Bendigeidfran
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Post by Bendigeidfran on Jun 21, 2024 9:24:42 GMT
As it goes Dan, yes, Page is available.
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danielcufc
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Post by danielcufc on Jun 21, 2024 9:32:45 GMT
As it goes Dan, yes, Page is available. Get him on the plane to Germany
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Post by milesfenton on Jun 21, 2024 9:34:52 GMT
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Post by saltyvinegar on Jun 21, 2024 9:35:58 GMT
That pitch though...Christ. Looked as though it hadn't been watered in about 8 years. Andrew Looked like it had been laid on the morning of the game. Shocking and an embarrassment to UEFA. So much for German efficiency! It's been strange one this tournament for the Germans not be as efficient as we would normally expect. Not sure it is a EUFA thing but my lad is over there & he said for both games it has been very hard work getting to & from the stadia. Can't blame it for our turgid performance but that pitch was all about style over content & did look like it had just been shipped in with no chance to bed the roots in. You can download the tome like spec from FIFA or EUFA on how the pitches have to be prepared in terms of dimensions of stripes & grass length & they still produce a pitch that was not just poor, it was dangerous
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Post by cambsno on Jun 21, 2024 9:43:44 GMT
He does have a point, look at Argentina last time or even Portugal when they won it. But the lack of effort is the worry. He must drop Trent (would like to see him replace Walker), rest Kane and drop Foden, bring in Watkins, Palmer and Eze/Gordon
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Post by Wingco's Boy on Jun 21, 2024 10:01:36 GMT
Drop Foden and TAA. There’s no doubting the quality of those two but you can’t shoehorn everyone into a system. Play Gordon on the left, and a Gallagher or Wharton in the middle. I’ve been saying all along, why did we pick Shaw? Even if he’s fit for the last 16, he hasn’t played in months. You can’t just drop someone into a big match like that with no warm up! Trippier is doing a decent if unspectacular job there. We should’ve picked a specialist LB even if they aren’t so-called ‘international quality’. Fine, but who are the specialist English left-backs? Chilwell is always injured, like Shaw. The only other one I can think of is Cresswell at West Ham. Any others?
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Post by imp566 on Jun 21, 2024 10:06:37 GMT
Drop Foden and TAA. There’s no doubting the quality of those two but you can’t shoehorn everyone into a system. Play Gordon on the left, and a Gallagher or Wharton in the middle. I’ve been saying all along, why did we pick Shaw? Even if he’s fit for the last 16, he hasn’t played in months. You can’t just drop someone into a big match like that with no warm up! Trippier is doing a decent if unspectacular job there. We should’ve picked a specialist LB even if they aren’t so-called ‘international quality’. Fine, but who are the specialist English left-backs? Chilwell is always injured, like Shaw. The only other one I can think of is Cresswell at West Ham. Any others? Harrison Dunk?
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Post by Andrewlang on Jun 21, 2024 10:17:08 GMT
I think 'international quality' is a bit of a misnomer, which is what I took from the post. If you've played and played well in the premier League then you've already played a higher level than many international games. Rico Henry maybe? I kept seeing Leif Davies at Ipswich mentioned. Samuel Illing-Junior plays there for the under 21's - 27 appearances for Juventus last season.
No idea if any of those would be better option then a wrong footed Trippy mind.
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Post by imp566 on Jun 21, 2024 10:20:51 GMT
I think 'international quality' is a bit of a misnomer, which is what I took from the post. If you've played and played well in the premier League then you've already played a higher level than many international games. Rico Henry maybe? I kept seeing Leif Davies at Ipswich mentioned. Samuel Illing-Junior plays there for the under 21's - 27 appearances for Juventus last season. No idea if any of those would be better option then a wrong footed Trippy mind. Andrew 3 CBs with Saka as a left sided WB? He started his career there, until Arsenal converted him to an inverted winger.
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Post by danboyb on Jun 21, 2024 10:36:35 GMT
He does have a point, look at Argentina last time or even Portugal when they won it. But the lack of effort is the worry. He must drop Trent (would like to see him replace Walker), rest Kane and drop Foden, bring in Watkins, Palmer and Eze/Gordon You’d replace Walker with Trent for the game on Tuesday or a long term replacement when Walker retires? Walker has been one of our better players over the 2 games. His assist for the goal yesterday was exceptional. He’s also a far better defender than Trent.
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Post by imp566 on Jun 21, 2024 10:46:21 GMT
He does have a point, look at Argentina last time or even Portugal when they won it. But the lack of effort is the worry. He must drop Trent (would like to see him replace Walker), rest Kane and drop Foden, bring in Watkins, Palmer and Eze/Gordon You’d replace Walker with Trent for the game on Tuesday or a long term replacement when Walker retires? Walker has been one of our better players over the 2 games. His assist for the goal yesterday was exceptional. He’s also a far better defender than Trent. Yeah, no brainer for me; Walker has to play, one of the quickest defenders around and is a much better defender than TAA. One of the reasons TAA is being moved further forward for both Liverpool and England is his vulnerability defending.
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Post by funkymonk on Jun 21, 2024 10:52:42 GMT
The only way we play Walker and Trent is we go back to three at the back and Walker ends up at right centre back. Not sure I see it, given the sacrifices required elsewhere on the pitch.
Put TAA on the bench and be done with the experiment.
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Post by squeeze. on Jun 21, 2024 12:34:43 GMT
International football bores the tits off me which is saying something for someone who watches non-league football but my take
Southgate has been involved for a decade. Involved in St George’s Park, involved in youth pathways and managing the national team.
Bar Ashworth, he is as responsible as anyone for much of the good stuff.
The youth tournament victories, the change in attitudes the players have, the relationships with the country and actually many of our players now are here because of stuff he helped put in place.
BUT as the manager of the national team, specifically these players, he’s not upto it. His job now is football management and whether he has peaked or he’s just not upto it, he’s not the man.
We have upto 20 very, very good players that could easily have made the first team let alone the squad. Almost a billion pounds worth of talent.
We’ve got English players doing well abroad.
The Football League is full of English talent.
There are players like Musiala, Zaha, Lookman, Iwobi playing for other national teams that came through our system.
The talent, the depth, the players simply are not the problem. They do it for the clubs on a weekly basis.
It’s the management. It’s that simple.
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Post by Bryan Ronaldson on Jun 21, 2024 13:57:12 GMT
Drop Foden and TAA. There’s no doubting the quality of those two but you can’t shoehorn everyone into a system. Play Gordon on the left, and a Gallagher or Wharton in the middle. I’ve been saying all along, why did we pick Shaw? Even if he’s fit for the last 16, he hasn’t played in months. You can’t just drop someone into a big match like that with no warm up! Trippier is doing a decent if unspectacular job there. We should’ve picked a specialist LB even if they aren’t so-called ‘international quality’. Fine, but who are the specialist English left-backs? Chilwell is always injured, like Shaw. The only other one I can think of is Cresswell at West Ham. Any others? Mitchell - Palace Hall - Newcastle Doughty - Luton Trippier has been so out of form for Newcastle since the new year too. Not having a fit left back looks set to haunt Southgate. Here's hoping he gets away with it.
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Post by cambsno on Jun 21, 2024 14:04:17 GMT
I don't have a problem with Trippier, Gibbons and Bennett have both played LB IIRC and done ok at our level and they are not LB, same with Brophy.
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