[Football] The football forum that couldn't be arsed to have an England v Czech official *** :shrug:

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

I’ve really enjoyed this.

England excellent in the first 45, measured game management in the second against a dangerous team … Saka and Grealish ran out of gas.

MOTM Saka by a country mile.

Maguire has been classy, including a few great runs forward.

My faith restored after the comatose shambles last time out.

Well done GS for getting it right this time.

I’m guessing you’re a glass half full type of person?

 

[Randy McNob]

 

[The Fits]

TBF we'd beat Netherlands. But goodness me, if people are pleased with that they've clearly not watched Belguim, Italy, Germany, Denmark and a few others who are LIGHT YEARS ahead of us.

 

[GT49er]

What was the point of bringing Mings on? He's played two full games depping for Maguire, who's now apparently fit again. Surely a few minutes for Coady or White would have made much more sense?

Pretty turgid display all round, I thought - looked pretty toothless, and scraped home by the odd goal. Still, I suppose if Brighton were getting 7 points for ever three goals scored we wouldn't complain.

 

[Driver8]

Dull dull dull dull…… [emoji99]

 

[jcdenton08]

Kane still slowly lumbering around the pitch with Southgate desperate for him to get a penalty.

This will be his 7th game in the European Championships without a goal.

So frustrating knowing we’re going to have to sit through another painful match next week of him doing the exact same thing. Just be brave Gareth, DROP HIM!

Can't now. This was the game to drop him. If we're to drop him on Tuesday, he'd rightly be slated for throwing in a striker who hadn't had any minutes at the tournament so far, and dropping out best striker. If he doesn't drop him and he plays like this again, he'll be slated for stubbornly picking an out of form striker.

 

[Randy McNob]

I’m guessing you’re a glass half full type of person?

why wouldn't you be when we cruised through top of the group?

 

[zefarelly]

I’m guessing you’re a glass half full type of person?

You forgot to mention the prescription happy pills.

 

[1066familyman]

Dull. If you are going to take off the scorer, and assist and slow down to a slow thing, then might as well gone for the draw, and at least get a chance in next round. There is no momentum in this performance ��

That momentum thing is a load of old bollox, imho.

How many tournament winning teams win it by carrying momentum? No more than those that win it after a slow start, is my guess.

I'm not saying we're going to win this tournament. But at this point in time, we've as much chance as any other team through to the last 16.

 

[jcdenton08]

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You're an Alan Partridge fan so you're alright by me, but honestly do you see us winning this tournament?

 

[Weststander]

ITV4 have the gloomy postmortem on Scotland’s one point/one goal tournament.

 

[BrickTamland]

Jesus wept that was dull

 

[BN41Albion]

TBF we'd beat Netherlands. But goodness me, if people are pleased with that they've clearly not watched Belguim, Italy, Germany, Denmark and a few others who are LIGHT YEARS ahead of us.

Which is scandalous considering the talent we have. No cohesiveness, far too conservative, really weird that we've just won the group and I feel so apethetic

 

[zefarelly]

why wouldn't you be when we cruised through top of the group?

Because the group of substandard donkeyness is almost impossible to not qualify from. As opposed to Group F, for death, or A, B, C or E, for average challenge.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

why wouldn't you be when we cruised through top of the group?

Without conceding a goal.
We were better in the first half, and pragmatic in the second half. Job done.

 

[GT49er]

why wouldn't you be when we cruised through top of the group?

Cruised? .......................... hmmm .......................

 

[Weststander]

What was the point of bringing Mings on? He's played two full games depping for Maguire, who's now apparently fit again. Surely a few minutes for Coady or White would have made much more sense?

Pretty turgid display all round, I thought - looked pretty toothless, and scraped home by the odd goal. Still, I suppose if Brighton were getting 7 points for ever three goals scored we wouldn't complain.

The camera work kept showing Stones leading up to that. Perhaps a niggle?

 

[The Fits]

Yeah the guff avout Scotland. My god. 1 point against an utterly turd England and they act like they've won the World Cup. CHRIST.

 

[Poojah]

Well, we’ve won a modestly difficult group without conceding a goal, Scotland are bottom and out, and we have a potential route to the final with only one game away from Wembley. What’s not to like?

I suspect that when the groups are all done, it will turn out that our route is not much tougher than had we finished second. Regardless, you don’t win tournaments without beating good sides. Denmark beat France, Netherlands and Germany to win Euro 92 and Greece beat Portugal (twice) and France whilst drawing with Spain in the group stage to win In 2004.

Not as exciting as the group stage of Euro 96 by any means, but it’s been a solid, assured and measured performance so far. I’m happy enough.

 

[zefarelly]

Jesus wept that was dull

I was distracted by the opportunity to load the dishwasher.

Did we win?