are thick as shit for not understanding this.
Didn't he talk at the last press conference too?
You're not confusing him with Saka are you?
Didn't they roll out Wharton for one?
Must be a plan to field genial youngsters who can't be asked about things like the rise of the far right.
Steve Cooper the new Leicester manager
Looking forward to the obligatory half-time discussion as to how this game reflects on England.
Slovenia need to work on their corners.
Serbia look wank.
Have Serbia got out of a group since becoming Serbia?
Nope. Euro 2000 the last time.
It's the first time they make the Euros as Serbia, which makes it even worse, no?
Remember one World Cup when they should have done better but had an absolute meltdown against Ghana, then again at the last one they shat the bed against Cameroon. Don't think they are emotionally stable. Always had the players to do well. Produced loads of coaches who have done well elsewhere too.
What a lad
Starts the move and ends it.
Serbian fans are twats.
England team announced yet?
Fuck off Serbia.
Their players aren't any better to be honest.
Fuck me, win tonight and we top the group with a game to spare. You couldn't make up the fortuitous way results elsewhere fall for Sir Gareth.
Unchanged 11. Fuck sake.
England really need to pound Denmark tonight and get the group won, Southgate will no doubt aim for a draw.
lol.
I genuinely don't know how that's possible.
Still, I'm expecting and think we'll see a much better performance tonight.
It did cross my mind that when posting the above that two draws will probably all but guarantee top spot as well. Not sure what's worse really, shitty win tonight and a complete 2nd string dead rubber yawn fest in the final game or two 'exceptional' draws to see out the group.
Or just pump both teams and get some form and confidence under our belt.
The Southgate way is to take zero risks and shepherd them through to the next round. As Alain Prost would say, win the race at the slowest possible speed.
0-0 tonight. Really hope I'm wrong.
Well, quite.
Under Southgate? lol.
Hopefully Kane and Foden turn up.
I'm a twit
And "Trent" remembers he has duties beyond passing.
Vestegaard starting is good news for Saka. Slower player you’ll struggle to find
He wasn't really in dereliction of those duties in the last game [per Sir Waistcoat] but he just isn't an actual midfielder.
I too am expecting the Yev certified 'much improved performance' today, followed by the second string 'asking some questions' against Slovenia, but I now can't shake the idea that maybe Gareth will want to keep his options open in case an insane route through the knock outs manifests itself for a not top of the group finish.
Desperately need Fatman Shaw to get fit. A sorry situation.
Think 2nd would have you against Germany and 1st will see you get France in semis if you both win as expected
It's Germany in the last 16 if we finish 2nd, no? Surely he'll be doing all he can to avoid risking that.
Runner-up in this group takes you straight into the path of the Wehrmacht, so think that will be avoided. A real Southgatian move would be to throw both games and try to get us to be one of the best third places and then we'll probably face the winner of Group E.
How do they determine which 3rd place teams face who?
It may well be very clear and obvious to a smarter man than me but I remain unable to figure that out from what's on Wikipedia.
EDIT: Including what Adra has posted there which I can't make head nor tail of.
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