[Football] England squad announcement - Lewis Dunk RECALLED!

[WhingForPresident]

I think whichever clown wrote this was smoking some strong stuff during that game. Wish I was.

England player ratings: Kyle Walker brilliant against Ukraine as Jordan Henderson deals well with pre-match pressure

Kyle Walkers superb equaliser saw England draw 1-1 with Ukraine in their latest European Qualifier; Jordan Henderson was subject to intense pre-match speculation, but performed well in his first England game since a controversial move to Saudi Arabia

www.skysports.com

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Maguire has made 1 appearance, 24 minutes this season

Forgive me, he 100 percent deserves to be starting then

 

[dangull]

Not a great point. I guess half the Ukrainian squad are fighting the Russians next week.

 

[Motogull]

Well then.

• Waistcoatwanker is coming to the end of his reign.
• Hodgson is around to no longer than the end of the season.
• Waistcoatwanker plays turgid football.
• Waistcoatwanker does not like change.
• Beaky likes a perceived 'box office' story.
• Beaky likes cautious managers.

Waistcoatwanker will be their next manager won't he?

 

[um bongo molongo]

Well then.

• Waistcoatwanker is coming to the end of his reign.
• Hodgson is around to no longer than the end of the season.
• Waistcoatwanker plays turgid football.
• Waistcoatwanker does not like change.
• Beaky likes a perceived 'box office' story.
• Beaky likes cautious managers.

Waistcoatwanker will be their next manager won't he?

It’s nailed on isn’t it. Brilliantly so.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Do we simply have to accept that the level of tactical coaching to compete at the top club level (which we now have the pleasure of watching on a weekly basis) requires hours each day for weeks on end to achieve.

Something national coaches will not be able to achieve. And sticking 11 of 'your best' out there is all any national coach can do

Yeah, to a degree. Surely the team need a plan though ? I didn’t see one in the 1st half. Awful given the quality of players and poor opposition.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Did Dunk come on ?

 

[Weststander]

I think whichever clown wrote this was smoking some strong stuff during that game. Wish I was.

England player ratings: Kyle Walker brilliant against Ukraine as Jordan Henderson deals well with pre-match pressure

Kyle Walkers superb equaliser saw England draw 1-1 with Ukraine in their latest European Qualifier; Jordan Henderson was subject to intense pre-match speculation, but performed well in his first England game since a controversial move to Saudi Arabia

www.skysports.com

TS and R5 tonight, are very very protective of the players and GS. Apparently the crowd noise was intimidating and the players/GS were concerned about Ukrainian’s counter attack as the game wore on. For example, Stuart Pearce … I guess a close mate of GS’s.

Airbrushing over half the players not turning up. Aside from perennial easy target Hendo. Saka, Bellingham, Rice, Chilwell offered absolutely nowt.

 

[Sheebo]

I guess there’s only me and @Sheebo left but I’m English and I support the national team. I don’t just suddenly start my interest when they get to the quarter finals of a big tournament and all my mates are suddenly off to the pub, faces painted. I want us to win qualifiers and friendlies too. I’ve got mates who follow England everywhere, a mate who lost an eye in Turkey following England.

I watched us under Hyypia, Case, Hinshlewood. Hopeless coaches selecting hopeless players. At no point did I post “come on Barnet / Port Vale / Blackpool you can beat this shit”.

I’m sure you’ll get loads of trendy likes, but ultimately devoting yourself to a club cause beyond your own nationality and culture leads to where Newcastle fans were last night, decked in Saudi shirts and cheering on bloodthirsty princes.

I try not to post on these threads as the comments seem totally bizarre to me. Like football and follow a club = follow your country. There’s no club v country - that’s just how it is. Nothing like a major tourno and annoyingly for many we’ve been really good in the last three

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Well, we all view club/country differently. I’ve always only been interested in England at tournaments. It’s all about the pub and the atmosphere. It’s all about the big occasion. Not a new thing with Southgate. It’s not to be trendy. That’s just a defensive insult aimed at something people don’t like. Given all of that I don’t watch many England games pre tournaments. Saw the first half tonight and thought it was crap. Honest take. What I enjoy about football is competing in the English pyramid and England aren’t in it.

 

[Guinness Boy]

TS and R5 tonight, are very very protective of the players and GS. Apparently the crowd noise was intimidating and the players/GS were concerned about Ukrainian’s counter attack as the game wore on. For example, Stuart Pearce … I guess a close mate of GS’s.

Airbrushing over half the players not turning up. Aside from perennial easy target Hendo. Saka, Bellingham, Rice, Chilwell offered absolutely nowt.

I find it odd that many who correctly call out entitlement in the Premier League also think England should beat #TeamsLike Ukraine. They were as close to home as possible and are everyone’s second team. They have £100 million transfers in two players. A draw away from home given where we were in the table at the start is fine.

 

[hart's shirt]

I try not to post on these threads as the comments seem totally bizarre to me. Like football and follow a club = follow your country. There’s no club v country - that’s just how it is. Nothing like a major tourno and annoyingly for many we’ve been really good in the last three

We weren't really good in the last one. 2 good group wins against dismal opposition in Iran and Wales were the high points.

Drab draw against the United States, rode our luck in the early stages against R16 Senegal, and beaten by France in the QF.

Par for the course for England, but nothing more than that really.

 

[Weststander]

I find it odd that many who correctly call out entitlement in the Premier League also think England should beat #TeamsLike Ukraine. They were as close to home as possible and are everyone’s second team. They have £100 million transfers in two players. A draw away from home given where we were in the table at the start is fine.

I suspect there are many here, who love England, but were gutted by the team’s performance and choice of substitutes.

Mine was a personal story as our family includes a Ukrainian refugee, I was desperate for them to get a result.

You are right, Ukraine were way better than being lazily lumped in with say Balkans national teams. Admirably and bravely they didn’t play a low block of 11 defenders.

 

[BN41Albion]

Watching England is like watching paint dry, very predictable, and I'm glad that I missed nearly all of that match.

Absolutely scandalous that we play like that with the players at our disposal. Cant wait to Southgate's gone but I don't trust the FA when it comes to hiring the next manager.

 

[Weststander]

Absolutely scandalous that we play like that with the players at our disposal. Cant wait to Southgate's gone but I don't trust the FA when it comes to hiring the next manager.

Assuming that multi-multi millionaire PL managers wouldn’t touch the job, instead loving their £15m a year and weekly fame, who would they recruit? The FA might not trust an overseas coach again.

Potter doesn’t deserve it imho.

 

[allystrat]

Absolutely scandalous that we play like that with the players at our disposal. Cant wait to Southgate's gone but I don't trust the FA when it comes to hiring the next manager.

Potter probably lined up to replace Southgate after Euro's hence the reason why he's declined two job offers, so we'll be in for much of the same.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

I find it odd that many who correctly call out entitlement in the Premier League also think England should beat #TeamsLike Ukraine. They were as close to home as possible and are everyone’s second team. They have £100 million transfers in two players. A draw away from home given where we were in the table at the start is fine.

As we do for every tourno …. then come away empty handed. He can’t beat the better teams. The annoying thing for me is that We have stood still, we play the same way as we did when he first started. Turgid, risk averse bollocks. when we play in red we look just like his middlesbrough side. Football has moved on, sadly he hasn’t.

 

[Badger Boy]

Much like Brighton under Hughton in the final season, England are a highlights only team. Rubbish to watch, no idea and totally out of date management. It's not good enough, but we might get lucky with another favourable group draw and then maybe nick a shootout win before a noble defeat. And change of manager.

 

[Guinness Boy]

As we do for every tourno …. then come away empty handed. He can’t beat the better teams. The annoying thing for me is that We have stood still, we play the same way as we did when he first started. Turgid, risk averse bollocks. when we play in red we look just like his middlesbrough side. Football has moved on, sadly he hasn’t.

But we have beaten Ukraine.

Win at home, draw away, qualify. It’s not rocket science.

Should the land of hope and glory be winning every game

 

[jimhigham]

Been working all day and only just got back. Haven’t read the entire thread so apologies if this has been said dozens of times already.

I wonder what Dunk makes of The Waistcoat Guy after being brought up on a diet of RDZ.

Seriously.