The Footie Thread

[fundy]

looks like the brains trust at Arsenal are going to have to go to £50m for Ben White whilst giving Mavropanos away to Stuttgart and ensuring that Saliba goes out on loan again

I hope theyve got another £200m+ in the pot otherwise that really is a monumental misuse of almost all their transfer budget with the glaring holes there are in the squad elsewhere, not that it would be a shock based on the last decade of tfrs

 

[harpo_72]

We are in the knock out now.. the time to bench him for a rest has gone. No use benching him hoping he will be better then we go out

Vardy would be causing choas in this team

Vardy would be awesome he gives you that frightening edge up front

 

[harpo_72]

You don’t freshen up now when it’s knockout that should of been done before.
Obviously you didn’t see the first game.
We were poor vs Scotland and better in the last game.
Sterling will not be rested and he doesn’t look tired.
Also putting the guy who’s actually scoring goals on the bench is a ludicrous suggestion

He has missed more than he has scored and then becomes completely invisible…

 

[chrisd]

With the talent in that England team, finalists is the minimum they should be looking at.

If we're that good why am I seeing so many derogatory comments about Pickford, Kane, Sterling etc etc . No, we are capable of winning it but also of crashing out in the next round, after all we couldn't even beat Scotland!

 

[Orikoru]

If we're that good why am I seeing so many derogatory comments about Pickford, Kane, Sterling etc etc . No, we are capable of winning it but also of crashing out in the next round, after all we couldn't even beat Scotland!

Generally speaking, I can't criticise or fault any of the player's effort to be honest. Most of the questions have been aimed at Southgate and his tactics. But we are a nation of nit-pickers and worriers, in the grand picture the group stage is nothing more than an extra qualifying round with only a few teams going out, and we've got it out of the way unscathed. We just need to make that step up in performance now or we won't get past Germany, that's all.

 

[ColchesterFC]

If we're that good why am I seeing so many derogatory comments about Pickford, Kane, Sterling etc etc . No, we are capable of winning it but also of crashing out in the next round, after all we couldn't even beat Scotland!

The simple answer is that we're not "that good". Looking at the available players then we have the potential to be "that good" but at the minute we aren't and most/all of that is down to the manager and how we're set up to not lose. I can only imagine what a manager like Pep or Klopp would do with the players we've got.

 

[Billysboots]

The simple answer is that we're not "that good". Looking at the available players then we have the potential to be "that good" but at the minute we aren't and most/all of that is down to the manager and how we're set up to not lose. I can only imagine what a manager like Pep or Klopp would do with the players we've got.

My hope is that some of the shackles come off now we’re out of the group.

Southgate has to be prepared to place trust in his creative players and take some calculated risks. Setting up not to lose now we’re in the knockout stages is pointless - we have to try and win.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Vardy would be awesome he gives you that frightening edge up front

Said same to my mate,would’ve been a good option to have on the bench.

 

[clubchamp98]

Gareth Southgate has surprised his England squad by getting Ed Sheeran to play at the training ground

He has warned them that if they don't beat Germany, Ed will play another concert in the changing room and this time James Corden will be there too.

Ed could make a difference in the holding role.
But Corden isn’t good enough to replace Kane.

 

[Billysboots]

Said same to my mate,would’ve been a good option to have on the bench.

A couple of mates who are Leicester season ticket holders reckon Vardy is not the player he was - the suggestion is he’s lost a yard of pace and looked very out of sorts for much of the second half of the season.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

A couple of mates who are Leicester season ticket holders reckon Vardy is not the player he was - the suggestion is he’s lost a yard of pace and looked very out of sorts for much of the second half of the season.

Where are all our pacey strikers

Not wingers . Proper fast forwards

Like Wilson but better

 

[Billysboots]

Where are all our pacey strikers

Not wingers . Proper fast forwards

Like Wilson but better

Not sure we have that many options, to be honest. But, even in the event Vardy was available, should we pick him simply because he’s the least worst option? His returns for Leicester have been very patchy these last few months.

 

[chrisd]

The simple answer is that we're not "that good". Looking at the available players then we have the potential to be "that good" but at the minute we aren't and most/all of that is down to the manager and how we're set up to not lose. I can only imagine what a manager like Pep or Klopp would do with the players we've got.

Generally speaking, I can't criticise or fault any of the player's effort to be honest. Most of the questions have been aimed at Southgate and his tactics. But we are a nation of nit-pickers and worriers, in the grand picture the group stage is nothing more than an extra qualifying round with only a few teams going out, and we've got it out of the way unscathed. We just need to make that step up in performance now or we won't get past Germany, that's all.

I was just answering BrianM's assertion that we will underachieve if we dont make the final. Seems to me he's just trying to set us up for some trolling !

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Not sure we have that many options, to be honest. But, even in the event Vardy was available, should we pick him simply because he’s the least worst option? His returns for Leicester have been very patchy these last few months.

Vardy has retired from international football so it's a moot point

 

[Blue in Munich]

I was just answering BrianM's assertion that we will underachieve if we dont make the final. Seems to me he's just trying to set us up for some trolling !

In fairness a fair bit has been handed out to our cousins from North of the wall, you can hardly blame them (well, most of them... )

 

[BrianM]

I was just answering BrianM's assertion that we will underachieve if we dont make the final. Seems to me he's just trying to set us up for some trolling !

Trolling, seriously?

The England squad on paper is only second to France in my opinion.
If you get past Germany then the door is wide open to get to the final, that’s not saying you won’t have difficult games, teams aren’t just going to lie down, but you should have enough quality to get through.
You had a great qualification from the group, yet England fans still aren’t happy, Southgate is doing something right, it’s obvious with the set up that he’s worried about the centre half’s.

 

[Pin-seeker]

A couple of mates who are Leicester season ticket holders reckon Vardy is not the player he was - the suggestion is he’s lost a yard of pace and looked very out of sorts for much of the second half of the season.

Maybe not then as he obviously relies on his pace.

 

[Billysboots]

Vardy has retired from international football so it's a moot point

Which was why I said “in the event he was available”.

 

[Jimaroid]

Vardy has retired from international football so it's a moot point

Ooooh! Get you, moot point indeed!

This hypothetical court of football expertise in which we sit, amongst armchair managers, fantasy pundits, self ordained experts in laws of the game, ex-professional television referees, a place where even Spurs fans are humoured to have any opinion of note, to wit this thread and the entire subject of debate is a moot.

But I’m sure you knew that before trying to make a clever remark.

 

[Rlburnside]

I guess you haven't watched him much so I'll help you out with a video.

Those are the sort of goals he's capable of. Imagine calling him just a poacher.

Loved the goal against Southampton when VVD slashed at the ball like a Sunday league pub player ??