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*Official* English Football Season 2015-16
- Thread starter Furball
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cpr
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So's the performance. Wondering if I'm watching the same game as Clive (I'm ignoring Hoddle because he's never spoke sense). He seems to think England are lucky to be going in behind, when it looks to me Germany are walking this in 2nd gear, and can easilystep up a few notches whereas we cant. That miss from Lallana was awful - firstly for not shouting to Welbeck theres a man on, then spooning a sitting ball so poorly, should at least hit the target.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Totally agree about the Lallana miss. Just piss-poor not to be getting his head over the ball so that the keeper actually would have had to make a save. Other than that, the wrongly disallowed goal perhaps evened up by Butland not being able to get down to save Kroos' shot.
I don't know whether the Germans are in 2nd gear as such, but they are finding acres of space down the flanks and you felt the goal had been coming. Whilst I do quite like 4-3-3, we need to work out how to defend adequately with the man less in midfield. Since it was a major factor in losing to Italy in the WC, you'd think they might have sorted it two years later.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
And that's a shockingly poor goal for an international team to concede. Nobody bothering to close down the guy making the cross, and no serious challenge on Gomez. Just lazy in the extreme. Compare it to how the Germans close us down whenever we get to the final third.
EDIT
That, otoh, was terrific from Kane.
EDIT 2
And that was equally terrific from Vardy. No way he won't be going to France after that finish.
EDIT
That, otoh, was terrific from Kane.
EDIT 2
And that was equally terrific from Vardy. No way he won't be going to France after that finish.
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flibbertyjibber
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Great comeback but the worst possible thing that could have happened. The press will now spend the next 3 months telling us we will win the euros and then slag the side off the moment they get knocked out.
wpdavid
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Unbelievably good after Kane's goal. They completely played the Germans off the park for the last 30 minutes or so and absolutely deserved the win.
Furball
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He's a clown.
flibbertyjibber
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Until Rooney returns and the team lose loads of pace.
wpdavid
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Point taken about the press, but I think the win will do a lot for the players' self-belief. They seemed to be playing without any fear anyway, but to win away to the world champions like this should give them something to hold onto as and when things get tricky in the summer. And actually I think lack of self-belief has been a far bigger problem for English football teams than over-confidence over the years.
