Re: Your England XI
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 2:34 pm
All day long.BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 2:16 pmNot just about 'best players' - its also about the balance and best team. I'm not sure we really know what that is.
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All day long.BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 2:16 pmNot just about 'best players' - its also about the balance and best team. I'm not sure we really know what that is.
Great little run from him there, great honesty to keep going after the foul. Italians would've gone down like Willem Dafoe in Platoon. Adagio for strings, the lot!GhostoftheBok wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 6:45 pmPeople have been saying for a long time that if Sancho played for Utd he'd be in the England team. He starts his first match of the campaign immediately after agreeing to join Utd.
I know there's more to it and it's a tactical pick, but social media is going to be fun after this.
I’ve seen us in 3 semi finals in my lifetime and we’ve lost them all. I think we should worry about Wednesday and win it before anything else. The Denmark game is massive. Huge. They beat us last time out too so I hope Gareth simply focuses everything on winning that game. There are three full days after that, god willing, to worry about anything else.TANGODANCER wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 9:16 pmTactically (and optimistically)speaking, do we see Gareth picking the same team to play Denmark as played against Ukraine (with the thought in the back of his mind that Italy or Spain will be a vastly different kettle of Spaghetti or Paella should we repel the Vikings and get through unscathed from injury?) Safe to say, should such event occur, either of the possible finalists will certainly go all out to win come whatever it takes complete with diving, cheating, play-acting, fouling and some class football thrown in.
So Gareth, what sayest thou?
p.s. The ref may be the most important man on the pitch....
Meanwhile, in my rose-tinted world...BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 10:36 pm
I’ve seen us in 3 semi finals in my lifetime and we’ve lost them all.
I don't think you can really given how well we played. Denmark will be a much tougher nut to crack, and offer more going forward, but things just seemed to click on Saturday in a way they haven't in the tournament previously. No looking ahead of this one!TANGODANCER wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 9:16 pmTactically (and optimistically)speaking, do we see Gareth picking the same team to play Denmark as played against Ukraine (with the thought in the back of his mind that Italy or Spain will be a vastly different kettle of Spaghetti or Paella should we repel the Vikings and get through unscathed from injury?) Safe to say, should such event occur, either of the possible finalists will certainly go all out to win come whatever it takes complete with diving, cheating, play-acting, fouling and some class football thrown in.
So Gareth, what sayest thou?
p.s. The ref may be the most important man on the pitch....
Nothing to do with positivity or otherwise. Thinking about anything other than beating Denmark is too dangerous. We have a semi final - we’ve not won one of those since 1966. Denmark are a good side. Let’s just win it then worry about the final.TANGODANCER wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 10:55 amMeanwhile, in my rose-tinted world...BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 10:36 pm
I’ve seen us in 3 semi finals in my lifetime and we’ve lost them all.
Did you actually read my post? It wan't day-dreaming; it was about selection for beating Denmark with a possible other/even tougher game just three days later and how G.S. will be thinking. We don't beat the Danes, story ends.BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:24 amNothing to do with positivity or otherwise. Thinking about anything other than beating Denmark is too dangerous. We have a semi final - we’ve not won one of those since 1966. Denmark are a good side. Let’s just win it then worry about the final.TANGODANCER wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 10:55 amMeanwhile, in my rose-tinted world...BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 10:36 pm
I’ve seen us in 3 semi finals in my lifetime and we’ve lost them all.
They already were. Nothing happens. The racism in Eastern Europe is tutted at by UEFA but they never do anything useful about it.TANGODANCER wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 9:45 pmBeat Hungary 4-0 in Budapest. Had Kane and Stirling been a bit more on song it could easily have been 7 or 8-0. Good all round performance by our lads. Bad scenes from the home crowd, racism and sheer loutism from a lot of the crowd. Hungary will be in lumber for this.