The England Thread

[felmani26]

When it comes to the crunch, England never trust the smaller, technical player and instead revert to type of physicality and speed.

 

[Romulus]

No Chillwell or DCL on the bench.

its pathetic

 

[mark87]

its pathetic

Wouldn't they be injured though as I thought the bench was just made up of everyone else who's fit? I could be wrong though.

 

[dirtyh]

what a chicken shit line-up. amazing how you can get to be such a high profile manager with basically zero knowledge of football and being an absolute coward in your philosophy.

 

[Aphex]

He will either be a genius or will get slaughtered.

Personally I think he is absolutely clueless.

 

[jondesouza]

Wouldn't they be injured though as I thought the bench was just made up of everyone else who's fit? I could be wrong though.

You can only name 12 on the bench and it has to include the two spare keepers.

 

[Guntz]

Playing not to lose, instead of playing to win with that team.

If it goes to extra time then the Germans will be more confident.

 

[thebenjamin]

7-0-3

Innovative

 

[Shadydan]

Must be just me that's content with that lineup maybe because I already expected it but i think he's playing wing backs to match them up...Hungary did that and got at them so easily.

 

[BuryMeInEngland]

sad line up. What's he doing? Playing for the draw and hoping for some Kane magic? Dumb fuck, they're at home in front of a big England crowd and he plays it safe. Twat.

 

[WalkerboyUK]

7-0-3

Innovative

That’s 7 shots, 0 on target, 3 conceded

 

[PCozzie]

Well Southgate has nowhere to hide having picked that team and formation. Either he's a genius and has worked Germany out, or he's got nothing and just wants to avoid getting stuffed. There's very little middle ground there.

 

[dirtyh]

Must be just me that's content with that lineup maybe because I already expected it but i think he's playing wing backs to match them up...Hungary did that and got at them so easily.

yeah, just you

 

[TheTanguy]

Well Southgate has nowhere to hide having picked that team and formation. Either he's a genius and has worked Germany out, or he's got nothing and just wants to avoid getting stuffed. There's very little middle ground there.

He is certainly not a genius, but things might go his way tonight. It's still more or less a 50/50 match.

 

[dbspurs]

Foden, Bellingham, Sancho, Grealish all sitting on the bench while we field 5 defenders and 2 holding midfielders. It's a joke.

No creativity at all. Kane will be dropping to the halfway line trying to thread balls through to Saka and Sterling.

Why do we never seem to have a coach who knows how to play effective attacking football?!

 

[absolute bobbins]

Or how about going at them and running them ragged and get a couple of goals in front. Unfortunately England manages have been like this since Venables.

Timidity is one of The FA’s biggest failings. If Southgate was a lion, he’d be that pussy from The Wizard of Oz, with a bit of Scarecrow thrown in for good measure.

 

[BuryMeInEngland]

Fuck me. Even that idiot McManaman agrees with everything on here about the team selection!

 

[felmani26]

Well Southgate has nowhere to hide having picked that team and formation. Either he's a genius and has worked Germany out, or he's got nothing and just wants to avoid getting stuffed. There's very little middle ground there.

He's getting a new contract either way which says it all about the FA

 

[aliyid]

Need to find the positives, we've got a lot of attacking potential on the bench (cut to the 70th min when the first sub is Henderson for Rice)

 

[dirtyh]

can imagine southgate watching the match from behind his sofa with that cowardly line-up