cidercity1987 Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 Now the two anticlimatic sideshows are over, the focus will rightly switch to the national team trying to win its first trophy for many many years. Semi final v Netherlands on Thursday followed potentially by a final on Sunday. I'm not entirely sure how we are all going to feel if we win, presumbly not the pure euphoria of a World Cup/Euros but a trophy is a trophy. Based on Kane's lack of fitness he must surely be benched. Sterling our key man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miser Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 After the Lord Mayors show - hardly a medal to treasure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 It's coming home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakoe Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 England are enjoyable to watch at the moment, exciting times. Good performances will surely bolster confidence going into next years euros. I’m really looking forward to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Meh, little more than friendly matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Geoff Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Can't get too excited about this and really can't see us getting past a very good Dutch team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Amazing that a lot of fans have the attitude that this isn’t worth winning. Same people who want to win the Euros. The Euros had people saying the same thing about it when that started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 38 minutes ago, The Horse With No Name said: Meh, little more than friendly matches. 9 hours ago, miser said: After the Lord Mayors show - hardly a medal to treasure Haha no pleasing some people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted June 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Seems not everyone was excited as me by the comeback v Croatia to qualify. The build up to this and media hype would already be in full swing if it wasnt for these all English finals getting in the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antlers Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 1 hour ago, The Horse With No Name said: Meh, little more than friendly matches. As someone who has followed England home and abroad for years, I can honestly say this is much more than that. For years people have moaned about having friendlies, UEFA have replaced these with a league competition which includes promotion and relegation. so you are playing games against equal opposition, yet people still moan about it. When we scored our 3 goals out in Seville against Spain you could tell that it meant something to everyone there. We are taking over 10,000 fans to Portugal next week, that's more than we have taken to some major tournaments in recent times. Every person i have spoken to who attend England games thinks its a brilliant competition, the only people unsure are the armchair England fans who have little interest in the national team. I for one cant wait to go to Portugal, we have a realistic chance of winning something which is worth winning. Not as grand as the world cup or Euros, but still a legitimate competition worth winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Well, I'm really looking forward to it. I've been bored senseless in recent years by England friendlies, but these games have been a breath of fresh air and have been a very rare good decision by UEFA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge1981 Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 1 minute ago, elhombrecito said: Well, I'm really looking forward to it. I've been bored senseless in recent years by England friendlies, but these games have been a breath of fresh air and have been a very rare good decision by UEFA! Agree completely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 12 minutes ago, antlers said: As someone who has followed England home and abroad for years, I can honestly say this is much more than that. For years people have moaned about having friendlies, UEFA have replaced these with a league competition which includes promotion and relegation. so you are playing games against equal opposition, yet people still moan about it. When we scored our 3 goals out in Seville against Spain you could tell that it meant something to everyone there. We are taking over 10,000 fans to Portugal next week, that's more than we have taken to some major tournaments in recent times. Every person i have spoken to who attend England games thinks its a brilliant competition, the only people unsure are the armchair England fans who have little interest in the national team. I for one cant wait to go to Portugal, we have a realistic chance of winning something which is worth winning. Not as grand as the world cup or Euros, but still a legitimate competition worth winning. I think the other thing it’s introduced is competitiveness and proper refereeing, none of this “that would’ve been a red in a qualifier” type stuff. Subs are limited to save the mass h-t changes that lose impetus in the typical friendly game too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 VVD will have Kane in his pocket again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted June 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Anyone going? I was seriously thinking about it but yet again flights got a little silly either in price or routing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 19 minutes ago, Super said: VVD will have Kane in his pocket again. Yep. Van Dyke and Van de Leight is one hell of a CB partnership. Good keeper too. With a proper manager now in place they can be a force for a number of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCRED Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Could be an awkward one for Southgate to deal with following the Tottenham and Liverpool players exertions last night. Interesting how he deals with the dynamics of that when the squad are together. Hopefully the Spurs players can get over the defeat and the Liverpool players don’t go too mad on the celebrations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 5 hours ago, elhombrecito said: Well, I'm really looking forward to it. I've been bored senseless in recent years by England friendlies, but these games have been a breath of fresh air and have been a very rare good decision by UEFA! So when do we and other nations blood the youngsters and the fringe players? If we do it in this tournament then we could argue that we arent serious about winning it, which defeats the object really. The other downside, is that it severely limits the games against non-European opposition, denying us experience of different styles of play, cultures and of course extreme heat and cold weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerly known as ivan Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 A chance to watch Sancho strutting his stuff is never a bad thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciderarmy23 Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 8 hours ago, cidercity1987 said: Anyone going? I was seriously thinking about it but yet again flights got a little silly either in price or routing. Yep, me and 2 other City fans are going. We will try to get our flag right behind the goal on the upper tier. Seville was incredible and an experience I will never forget. Surprised that a lot of fans aren’t that interested in the nations league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted June 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, Martin89 said: Yep, me and 2 other City fans are going. We will try to get our flag right behind the goal on the upper tier. Seville was incredible and an experience I will never forget. Surprised that a lot of fans aren’t that interested in the nations league. They will be by next Sunday imo once there is a bandwagon to jump on. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchred Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 I'm going with 6 fellow reds and know of at least another group of 6 reds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 9 hours ago, cidercity1987 said: Anyone going? I was seriously thinking about it but yet again flights got a little silly either in price or routing. I’ve got tickets for the final, haven’t worked out a reasonably priced route yet though! Any ideas are welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Been here since yesterday but obviously with different objectives That said I do think England are the form team coming into the competition and winning this is the sort of marker Southgate will really want. Speaking of which I have "follow my team" tickets for both games so if Portugal and England both make it to the final I currently have two spare as were a lot easier to buy from FPF (Portuguese FA) so I got extras. Shame it's up in Oporto but can't have everything. 35 degrees in Lisboa today but comes down during the week otherwise I honestly think travelling fans would melt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted June 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 4 minutes ago, MarcusX said: I’ve got tickets for the final, haven’t worked out a reasonably priced route yet though! Any ideas are welcome Lisbon and train it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 1 minute ago, cidercity1987 said: Lisbon and train it? Not completely out of the question, but it’s the flights back Monday that are expensive it seems, from both Porto and Lisbon. I could take another day off and come back Tuesday maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North London Red Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Flying out to Porto on Tuesday. Looking forward to England matches 174 and 175 - and hoping that 175 is in Porto (for the final) rather than Guimaraes (for the third place game). The weather forecast looks decent and as mentioned above, it’ll be hot, but not ‘off the scale’ hot. Certainly not as hot as Volgograd and Samara were last summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zookeeper WSM Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 1 hour ago, MarcusX said: Not completely out of the question, but it’s the flights back Monday that are expensive it seems, from both Porto and Lisbon. I could take another day off and come back Tuesday maybe We're doing Porto Dublin, Dublin Bristol on the way back on Monday with Ryanair. Was only £100 or so when booked not sure what it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks 1969 Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 3 hours ago, MarcusX said: I’ve got tickets for the final, haven’t worked out a reasonably priced route yet though! Any ideas are welcome Doing London to Brussels then on to porto sat morning from London with Brussels air line then Monday morning porto to Vienna then on to Bristol back at teatime if that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Didn't realise its this week. I guess it's somewhere on TV? Recall about this time of year being in Paris to see England lift Le Tournoi, having lost their final game to Brazil. Sums summer football up for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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