I'm not sure what your point is exactly. All I've said it was a tight game and England could have got something out of it. Neither team created much.
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I'm not sure what your point is exactly. All I've said it was a tight game and England could have got something out of it. Neither team created much.
Manchester United will be a scary prospect once Southgate takes charge, he will unleash Maguire.
While the rest of what you said is true, WTF is that bolded part even supposed to mean?
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That Southgate is woke probably.
Southgate is a useless cunt. This will be yet another golden England era wasted
Brazil created more dangerous opportunities.
Next appointment is absolutely crucial. If you want to stop the bordering-on-criminal wasting of a decent generation that is.
They did over 90 minutes, and that's why I said earlier in the thread that they edged it. But for most of the game it was end to end with little in it. We took off our two best players on the night, Bellingham and Gordon, and no surprise we then did little for the last part of the game. On the contrary they brought on their next big thing who won the game for them.
We struggle to create a lot of the time even with Kane.
Weren't we top scorers in the last World Cup? I mean against the best sides we do. But they often have great defenders which you also have to appreciate. But again, we all know that Southgate clearly can't get the best out of the attackers he has at his disposal and is why people have never really taken to him. But Brazil played with a lot of respect for England tonight. Had plenty of men back, played with two deep lying midfielders, kicked Bellingham as much as possible and relied on the pace of their forwards on the counter to get them a goal.
You can also say that England brought on Bowen (14 goals in the best league in the world) and they brought on a kid who has never played in Europe.
But one plays for Real Madrid now and the other for West Ham, for good reason. Bowen is a fine Premier League player, but he's yet to show he can do it at all on the International stage.
Dunno..... Burying a ultra-trash minow 6-0 or something will help that to a massive degree though.
So why the contradiction if you "know" it to be true......?
I can't be arsed to crunch the stats again (they're in this thread somewhere); but our non-Kane, non-setpeice goals record across the last 4/5 years is appalling (aside from bullying utter shite)........ And that includes games against teams like Poland, Denmark, Austria, Switerland, Australia, a crap Italy etc. etc.
If a squad dripping with top class attacking talent like ours struggles to create that is 100% a managerial problem.
So has Endrick.
Endrick is a 17 y/o kid that hasn't kicked a ball outside of Brazil.
This isn't ANY golden era, this is THE one.
This squad are way above any others
Any decent manager would have this lot as regular cup winners
If you're good enough though age doesn't really matter. We've seen other 17 year olds have big impacts. He's obviously good enough to have got a 60 million move to RM or whatever it was he cost. He was also up against Lewis Dunk.
I don't want to piss on anyone chips because I'm not invested in England at international level. But I smile at the inane talking up of the side I hear from fans. They are blind to the very obvious flaws they tell you they can win this or that whilst elevating people like Leiws Dunk and Harry Maguire to 'soild defensive options. It's willfully over optimistic.
The centerbacks are weak, with the exception of Stones, the left back reliance on Shaw a huge issue because Chilwell is average. Pickford is average , Saka Walker Bellingham Rice are class the step from Kane to every other centre forward option is like the drop from the Bristol suspension bridge. Then there's the huge issue of the coach and his deputy. They will as you say be beaten by the first top notch team they play most likely in a quarter finals. Oh and still....English football has forgotten how to make a genuinely creative playmaker.
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1 cap 1 goal. He's off to a decent start. Bowen is 28 later this year and has yet to score a single goal at International level.
You're not wrong, but outside of France you could pick holes in every other top side in Europe that will play at the Euros. Also, France lost at home against a not very fancied Germany this evening. I don't think they'll be too worried though, the French.