harpo_72
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The indirect offside rule is clear to me any player in sight line is actually influential to the play.. he will affect opposition positions and act as a distraction. Simples.
Note to self. For this very reason, the next time I am asked to part with my hard earned and take part in a Euros or World Cup Super 6, refuse. Keep the wallet zipped.
Tournament football is almost as difficult to predict as Mrs BB’s mood when she rouses from her nightly slumber.
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Tashyboy
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With all the golfers in the squad, am gobsmacked none of them Have pointed him in this direction. Maybe he has lost the dressing room.I watched that last night Rooney thought one of the problems is we dont have enough experience in the side and thought Southgate should have took Henderson.
You don’t have to be a pundit to see the problems that England have , if Southgate had a quick scroll through the forum he would soon know
Swango1980
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I stick little 2 to 3 game accumulators, £2 stake, on the underdog of each tie. Often on the 2 or 3 games daily. If you win, often get well over £100. Not won anything at this one yet to be fair, though had Austria beat France, and Austria looked decent, in final game of one of my accumulators, I'd have won almost £250.
At Qatar World Cup, I won over £100 twice, and a couple over £50 as well I think.
Small stakes like that, I think it is worth it. I think people think a bit too highly of the top nations sometimes, and a lot of the lesser known can have excellent players, and well coached can almost look the better side at times.
Based on a combination of how they play, and the noise their fans make, Georgia are my new favourite international team 
. Just a lot of fun to watch them.
. Just a lot of fun to watch them.
Pin-seeker
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They’re not mine.Based on a combination of how they play, and the noise their fans make, Georgia are my new favourite international team
I backed Czechia to score the first goal
Arthur Wedge
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Seems a bit harsh for Turkey to be 2 down in this , played well
Ronaldo playing on the last man and has good movement but looks way off the pace these days - been a few balls across the box that another forward would be getting onto - guess it shows how bad the Saudi league is if he stands out in it
Again poor from Turkey - Portugal not even out of 2nd gear here
Ronaldo playing on the last man and has good movement but looks way off the pace these days - been a few balls across the box that another forward would be getting onto - guess it shows how bad the Saudi league is if he stands out in it
Again poor from Turkey - Portugal not even out of 2nd gear here
srixon 1
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That’s a first, Ronaldo just passed whilst in the 18 yard box. 
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That’s a first, Ronaldo just passed whilst in the 18 yard box.
Finally become a team player
Arthur Wedge
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ends running on to take selfies with Ronaldo
Norrin Radd
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You're the manager you are cruising 3-0 with 15 minutes to go , do you sub your best player off to insure he doesn't get injured in the remaining time.
I would have had Ronaldo off with twenty to go ,what about you .
I would have had Ronaldo off with twenty to go ,what about you .
Arthur Wedge
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It shouldn’t be happening and by giving the selfie it then escalated
And Aluko - the gift that keeps on giving
Tashyboy
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They have the St George flag. Unfortunately the similarities stop there re excitementBased on a combination of how they play, and the noise their fans make, Georgia are my new favourite international team
AmandaJR
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5 minutes into the Belgium Romania game and more attacking intent and prowess than we've shown in 180+ minutes...
At the very least we have to up the intensity.
At the very least we have to up the intensity.
clubchamp98
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Yes if your in the six yard box your offside.
The problem is they disallow some and give others.
Pin-seeker
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it’s so frustrating,are they scared of making a mistake?
It’s SO bad watching us.
How can Foden,Bellingham,saka,Kane,Rice….
All just turn into championship players when they put on an England shirt?
BubbaP
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If they create an additional 'boot award' for goals disallowed, then there'll only be one winner!
chico
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Nor mine, beat my treble today.They’re not mine.
I backed Czechia to score the first goal
Pin-seeker
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Nor mine, beat my treble today.
Tashyboy
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To answer your question, this is whyit’s so frustrating,are they scared of making a mistake?
It’s SO bad watching us.
How can Foden,Bellingham,saka,Kane,Rice….
All just turn into championship players when they put on an England shirt?
Jordan Pickford's long balls part of England’s problem at Euro 2024? It is impacting possession and pressing
Gareth Southgate talks of wanting to build with more control so why has goalkeeper Jordan Pickford launched the ball long more than any other player at Euro 2024?
I mentioned this the other day. England simply do not know how to play against the press. That’s not down to England. That’s down to Southgate. There’s a piece on that story where it’s says Pickford has options to pass to Stones, Bellingham and Foden. Yet Pickford goes long to Kane who loses out. And England are on the defence again. Now there are several issues about this. If Kane does win the ball, he cannot give it to Foden or Bellingham coz they have dropped. But further more, Bellingham and Foden are now compared to championship players. They are actually trying to do there job but Southgate is not getting the message across to play out from the back. It also endorses what I have said about whatever team Southgate picks. It don’t matter, the same tactics will be played. The only difference is that another defensive midfielder will protect his defence and poor tactics.
The two teams that have kicked the most from the back, England and Scotland. Coincidence. No.
Quote from the piece.
The statistics show that Pickford has attempted to launch the ball more than any other player in the competition after two rounds of games. It is not a recipe for ball retention. It is a tactic more suited to unfancied sides than a supposedly ambitious England outfit.
Of course, this is Pickford's natural game at club level under Sean Dyche at Everton. He hit 968 long passes in the past Premier League season, 77 more than Luton goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski and over 200 more than any other player in the competition. This swarm-plot highlights just what an outlier Pickford is stylistically.
The key difference is that Dyche's tactics make sense because everybody knows this is the plan. When Everton launch the ball long, it is with a view to getting bodies around the centre-forward, winning possession high up the pitch and playing from there.
Is that the plan when Pickford looks for Kane? Not when Foden is inside his own box and Bellingham is making a similar movement towards his goalkeeper. How could they help press at the other end when Kane lost out? They had anticipated another pass entirely.
Who is that down to, it’s not rocket science to figure out. Unless you are the England manager.
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