The Footie Thread

[IanM]

I’ve never felt so flat after an England knockout victory

You're emotionally exhausted, not flat!

 

[harpo_72]

What we have seen is just an extension of GS’ opportunity to drive us up the wall..

 

[Beezerk]

Spain, lovely team to watch. Gotta be massive favourites.

 

[clubchamp98]

Spain, lovely team to watch. Gotta be massive favourites.

Yes that’s what you do when you go 1 down.

 

[2blue]

No apologies for not reading the last X number of pages re the England game but quite frankly that was shocking. I honestly don’t know where to start. At one point the commentator said putting him there balances the team. And there in after four games still lies the problem. We are an elephant stood on one leg waiting to fall over. The goal came not from Southgates brilliance as a manager but a last gasp piece of individual brilliance that would not of happened if Slovakia had not spent time well time wasting.
A soon as we went 2-1 up. What did Southgate do, put on two subs and sat back. It defies belief.
As much as I want England to win, I fear we could be on the end of a good hiding.
Pure purgatory.

Rabbit... need to get on to something decent.

 

[larmen]

Spain, lovely team to watch. Gotta be massive favourites.

They could start to engrave the

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Surely you’re not claiming to be neutral

Strangely enough I am........games like that I generally decide to support the team that are not made up of hoofers, cheaters and hackers for the ones that try to play decent honest stuff.

My goodness how on earth do you English guys put up with your TV commentators they are total plumbs.
Five minutes after calling the team and manager absolute morons they suddenly turn into a team of world champions

 

[Swango1980]

Strangely enough I am........games like that I generally decide to support the team that are not made up of hoofers, cheaters and hackers for the ones that try to play decent honest stuff.

My goodness how on earth do you English guys put up with your TV commentators they are total plumbs.
Five minutes after calling the team and manager absolute morons they suddenly turn into a team of world champions

Which pundits? The ones on ITV didn't seem to get carried away. For example, Gary Neville says woeful England need to make dramatic changes to progress beyond the quarter finals

 

[harpo_72]

I feel sorry for the Slovakian team .. they were better, they played with ambition and strategy .. but most of all the English commentator (not miserable Lee) called them Slovenian ..

 

[harpo_72]

Not being petty but I do want to see the Spanish knock the Germans out

 

[Voyager EMH]

The Times was delivered quite early this morning.

I've just read that we finished top of our group and won the first knockout game with two great goals and face Switzerland in the quarter finals.

Its all going rather well then?

Three more games and Southgate gets a Knighthood?

 

[Hobbit]

The Times was delivered quite early this morning.

I've just read that we finished top of our group and won the first knockout game with two great goals and face Switzerland in the quarter finals.

Its all going rather well then?

Three more games and Southgate gets a Knighthood?

And another contract?

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Which pundits? The ones on ITV didn't seem to get carried away. For example, Gary Neville says woeful England need to make dramatic changes to progress beyond the quarter finals

Commentators I said...........agree that the pundits were OK.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I feel sorry for the Slovakian team .. they were better, they played with ambition and strategy .. but most of all the English commentator (not miserable Lee) called them Slovenian ..

They were a well drilled team playing against an assorted group of individuals.
Their calm defense was a joy to watch.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

The delusion listening to Engerland fans this morning on the radio is beyond amusing all the cliches

“It’s tournament football”

The best teams know how to win when playing poor

Slovakia have been disrespected and they are up with the European big guns

Premier league has tired the players out

And the of course the obligatory “it’s coming home”

 

[larmen]

They were a well drilled team playing against an assorted group of individuals.
Their calm defense was a joy to watch.

I think this is a pattern around all/most 'smaller' nations in tis tournament.

Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, ... very compact hard to penetrate with extremely dangerous counter attack.
I think a few premiership, La Lila, Bundesliga teams could learn from it.
But it might make a difference to do this for 3 to 7 games versus doing it twice a week for a whole season.

 

[crdb]

Has Palmer earned his spot yet? For me, yes! Got to say aswell, Mainoo starting was a very good choice, brought the team to life from the start, just a shame about the sloppy goal we conceded

 

[AmandaJR]

I'm not a lip-reader but pretty sure Bellingham shouted "who else" after scoring. Confidence is one thing but it falls over into arrogance with him. He's brilliant but not so much a team player as he throws his arms up continually like a petulant child if the ball didn't come to him. Lee Dixon can talk rubbish but mentioned it and that instead of that reaction you put your head down and go again...

 

[Orikoru]

If we play the same way (again) against Switzerland, we'll be two or three down by stoppage time instead of one, and you don't come back from that.

 

[Orikoru]

I'm not a lip-reader but pretty sure Bellingham shouted "who else" after scoring. Confidence is one thing but it falls over into arrogance with him. He's brilliant but not so much a team player as he throws his arms up continually like a petulant child if the ball didn't come to him. Lee Dixon can talk rubbish but mentioned it and that instead of that reaction you put your head down and go again...

All the best players in the world have that arrogance. Part of what makes them that good. It does jar a little when you've watched him labour through 90 minutes and finally turn up in the 94th though.