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Post by captbirdseye on Sept 9, 2024 19:31:36 GMT
Kieffer Moore with the fast goal of all time lol.
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Post by baihu1983 on Sept 10, 2024 20:01:10 GMT
Rocket from Kane.
Finland keeper had made a lot of good saves.
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Post by neems on Sept 10, 2024 20:13:44 GMT
Amazing piece of commentary earlier... "Rico Lewis' only England cap came on his debut!" Er yeah, that sounds about right.
Cracking goal by Kane though.
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Post by RobEG on Sept 10, 2024 20:24:48 GMT
Couple of nice goals by Kane. Like the look of Gomes. He’s tiny though!
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Post by baihu1983 on Sept 10, 2024 20:37:25 GMT
And we've struggled against Finland in recent games. Looked very comfortable tonight.
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Post by mikew1985 on Sept 11, 2024 14:22:19 GMT
Sigh, that Greece game last night was yet another low point for the national team. So deflating in the stadium. We're begging for this team to give us some something to cheer but they just never do.
At half time it was pretty positive; doing well, looking relatively well structured, new shape which appeared more effective and looking much more likely to be the team to go on and win the game. This against a team who completely outplayed us in the recent encounters and then bam, complete dereliction of the basics and concede another long range goal. We then lose all momentum and concede again in the last ten minutes due to yet another really poor individual error.
Greece were honestly really poor and they still managed to beat us 2 nil. I don't know where the team goes from here but unless this new manager wins all of his remaining Nations league games (bar England) I don't see how this campaign is anything other than another complete and utter failure.
It's tough out here at the minute.
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Post by grey_matters on Sept 11, 2024 14:51:26 GMT
I can't say I had any big hopes for this campaign in the first place. It seems a bit much of an ask to require every game to be won. We should be maybe aiming at any game first. It's been a while since we beat anyone higher than Gibraltar. Take out the Scotland win and there are no impressive* wins in 4 years or more. This campaign will be about finding out a way of playing and gaining some confidence from somewhere (performances, wins, whatever).
* Greece and Finland's level counts as impressive these days
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Post by RobEG on Sept 11, 2024 15:38:57 GMT
Re England, its nice to see the depth we have. When Foden, Bellingham et al are not available we have players like Grealish, Gomes, Gordon, Madueke, Colwill, Lewis who can step in. I'm a little surprised Maddison didn't get in, but it shows the depth we have. It may be me not remembering correctly, but I'm sure in previous 'golden generations', when any of the first 11 were not available there was a noticeable step down in quality to the next tier. Doesn't seem to be the case any more.
If we can select the right manager, we could have a really exciting few tournaments ahead.
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Post by mikew1985 on Sept 11, 2024 18:20:33 GMT
I can't say I had any big hopes for this campaign in the first place. It seems a bit much of an ask to require every game to be won. We should be maybe aiming at any game first. It's been a while since we beat anyone higher than Gibraltar. Take out the Scotland win and there are no impressive* wins in 4 years or more. This campaign will be about finding out a way of playing and gaining some confidence from somewhere (performances, wins, whatever). * Greece and Finland's level counts as impressive these days If we can't atone for not winning that game yesterday by doing something against the Greeks away it will have been horrific. We absolutely have to win against Finland at home. Edit; and I was all for giving the young team time to gel but there's plenty of experience out there now and they keep losing games making the same mistakes. At some point it's not good enough. |
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Post by simple on Sept 12, 2024 7:58:39 GMT
Re England, its nice to see the depth we have. When Foden, Bellingham et al are not available we have players like Grealish, Gomes, Gordon, Madueke, Colwill, Lewis who can step in. I'm a little surprised Maddison didn't get in, but it shows the depth we have. It may be me not remembering correctly, but I'm sure in previous 'golden generations', when any of the first 11 were not available there was a noticeable step down in quality to the next tier. Doesn't seem to be the case any more. If we can select the right manager, we could have a really exciting few tournaments ahead. Even during the Golden Generation England were carrying ok but not world class players like Heskey or Upson alongside the Owens, Beckhams, Lampards, Coles, Terrys and Ferdinands of the team. And they never did settle on a golden goalie really either. I think the current set-up has both more depth and a better spread of talent across the first 11. |
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Post by baihu1983 on Sept 12, 2024 12:41:02 GMT
Damn.
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Post by JuniorFE on Sept 12, 2024 12:57:27 GMT
Crying shame that he didn't score after a pass like that
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Post by baihu1983 on Nov 17, 2024 18:10:37 GMT
Commentator doing everything he can to jinx Kane..
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Post by baihu1983 on Nov 17, 2024 18:11:05 GMT
Failed though.
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Post by Whizzo on Nov 17, 2024 18:12:29 GMT
Kane had a shit first half though.
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Post by peekconfusion on Nov 17, 2024 18:13:31 GMT
Commentator doing everything he can to jinx Kane.. Desperately trying to make their own headlines. What a pass from Kane though. Feels like he practically assisted himself. |
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Post by Whizzo on Nov 17, 2024 18:14:09 GMT
This is a bit of a turnaround.
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Post by baihu1983 on Nov 17, 2024 18:14:33 GMT
That's this one over.
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Post by RobEG on Nov 17, 2024 18:15:18 GMT
The top tier of international football.
Lol, ok.
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Post by Whizzo on Nov 17, 2024 18:17:09 GMT
Think England may win this.
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Post by baihu1983 on Nov 17, 2024 18:17:40 GMT
Going to get called off surely?
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Post by baihu1983 on Nov 17, 2024 18:17:57 GMT
Or not.
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Post by X201 on Nov 17, 2024 18:19:42 GMT
This is a bit of a turnaround. We need the obligatory “I only went in to the kitchen for 5 minutes…” post |
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Post by peekconfusion on Nov 17, 2024 18:23:23 GMT
You know it's done when Conor Gallagher starts doing rabonas.
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Post by Whizzo on Nov 17, 2024 18:34:26 GMT
What a first kick.
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RobEG
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Post by RobEG on Nov 17, 2024 18:35:19 GMT
Ha, great first touch  |
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Post by peekconfusion on Nov 17, 2024 18:35:23 GMT
Solid defence, lads.
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Post by Whizzo on Nov 17, 2024 18:38:38 GMT
Think England may win this. Think it's safe. |
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Post by peekconfusion on Nov 17, 2024 18:39:08 GMT
Both his touches have been class.
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Post by askew on Nov 17, 2024 18:40:37 GMT
Carsley: that’ll do, pig.
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