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3 minutes ago, Ben said:

Some of the press (Holt and co) will push like mad for Eddie Howe to fuck us over.

i don’t want him to go, and i don’t think it’s the right time in his career to take the job, but I reckon Howe would win a tournament with that set of players we have at the minute 

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7 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

Wouldn't read too much into the late subs tbh. Game was finished as soon as that penalty got skied. 


There was 15 minutes left! :lol: Howe wouldn’t think ’Ahh shame, that’s that then.’

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12 minutes ago, RobsonsWonderland said:

I just feel in a world cup of 5 subs we massively underused our squad.

Rather then hold back and save energy we could have put teams to the sword for a full 90 mins.

 

Maddison, grealish, Rashford Gallagher, Wilson and more all there in our tool box

 

 

 

Maddy makes things happen.Wilson would have unsettled their defence.You would think Goofy was under pressure to put certain players in the squad.

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Just now, huss9 said:

and thats exactly the problem with southgate's thinking.

its never about form and what we need at the time. its all abut his favourites.

sterling has offered little for the past 12 months.

 

 

 

 


Thats the exact reason Pickford and Maguire started this tournament though? Both woefully out of form for their clubs but “have never let England down” etc etc. Why does Sterling not get the same treatment?

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6 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

His house was burgled and he went to sort stiff out. About as clear an explanation as you could expect 


Aside from the fact a grown man and multimillionaire didn’t have the foresight to hire security for a few grand when every criminal in Britain knew he was 2 continents away, what the fuck did he go home for? To rebuild his barber shop or check his Rolexes were still there or what? 
 

Likely his last WC and the manager has shown more faith in him than anyone in his career. It’s baffling.

 

 

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Just now, Tsunami said:

Really? I can’t see that. I try to take a balanced view but I think England edged it and possibly a bit more than edged it.


Beren is high or drunk. England were the slightly better side, and fully deserved to at least take it to extratime. But this is football. 

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5 minutes ago, Ben said:

Some of the press (Holt and co) will push like mad for Eddie Howe to fuck us over.

Don’t think you’dpush Howe just to fuck us over - that’s pretty disrespectful to Howe and his achievements to be fair.

 

i love him but if he was linked it would be deserved.

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5 minutes ago, KaKa said:

Can't believe anyone thinks Howe could be pressured into taking the job by the fucking press. No fucking chance man.


This. There is zero chance of it happening.  Literally less than zero. 

 

 

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Man, that's disappointing. 

 

Need time to digest that, but initial thoughts:

 

  • Very even game, 99 times out of 100 Kane buries a 2nd penalty and we take that to extra time, then who knows
  • Disappointing subs - Mount for Foden is insane (even though he won the penalty), and waiting til the 96th minute to bring on Grealish was so frustrating. Not impressed at all
  • No shame in going out to the best team left, and we took them all the way, but really hurts as a missed opportunity. 
  • I think it's probably time for a change in manager. Huge respect for everything Southgate has achieved and the results he's gotten in tournaments - absolutely deserves credit for that. I just don't see where we go from here in terms of that final push. Just needs freshening up now imo. Easier said than done though as we could easily change and lose some of the special feeling this group has got. Tricky decision - glad it's not mine to make.
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Southgate doesn’t need to leave.

 

We were well in that game and the better side imo. We did take the game to them (as much as you realistically can against the world champions) and didn’t play a back 5 and retreat. Tactically we mastered Mbappé. I couldn’t really have asked for more from Southgate to be fair. We were really unlucky and most times out of 10 we win that game imo.

 

Southgate has evolved this tournament. Promising signs. We aren’t getting anyone better either.

 

 

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Just now, Pata said:


There was 15 minutes left! :lol: Howe wouldn’t think ’Ahh shame, that’s that then.’

 

Well neither did Southgate. The point I'm making is that I don't believe any sub would've made an impact, regardless of who. The penalty totally knocked the stuffing out of the vast majority of them. 

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1 minute ago, dave s said:

i don’t want him to go, and i don’t think it’s the right time in his career to take the job, but I reckon Howe would win a tournament with that set of players we have at the minute 

No doubts there for me - but he won’t leave even if offered.  Same for Potter at Chelsea.

 

I’d be sorely tempted to see if Pochettino or Tuchel would take it

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Just now, Gawalls said:

Don’t think you’dpush Howe just to fuck us over - that’s pretty disrespectful to Howe and his achievements to be fair.

 

i love him but if he was linked it would be deserved.

Fair point but i dont think you realise how much some of the written press hate us.

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2 minutes ago, Ronaldo said:


Aside from the fact a grown man and multimillionaire didn’t have the foresight to hire security for a few grand when every criminal in Britain knew he was 2 continents away, what the fuck did he go home for? To rebuild his barber shop or check his Rolexes were still there or what? 
 

Likely his last WC and the manager has shown more faith in him than anyone in his career. It’s baffling.

 

 

 

 

I see you've gone full Ronaldo in your time away. 

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6 minutes ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said:

Eni Aluko is an idiot like. "Should someone else have taken it?" No :lol: 


That’s just stupid, especially when Kane usually hits them so well that keeper has no chance.

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