dilbert2402
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Post by dilbert2402 on Jun 23, 2024 5:50:38 GMT
The quotes re fitness have no bearing when you look at Portugal today when many of their squad play in the PL. I am wondering if something has upset the England Camp ~ the Grealish omission for example- and the squad is suffering from mental fatigue as much as physical. Not helped with the erratic selection such as picking an unfit Shaw & not taking Maguire. Yes there is is pressure but all the major nations have that. Interesting that you criticise Southgate for taking an unfit Shaw and for not taking an unfit Maguire.
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Post by danielcufc on Jun 23, 2024 9:03:53 GMT
The quotes re fitness have no bearing when you look at Portugal today when many of their squad play in the PL. I am wondering if something has upset the England Camp ~ the Grealish omission for example- and the squad is suffering from mental fatigue as much as physical. Not helped with the erratic selection such as picking an unfit Shaw & not taking Maguire. Yes there is is pressure but all the major nations have that. Interesting that you criticise Southgate for taking an unfit Shaw and for not taking an unfit Maguire. That’s not what I meant. Maguire was unfit so he rightly didn’t take him. Same should have applied to Shaw who’s not even taken part in full training yet.
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Post by champair79 on Jun 23, 2024 10:07:20 GMT
That Belgium vs Romania game was breathless stuff and thoroughly entertaining. Why when England play is it so stodgy and boring?
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Post by imp566 on Jun 23, 2024 12:33:14 GMT
That Belgium vs Romania game was breathless stuff and thoroughly entertaining. Why when England play is it so stodgy and boring? In 3 words, 'Fear of losing'!
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Post by Andrewlang on Jun 23, 2024 13:40:54 GMT
I like how unified the squad seem to be. Whether there's something going on behind the scenes towards Southgate or not (I lean towards not) every player that's interviewed seems to be on the same page and is projecting calm and support for each other and the manager. That's a good thing...we know what Southgate football is and we know it can get us to semi-finals and finals, if the squad are behind that then I remain fairly optimistic we can have a decent tournament.
We can look at it again in the summer. I suspect Southgate has already decided to step away tbh.
Andrew
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Post by flouncingarburyboy on Jun 23, 2024 16:42:42 GMT
When I created the thread, this was one of the questions I posed: There will be a number of players present who currently ply their trade/sell their soul in the Saudi Pro League; will that league's lack of quality/competitiveness show in their performances? The Saudi Pro League is supplying 14 players at this tournament. I've just read an article by Jonathan Liew arguing that for a certain number of players of a certain age who have proven themselves in the top European leagues but are no longer able to cope with its relentless demands, the Saudi Pro League may be the perfect preparation for international tournament football! It's an interesting angle: www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/23/thriving-saudi-pro-league-stars-show-wider-fault-lines-around-euro-2024
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Post by milesfenton on Jun 23, 2024 19:27:53 GMT
Did McFadden just claim "no team ever actually plays for a draw?".
Confirmation, if it was needed, that he did not see us at Port Vale.
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Post by Andrewlang on Jun 23, 2024 20:40:56 GMT
Oh....that looked nasty. Hope he's ok.
Is it me or did it take a while to get the doctors on? I swear Greg Reid was on the pitch before Adam Davies even hit the ground.
One thing that annoyed thing me is when it cut to the crowd and everyone looked concerned apart from some prick filming it. What are you going to do dick head, watch it back? Cretin.
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Post by Bendigeidfran on Jun 23, 2024 20:44:52 GMT
Oh....that looked nasty. Hope he's ok. Is it me or did it take a while to get the doctors on? I swear Greg Reid was on the pitch before Adam Davies even hit the ground. One thing that annoyed thing me is when it cut to the crowd and everyone looked concerned apart from some prick filming it. What are you going to do dick head, watch it back? Cretin. Andrew Said exactly the same. Arsewipe
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Post by rewsan on Jun 23, 2024 20:51:29 GMT
Never good to see someone hurt so badly on the football pitch but credit to the director who once it the seriousness w clear did not try to go in for a closer look.
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Post by flouncingarburyboy on Jun 23, 2024 21:15:19 GMT
But aren't there protocols about this? When Eriksen collapsed the TV coverage was mind-numbingly thick until the BBC cut back to the studio ....which they could have done loads of minutes before. At the risk of sounding like a luddite all lots of people want to do is film 'the event' regardless of what is actually happening. It's crass, mindless and just stupid. God I hate the world sometimes.
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Post by Andrewlang on Jun 23, 2024 21:20:16 GMT
Yeah, there are protocols after that. I don't think they're even supposed to show the replay really but I suppose someone took the decision to show a wide shot as it wasn't particularly graphic.
Andrew
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Post by cufctheparrot on Jun 23, 2024 21:20:23 GMT
BBC seem desperate to make a case for giving a penalty to Scotland for jumping in the way of the defender and falling over. And then Moyes says, I don’t think Hungary are going to cause anyone problematic in the last 16. Just as well Scotland didn’t get through then given the stats for this match. Next time Scotland.
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Post by imp566 on Jun 23, 2024 21:28:18 GMT
But aren't there protocols about this? When Eriksen collapsed the TV coverage was mind-numbingly thick until the BBC cut back to the studio ....which they could have done loads of minutes before. At the risk of sounding like a luddite all lots of people want to do is film 'the event' regardless of what is actually happening. It's crass, mindless and just stupid. God I hate the world sometimes. I agree totally. The trouble is, when newspapers and the general media are always looking out for great footage to claim an exclusive, and are willing to pay top dollar for footage, it encourages these numbskulls to video everything 'just in case'!
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Post by danielcufc on Jun 23, 2024 21:30:13 GMT
BBC seem desperate to make a case for giving a penalty to Scotland for jumping in the way of the defender and falling over. And then Moyes says, I don’t think Hungary are going to cause anyone problematic in the last 16. Just as well Scotland didn’t get through then given the stats for this match. Next time Scotland. Yeah the Moyes comment sounded like sour grapes to me. Surprised that VAR didn’t check the challenge though. Watching Scotland lose in the last minute was hilarious though. Best news is that Varga is conscious and stable now in hospital it’s been confirmed
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