[Football] England squad announcement - Lewis Dunk RECALLED!

[Pavilionaire]

Bellingham and Kane world class, Italy don't have players of that calibre.

Imagine what England could be like with Pep or De Zerbi in charge.

Even then, Phillips should have seen red and the last 20 mins might have been altogether different.

 

[Is it PotG?]

And Southgate qualifies us for yet another major tournament with ease.

Bloody Palarse dullard. He's got to go!

I can sniff the trophy already.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Maguire was decent as was stoned replacement

Decent win

Germany bound

These Palace players are better than we thought if they can play like that after a blunt.

 

[Seagull58]

IMO Stones is not a top-class defender, all fur coat and no knickers. Stones and Maguire together is an accident waiting to happen. If Rice misses a tackle/interception, as he did for the goal, they are in trouble.
Bellingham and Kane paper over the cracks very well.

 

[herecomesaregular]

I must be watching a different game…we have been over Italy

1st half? Could easily have gone in behind.

2nd half, yes, we were excellent, very enjoyable.

 

[Weststander]

Joe Cole and the C4 team are exaggerating in overdrive.

First 45 we were awful, second 45 much improved, Bellingham and Kane outstanding, elsewhere some nothingness eg Phillips.

 

[B-right-on]

To be fair Maguire hasn't done a lot wrong tonight, which means he will probably start when England exit in the quaters or semi final in the next competition

As opposed to the game he played where he was at fault for one goal and scored an OG yet still gets picked.

Face it, he'd still get picked over Dunk with 2 broken legs in traction and using a Zimmer frame.

 

[Guinness Boy]

IMO Stones is not a top-class defender, all fur coat and no knickers. Stones and Maguire together is an accident waiting to happen. If Rice misses a tackle/interception, as he did for the goal, they are in trouble.
Bellingham and Kane paper over the cracks very well.

If any CDM over commits on a tackle or interception then both centre backs are automatically in trouble whoever they are. The whole tactical point of Rice and Phillips is to screen the back four.

 

[Cotton Socks]

Good luck with that, thanks to the football it’s on tomorrow

I didn't realise when I posted that! Disappointed twice in one night, FFS.

 

[Eeyore]

First home defeat of Italy since 1978, I hear.

I remember it well. England were playing 12 men that night. Even as an 8 year old I was so angry at the ref that even @Icy Gull would have told me to pipe down.

 

[W3D]

Bellingham and Kane world class, Italy don't have players of that calibre.

Imagine what England could be like with Pep or De Zerbi in charge.

Even then, Phillips should have seen red and the last 20 mins might have been altogether different.

Yup, let's keep looking for negativity. Both managers you mention need to work with players everyday to make it work. International managers don't get that.

 

[W3D]

TBF I could have got us qualified from this group.

Err, no you couldn't

 

[Wozza]

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Pick your England starting XI for their first match at the European Championship

Jordan Pickford in goal? Harry Maguire at the back? Pick your England XI to start the first match of the European Championship.

www.bbc.co.uk

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[Weststander]

First home defeat of Italy since 1978, I hear.

I remember it well. England were playing 12 men that night. Even as an 8 year old I was so angry at the ref that even @Icy Gull would have told me to pipe down.

I remember it too, C4 wrong, it was 1977.

Coppell, Brooking, Keegan all class.

But we also beat them in 2012 at Wembley.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19238374

 

[Weststander]

**** TRIGGER WARNING!!!! ****
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Pick your England starting XI for their first match at the European Championship

Jordan Pickford in goal? Harry Maguire at the back? Pick your England XI to start the first match of the European Championship.

www.bbc.co.uk

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they spelt Dunk …. Dier.

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

Joe Cole and the C4 team are exaggerating in overdrive.

First 45 we were awful, second 45 much improved, Bellingham and Kane outstanding, elsewhere some nothingness eg Phillips.

Awful? Awful is being 3 down and not being able to keep the ball. Awful isn't going in 1 1 having had more posession and more shots on target than the opposition.

It wasn't a great first half from either side and Italy had the brightest moments but if you think that was awful then I'm surprised you didn't top yourself after the Albion showing at Villa the other week.

 

[Weststander]

Awful? Awful is being 3 down and not being able to keep the ball. Awful isn't going in 1 1 having had more posession and more shots on target than the opposition.

It wasn't a great first half from either side and Italy had the brightest moments but if you think that was awful then I'm surprised you didn't top yourself after the Albion showing at Villa the other week.

Statues at the back being used as training cones by Italy. Rashford selfishly running into blind alleys. Maguire punting it 50 yards to Italians. Rice and Phillips being given the run around. It was shit.

I’m talking performance, which is different as you well know to the scoreline eg Bmuff giving us the run around for 45.

Very relaxed about it either way. Unlike a wound up bringing suicide into the thread.

 

[Eeyore]

I remember it too, C4 wrong, it was 1977.

Coppell, Brooking, Keegan all class.

But we also beat them in 2012 at Wembley.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19238374

No, it was me that was wrong. They did say 1977. It was the November. And the Italians got away with everything. I remember my Mum, who wasn't crazy about football, going nuts. You know how I defend refs, but those were different times. There was something fishy going on that night. Tardelli was absolutely brutal against Keegan, full on elbow smash to the face, you'd be arrested for that now. No action. Keegan retaliated after another foul (in the penalty box) with a push and got an immediate yellow. It was so blatant.

 

[Weststander]

No, it was me that was wrong. They did say 1977. It was the November. And the Italians got away with everything. I remember my Mum, who wasn't crazy about football, going nuts. You know how I defend refs, but those were different times. There was something fishy going on that night. Tardelli was absolutely brutal against Keegan, full on elbow smash to the face, you'd be arrested for that now. No action. Keegan retaliated after another foul (in the penalty box) with a push and got an immediate yellow. It was so blatant.

I remember that cheating Italian team, the usual snide defenders and refs often on the payroll.

My karma as a young teen the following summer .., they got knocked out.

 

[trueblue]

I remember it too, C4 wrong, it was 1977.

Coppell, Brooking, Keegan all class.

But we also beat them in 2012 at Wembley.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19238374

The game in 2012 was played in Switzerland. Wembley was unavailable, straight after the Olympics.