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He scored the goals that won the game :rofl: and he should have had two more penalties, what else did you want the main goalscorer to do - on one post you state he can’t score in tournaments now you Say that all he does is score - you have removed all doubt that you do not have a clue

It would be funny if you weren’t being serious
Tbf tho Phil some would say that your constant sticking up for Sterling after he underperforms for England time & time again makes you look pretty clueless.
 

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With the all important three points in the pocket...
Southgate can and should indulge in some rotation for the second match...

Then he can focus on sorting out the best team/approach for taking on the Belgians...

Right now England are on the front foot...
 
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Seriously? Just what else did he do? Sure he did what he is there for, but apart from that contributed nothing. Sure he was dragged to the floor. But when I had a gorriilla doing that to me I just moved away from the six yard area outside the box and bobbed about until the ball came in and left him for dead. Has Kane no brain?
You do know it’s 11 v 11 and when 1 has the ball the others don’t stop moving!
 

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He scored the goals that won the game :rofl: and he should have had two more penalties, what else did you want the main goalscorer to do - on one post you state he can’t score in tournaments now you Say that all he does is score - you have removed all doubt that you do not have a clue


It would be funny if you weren’t being serious


Nope didn't I said that he doesn't, which up to last night was right, but against a poor team from a holiday resort in N.Africa scored two from point blank range, which any Sunday pub league striker could do.
 

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That was shaping up to be a classic England game - play well for 15 minutes early on, be praised for the 'positives' and then do sweet FA for the rest of the game. I'm not sure we were great but we still deserved the 3 points, so happy we got there in the end.

Sterling and Lingard were awful. Dele was injured and should have gone off at half time really. Loftus-Cheek & Rashford were very good when they came on, they gave us something I think. Defence was a bit ropey at times, but we knew our defence was poor going into the competition, we knew we were going to have some shaky moments. Not very much we can do about that. A lot of people seemingly thought Maguire was bad, but there were positives, the way he drove with the ball out from the back, and won everything in the air in their penalty area. Perhaps against Belgium Cahill will come in for a little bit more defence resilience, but happy for Maguire to remain against Panama.

Their penalty was a penalty - typical clumsy idiocy from Walker, just like the old days I remember from him at Spurs. But let's not forget we were denied two absolute stone-wallers. What on earth is the point of having VAR if you're not going to bloody use it? Kane literally thrown onto the floor twice, not even looked at. Utter shambles. VAR has actually worked better than expected in the rest of the competition, trust our game to be the one where they sack it off.

Last word for Trippier - absolutely fantastic. His delivery is honestly Beckham-esque at times.

Would like to see Rashford and Loftus-Cheek starting against Panama now - Sterling dropped, and probably Dele if he's injured, or Lingard if he isn't. I have a feeling he might give Rose a game over Young just for rotation. Otherwise keep it the same, go out there and win the game comfortably so we're not needing a result against Belgium. :thup:

Ahhhhh you watched the game too!
 
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Everyone seems to agree England were good over the first 20-25 minutes.
Sterling, Lingard and Alli were all on the pitch during that spell.
Yes they missed chances, but they also created the chances and got into those positions.
Rashford and Loftus-Cheek are very good players, imo, but I didn’t see anymore from them when they came on, let’s be honest, any sub coming on fresh with 15-20 minutes to go in that 2nd half last night would of made an effort.
As for changes against Panama, I’d rather he stuck to his first 11 (barring injuries) and make subistitions if the game allows, what I don’t want is wholesale changes and then Southgate making the changes back for Belgium.
 

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I take it no-one else saw that Tunisia changes shape later in the game to match England? And after they equalised they dropped even further back so that the spaces we exploited in the first 20 mins, just weren't really there? Bit difficult to play the same football when there's 11 men behind the ball. I'm glad we didn't resort to long ball and then we would have definitely drawn. My only observation is that we could have moved the ball quicker second half and we played with an unfit passenger (Alli).
 

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I take it no-one else saw that Tunisia changes shape later in the game to match England? And after they equalised they dropped even further back so that the spaces we exploited in the first 20 mins, just weren't really there? Bit difficult to play the same football when there's 11 men behind the ball. I'm glad we didn't resort to long ball and then we would have definitely drawn. My only observation is that we could have moved the ball quicker second half and we played with an unfit passenger (Alli).


Spot on.

Does hinder moving the ball quickly if the players are moving into the small pockets of space against compact and organised defence, which is why it was strange to Keep Alli on the pitch for so long.
 
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I take it no-one else saw that Tunisia changes shape later in the game to match England? And after they equalised they dropped even further back so that the spaces we exploited in the first 20 mins, just weren't really there? Bit difficult to play the same football when there's 11 men behind the ball. I'm glad we didn't resort to long ball and then we would have definitely drawn. My only observation is that we could have moved the ball quicker second half and we played with an unfit passenger (Alli).

Rubbish ;) Crazyface has already explained how his local pub side would of beat them 8-0
 

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