rodders0223 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Sterling is the least technical player I have seen since Carlton Palmer. Couldn't trap a bag of cement. Every 5 shots he might hit 1 cleanly. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Yep a standard 2-0 as I predicted. Poland will be harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Just now, rodders0223 said: Sterling is the least technical player I have seen since Carlton Palmer. Couldn't trap a bag of cement. Every 5 shots he might hit 1 cleanly. Yet he’s more than decent for Man City. I agree, he’s pretty terrible for England though. Sad thing is, he’ll be a guaranteed starter in the Euro finals instead of Grealish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 The overwhelming lowlight was Harry Kane's completely free roaming role. As if no one else is allowed the ball. word removed, hope he picks up a knock and misses the Euros. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Just now, theboyangel said: Yet he’s more than decent for Man City. I agree, he’s pretty terrible for England though. Sad thing is, he’ll be a guaranteed starter in the Euro finals instead of Grealish. Because they dominate every game and give him a 5 yard tap in most weeks prior to this season. He landed on his feet when Pep joined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 I think the media have been told to lay off Southgate for his term as they felt it had a big effect on manager performances. They are so biased towards Southgate it's untrue, although I will wait for Keane to sneak in a negative comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Spain score in the 93rd minute to beat Georgia 2-1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 Just now, theboyangel said: Yet he’s more than decent for Man City. I agree, he’s pretty terrible for England though. Sad thing is, he’ll be a guaranteed starter in the Euro finals instead of Grealish. He's out of form for City too Great sub but he shouldn't be starting right now Southgate will wheel put some experience shite though, grealish hasn't got his experience... He's not going to unless you drop him first... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Just now, rodders0223 said: Because they dominate every game and give him a 5 yard tap in most weeks prior to this season. He landed on his feet when Pep joined. That shows he can play in a certain system and has the ability to score, albeit tap-ins. he’s a good player, just not under Southgate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, theboyangel said: That shows he can play in a certain system and has the ability to score, albeit tap-ins. he’s a good player, just not under Southgate. He's definitley a good player, I'd say he was our best player at the last World Cup too but that was more because of his energy and work rate being key to southgates kick and rush He's not in form and there's now players who are in form knocking on the door - not this squad though, of course he starts in this squad with grealish and maddison missing Edited March 28, 2021 by villa4europe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 England are like us under Bruce, no style, no cohession, no game plan,we just scrap results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Should have brought Kane off in the second half bout 70-80 give Watkins another run. He couldn't though could he, Kane would have been expecting the full game, favourites an all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 **** me that was dull. What has Phillips got on Southgate, he offers nothing. Kane dripping deep is pointless. This is why we take all the attacking mids, the likes of Calvert Lewin and Watkins will not ge game time. So fill the squad with Grealish, Maddison, Mount and Foden. Then Sterling and Rashford can go upfront if Kane injured 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 17 minutes ago, mykeyb said: England are like us under Bruce, no style, no cohession, no game plan,we just scrap results. I've got to disagree there, Villa hardly ever scrapped results under Bruce. They would normally draw or lose! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 13 minutes ago, dubbs said: I've got to disagree there, Villa hardly ever scrapped results under Bruce. They would normally draw or lose! Wait till we play anyone half decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Milot Rashica starting for Kosovo against Sweden tonight Kosovo actually have a OK offence in Rashica, Zeneli & Muriqi but their defense looks less than fantastic on paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Zlatan with his 27th assist for Sweden, 1-0 Augustinsson. Alexander Isak with a Ronny Rosenthal level miss a couple minutes later. Swedish central midfield with Sebastian Larsson and a out of form Kristoffer Olsson is really not great. Rashica has been anonymous for Kosovo so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Satisfactory result, bring on Lewandowski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 20 hours ago, Zatman said: Football is part of the culture but its still behind Gaelic Sports outside of Dublin and recently rugby has had a surge in popularity. The national league is incredibly low down the sporting priority though I think a larger portion of players in the current squad have played in the league. The problem is the FAI took advantage of the granny rule and didnt build on the potential. There has been a new board who are hoping to make things better and they are hoping Brexit might help them as either English clubs might be forced to use Irish players again or that younger players will have the option of going to other countries to develop like Belgium or Netherlands. It hasnt helped Kenny that he wants to stop playing hoofball and fans want that brought back already I blame heroin. I think the young people of 2008 to 2013 in Ireland who had the openness to be creative with the ball, and to try new things, ended up trying heroin instead of playing football to a decent level. Partly down to John Delaney forgetting the need for youth development, partly down to the recession, partly down to Ireland being horrible to watch and not inspiring anyone to go out onto the street to pretend to be Shane Long. All the young people who were from working class areas, who were high in the personality trait of openness which predicts creativity, ended up taking heroin instead of using their creative talents for football, as maybe Damien Duff and Robbie Keane would have done. And that's why the three members of our recent squad that currently play in the Premier League are all full backs. This is pub chat based on my 5 weeks of working as a psychiatrist before I quit in disgrace, but I think it's a reasonable take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 I have nothing against Philips but I would be concerned if he is starting in the big games in the summer. He will be overun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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