Pickford in goal for England

[Rileybobs]

Brilliant distraction tactics from Pickford

[Somethingfishy]

Oh my..been watching Chris Waddle

[Paul Waine]

and it's over the bar!

[Rileybobs]

Saying something that the one minute that Iceland tries to attack us we conceded a penalty.

[Somethingfishy]

England have had some ropey wins over the years but this is well up there

[Bigvince]

What a sh!t game!

[Taffy on the wing]

Penalty Iceland!........to quote Phil Bird "JUSTICE"!.........Blasts it over the bar.

[Gordaleman]

Un bloody believable. All he had to do was get the ball past half pint and he blasts it over the top.

[claretblue]

pen for Iceland

[Somethingfishy]

Sign of a good team when they can win even when they are not at their best. Southgate vindicated once again

Well that is certainly one way to look at it

[Vegas Claret]

we have better refs at non league level than this guy

[huw.Y.WattfromWare]

Gomez match stats.
Passes.....3562
To CB partner...65%
To FBs............35%
Passing accuracy..100%
Use to team........0%
Pens conceded.....1

[Paul Waine]

"Pickford in goal for England" - this thread is well named.

Clean sheet, penalty "saved". Right pick by manager.

[karatekid]

Yesterday’s cricket has saved the sporting weekend at least.

[ralphc]

Woeful performance. England have some top class young players but this manager isn't going to get the best out of them.

[FactualFrank]

Only seen him get past him once...... Notice Sterling now playing on the right.
Take your England tinted glasses off.
As i type this England get a rubbish penalty.

You missed the other 20 then. Take your anti-England specs off.

[kritichris]

One shot on target in the second half, the penalty.

[FactualFrank]

"Pickford in goal for England" - this thread is well named.

Clean sheet, penalty "saved". Right pick by manager.

Not good enough. Needed to take the England penalty and score.

[Gordaleman]

Gareth's post match will be interesting. How will he put a positive spin on that?

Actually deserved to lose. At least Iceland's penalty was the correct decision. England's certainly wasn't.

[Devils_Advocate]

Sad state of affairs when people are cheering against our national team cos the managers doesnt pick their favourite players. No doubt you are the same lot who tried to get Rule Britannia cancelled you bloody England hating commies

[Buxtonclaret]

Bizarre end to an uninspiring game.
Don't think either were pens.

A weakened Iceland didn't deserve to lose though.

[Rileybobs]

I don’t think that performance deserves any hysteria, after all the team hasn’t played together for 10 months and was missing key players to boot. But there was such a lack of cohesion due to a weird team selection and our defensive frailties were exposed the single time that Iceland attempted to attack.

[Taffy on the wing]

You missed the other 20 then. Take your anti-England specs off.

I'm just being objective......we were crap!

[Bigvince]

"Pickford in goal for England" - this thread is well named.

Clean sheet, penalty "saved". Right pick by manager.

Penalty 5 yards over bar, his EGO kept it out!

[Rileybobs]

Bizarre end to an uninspiring game.
Don't think either were pens.

A weakened Iceland didn't deserve to lose though.

To be fair we had a perfectly good goal disallowed after about 5 mins. When you try to hang on to a 0-0 you can’t really feel hard done to when you’re sucker punched.

[Somethingfishy]

Sad state of affairs when people are cheering against our national team cos the managers doesnt pick their favourite players. No doubt you are the same lot who tried to get Rule Britannia cancelled you bloody England hating commies

There may indeed be a bit of that going on from some people but you can't hide it was a very underwhelming performance. Lacked guile and creativity against what was a very defensive Iceland team. Considering the talent we have it feels like Southgate has the handbrake on when we play.

[Vino blanco]

Garbage. Southgate clueless.

[Bosscat]

No comment

We wuz lucky but justice done in the end

[whiffa]

That there is the exact reason why Joe Gomez shouldn't be anywhere near the England squad. I honestly cannot understand what people see in the lad, got away with one yet again. I think having VVD alongside him in the Premier League is blurring people's vision.

[Bertiebeehead]

Sad state of affairs when people are cheering against our national team cos the managers doesnt pick their favourite players. No doubt you are the same lot who tried to get Rule Britannia cancelled you bloody England hating commies

Trying too hard with that post.

[tiger76]

England got more jammy there than a factory of jammy dodgers, once they face the big boys reality will bite, I hardly think France, Germany, Holland, Italy or Spain will be quaking in their boots witnessing that bore fest.

I'll go on record now England won't come anywhere close to winning the next Euro's, they're miles off the pace, as proven by the results against the top ranked nations in recent years.

And Gomez what was he doing, he's a lucky boy that pen was skied.

[Damo]

Going to self isolate for 14 days after watching that

[Bigvince]

Sad state of affairs when people are cheering against our national team cos the managers doesnt pick their favourite players. No doubt you are the same lot who tried to get Rule Britannia cancelled you bloody England hating commies

[Rileybobs]

England got more jammy there than a factory of jammy dodgers, once they face the big boys reality will bite, I hardly think France, Germany, Holland, Italy or Spain will be quaking in their boots witnessing that bore fest.

I'll go on record now England won't come anywhere close to winning the next Euro's, they're miles off the pace, as proven by the results against the top ranked nations in recent years.

And Gomez what was he doing, he's a lucky boy that pen was skied.

England probably won’t come near to winning the Euros but that’s hardly big news - we’re not one of the best few teams in Europe.

As for the big boys quaking this their boots, we’ve put in some very good performances against some of the best sides in recent years. As poor as England were, today’s game is hardly a yardstick.

[Buxtonclaret]

To be fair we had a perfectly good goal disallowed after about 5 mins. When you try to hang on to a 0-0 you can’t really feel hard done to when you’re sucker punched.

That's true.
Think I'm as disappointed at our lack of zip in the second half as anything else.
Just hate games, any games, influenced like that at the end.
Though guess it's a talking point, unlike most the rest of the match.
Overall, thought they defended well.

[Spijed]

I'm at a complete loss why some really think Joe Gomez is going to turn into a top class defender.

[huw.Y.WattfromWare]

That there is the exact reason why Joe Gomez shouldn't be anywhere near the England squad. I honestly cannot understand what people see in the lad, got away with one yet again. I think having VVD alongside him in the Premier League is blurring people's vision.

I’ve said this so many times. A half decent CB in that Liverpool side wouldn’t be getting 13 yellows. Debatable pen or not today he was still the wrong side of his man. Gets away with so much because of his pace.

[Devils_Advocate]

So what does the manager do now?

Does he drop a keeper whos just kept a clean sheet and kept out a penalty to help his side to victory, or does he give one of the other keepers a run out and if so does he go for the consistency of Pope or form and youthful promise of Henderson

Its not easy being a footy manager but these are the tough decisions they are paid to make.

If you were the boss what would you do?

[kritichris]

Resign

[wilks_bfc]

Looks like I made the correct choice giving this a miss

[Gordaleman]

So what does the manager do now?

Does he drop a keeper whos just kept a clean sheet and kept out a penalty to help his side to victory, or does he give one of the other keepers a run out and if so does he go for the consistency of Pope or form and youthful promise of Henderson

Its not easy being a footy manager but these are the tough decisions they are paid to make.

If you were the boss what would you do?

In what way did Pickford 'Save' or 'Keep out' the penalty? For a start, he dived the wrong way and second, the Icelandic player blasted it over the top.

[Buxtonclaret]

In what way did Pickford 'Save' or 'Keep out' the penalty? For a start, he dived the wrong way and second, the Icelandic player blasted it over the top.

One bite.....

[conyoviejo]

One bite.....

,you beat me to it Buxton.

[whiffa]

So what does the manager do now?

Does he drop a keeper whos just kept a clean sheet...

To be fair, they could have brought Peter Shilton out of retirement and he could have kept a clean sheet in that game.

[Gordaleman]

To be fair, they could have brought Peter Shilton out of retirement and he could have kept a clean sheet in that game.

Even 'Head and Shoulders' might have got a clean sheet against that lot, though I doubt it.

[Devils_Advocate]

To be fair, they could have brought Peter Shilton out of retirement and he could have kept a clean sheet in that game.

I didnt see it so if that was the case it must have been a very strong team performance. I'll take our keeper having nothing to do any day of the week

[Caballo]

One bite.....

From 4 casts though, not much of a return.

[AndyClaret]

Even 'Head and Shoulders' might have got a clean sheet against that lot, though I doubt it.

Hart dropped a clanger for spurs today.

[Devils_Advocate]

From 4 casts though, not much of a return.

Thanks for keeping count. If you could pull it together into a Pie chart tomorrow and share your findings we would all be very grateful

[Caballo]

Thanks for keeping count. If you could pull it together into a Pie chart tomorrow and share your findings we would all be very grateful

Perhaps you could put the Pie on your hook, bound to get you more nibbles.