VillaChris Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Just now, a m ole said: It seems to be going 5 at the back to get Robertson as far forward as possible, but I don’t think they needed it against this Czech team. I’m surprised Gilmour doesn’t start alongside McTominay with McGinn infront, with Fraser and and someone else feeding Adams. That Dykes is a lump to hit crosses into and playing big man little man with Christie, I think it undermines the players they have. They've just tried to emulate Wales a bit who played 3-5-2 and that made them much better defensively than they actually were at euro 2016 and Bale and Ramsey pretty much had free roles to get forward as much as possible. Difference here is Wales had some luck in their opening game in 2016 v Slovakia and won it and pushed on from there. Scotland haven't and pretty likely they'll lose all three games now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Scotland been the better team by some distance. Poor result this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Just waiting for the @villa4europe precis....wow how good are the Czechs. England will scrape through with 89th minure Kane penalty. This game happened all of two years ago: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47578575 think we'll get 2 x 2-0 wins hard to predict with tournament football, think the scots definitely will shut up shop and be hard to break down, the game vs the czechs depends on who is where in the group, if they only need a point to go through then maybe they do the same watching this id be disappointed if we concede vs the scots Edited June 14, 2021 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Scotlands finishing is prime Keinan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Phil Silvers said: Scotlands finishing is prime Keinan. The Scottish do love orange soda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Just waiting for the @villa4europe precis....wow how good are the Czechs. England will scrape through with 89th minure Kane penalty. This game happened all of two years ago: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47578575 they did play once after this game only 1 of the Czech back 5 from that game played today Edited June 14, 2021 by Zatman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 14, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 14, 2021 (edited) Ultimately Scotland seem to have some very sloppy passing, their crossing has been mainly poor and they don't seem to have any shooting boots. Their keeper has made some saves but mainly because they've been hit straight at him. Their players are often static as well. Edited June 14, 2021 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, villa4europe said: think we'll get 2 x 2-0 wins hard to predict with tournament football, think the scots definitely will shut up shop and be hard to break down, the game vs the czechs depends on who is where in the group, if they only need a point to go through then maybe they do the same watching this id be disappointed if we concede vs the scots England problem won't be group stage this time, probably a bad thing actually winning the group as like with World cup it's a harder knock out run but that seems all but done now with the Croatia win. Problem will be v a Portugal or France so see how long in knock outs before play one of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 minute ago, VillaChris said: England problem won't be group stage this time, probably a bad thing actually winning the group as like with World cup it's a harder knock out run but that seems all but done now with the Croatia win. Problem will be v a Portugal or France so see how long in knock outs before play one of them. 100% you can guarantee that england finally cruise a group stage and walk in to that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Missed opportunity that. Scotland had the better players the better team but played like absolute tits at times. Nee composure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, Zatman said: they did play once after this game only 1 of the Czech back 5 from that game played today Anyone would be happy playing Czechs in round of 16. Ironically main danger man Soucek was barely seen although he obviously did more protecting when they went 2 up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Missed opportunity that. Scotland had the better players the better team but played like absolute tits at times. Nee composure. I thought the Czechs were the better side. Much more clinical. The socks were expected to have the majority of the ball given the home advantage and other than hitting the bar they didn't do enough imo. The Czechs must be looking for 2nd place as Croatia looked fairly poor yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: I thought the Czechs were the better side. Much more clinical. The socks were expected to have the majority of the ball given the home advantage and other than hitting the bar they didn't do enough imo. The Czechs must be looking for 2nd place as Croatia looked fairly poor yesterday. Yes they had a lot of the ball in the final 3rd but no composure at all. Wild shots from 30 yards. McGinn must have had about 6/7 first time shots No composure. No recycling possession. No slowing down the tempo. Loads of ball. Good players that have played at a high level. I don't know happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 8 minutes ago, VillaChris said: England problem won't be group stage this time, probably a bad thing actually winning the group as like with World cup it's a harder knock out run but that seems all but done now with the Croatia win. Problem will be v a Portugal or France so see how long in knock outs before play one of them. Exactly wish we had a bit more competition in the group stage as the media will be ecstatic about how good we are and then we meet France or Portugal without Grealish and get found out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 They were 2 top quality finishes, Scotland huffed and puffed. Why that Lyndon Dykes started over Che Adams I dont know. Easy 9 points out of 9 for us me thinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Desperately poor display from Scotland that. Thumping it long early on, before passing out from the back when 2 goals behind. Awful display. John McGinn not up to his best either, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 8 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Anyone would be happy playing Czechs in round of 16. Ironically main danger man Soucek was barely seen although he obviously did more protecting when they went 2 up. Yep, as i said probably the weakest quality group so far. Think it could be a 2 team qualification from this. Think Croatia will win next 2 but not great either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Fine lines, scots hit the bar, their keeper was fantastic today, they conceded a silly goal, funny old game sometimes. Agree with earlier poster, this is a poor group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NeilS Posted June 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Genie said: There was also a report yesterday of an English fan falling from one of the stands onto concrete and had to be rushed to hospital. It appears the guy who fell from the stand at Wembley yesterday was a Villa fan who was putting up a flag, not sure if alcohol was involved but sounds like he has suffered pretty nasty injuries regardless. Villa Fan falls An Aston Villa fan is recovering in hospital after a horrific fall from the stands at Wembley during England's 1-0 Euro 2020 win over Croatia on Sunday. The Villa supporter, known as Jon, allegedly fell from the front of the top tier at the stadium into the Club Wembley seats down below before suffering two broken ankles, femur and a fractured pelvis, friends have said. Pals have also informed BirminghamLive how Jon - who follows Aston Villa and England both home and away - was attempting to put his St George's flag on the railings just prior to kick-off before falling. Ambulance staff quickly scrambled to assist the supporter before he was transferred to hospital where he's since undergone a series of operations. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Just now, NeilS said: It appears the guy who fell from the stand at Wembley yesterday was a Villa fan who was putting up a flag, not sure if alcohol was involved but sounds like he has suffered pretty nasty injuries regardless. Villa Fan falls An Aston Villa fan is recovering in hospital after a horrific fall from the stands at Wembley during England's 1-0 Euro 2020 win over Croatia on Sunday. The Villa supporter, known as Jon, allegedly fell from the front of the top tier at the stadium into the Club Wembley seats down below before suffering two broken ankles, femur and a fractured pelvis, friends have said. Pals have also informed BirminghamLive how Jon - who follows Aston Villa and England both home and away - was attempting to put his St George's flag on the railings just prior to kick-off before falling. Ambulance staff quickly scrambled to assist the supporter before he was transferred to hospital where he's since undergone a series of operations. Wow, sounds pretty awful. Fingers crossed he makes a full recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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