[Football] Scotland vs England

[BBassic]

We are the most average of average teams.

If England were a Prem team they'd finish 10th, year on year.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

All so predictable. Muddle through the group, lose in the first knockout stage. Pile of turd.

Muddling through the group looks like the best way to avoid losing in the first knockout stage. Best result that today, keeps alive the only route of going unbeaten in the group stage and finishing second.

 

[Icy Gull]

Imagine Potter in charge of this team.

NO! My loyalties are with the Albion over England but we would be genuine challengers with GP at the helm for England, guaranteed

Has to be said, full credit to Scotland, the better team on the night.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

ladies and gents i give you reece james , magnificent passing stats for tonight's game 55 passes , 43 backwards 9 sideways 4 forward

sign him up!!!

 

[dazzer6666]

Ladies and Gents I give you Reece James , magnificent passing stats for tonight's game 55 passes , 43 BACKWARDS 9 SIDEWAYS 4 forward

When are we putting a bid in ?

 

[portslade seagull]

Did we only use two subs. There so many substandard performances it could have been any of the outfield players who were pulled

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Imagine playing a game in an international knockout tournament and Grant Hanley looks like prime Franco Baresi.

 

[SUIYHP]

Honestly I think we’re going to struggle to exit the group stage at this rate, and we’d deserve it.

 

[Geoffbn2]

I'm waiting for the dodgy claims company to advertise a claim for compensation for those lost 2 hours and the torture of having to listen to ITV commentary

 

[Weststander]

Pickford MOTM for me.

I genuinely cannot think of an outfield player who was a 7 or more out of ten.

Sterling - selfish dribbles facing a mass defence, he seemed allergic to an early pass.
Foden - looked a boy out of his depth, more interested in whining to the ref early doors, then he became a non entity.
Kane - wooden, a poor man’s Benteke.
Rice and Phillips - exposed as having no mid to long range passing ability.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Ladies and Gents I give you Reece James , magnificent passing stats for tonight's game 55 passes , 43 BACKWARDS 9 SIDEWAYS 4 forward

Don’t worry most completed therefore the stats will have him as MoM......


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[BBassic]

Imagine what happens when / if we come up against a semi competent team.

We've been shit for years

 

[METALMICKY]

Should have got sock boy on earlier as we looked so ponderous. And Kane looks totally off the pace!

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

I genuinely cannot think of an outfield player who was a 7 or more out of ten.

Sterling - selfish dribbles facing a mass defence, he seemed allergic to an early pass.
Foden - looked a boy out of his depth, more interested in whining to the ref early doors, then he became a non entity.
Kane - wooden, a poor man’s Benteke.
Rice and Phillips - exposed as having no mid to long range passing ability.

All correct.

Credit to Steve Clarke completely outcoached Southgate.


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[Kinky Gerbil]

Argument to be made for Pickford mom

 

[Poojah]

Shít game and a turgid performance at the hands of a determined Scotland team who came to do a job on us and duly did it. Credit to them - I thought they were excellent under the circumstances.

That said, is it the worst result in the world? We’ve now more or less qualified and have a slightly lower chance of finishing in that dreaded top position. I wouldn’t take too much from this result in terms of our ability to beat a top side - tonight was a totally different game and whether we failed the test or not I don’t think it’s massively relevant.

Unpopular opinion perhaps, but I think our chances of reaching the latter stages just improves tonight.

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

I can forgive Southgate the first half because Scotland were excellent in the midfield.
We needed creativity in the midfield to counter and bring the quality of foden into the game and get some chances for Kane.
He takes off foden,and puts grealish out wide on the left?!!.
Scotland continue to dominate the midfield.
We then take off Kane and replace him with rashford who should have been brought on but he should have been wide with Jane still on the pitch.
We should have finished the game with grealish in the middle and rashford,Kane and foden all on the pitch.
Terrible desicions.

 

[GT49er]

"I mean, what have you got to lose?"

Apart from dignity, pride and credibility do you mean? Any more silly ideas I'll just ignore ..................

An awful colonialist, paternalistic, forelock-tugging dirge, that's what. And how many anthems include whistling?

That in no way describes 'Jerusalem'.

 

[1066familyman]

3 shitty games today.

Yep, hard work today watching all of them.
Tomorrow should offer promise, all being well.

 

[gazingdown]

When Grealish was ready to come on, I though “good, he should be able to make something happen, even if just set piece free kicks”

Surely for Sterling, but no, for Foden - the only player on the pitch that looks like he might create something, has energy, pace etc.

Anyway Kane off, so Calvert-Lewin surely as need presence in box, but no, brings on Rashford (in itself should be on the pitch for Sterling at that point).

None of this surprises any of us, does it?