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England v Croatia

Discussion in 'General Football' started by Frank Castle, Jun 13, 2021.

  1. Frank Castle

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    A few surprises with the team, typical Southgate I guess.

    Trippier in at left back? No Chilwell or Sancho in the squad? Sancho would have been a starter for me on current form.
     
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    We have the talent, dont have the manager.

    Sancho has had a brilliant season in Germany. Sterling and Rashford have had very poor seasons by their standards. They are untouchable though.

    Trippier at left back is bizarre and no Grealish.
     
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    Grealish should be in there apart from Kane he is our best player at the moment
     
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  4. WilsdenBantam

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    Bit of an uncreative line up imo, not a fan of Fraudgate at all. That said should beat Croatia not as good as they were in 2018. Can see a draw though.
     
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    Sancho for Sterling and Grealish for Philips would give us a stronger start
     
  6. Frank Castle

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    Strong start, need to make the dominance count soon though.
     
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    Fairly graceless set of England fans at the game. Booing virtually everything. Still easier to learn ‘Booo’ than any chants!
     
  8. Frank Castle

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    Phillips sets up Sterling for the goal. ;)
     
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    :x3::x3::x3:
     
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    Decent effort Phillips impressive
     
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  11. Frank Castle

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    Thought Mount and Phillips were superb. Chased and pressed all game.
     
  12. Get Rid Of It

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    Pretty dull start but the first time they have won their first game.

    Modric,especially in the second half looked way too deep to influence play.
    Their world class player but thankfully today did little to hurt England.
     
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    Still think so?
     
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    Looked to me like Modric had a 100% pass completion rate today. But, as you say, most were far too deep to hurt us.
     
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    Jury's out !!
    Croatia were a very poor side
    Ask me again when we have played the likes of France Italy Belgium and Germany or whoever we come up against
    You can only beat what's in front of you and that wasn't very much
     
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    I would like to you repeat this post on Friday please!
    You will get a like from me then ;)
     
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    I thought Phillips was cracking in that role today. Not quite Ngolo class but very impressive. Closer to home, if only we had someone who can play that role.
     
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    Lost me there mate ??
    Scotland will be completely different opponents
     
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    Horses for courses. He picked a side to win today and it worked. Phillips was immense and Sterling frightened them all game. Hopefully that will setup Stirling for a good tournament after a poor run of form.
    I think he was going to put Grealish on but that changed when we scored.
     
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    Sterling's reaction to the daft post match interviewer was priceless.
     
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