*Official* Round of 16 thread

[Lillian Thomson]

Roy has been told he has to address the media this afternoon. Could be interesting for once.

 

[Furball]

Hopefully he's asked just what the **** his thinking was on Rooney.

His substitutions were shocking all tournament as well.

 

[nick-o]

Hopefully he's asked just what the **** his thinking was on Rooney.

His substitutions were shocking all tournament as well.

His substitutions worked very well in the Wales game, tbh, I thought that was what made the difference.

 

[sledger]

They did, but given his other subs throughout the competition, they rather look like a fortunate roll of the dice in hindsight.

 

[Tangles]

LVG is available should England want possession and hard to beat. ?

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Great press conference. Roy kept on saying he didn't know why he was there. It appears as though he believes that now he's not manager he's not answerable for the terrible tactics and general all around stupidity. The bloke with him is one of three who will be picking the next manager and he kept on saying "I'm not a football expert". Fantastic. Apparently he's a "process expert". So is the bloke who invented mushy peas.

 

[Cabinet96]

LVG is available should England want possession and hard to beat. 

Honestly he'd be better than most of the candidates.

 

[Redbacks]

Unless the FA do a root and branch review of the development of juniors then the next manager(s) will continue to have the same technically limited players to choose from and England will struggle to reach the levels they aim for. Or the playing style has to change and accept that 10 men behind the ball and nicking goals is going to be a more effective tactic at major tournaments.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

They did, but given his other subs throughout the competition, they rather look like a fortunate roll of the dice in hindsight.

Uh aren't all subs a "roll of the dice"?

 

[Tangles]

Honestly he'd be better than most of the candidates.

Players would have roles and play them or sit. I doubt he would trust a knockout game to a front six of Dier and 5 forwards.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Honestly he'd be better than most of the candidates.

Nah. Might as well hire Felix Magath.

The man is from an age when you asked your parents permission to go out dancing.

 

[GIMH]

Uh aren't all subs a "roll of the dice"?

Go easy on him he's not very bright

 

[Furball]

Uh aren't all subs a "roll of the dice"?

Not necessarily.

 

[sledger]

Uh aren't all subs a "roll of the dice"?

Depends on how you look at things I guess.

 

[MW1304]

If anything I'd say that specific instance wasn't much of a roll of the dice. It was the obvious move, I think most of us were calling out for it at the time.

 

[sledger]

If anything I'd say that specific instance wasn't much of a roll of the dice. It was the obvious move, I think most of us were calling out for it at the time.

Yeah, I'm not saying it was necessarily a total fluke. It's just that the rest of his subs throughout the tournament appeared to be totally haphazard and borderline random. From this we might infer that the time he got it "right" against Wales might just have been an instance of blind luck, rather than the result of a more rigorously thought out plan, even if it was the obvious choice to everyone else.