[Football] England v Kosovo 7.45 tonight @ St Mary's (capacity 32,505)

[Icy Gull]

Great minds.

We did a better job of containing Sterling though!

Edit, sorry I didn’t see your post before I posted that it was like City vs Albion

 

[Saunders]

Which defenders would get near those three?

Plus it’s harder to score/create

Maldini, Beckenbaur

 

[Nottseagull]

Nobody is doubting Kane's class.
He's clearly England's best (classiest) striker.
He has been for a while.
He will be for sometime going forward.

I will even go so far as to say were he to sign for the Albion even we would struggle to make him shitehouse.
Praise doesn't get much higher than that.

That scans terribly.

 

[Icy Gull]

They could have sat back and defended like Bulgaria did, that worked well. Playing like this every game has enabled them to get to where they are now.

Exactly and if we keep playing like we did at the Etihad we should have enough to win the points to keep us up, with the occasional entertaining thrashing on the way too.

 

[Weststander]

They could have sat back and defended like Bulgaria did, that worked well. Playing like this every game has enabled them to get to where they are now.

So glad he thought they could do that against England, 10-1 sounds nice. Equally Guardiola loves it when we try that.

 

[Stat Brother]

Maldini

You can't post that and not write Baresi.

 

[Eeyore]

Which defenders would get near those three?

Plus it’s harder to score/create

Beckenbauer, Maldini, Moore.

Keepers ? I think Zoff was the best I saw.

 

[the right footed denilson]

Maldini, Beckenbaur

Baresi. Boff.

 

[Saunders]

So glad he thought they could do that against England, 10-1 sounds nice. Equally Guardiola loves it when we try that.

They are second in this group Bulgaria are last.

 

[boik]

Messi and Ronaldo have warped the standard of world class.

They are in the top 3 players of all time

And yet Messi hasn't dragged Argentina to a level above, unlike Ronaldo, Cruyff or Maradonna. His world cup record is distinctly normal.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Beckenbauer, Maldini, Moore.

Keepers ? I think Zoff was the best I saw.

All top players

But Messi/Ronaldo mad Maradona changed the game completely

 

[Hugo Rune]

Sterling is on another level these days. He is world class.

He looks like ‘Man City’ Sterling for England now. If Southgate doesn’t take him off, it just feels like we could hit 8+ goals with him being virtually unstoppable tonight.

 

[the right footed denilson]

Isn't it Franco 'Ben White' Baresi now?

 

[Saunders]

Beckenbauer, Maldini, Moore.

Keepers ? I think Zoff was the best I saw.

Good call for Zoff, Yashin, Banks

 

[Weststander]

They are second in this group Bulgaria are last.

They have some good players just now, but not good enough technically to ‘take it’ to a team full of CL/PL/Bundesliga stars .... plus Michael Keane.

 

[Icy Gull]

Good call for Zoff, Yashin, Banks

Pat Jennings, shame he had to play for Ireland

 

[drew]

'Old Wembley' was far from beautiful, it was a ramshackle old khazi by the time they knocked it down. Although I do wish they'd somehow found a way to keep those iconic twin towers.

Agree, some people are stuck with nostalgia tinted specs on.

 

[Saunders]

Isn't it Franco 'Ben White' Baresi now?

You have been following the leeds fans comments on him too

 

[Pavilionaire]

He’s scored against every PL side his ever played against.

15 or so CL goals

Scored against Barca/Real/Dortmund/Juve

But a flat track bully

He's gone away to France, Germany, Scotland - all the old enemies - and scored, plus the Golden Boot in Russia at the WC. There's not much more he can do individually, if he stays fit he'll break Rooney's record, he could potentially even match Greaves's 6 hat-tricks which is an incredible stat.

 

[Bold Seagull]

I think that's the point Bold is making.

Nobody is doubting Kane's class.
He's clearly England's best (classiest) striker.
He has been for a while.
He will be for sometime going forward.

I will even go so far as to say were he to sign for the Albion even we would struggle to make him shitehouse.
Praise doesn't get much higher than that.

He has plenty of time and games ahead of him where he can be that difference, the player that carries a team on his back, to greatness.
If he does all the 'world class' plaudits will be well earned and rightly deserved.

But he's got to do it first.

Yes SB, I won't shoot you in the back ever again.