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England scored 37 goals in their eight qualifying games. That isn't the dictionary definition of pragmatic, don't lose football. This game might be considered must not lose but it's knock out football so it's equally true to say it's a must win. It's knock out football. Some people want to...

Pickford Walker Stones Maguire Trippier Rice Phillips Henderson Foden Kane Sterling 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 I think yesterday's games would have terrified Southgate and he'll go all out for a defensive masterclass. Hope I'm wrong.

And in pit stops! It's hard to see where Mercedes and Hamilton go from here. This time next week he'll be a full race win behind unless something remarkable happens.

:down::wave: I think we're either going to blow Germany away or put in one of those classic abject Euro performance that has been our general stock in trade since as far back as i can remember(88).

50million seems like a lot but just imagine how much we could have got for him if we'd loaned him to leeds for another season instead of selfishly ruining his career by forcing him against his and god's (own county's) will to play for unappreciative us.

Yeah, that's true but I even quite like that. It's the essence of sport at it's purest. You either win or lose in that moment. No pro-longed campaign where teams/competitors slowly fall by the wayside. It's 1v 1. One winner one loser. Boom! Which is also why I bloody love penalty shoot...

That's partly why I LOVE the big international tournaments. That sense of optimism and excitement that builds and builds no matter what history/logic/your head says. It's like pre-season. Every new signing is going to be a hit and we're definitely going to have a great season. The...

On paper, yes, England should probably win but the games not played on paper and in reality I think you've got a great chance against us. It's like in boxing where styles make fights. The way Sweden play is the absolute worst for us and you're really good at it. For that reason I'll be hoping...

This is the bit that worries me. I think Germany are there for the taking but...it's Germany. There's part of me that thinks we'll find some way of losing even if we're two up with ten to go and they're down to 9 men.:down:

A 25 year wait for redemption. Makes Stuart Pearce's six years seem trivial by comparison. I hope Southgate reacts with the same unbridled passion and emotion that Pearce did after slamming in that penalty against Spain.

Classy player, served us well. Good luck back in dutchland!

Italy/France V Holland in the final is my bet.

Thanks for doing this Theatre of Trees. Good luck everyone still left in.

Which game would be the better to watch? I can't lie neither jumps out at me as an obvious classic but I'll be damned if I'm going to pass up the chance to watch a tournament game.* *I reserve the right to quit watching ten minutes in if it turns out to be a load of old shite.

This seems to actually be Grealish's attitude too. I saw an interview with him the other day where he was asked if he was looking forward to playing in front of the England fans and what it meant to him. His reply was along the lines of he couldn't wait. They probably boo him most weeks when...

I'm with you on this. I genuinely don't understand why if you like football and you're English you don't support England. In particular what I don't understand is the constant need to tell every one you don't care about England/you want them to lose/you'd rather watch another country...

What do we think the team will be? I think there's all kinds of attacking permutations that can be played with. Do we give Kane another attempt to play himself into the tournament? Replace him with Calvert-Lewin or Rashford? Or maybe play Foden as a false nine? I think ultimately he sticks...

There's another similarity: both love losing a semi final!

I'm on holland north macedonia game. There's nothing on it but it's been pretty entertaining so far. The Dutch are a good watch. They break at incredible pace.

I've got Southgate pegged as the English version of Solskjaer. Nice guy, talks well, inoffensive, good with youth and creating a team spirit but tactically poor and unable to influence matches once they've kicked off.