We didnāt underestimate them. Thatās the point.So... how long before all of the "Underestimate Senegal at your peril" becomes "It's only Senegal!" then?
Professionally dismantled them.
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Professionally dismantled them.
I'm talking about the general opinion from other fans. Whoever England beat, the other teams instantly becomes crap or over-rated suddenly.
Fair enough. I was one of those who looked at the Senegal line up and thought weād need to be on it to progress. On paper itās a good team and African champions. Plus, we started fairly sluggishly.
After the first goal, it was quite straightforward.
Tbf I expected Senegal to be a lot better. Very poor defensively. I thought early on there was a threat down our left hand side (too much space) but otherwise very little offered offensively too. Crumbled when they went a goal down.
The France game will show us how far we've come (if at all) since the Euros final. That doesn't even necessarily mean beating them, it's knockout football vs the champions, but we need to see something more than like 20% of the ball and total defensive football.
They were made to look poorer than they are due to us having an attack that matches any in world football. The same with Iran. They showed what a perfectly decent side they were against Wales and the Americans. We just made them look really shit.
Yeah but you can cut off/isolate that attack much better than they did. The US did that by offering a more cohesive press, fewer gaps, and giving Kane essentially no space to turn & pass. They also bogged down Bellingham.
Not saying we didn't play well because we did. Some of the attacking moves were very well crafted. But I don't think we were 'tested' in any meaningful way & it's fair to say we need to look to that French game to see real progress against a team who have genuine quality.
USA played well and we we poor on the night. I think a lot of that had to do with us being more than content with a point after winning the first game. In a knockout game I have no doubts whatsoever we would be a lot better against the Americans. I don't think they are capable of playing much if any better than they did against us. Whereas we never got out of third gear, though I also give credit to them for that.
Only the over cautious would have said dont underestimated Senegal. It was always 'its only senegal'. They didnt even have their 1 good player.So... how long before all of the "Underestimate Senegal at your peril" becomes "It's only Senegal!" then?
Your not the only one Kevin DB openly ridiculed the tournament they are glorified friendlies, amazed anyone fell for that.
*youāre
KDB is a stroppy little git on the quiet...... As he showed when he took a swipe at his Belgian team mates a week or two so ago.
Whether you, I, KDB or the nextman wants to say it's meaningless; the fact remains at the very least there are coefficient/ranking places at play which play into tournament qualification draws.
You continuously refering to Southgate as "Gary" says it all.
We donāt play France that often for some reason, strange one, maybe thatās why
But no as I say I know a lot of french people and they say the same about England, thereās just always been a big rivalry between the countries, not just in sport but in many aspects
They did miss their two best midfielders and Mane. I mean, great win. But nothing special about it.
We would smash Croatia to bits
It is rubbish for him and his family.
On a footballing front; he would be my 5th choice winger behind Saka, Foden, Grealish and Rashford anyway. He doesnāt possess one trait now which is the best out of those 5.
Thatās cool.
Who said it was special? You need to worry about your own ageing team to be honest.
If we beat France on Saturday, a lot of people will be saying France bottled it or didn't turn up blah blah, rather than give England credit. It's so cringeworthy. It really seems to hurt a lot of people to see England doing well in tournament football.