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England v Portugal







Kinky Gerbil

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There are positives there.

We have a squad that can change a game -

Walker
Dier
Smalling

All played well

I'm still confident we will do well
 




Milano

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Aug 15, 2012
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Oh FFS, that means Roy will see this as a positive match now.

Roy will see it and say it in whatever way makes him look like a wise old sage. He is a genius at it to be fair. In reality he doesn't have an innovative bone in his body, the latest - "5 seconds of fury", SERIOUSLY? Feck off you tit and run a PR company.
I bet we all work with someone similar, really senior, been in the whatever industry for 40 plus years, might have been valuable once, now utterly in the way and even dangerous to progress.
 


ManOfSussex

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Watching that was 90 minutes of my life I'm not going to get back.
 




Kinky Gerbil

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Results in past couple of days

Belgium 1 Finland 1
France 3 Cameroon 2 - last minute goals in both for the home side

These friendlies mean not a lot.
 


BensGrandad

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Jul 13, 2003
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I think that Roy will come to rue his decision not to include Townsend as we had no natural width and consequently no service to Vardy,Kane or Rooney and no balls in the box for them to attack.
 








goldstone

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What a rubbish performance. Need another winger. Townsend should have been in the squad.
 


Milano

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I think that Roy will come to rue his decision not to include Townsend as we had no natural width and consequently no service to Vardy,Kane or Rooney and no balls in the box for them to attack.
He wants to play Kane because he's had a great season and the media like him.
He wants to play Vardy because he's had a great season and the media like him.
He wants to play Rooney because...... the media love him.
None of the above play in a 4-3-3 for their clubs. He should drop one and play the 4-4-2 that they are used to. He won't, why not? Answers on a postcard.
 




Me and my Monkey

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Well, we weren't brilliant. But then, neither were Portugal, even when they had 11 men. It'll be interesting to see what happens when the competition starts in earnest.
 


Kinky Gerbil

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He wants to play Kane because he's had a great season and the media like him.
He wants to play Vardy because he's had a great season and the media like him.
He wants to play Rooney because...... the media love him.
None of the above play in a 4-3-3 for their clubs. He should drop one and play the 4-4-2 that they are used to. He won't, why not? Answers on a postcard.

Kane doesn't play in a 442
 






Milano

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Kane doesn't play in a 442

He plays right on the last man for Spurs. So does Vardy. Rooney used to, doesn't now because he can't.
It's all moot anyway. Hodgson talks whatever is the latest 'pundit talk' for the modern game, he doesn't understand it though. All of a sudden England have to press and he has to come up with some guff like he's invested it, England don't press at all. Two years ago it was 'total posession', he couldn't do that either. If 8 up front became fashionable tomorrow then he'd talk it not really play it, and be crap at it.
 




Shooting Star

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Apr 29, 2011
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I firmly believe playing against 10 men can be tougher sometimes. It's a friendly. Once they last Alves, Portugal had zero incentive to try and get anything from the game. With the quick football our young boys are best at playing, it was nigh impossible to execute it with Portugal putting everyone behind the ball. Sterling mixed things up by using skill to try and beat men, rather than pace. I don't think we should be worried at all, neither should the team be critiqued based off of tonight.

We've displayed some brilliant stuff this calendar year. Let's see how we begin next week when it's the real deal.
 


Cowfold Seagull

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Just another meaniningless friendly, I really don't know why we play so many to be honest. The result, or even the performance, doesn't really equate to anything.

Lets wait until the real stuff starts.
 






hart's shirt

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Jul 8, 2003
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All this talk about Roy playing players out of position is rubbish.

He played Joe Hart in goal.
 


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