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5 minutes ago, joeyt said:

 

Where?

In Portugal!

Nico needs to add the back post run to his arsenal.

Just now, Kanji said:

Yamal’s ball retention and decision making is so mature wow 

Both he and Williams know when to be patient and recycle the ball, and when to go right at their defender.

Their both unbelievable physically and mentally.

Thought that was in too!

Cucurella has been very very good.

Thought that was in!

So many lovely passes between the lines from Rodri, Pedri and Ruiz. This midfield is so refreshing.

Nico Williams great play again and Calafiori has bamboozled it into his own net!

13 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Bellinghams not a conductor type player.  We lack a midfield passer (that’s actually a midfielder)

Bellingham can do a good enough job moving the ball and driving forward from deeper positions too.

Don't think they need some Rodri type player in there. It's not the only way to play football.

Bellingham was the one that threaded through that excellent ball to Watkins from deep. 

Think it makes more sense having him alongside Rice like most have said, and I think I now agree with them.

Ousmane Diomande talk is lingering.

Encouragingly all the other suitors previously mentioned, seem to be looking elsewhere, and no longer mentioned as much.

Apparently he wasn't as strong second half of the season after returning from AFCON, which may have worked in our favour, as far as other interest and his price subsequently dropping some.

Sporting apparently open to accepting somewhere around £40 million.

From what I've seen he's a bit of a beast defensively, and very very aggressive. To the point I think he needs to tone it down. Gets very handsy and fouls a lot. Unreal talent for his age though.

1 minute ago, JB said:

Spain looking annoyingly good so far

Mixing in these terrifyingly quick, direct and skillful wingers to their possession game is a delight.

Nico Williams! Por favor!

Delicious stuff from Spain.

Morata taking too many touches there. Shoot the ball man.

1 minute ago, Astroblack said:

Bellingham annoyed me today. Plenty of times he ignored the wide players and turned inside only to be tackled by the Danish midfield two on one. Needs to play simple and use his abilities when needed not forcing it. 

Really hope the hype isn't getting to his head. Noticed that too.

39 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

He had a settled side then  a lot of the key players fell off at club level or got injured. So he dropped nearly all of them. 
 

would’ve been better off playing Sterling and Phillips.  That was at least a balanced side.  
 

Gallagher and Rice is his second choice CM pairing and it stinks. 

If he can't figure out a solution then he just isn't good enough man.

2 minutes ago, Ben said:

I reckon Potter is lined up next

Interesting ...

Maybe why he was so indecisive about the Leicester job.

Think he'd do a lot better tbh. Wouldn't be a bad shout at all.

Anyone find it even more alarming that the sitting back isn't his tactical instruction?! 

1 minute ago, The College Dropout said:

We don’t have played in their right positions so you get disjointed performances. 

The manager has been there 8 years and still can't pick players in the best positions to optimize the team?

What kind of manager is this?!

3 minutes ago, midds said:

I'd love to see this English squad with a manager who had a bit of belief in them and encouraged them to go forward and play aggressively. We need to play on the front foot (apologies for the Pardew-ism), this set of midfielders and attackers are fucking mint but they're constantly being stifled by the dour negative fucker in the dugout who is seemingly scared shitless of letting them get at team. Cut them loose ffs. 

100%

This team is full of players at teams that press week in and week out. They understand how to go about that.

Why not take advantage of that? It also suits your footballing identity as a nation, a more aggressive high tempo style.

None of these guys sit deep for their clubs defensively. You can see they don't even feel comfortable doing it, or know what they're doing.

1 minute ago, The College Dropout said:

Think the squad is over rated. 

Yeah, perhaps. But to be playing at such a poor level, against pretty ordinary sides though?

Inexcusable in my opinion.

2 minutes ago, Mike said:

Kane's touch map looks like a Tiote map.

Nothing makes sense with the whole approach man. It's crazy.

4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

England with an unbalanced but talented squad. Fans with crazy expectations. 
 

ENGLAND IVE MOSSED YOU

I feel bad for England fans man.

If the team at least looked somewhat exciting, energetic or dynamic, I'm sure they'd be a bit more relaxed, even if they didn't win. At least they'd enjoy the matches.

Having to watch a team with this calibre of players, play so badly, and never win anything ...

That is some kind of punishment man.

1 minute ago, Big Geordie said:

One of the worst performances I've seen from England in a long time. Said earlier it was like watching Bruce's Newcastle, and I wasn't wrong. Got to be down to the manager and the tactics?

It's 100% the manager man.

The team doesn't even function a little bit.

The performances are falling below even an average level with these players?!

Gareth is a decent guy, but this ain't the gig for him man. It's not for everyone.

Maybe he'd be a really good pundit or something.

I feel bad for the players that have to answer questions after suffering through that kind of match.