[Football] England v Germany 5pm . On the front foot from the start .

[Weststander]

MOTM Pickford, preventing a heavy defeat.

It changed when Grealish came on. At last, someone with a skillset to hold on to the ball, always looks and drives forward, instinctively create.

 

[SweatyMexican]

What a time to be alive.

First time we’ve beaten a big team at a major tournament for god knows how long.

Well done lads. Onto Rome.

 

[rogersix]

Shaw

yep

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

Brilliant well done lads and well done Southgate.
And well done to the fans at Wembley,best crowd there for years.
Fantastic stuff!!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

MOTM Pickford, preventing a heavy defeat.

It changed when Grealish came on. At last, someone with a skillset to hold on to the ball, always look and drive forward, instinctively create.

He should be starting.

 

[*Gullsworth*]

Brilliant & we were not at our best. Germany were poor.......for them. Take that anyday,it may ignite our tournament. Well played chaps.........enjoyed that.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

It has worked out in the end but are you seriously saying that for most of the game England have not been poor against a poor German side.
Every right to have a pop at that performance, pleased we found a way in the end and I did say we could still win this, did not expect 2 though.

Indeed, let's not pretend that was a convincing tactical masterclass but no one cares now ... we have beaten the old enemy and progress [emoji106][emoji1022]󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿[emoji106]

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[Stat Brother]

[MENTION=286]Garry Nelson's Left Foot[/MENTION] regarding our discussion about 'entitled England fans' I'd like to refer you to 99% of the posts from then, through to England winning 2-0.

Oh and we can rinse and repeat for the weekend because everyone who hated that win, won't learn, and will be even more entitled now.




The only surprising thing about the game was I was 100% right.

My point being I think England can win tonight and the only thing stopping that is the sense of entitlement that comes from 'we need to attack Germany'.

I'm pretty sure it was Jonathan Wilson who offered up that the possibility of England doing well comes only because GS might cast off the entitlement of England thinking they're at the top table of world football and instead approaching the tournament as being on a par with Greece and Denmark (of old) .

That was a bit of a light bulb moment for me.

Since then pretty much all I've seen, across the socials, is all this noise about 'can't possibly win if we don't attack'.
Whereas Southgate might just be thinking 'we always lose when we attack - let's try and win by not losing'.

Despite my loathing of them The Harry's can put away a chance as can Sterling, so let's given them a chance or two and for the rest of the game play like the Greece 2004 they actually are, and not 2008 Spain, we never were.

 

[Swansman]

Wave if you were alive last time England beat Germany in a major Championship finals

I was alive back in 2000 yes

 

[Poojah]

Not the lineup most would have picked, but the ends justify the means. We’re in the quarter finals without conceding a goal. Germany are out having conceded 7, while tournament favourites France went out last night having conceded 6. Sometimes there’s method to the madness.

Credit where it’s due - that’s 3 knockout wins out of 4 for Southgate including overcoming both the penalty hoodoo and the German one. That’s a lot more than any England manager in recent history has done.

Can we win it? Of course we fùcking can.

 

[El Turi]

Southgate did prove me wrong I guess as can’t argue with the result. Well done England! We’ve got to attack Sweden or Ukraine though.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Well done.

Looking forward to BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU (if we manage to beat Ukraine...)

Deary me you’ve set yourself up for later my dear!!

 

[Frutos]

Wave if you were alive last time England beat Germany in a major Championship finals

2000, wasn't it?

 

[Swansman]

Southgate did prove me wrong I guess as can’t argue with the result. Well done England! We’ve got to attack Sweden or Ukraine though.

Yeah if its Sweden, you're attacking or no-one is.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

All the "Group of Death" teams.... OUT.

 

[AZ Gull]

Well done.

Looking forward to BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU (if we manage to beat Ukraine...)

Prediction for your game today?

 

[METALMICKY]

Desperately need to start Grealish on Saturday night. He didn't go on any of those surging runs that draws fouls but in a good position you can always rely on him to put in a good final ball.

The big decision is whether Kane should start. That goal can't gloss over the fact that he still looks off the pace. Might that goal energise him? Big decision to make.

 

[Swansman]

Deary me you’ve set yourself up for later my dear!!

HELL YEAH

Now imagine how anticlimactic it gets if Ukraine beats both of us..

 

[Stat Brother]

Southgate did prove me wrong I guess as can’t argue with the result. Well done England! We’ve got to attack Sweden or Ukraine though.

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[AmexRuislip]