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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jun 13, 2021 12:51:18 GMT
Good luck England
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Post by bungo the mungo on Jun 13, 2021 13:05:09 GMT
as the board's most patriotic poster, i hope ray has got the bunting out in taunton and is waving his st. george's flag with some vigour.
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Post by DarknessFish on Jun 13, 2021 13:35:06 GMT
Why do we persist with the pretense that Kyle Walker can play football?
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jun 13, 2021 13:37:57 GMT
Phil Foden has 90s boyband hair. Terrible scene
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Post by oh oooh on Jun 13, 2021 13:48:31 GMT
Frank LAMPPOST
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Post by bungo the mungo on Jun 13, 2021 14:12:48 GMT
southgate needs to change things up. as always, there's no creativity. he needs to give grealish the chance to shine.
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Post by tory on Jun 13, 2021 14:34:42 GMT
It's pretty hot so I'll forgive the relative paucity of action.
Phillips and Mount have played well and Tyrone Mings hasn't looked phased at all (yet). Sterling took his goal well too.
Jordan Pickford with a haircut has transitioned from looking like a lopsided piece of ham to a human being.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2021 15:06:27 GMT
England pretty good. The Croatia side looked well over the hill.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2021 15:38:28 GMT
Who's the woman on the ITV panel? It's like they've gone in a pub in Bethnal Green and dragged out the barmaid.
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Post by tory on Jun 13, 2021 15:49:28 GMT
Er it's Emma Hayes the Chelsea woman's coach you massive snob!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2021 15:54:03 GMT
Who's the woman on the ITV panel? It's like they've gone in a pub in Bethnal Green and dragged out the barmaid. To be fair it does sound as if she knows her stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2021 15:55:11 GMT
Er it's Emma Hayes the Chelsea woman's coach you massive snob!
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jun 13, 2021 16:03:07 GMT
You gotta have a female pundit now! She can't be any worse than Micah Richards who I suspect has a post-it note attached to his shoes to remind him how to tie his laces but, let's face it, it's a bit like getting a Sunday league manager to offer analysis.
I thought England looked alright but I agree with G that Croatia looked well past their best.
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Post by tory on Jun 13, 2021 16:17:07 GMT
For all Kyle Walker's issues with passing, he pretty much snuffed out any threat Perisic had, so I think Southgate was vindicated in his decision to start him. He's obviously not the most gifted technical player, but his athleticism and stamina are second to none.
It wasn't a great England performance, but in the circumstances I think they did what they needed to do, which was to play well enough to win, not concede and have a confident start to banish any nerves.
Early days, but Rice, Phillips and Mount, with Bellingham pushing for a place, could be the England midfield for the next 4 tournaments.
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Post by bungo the mungo on Jun 13, 2021 16:34:04 GMT
She can't be any worse than Micah Richards who I suspect has a post-it note attached to his shoes to remind him how to tie his laces i've no idea how that idiot gets so much punditry work. likewise the awful alex scott, although at least she provides some eye-candy. nothing much to add on the England performance. i was impressed by phillips, who i didn't really know much about. kane looked off the pace. croatia were terrible, so the defence didn't really get tested.
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