By Lego Go To PostArgentina vs Canada was a fun game. Gonna have to stop myself watching 5 games a dayI reckon your productivity will go up from it, Lego
By Laboured Go To PostOh dear.He's such a fucking melt man
He offers clear and forthright opinions as the game is being played, as well as genuine tactical insight and engaging individual appraisals of performance levels
Genuine tactical insight. Like why doesn't Stones appear in midfield. As though he just wanders out of position and that's not a specific tactical instruction for Man City. Which he won't shut up about
Brazil is a wild league. Vasco da Gama went after then Vitoria de Guimarães manager Alvaro Pacheco, they weren't even willing to let him manage the last 3 games of the season because they needed him right now.
Reminder that Vasco da Gama finished 15th last season and the season before they were on the second division, they aren't that strong of the team.
Since Alvaro Pacheco took over, they lost at home 1-6 to Flamengo (top of the league), away at Palmeiras (2nd place), away at Juventude and drew at home with Cruzeiro.
Result? Pacheco fired after 4 games and Vasco da Gama will have to pay him 1M€.
Reminder that Vasco da Gama finished 15th last season and the season before they were on the second division, they aren't that strong of the team.
Since Alvaro Pacheco took over, they lost at home 1-6 to Flamengo (top of the league), away at Palmeiras (2nd place), away at Juventude and drew at home with Cruzeiro.
Result? Pacheco fired after 4 games and Vasco da Gama will have to pay him 1M€.
Seems Shaw is still a bit off training fully with England. If he's not available to provide the width they need on the left does Southgate take Foden out of the team? There's nothing coming from the left with Trippier and Foden playing.
By Cleff Go To PostSeems Shaw is still a bit off training fully with England. If he's not available to provide the width they need on the left does Southgate take Foden out of the team? There's nothing aiming from the left with Trippier and Foden playing.He should just play Gomez at LB and Gordon on the left wing. Watch that xG from the left go from 0 to...more than 0.
By Willkiller Go To PostHe should just play Gomez at LB and Gordon on the left wing. Watch that xG from the left go from 0 to…more than 0.
Yeah I'd take this at this point.
i said exactly that after the serbia game. Far more balance.
Wharton or Mainoo should start ahead of TAA too. Not to make TAA a scapegoat, he’s just… not a midfielder. Alternatively, play him at RB and Gallagher instead.
Team needs far more balance.
Wharton or Mainoo should start ahead of TAA too. Not to make TAA a scapegoat, he’s just… not a midfielder. Alternatively, play him at RB and Gallagher instead.
Team needs far more balance.
By n8 dogg Go To Posti said exactly that after the serbia game. Far more balance.Or Gallagher
Wharton or Mainoo should start ahead of TAA too.
Or play Bellingham there
I can't believe he's sticking to this TAA thing. It's insane. He's in danger of fucking up his entire England career...
Edit: Absolutely do not play him at RB either. Sorry Trent, you're a good player with a unique skillset but...we do not have the strength in defence to accommodate you.
By Willkiller Go To PostOr Gallagher
Or play Bellingham there
I can't believe he's sticking to this TAA thing. It's insane. He's in danger of fucking up his entire England career…
Edit: Absolutely do not play him at RB either. Sorry Trent, you're a good player with a unique skillset but…we do not have the strength in defence to accommodate you.
If you played a more conservative defence, e.g. Gomez on the left and Gallagher, it’d be better.
Liverpool do plenty fine with him at RB and they are ostensibly less ‘defensive’ than England.
I’d rather Walker played though. Would drop Trent to the bench. No need for him in the mid when Wharton can do what he does there and is an actual midfielder.
By n8 dogg Go To PostIf you played a more conservative defence, e.g. Gomez on the left and Gallagher, it’d be better.
Liverpool do plenty fine with him at RB and they are ostensibly less ‘defensive’ than England.
I’d rather Walker played though. Would drop Trent to the bench. No need for him in the mid when Wharton can do what he does there and is an actual midfielder.
Yeah and he, defensively, doesn't look good for them there a lot of the time either. Looked great when the rest of the defence was imperious a couple of seasons ago ofc, but he drags the defensive quality of the team down. You just need the rest to be able to carry him.
We shouldn't be worried about TAA defensively against Serbia, Denmark and Slovenia.
Far more dangerous playing him as a holding mid tbh anyway. Some lethal moments yesterday - thankfully the Danes just aren't very good or they would have had great success suffocating him and Rice.
Far more dangerous playing him as a holding mid tbh anyway. Some lethal moments yesterday - thankfully the Danes just aren't very good or they would have had great success suffocating him and Rice.
Whatever team that goes out to face Slovenia will probably look radically different because Southgate is just going to throw anything at the wall and see what sticks. It'll be Eze in central midfield and Watkins wide left, but it won't matter because the team will be pumped up with a point to prove against weak opposition. One of them will score a goal and Southgate will learn entirely the wrong lesson and England go out QFs with Foden as false 9 or some nonsense
By Flutter Go To PostBundesliga top scorer - Harry Kane
La Liga POTY - Jude Bellingham
EPL POTY - Phil Foden
There’s obviously something Gaz is doing wrong not to get the best out of high class individuals, but thinking like this is exactly the flaws that fucked us over for 60 years.
Do people look back on the golden generation with nostalgia? Did the Galacticos era work? Has it worked for United adding Sancho and Di Maria and Falcao and Pogba and Donny?
Having a good team is about more than having good players. Kane, famously, won nothing this year. Bellingham basically played as a striker with Kroos, Tchouameni, Valverde, Camavinga and Modric behind him. Foden plays in the most relentless winning cheating side of all time with a genius as a manager.
By rossonero Go To PostGlad midsommar på dig, Batongen!Tomorrow lad, we take over Hyde park as per usual.
Happy Midsummer Day to the rest of you lads!
Op Anderson on the picnic blanket
By n8 dogg Go To PostThere’s obviously something Gaz is doing wrong not to get the best out of high class individuals, but thinking like this is exactly the flaws that fucked us over for 60 years.That said, this isn't a Sven's England situation. Bellingham and Foden can 1000000% co-exist in the same team.
Do people look back on the golden generation with nostalgia? Did the Galacticos era work? Has it worked for United adding Sancho and Di Maria and Falcao and Pogba and Donny?
Having a good team is about more than having good players. Kane, famously, won nothing this year. Bellingham basically played as a striker with Kroos, Tchouameni, Valverde, Camavinga and Modric behind him. Foden plays in the most relentless winning cheating side of all time with a genius as a manager.
Oh Bellingham though, he was bad yesterday. He's absolutely brilliant, don't get me wrong, but he's being so overhyped (by the media, by his sponsors, by fans) that yesterday he believed it and tried to go all Hollywood trying to do everything himself. Southgate should have hooked him and given him a really stern warning that he has to stick to his job because that performance bordered on the unacceptable.
By FortuneFaded Go To Post
Our old third choice keeper. Congrats Hixx.
Yeah now he's our third choice. Maybe even fourth if Matty Young doesn't get loaned out.
I thought Bellingham's attempts at pressing yesterday were actually quite sad. He was trying but there's no cogent system in place and he was leaving big gaps.
Rice was England's worst midfielder yesterday. Never seen him as bad on the ball and was bullied in duels.
By Cleff Go To PostRice was England's worst midfielder yesterday. Never seen him as bad on the ball and was bullied in duels.Southgate shouldn't have told him to lose the duels.
By FortuneFaded Go To PostSouthgate shouldn't have told him to lose the duels.🤝
If Southgate wants Phillips in the midfield so much, why didn't he just call him up? He's not injured, he's just shit.
By FortuneFaded Go To PostIf Southgate wants Phillips in the midfield so much, why didn't he just call him up? He's not injured, he's just shit.
I guess he wanted to mold Trent into Phillips 2.0
It was amusing how quickly the BBC pundits turned on Kane. 40 year old Ronaldo showed more energy than him up top.
Kane doesn’t look fit. Even when he is fit he isn’t the most electric mover. He’s more about being in the right place at the right time than he is about winning a foot race or harrying defenders out of possession.
By Oddinho Go To PostKane doesn’t look fit. Even when he is fit he isn’t the most electric mover. He’s more about being in the right place at the right time than he is about winning a foot race or harrying defenders out of possession.
He almost definitely isn't fit and you can absolutely imagine him swearing blind to the physios / coaching staff he is fit and no one challenging him on it.
By Laboured Go To PostBatong: We're a culture, not a costume
By LFMartins86 Go To PostUkraine might be the worst team in this Euro.m8, at least let us win one thing.
Have they removed the *give us elections" Ukrainian flag? It was somewhere around the middle of the pitch at the start.
i still can't believe we can't watch this Ukraine game in the US without a different subscription than the regular one for Fox Sports. Unreal.
By n8 dogg Go To PostThere’s obviously something Gaz is doing wrong not to get the best out of high class individuals, but thinking like this is exactly the flaws that fucked us over for 60 years.not saying to play them all to be honest, but they have a shitload of talent being wasted at the moment.
Do people look back on the golden generation with nostalgia? Did the Galacticos era work? Has it worked for United adding Sancho and Di Maria and Falcao and Pogba and Donny?
Having a good team is about more than having good players. Kane, famously, won nothing this year. Bellingham basically played as a striker with Kroos, Tchouameni, Valverde, Camavinga and Modric behind him. Foden plays in the most relentless winning cheating side of all time with a genius as a manager.
Reminds me of the whole Lampard, Gerrard, Scholes problem.