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16 minutes ago, BanburyRed said:

Maguire looks clumsy, not sure what Rice and Phillips give us in midfield. Possession stats might look good but no real threat.

First decent cross, and a goal! Who'd have thought!

 

10 minutes ago, Waffleflap said:

With this team we should be tearing it up.  Boring possession football. Yeah we're one up but it's painful to watch. Southgate out

To be fair to Albanian, they’ve been well organised, have ceded 82% possession and have made it difficult for us even to get clear possession close enough to cross.

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Not exactly scintillating stuff, but job done. A big part of the problem is qualifying needs a massive overhaul. Back in the day each game was almost like knockout as one qualifying loss could seriously damage your chances of being at tournaments. I remember watching the 0-0 draw in Rome and being on the edge of me seat throughout. 

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The problem with today's game was lack of movement forward. We got the ball in our half, moved it into their half and then turned around and played it back. Did this so many times. Needed Sterling and Foden etc to go long not incessantly short. Albania were organised but toothless. 

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1 hour ago, BanburyRed said:

Maguire looks clumsy, not sure what Rice and Phillips give us in midfield. Possession stats might look good but no real threat.

First decent cross, and a goal! Who'd have thought!

Maguire may look clumsy at times but he's very effective. Doesn't give any ground and reads the game well. Best player we have at the moment. Also a great threat in the opponents pen area.

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18 minutes ago, WECANDO said:

The problem with today's game was lack of movement forward. We got the ball in our half, moved it into their half and then turned around and played it back. Did this so many times. Needed Sterling and Foden etc to go long not incessantly short. Albania were organised but toothless. 

Yep. Whenever anybody actually made a run in behind we looked much more threatening. Just didn't happen enough.

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