sidcow Posted June 29, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2021 52 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Our future Chairman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 29, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) 53 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Edited June 29, 2021 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Well Southgate shut me up. fairplay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted June 29, 2021 Visiting Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2021 1 hour ago, est1874 said: Absolutely flabbergasted - only word for it - by how bad Germany were. I've been watching tourneys since the Berlin wall came down and I have never, ever, seen them play that poorly. They did lose to South Korea in 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted June 29, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2021 FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Ukraine with the opener after Sweden have looked the more likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Sterling was absolute shit. End of I agree to a extent. Got to give him kudos for being in the right place and the right time and for scoring the goals. For this I would have him ahead of Kane at the moment. What annoys me some what is listening to the pundits who make out he's the English Messi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Kane was much worse I thought. Regardless of him poaching a goal his lack of fitness will continue to cause issues. Perhaps ... but for me it is England's inability to try and pass the ball forward until the defense is set that bugs me. We had a little bit of hoof ball(not much) to Sterling which is OK up to a point ... keeps the defense on their toes. But how many Grealish-Shaw-like passes did we have that actually threatened the German defense? In short the mid field was poor at passing the ball forward ... does not matter what Kane's fitness is or is not. Edited June 29, 2021 by fruitvilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 20 minutes ago, sidcow said: That's the long, short and tall of it. He's the luckiest man alive because minus the 3 goals his tournament has been an absolute horror show. Nah he was best English player in the pitch tonight What that says about England is another thing... That we play to sterlings strengths is another.... As I said whilst frustrated in the first half, you can say grelaish slows play down, this word removed is downright ponderous, ball in feet he spins round 4 times beats his marker beats himself then plays the ball backwards... He's a strange player, so unnatural 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 17 minutes ago, sidcow said: But he was constantly running into the defence. Beat a man or two looking flash then get tackled by the third. Constantly failing to pass to men in space and instead go on a headless chicken run. I can't imagine what you possibly saw that impressed you. He was direct, took players on, made a great run in the first half which led to a good chance for Kane and he carried it on in the second half, not only that he did a fair amount of defensive work too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 6 minutes ago, fruitvilla said: Perhaps ... but for me it is England's inability to try and pass the ball forward until the defense is set that bugs me. We had a little bit of hoof ball(not much) to Sterling which is OK up to a point ... keeps the defense on their toes. But how many Grealish-Shaw-like passes did we have that actually threatened the German defense? In short the mid field was poor at passing the ball forward ... does not matter what Kane's fitness is or is not. This. The build up play is either incredibly ponderous or a hopeful hoof. It's obviously been effective but is a criminal underuse of the players and potential of this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I feel like a lot of fan hate on Sterling unfairly. He is a very good player, with good stats for several consecutive seasons. And the best manager in the world rates him. He played well tonight. If you play Kane, you need a player good at running beyond the striker and this is why Pep always plays Sterling. He doesn't have Jack's quality on the ball, but not a single English player does. I felt the 523 / 343 was the wrong formation to play. I still think England would have been better with Jack as number 10 and one less central defender. But it got the job done. The fact is if Muller scores that great chance it's 1-1 and anything can happen. Small margins. This was a 50 - 50 game where we got the luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted June 29, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2021 YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Goal from Sweden, it’s been coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I guess we prefer to play Sweden over Ukraine? Or pretty much the same whoever we play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I hope Sweden win this, mainly for the Swedish fans on VT. But also for the pervy cameraman shots of the pretty Swedish ladies on Saturday. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcarpet Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 1 minute ago, It's Your Round said: I hope Sweden win this, mainly for the Swedish fans on VT. But also for the pervy cameraman shots of the pretty Swedish ladies on Saturday. I'm convinced, Sweden for me too 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted June 29, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2021 1 minute ago, ender4 said: I guess we prefer to play Sweden over Ukraine? Or pretty much the same whoever we play? Sweden vs England has been a tasty fixture over the decades. 2 games up for England Games won: 9 Games drawn: 9 Games lost: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 England supporter explaining to Southgate that Grealish and Mings should have started 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Just now, fruitvilla said: England supporter explaining to Southgate that Grealish and Mings should have started I disagree. I think he's saying his bumhole was twitching for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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