TheCulturalBomb Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 58 minutes of football having Sancho, Kane and Sterling on the pitch and 1 effort.. beyond a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 9 minutes ago, TheCulturalBomb said: Stats wise he isn't and God knows we need someone right now to unlock a defence and get past a man. His stats are bolstered as pretty much everything for Villa goes through him, not saying he's not a good player but it gets irritating when broadcasters and pundits pull out random stats about him without implying why they are what they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 11 minutes ago, TheCulturalBomb said: Stats wise he isn't and God knows we need someone right now to unlock a defence and get past a man. 7 minutes ago, Alex_BCFC said: But he at least should be given a chance. Especially when you see that first half. Fair points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, INCRED said: Absolute poo We are getting worse and so negative under Southgate Wheres the bright attacking play with lots of pace from a few seasons ago He has taken the 4-3-3 where we looked ok against average to decent sides, and swapped the two attacking midfielders for a CB and another DM. Then the first sub...he changes nothing. Complete toilet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isawjonshaw Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 27 minutes ago, bend it like brian said: i turned over 25mins ago id sooner let someone in my mouth than endurer another 50 minutes of this garbage Some people pay good money for that sort of service........so I’ve heard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 While I fully understand creative modern haircuts........... i still have to ask why Phillips has a trifle on his head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 About time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Didn't even realise we were playing. Mind you the game the other day was awful, and going by the responses on this page alone (didn't bother with the previous ones) this game is going the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 14 minutes ago, JonDolman said: Southgate really doesn't know what he is doing does he. Lets take someone like Arteta as an example. A manager who plays this system sometimes with Arsenal. I am convinced with how he gets that Arsenal team playing that he would have us playing 10 times better than this. Of course there is no way of knowing that for sure, but he clearly knows how to get a team to pass the ball up the pitch, score goals, press the opponents brilliantly when they lose it. Southgate has not shown much tactical intelligence at all in all his time as England manager. We have some of the best young players coming through. Winning world cups and european cups at youth levels. But when they get their chance they'll have a manager who doesn't seem to understand how to get a team to pass the ball to each other. Very poor. Should never have been the man, and I said that throughout 2018 world cup when we beat every team we should be beating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCulturalBomb Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Straight away Grealish looks confident and going to beat his man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 God, this game is beyond awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Raheem Sterling is so average for England. Truly great players are far better than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 22 goal striker from last season on the bench you don't bring on when looking for a goal..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Belgium also struggling to break down Iceland, only got the 5 so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Denmark are quite a good side- not elite but one of many a bit below the top tier in Europe who are nonetheless quite decent- but regardless the lack of chance creation is a big disappointment. We have a problem in midfield. See: Exhibit A- Croatia World Cup semi final Exhibit B- Holland Nations League semi final. Exhibit C- Czech Republic away but this game wasn't so important. Actually had more possession but were surely second best in midfield in various aspects. Not like we bossed midfield home or away v Spain either in the Nations League even though we won one and played alright in the other albeit in defeat, not like we had supreme control vs Kosovo either, though two high scoring wins the second one 4-0. Lost twice to Belgium in WC albeit one was B team vs B team basically and vs Colombia we possibly didn't have as much control as hoped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, cityexile said: Belgium also struggling to break down Iceland, only got the 5 so far. Belgium just very clinical I reckon. Excellent side but clinical with it! Had a quick look at the stats- 20 shots, 5 goals- none of which contained penalties or own goals, that's a pretty high ratio. Iceland at home tends to be easier than Iceland away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Wood Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 The last two England games have deserved an empty stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstart Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Southgate must have taken coaching tips from Johnson, how to take a group of flair players and bang them into a formation that just makes them look totally ordinary and beatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Oh Raheem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr Popodopolous Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Redstart said: Southgate must have taken coaching tips from Johnson, how to take a group of flair players and bang them into a formation that just makes them look totally ordinary and beatable. Worth looking through Denmark- lots of players play in the top 3-4 Leagues, similar profile of club in a lot of cases to us tbh. A draw with some fairly even aspects, it does not surprise me much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon bristol Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Forget england. But ronaldo has got his 100th Portugal goal tonight, what a player! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Just now, Mr Popodopolous said: Worth looking through Denmark- lots of players play in the top 3-4 Leagues, similar profile of club in a lot of cases to us tbh. A draw does not surprise me much. Regardless of how good Denmark are the patches of the game I saw were just so negative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 minute ago, 054123 said: Oh Raheem, why are you so poor Sterling has had a poor game....but compared to Kane he looks exceptional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Lrrr said: Regardless of how good Denmark are the patches of the game I saw were just so negative For all the hype, don't think we're miles better than Denmark- like I say not altogether surprised. Negative? Maybe! Still had we fielded say 2 CM and Mount from the start, maybe we concede- we have a midfield problem after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Not on paper the worst result ever, but tactically just so negative. Awful, awful, awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galway Red Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 England are and always have been utter shyte mainly because we employ such dinosaur managers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstart Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 It's our total lack of pace or urgency and this passing the ball across the back again and again, negative, boring football. Belgium will tear us a new one on tonight's showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 It's about par- we're not as good as we think in some ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 11 minutes ago, JonDolman said: Yep, didn't we hang on for a draw against Colombia before pens? We did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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