Yeah Gallagher sub (which I was sure would happen) seemed about 10 minutes too late - that is one slight concern I do have with Southgate, he can take a while on those in-game changes.
Lars Sivertsen made a decent point on Football Weekly - he thought the dropping of intensity was completely intentional from England - it was a risky move from Southgate, but winning meant it paid off.
We have 3 points, are top of the group and have only really exerted ourselves for 30 minutes...
People are always bizarrely entitled when it comes to England. If that was Italy we’d all be saying professional job, did what they had to do.
It was FINE. Wasn’t great, wasn’t awful. Got the job done.
I think we made the right subs. Gallagher to work hard and win the ball back, Bowen to give some actual proper width - that was pretty much the only time we looked dangerous second half.
That was the dictionary definition of get the game won, however you need to.
I think this defence will be most tested by a physical side and Serbia definitely had that. I think we’ll be better matched against Denmark and see a better game.
Serbia made that really quite boring with 4,381...
I have to disagree. The colours clash horribly pretty much every time.
Primary Red and Primary Blue are really nasty together. It's actively hard to look at. There's a reason pretty much no other side goes for it.
From the photos (that I have looked at A LOT) I had noticed that Dunk seemed to be most friendly with Bowen and Watkins.
Dunk and Watkins are doing today's Lions Den episode, I believe.
Feels like the tide has turned a little in the press over the last few days.
Naylor article in defence of Dunk.
Guardian article interviewing Dunk the other day.
And now in the Athletic 4 of their 7 journos have Dunk in their starting line up vs Serbia.
Some really nice moments but I have to admit Inside Number 9 has trained me to expect some shocking moment towards the end that will make me realise the rest of it was genius.
Didn't come for me, in this episode. Almost felt more like an after the series has already ended kind of retrospective...
I can never like a Palace home shirt because the shades of Red and Blue they use are so garish and horrible.
Just a bit darker (a la Barca) would make them miles better.