gandalf_the_green":2hcnw7xr said:Please take Sterling off at half time Gareth.
PL2 3DQ":60hnt4gd said:With Jones and an unfit Kane we played with 9 men.
Nevermind.
Balham_Green":20k7v725 said:Can't believe anybody watched it.
Fat_green_belly":2u5pnhz2 said:A bit more attacking ambition from eng in the second half this time. Not a lot of guile with it unfortunately.
Once again 2 wide attackers pinned our WBs back first half. 1-0 down early with danny rose badly at fault.
He doesnt look the same player now since his injury. Perhaps he just needs more gametime?
Southgate went with 2 proper CMs this time to partner dier in the 532. The only tactical change.
Delph and RLC who again impressed me with his strength and skill on the ball. Potentially a top player in there
somewhere i reckon. Lets hope he gets some prem gametime. Hopefully as much as some of these belgian players seem to
have been given over recent years.
Having 3 proper CMs didnt seem to help much though as our play was still too cautious and slow. We also lost possession
too easily at times.
At least we went for it more in the 2nd half. The team, including WBs moved higher up the pitch leaving us more open to their
dangerous counters, hazard and de bryune especially benefitting, but by doing so it actually allowed us to become more
fluid and so more threatening with it. Pity we conceded another poor goal when we did as we were doing quite well at the time.
Phil jones has never impressed me as an international defender and dont know what gary cahill has done to have kyle walker
and now phil jones selected ahead of him.
Maguire MOM for me. His distribution today was top class again. Pickford, trippier and stones all did very well too.
Dier and RLC both had good games though i would still have liked to have seen them as a CM pair rather than part of a three.
I would have liked to have seen us match their 343 man for man just to see if it made a difference to our play.
Whatever, waistcoat man appears to have complete faith in his 532/352 at the moment.
Have to see now if he can make it work better especially in going forward. Our main prob in the tourny a deficiency of goals
and chances created from open play. No combinations or partnerships seemed to have developed from an attacking viewpoint.
Kane still likely to get his golden boot though. 3 pens, 2 tap ins and a fluke. They all count i suppose.
Not at his best again today. Sterling wasnt playing on the shoulder this game which did help our play a bit more but
again he failed to score or create much. Liked to have seen wellbeck given a try at some point.
Ali and rashford both had disappointing WCs overall imho. Lingard and RLC showing the most potential.
Pity lallana was injured. He might have made a difference with his experience in that area.
I will be interested to see what southgate does in the 4 games against spain and croatia coming up in the nations cup.
Whatever, its all over now. Back to the argyle boys again and some proper international stuff with irish and portuguese
no 10s to drool over. Playing in their correct positions too......i hope.
Warming up for the season ahead BG.Balham_Green":34baa4un said:Fat_green_belly":34baa4un said:A bit more attacking ambition from eng in the second half this time. Not a lot of guile with it unfortunately.
Once again 2 wide attackers pinned our WBs back first half. 1-0 down early with danny rose badly at fault.
He doesnt look the same player now since his injury. Perhaps he just needs more gametime?
Southgate went with 2 proper CMs this time to partner dier in the 532. The only tactical change.
Delph and RLC who again impressed me with his strength and skill on the ball. Potentially a top player in there
somewhere i reckon. Lets hope he gets some prem gametime. Hopefully as much as some of these belgian players seem to
have been given over recent years.
Having 3 proper CMs didnt seem to help much though as our play was still too cautious and slow. We also lost possession
too easily at times.
At least we went for it more in the 2nd half. The team, including WBs moved higher up the pitch leaving us more open to their
dangerous counters, hazard and de bryune especially benefitting, but by doing so it actually allowed us to become more
fluid and so more threatening with it. Pity we conceded another poor goal when we did as we were doing quite well at the time.
Phil jones has never impressed me as an international defender and dont know what gary cahill has done to have kyle walker
and now phil jones selected ahead of him.
Maguire MOM for me. His distribution today was top class again. Pickford, trippier and stones all did very well too.
Dier and RLC both had good games though i would still have liked to have seen them as a CM pair rather than part of a three.
I would have liked to have seen us match their 343 man for man just to see if it made a difference to our play.
Whatever, waistcoat man appears to have complete faith in his 532/352 at the moment.
Have to see now if he can make it work better especially in going forward. Our main prob in the tourny a deficiency of goals
and chances created from open play. No combinations or partnerships seemed to have developed from an attacking viewpoint.
Kane still likely to get his golden boot though. 3 pens, 2 tap ins and a fluke. They all count i suppose.
Not at his best again today. Sterling wasnt playing on the shoulder this game which did help our play a bit more but
again he failed to score or create much. Liked to have seen wellbeck given a try at some point.
Ali and rashford both had disappointing WCs overall imho. Lingard and RLC showing the most potential.
Pity lallana was injured. He might have made a difference with his experience in that area.
I will be interested to see what southgate does in the 4 games against spain and croatia coming up in the nations cup.
Whatever, its all over now. Back to the argyle boys again and some proper international stuff with irish and portuguese
no 10s to drool over. Playing in their correct positions too......i hope.
Longest report ever from you for a completely pointless game!