Stevo985 Posted June 6, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, VILLAMARV said: I know it was more a lighthearted reminder that we have said we'll get out of the group a few times and rarely has it gone to plan even when we've gone through. Uruguay and Italy were indeed tough games last time out. No one saw Costa Rica topping the group coming though. Hardly DrP's most contentious post I thought. But you're right Apart from 2014, the last time England failed to get out of the group stage (assuming they qualified) was 1958. Edited June 6, 2018 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 (edited) Panama are no Costa Rica. Squad is probably oldest in tournament by a distance They will be dogged and hard to break down Edited June 6, 2018 by Zatman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 2006 England took 7 points from Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago and Paraguay. Matches weren't great to watch especially considering the hype over that team but was a comfortable enough progression but think it will be similar this time with the teams being a similar standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 fantastic pick from Rashford in this friendly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Delph has a rather small head, (not uncommon with snakes I guess...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Even looking at Ashley Young makes my stomach turn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted June 12, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Xela said: Even looking at Ashley Young makes my stomach turn Can't stand him since that dive for a penalty against Clark at OT. Cheating shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 So we are going into a world cup and it's been confirmed Ashley Young will be our starting left back against Tunisia God help us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 he's done ok at utd when i've seen him to be fair and i seem to remember him having a great goal saving tackle for england in a recent friendly vs a top team, still got that little bit of pace to get away with bad positioning and can cover and the other option would be danny rose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 15, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2018 He's had a good season for Utd playing primarily at fullback so I'm ok with it. I mean we're a million miles away from when we had Ashley Cole starting there, but in terms of what's available right now then it makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 15, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted June 15, 2018 1 hour ago, rodders0223 said: So we are going into a world cup and it's been confirmed Ashley Young will be our starting left back against Tunisia God help us. He's the starter for 2nd in the Premier League. And England use wingbacks. If anything he's tailor-made for the role. Too often England have struggled in the past to have quality players in their preferred positions who play at the top end of the Premier League, but you've got one here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted June 15, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 15, 2018 Round pegs in round holes. When was the last time an England team adopted that approach? I've bleated on about it for years now, but we've lurched from one style to another - Christmas tree formations; shoehorning Scholes, Lampard, Gerrard; 4-2-3-1 - and without really thinking about the players we have for the system. A good example is Vardy - he's worthy of his place in the squad, but we all know how to get the best out of him. Have we played that way under previous managers? At the last tournament we had Harry Kane, arguably one of the best strikers in world football at the moment, taking corners. The only player who will be out of position will be Kyle Walker, but I can see how that will work in a 3-man central defence because of his pace. It also gives the option of going to a flat back four and pushing him out to right back. I feel strangely optimistic about this tournament, probably more than I ever did when our squad was full of big hitters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Yep, I feel quite positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stevo985 Posted June 15, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2018 Despite Southgate not being amazing at U21 management level, I wonder how much we underestimate that experience of taking teams to tournaments? The feedback seems to be overwhelmingly positive regarding how Southgate is handling the players (and the media) at the camp so far in this tournament. You'd think that will give us an extra something on the pitch if the mood is good. Is that something we usually overlook when appointing national managers? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted June 15, 2018 Visiting Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2018 We might even top this group because Belgium have the exact same issue as us - albeit with a much better squad, but once we're in the knock outs I fancy either Poland/Colombia to send us home. This is the worst England 11 I've ever seen and it looks like we're trying a 3 at the back because we're not really sure what will work. We're crap, we've played crap for ages and haven't beaten even an average team in decades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 De Bruyne tackling Januzaj in a training session yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 1 hour ago, LakotaDakota said: De Bruyne tackling Januzaj in a training session yesterday So we can get him on loan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 3 and a bit hours to England's first match then. Panama making their WC debut against Belgium then. No Vermaelen or Kompany for Belgium. Hazard (E), DeBruyne and Lukaku all start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 That Belgium kit is awful. What are those diamonds all about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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