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Rlburnside said:
Well we will disagree with the sending off then?
Don’t know why you keep harping on about his first touch we all know it was poor, think we would all agree he’s not a world class defender but he does play for Man United so that explains that comment ?
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Harping on?? I've mentioned it twice?
 
Rlburnside said:
He has some scoring record for a donkey?. Daft post really
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Jimmy Greaves and Gary Lineker both have good scoring records for England. Doesn't mean that they should be guaranteed starters every week. It does seem as though players are picked on reputation rather than current form. I can't see any other reason that Walker and McGuire keep getting picked.
 
Stuart_C said:
Boring that now. Did you miss his free kick in the last 30seconds?
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So no other England player tonight made a mistake or misplaced pass, but yet you highlight Pickford.:unsure:

He was not responsible for the loss and neither Pope or Henderson would of made a difference.

Yep, you’re right, it is getting boring now.
 
ColchesterFC said:
Jimmy Greaves and Gary Lineker both have good scoring records for England. Doesn't mean that they should be guaranteed starters every week. It does seem as though players are picked on reputation rather than current form. I can't see any other reason that Walker and McGuire keep getting picked.
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I agree with you pick the players in form, but calling Kane a donkey is a bit daft
 
pauldj42 said:
So no other England player tonight made a mistake or misplaced pass, but yet you highlight Pickford.:unsure:

He was not responsible for the loss and neither Pope or Henderson would of made a difference.

Yep, you’re right, it is getting boring now.
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You're touchy tonight aren't you?

For the record I watched most of the 1st half and turned over on 89 mins and watched the remainder of the game.

That freekick in the dying seconds was hilarious.

Go back a bit I've mentioned Maguire's mistakes too ?
 
Rlburnside said:
I agree with you pick the players in form, but calling Kane a donkey is a bit daft
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He’s slow and makes no penetrating runs.

There were a few chances to make a run into the box where all he had to do was sprint but he just rambled and he made it simple for the defense. Gave them no real target for a cross so they never really sent them in. So often England get forward quite quickly but then have to pass backward and allow the defenders to get back. No one making that run to get behind the line and cause an issue or into the box for the cross.
 
Stuart_C said:
You're touchy tonight aren't you?

For the record I watched most of the 1st half and turned over on 89 mins and watched the remainder of the game.

That freekick in the dying seconds was hilarious.

Go back a bit I've mentioned Maguire's mistakes too ?
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No, not touchy at all, for one thing I wouldn’t have Pickford starting for Everton never mind England, but the fact is he hasn’t let Southgate down and Southgate must like him and it gets boring people highlighting any mistake he does like he’s the only one.

Totally Southgate’s errors tonight from his starting XI to his substitutions.
 
Rlburnside said:
Just seen the sending off again still think he shouldn’t be sent off. ,
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Both yellow cards imo, he followed through on both tackles, Ref only gets one look and he saw him catch the players with studs up, he was stretching and not in control, don’t think he gave the Ref a choice tbh.
 
Rlburnside said:
I agree with you pick the players in form, but calling Kane a donkey is a bit daft
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I would agree with that. We seem to have gone back to the old problem of square pegs in round holes. Playing 5 at the back to me says to the opposition that the manager isn't confident in our defence and encourages them to attack us. We're playing a system that none of the players are used to playing week in, week out. We need to look at the formations that most PL teams are playing each week and then pick our best 11 to fit that system. Either 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 or whatever it may be, but it seems ridiculous that we're playing 5-4-1 when none of the defenders are used to playing that every week for their clubs.
 
pauldj42 said:
No, not touchy at all, for one thing I wouldn’t have Pickford starting for Everton never mind England, but the fact is he hasn’t let Southgate down and Southgate must like him and it gets boring people highlighting any mistake he does like he’s the only one.

Totally Southgate’s errors tonight from his starting XI to his substitutions.
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Nobody is suggesting he's the only one.

If he wasn't consistently making mistakes for club and country, it wouldn't be as boring/fun as it is.

Blaming the manager is boring........?
 
ColchesterFC said:
I would agree with that. We seem to have gone back to the old problem of square pegs in round holes. Playing 5 at the back to me says to the opposition that the manager isn't confident in our defence and encourages them to attack us. We're playing a system that none of the players are used to playing week in, week out. We need to look at the formations that most PL teams are playing each week and then pick our best 11 to fit that system. Either 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 or whatever it may be, but it seems ridiculous that we're playing 5-4-1 when none of the defenders are used to playing that every week for their clubs.
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The problem is players aren't versatile anymore either. In the 90s and 2000s you had players who could play a number of positions. Now they're all "defensive midfielder" or "number 10" or "inverted winger" and they can only do one job - ask them to be a bit flexible for the England team and they fail. It's fine at club level because managers bring in the players they need for their system. For England though - as you say - we're left with square pegs and rounds holes. What we need is some versatile shapeshifting pegs!
 
On sunday England came from a goal down to beat Belgium, who are currently ranked No1 in the world, and not one post was made on this forum either praising or criticising the England team.

Tonight we have people highlighting all the supposed problems with the players, the manager, the set up, square pegs in round holes etc etc.

Maybe it’s true what they say about us English only being happy when we are moaning.:unsure:
 
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