SecretSam Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Super said: First time in Euros. I did wonder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Phillips MoM, solid, aggressive with game winning assist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 MoM: Phillips. Anyone disagree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, SecretSam said: When was the last time England won their first tournament game? The last tournament we played in - WC 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Well done England. Enjoyed that . Bring on the sweaty socks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, petehinton said: People didn’t want to see Trippier or Mings start, both brilliant. Said Rice and Phillips starting was too negative, one got the assist. Wanted grealish over Sterling. Sterling gets the winner. Oh dear People will always have opinions though, nothing wrong with that. That's the beauty of it, not necessarily something to laugh at. Would you have chosen today's team if it was up to you pre-kickoff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Nice goal to win it, rather than usual deadball stuff; pleasantly surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 minute ago, SecretSam said: MoM: Phillips. Anyone disagree? Edged mings to it for me, thought most had a great game, Mount went missing and walker was poor on the balls but still solid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanker Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, SecretSam said: MoM: Phillips. Anyone disagree? Whatever you say darling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Moments of Pleasure said: Nice goal to win it, rather than usual deadball stuff; pleasantly surprised. Was a excellent goal. Really surprised with the quality of Phillips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Pretty much every criticism of the team selection (not just here, but more widely too) proved to be misplaced. Well done Gareth Southgate. Agree on Phillips as MoM, outstanding, and the assist for the goal was real international class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 So lovely to see the fans and the photographers enjoying the goal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Monkeh said: Edged mings to it for me, thought most had a great game, Mount went missing and walker was poor on the balls but still solid Yes, agree. For all that Walker was sometimes frustrating on the ball, defensively he did everything required, and importantly so on a couple of occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Fair play to Lingard mind, that's what I love to see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperRed Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Trippier didn’t really offer anything going forward, not surprising given he has no left foot, hopefully Shaw or Chilwell come in against the two weaker teams in the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 13 minutes ago, petehinton said: People didn’t want to see Trippier or Mings start, both brilliant. Said Rice and Phillips starting was too negative, one got the assist. Wanted grealish over Sterling. Sterling gets the winner. Oh dear I think it was a push to say either was brilliant to be fair. Sterling may have scored the winner but was by and large quite wasteful. It’s all very easy to make posts like this after we win Pete, but there’s nothing wrong with wanting the best from our country and I’m convinced that wasn’t the best we have to offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Show Me The Money! Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 30 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said: Jesus looked pissed right up in the crowd Lucky buggers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 9 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said: People will always have opinions though, nothing wrong with that. That's the beauty of it, not necessarily something to laugh at. Would you have chosen today's team if it was up to you pre-kickoff? I would’ve gone Chilwell at LB but the rest the same tbf. As I said before, Trippier had a good game at LB the other day so Wasn’t as life ending as it was made out. Not laughing at it - but it is funny. there was a huge majority of England fans saying Southgate was a fraud, ruining our chances bla bla bla and he got it spot on and won us the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: I think it was a push to say either was brilliant to be fair. Sterling may have scored the winner but was by and large quite wasteful. It’s all very easy to make posts like this after we win Pete, but there’s nothing wrong with wanting the best from our country and I’m convinced that wasn’t the best we have to offer. Saving it up, Fordy, saving it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Fordy62 said: I think it was a push to say either was brilliant to be fair. Sterling may have scored the winner but was by and large quite wasteful. It’s all very easy to make posts like this after we win Pete, but there’s nothing wrong with wanting the best from our country and I’m convinced that wasn’t the best we have to offer. It’s game one mate. If the tournament was knock outs from day one I’d understand it but does it really matter if Grealish/Sancho whoever don’t start game one and then start the rest? It was like the world had ended when that team came out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: I think it was a push to say either was brilliant to be fair. Sterling may have scored the winner but was by and large quite wasteful. It’s all very easy to make posts like this after we win Pete, but there’s nothing wrong with wanting the best from our country and I’m convinced that wasn’t the best we have to offer. Mings was, he won everything that went into his, didn't waste possession and cleverly pulled out of a challenge that would of resulted in a penalty, In short mings was outstanding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Fordy62 said: I think it was a push to say either was brilliant to be fair. Sterling may have scored the winner but was by and large quite wasteful. It’s all very easy to make posts like this after we win Pete, but there’s nothing wrong with wanting the best from our country and I’m convinced that wasn’t the best we have to offer. I'd like to think Southgate will be pragmatic and use a bit of rotation where necessary. I was impressed by Sterling today, it's clear what his role is - he's there to offer pace and stretch the defence. He panicked the Croatia defence every time he got the ball or made a run. Against Scotland for example, which will probably be quite a niggly game, he may want to use Grealish more to win freekicks. Lots of positives today though. Very professional performance. Just now, petehinton said: I would’ve gone Chilwell at LB but the rest the same tbf. As I said before, Trippier had a good game at LB the other day so Wasn’t as life ending as it was made out. Not laughing at it - but it is funny. there was a huge majority of England fans saying Southgate was a fraud, ruining our chances bla bla bla and he got it spot on and won us the game. I think it's easy to aftertime on these things but everyone will have an opinion on the England squad and a bit pointless to poke fun at people for having an opinion after a win. It would be boring if we all wanted the same 11 and just agreed with the management. There's also nothing to say that had we played (say) Grealish and Chilwell over Sterling and Trippier that we wouldn't have played better and won by a greater margin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 It was a nice win but a lot of improvement will be required to be be a major contender for the trophy. Croatia were disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Just watched Tyrone Mings being interviewed by BBC. What a lovely guy. So pleased to be there, so honest and natural. Didn’t know if it was a typical international championship performance because he’s never been in one before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Just now, Phileas Fogg said: I'd like to think Southgate will be pragmatic and use a bit of rotation where necessary. I was impressed by Sterling today, it's clear what his role is - he's there to offer pace and stretch the defence. He panicked the Croatia defence every time he got the ball or made a run. Against Scotland for example, which will probably be quite a niggly game, he may want to use Grealish more to win freekicks. Lots of positives today though. Very professional performance. I think it's easy to aftertime on these things but everyone will have an opinion on the England squad and a bit pointless to poke fun at people for having an opinion after a win. It would be boring if we all wanted the same 11 and just agreed with the management. There's also nothing to say that had we played (say) Grealish and Chilwell over Sterling and Trippier that we wouldn't have played better and won by a greater margin. Again - not poking fun at individuals, just saying the overreaction was very strange and unnecessary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Rollason Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 One disappointment/worry for me was Pickford's kicking... That's why he's in the team.. Really poor today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Just now, italian dave said: Just watched Tyrone Mings being interviewed by BBC. What a lovely guy. So pleased to be there, so honest and natural. Didn’t know if it was a typical international championship performance because he’s never been in one before! As was Kalvin Phillips. A breath of fresh air - he was like a kid in a sweetshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 22 minutes ago, petehinton said: People didn’t want to see Trippier or Mings start, both brilliant. Said Rice and Phillips starting was too negative, one got the assist. Wanted grealish over Sterling. Sterling gets the winner. Oh dear Thats why managers are managers and fans are just fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 minute ago, petehinton said: Again - not poking fun at individuals, just saying the overreaction was very strange and unnecessary Was it strange though? A RB playing LB when we have two natural LBs in good form and leaving out a popular choice in Grealish. I don't think there was an 'overreaction' as such, just people discussing the team. There's always going to be a fair bit of hyperbole on here/twitter - you have to take things with a pinch of salt. After seeing that team I can see why people were a bit baffled by the selection. Great that we got the job done though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said: Was it strange though? A RB playing LB when we have two natural LBs in good form and leaving out a popular choice in Grealish. I don't think there was an 'overreaction' as such, just people discussing the team. There's always going to be a fair bit of hyperbole on here/twitter - you have to take things with a pinch of salt. After seeing that team I can see why people were a bit baffled by the selection. Great that we got the job done though. I mean this kinda stuff. The gameplay was clear to clip balls in behind for runners - exactly what Sterling is. Grealish and Sancho better ball to feet. It’s a huge squad, will need different set ups for different games, hopefully a long tournament so need to have a look at everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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