England vs Poland

CharlieinNewMexico · Post by **CharlieinNewMexico** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:40 pm

Do you have fake crowd noise? Ours is just natural sound and you can really hear Pope integrating and communicating with the team from all the way back there

beddie · Post by **beddie** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:40 pm

I wish Sterling would make quicker decisions when he gets in the box.

CharlieinNewMexico · Post by **CharlieinNewMexico** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:41 pm

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:40 pm
Since when has drawing a foul been cheating? Sterling has every right to protect the ball. If the opposing player chooses to slide to win the ball then he has to take the man and not the ball otherwise he will be quite rightly penalised.

This.
So long as it is a foul

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:42 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:38 pm
Does any pundit offer less than Ashley Cole?

I’ve heard it said that watching a game alongside a professional / ex professional player will give a whole new way to look at a game.

I’m sure that there is some truth in this, but if it is the case, why does the punditry, nine time out of ten, offer nothing other than what we all see and think!?

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:43 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:38 pm
Does any pundit offer less than Ashley Cole?

Yea..Robbie Savage

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:44 pm

I think this is the best I've seen from England for a while.
Definite penalty by today's standards, and I thought the trip on Foden was too.
Mount? Tidy player, but I don't really understand why we are loading the left side quite so heavily.

EricaJacko · Post by **EricaJacko** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:44 pm

welsbyswife wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:36 pm
Probably the thing I hate most about modern football punditry. Cheating being labelled as "clever play". No, it's cheating.

You have misunderstood what I meant.

Clever play as he pretended to cross it and feigned it as I guess he was then going to knock it ahead of him.

Nothing to do with cheating. I'm not a fan of his cheating in the past, but to anybody that was nothing like it.

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:46 pm

beddie wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:40 pm
I wish Sterling would make quicker decisions when he gets in the box.

It’s exactly that which stops him being a great player.

He’s definitely improved his game, but getting his head up and making the right decision is an area that he could improve on massively for me.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:48 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:40 pm
Top assists this season in the Premier League suggest Kane is just as dangerous dropping deep to help the team score as he is stood in the box

Possibly! but Spurs don't play the same way England do, they're more dangerous on the counter attack, and do England really need him in midfield when we have the likes of Foden & Mount to create, and if Kane is going to drop deep fine, but then the midfielders will need to ensure they make the runs beyond for them to be found.

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:49 pm

Not convinced with Walker these days, far better options

Zlatan · Post by **Zlatan** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:51 pm

What England would give for a Westwood type delivery

expoultryboy · Post by **expoultryboy** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:53 pm

3 times squareheads been beaten in the air .

joey13 · Post by **joey13** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:55 pm

Pope throws ball to own player ,not a word from whatshisface and Dixon

Burnley Ace · Post by **Burnley Ace** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:56 pm

Every time Pope gets the ball you can see him want to boot it upfield.

WTF was Stones doing!!!

WazzaClaret · Post by **WazzaClaret** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:56 pm

******* untidy? No agenda there is there?

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:57 pm

Its like watching a Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em scene when Pope has to deal with a passback

Zlatan · Post by **Zlatan** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:57 pm

Pope did fantastic there under pressure caused by ‘baller Stones and they still want to criticise him - there is a media agenda against Pope, I’m certain of it

Conroysleftfoot · Post by **Conroysleftfoot** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:57 pm

Burnley Ace wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:56 pm
Every time Pope gets the ball you can see him want to boot it upfield.

WTF was Stones doing!!!

Thought Pope did well there.

Top Claret · Post by **Top Claret** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:58 pm

Only watching this bore fest because Pope is playing.

Anyone who thinks England are going to win a tournament are stark raving. No leaders out there just a team of misfits

WazzaClaret · Post by **WazzaClaret** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:58 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:40 pm
Top assists this season in the Premier League suggest Kane is just as dangerous dropping deep to help the team score as he is stood in the box

1 name, Son.

Zlatan · Post by **Zlatan** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:58 pm

Seriously, if they want Pope to be more confident, put Tarkowski in front of him, or better still our whole f@cking back four...!

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:59 pm

WazzaClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:58 pm
1 name, Son.

Alright Andy Gray no need to be so abrasive

expoultryboy · Post by **expoultryboy** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:59 pm

Stones Hahaha

Zlatan · Post by **Zlatan** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:59 pm

Will they criticise the defence for f@cking up Pope’s clean sheet record?

tarkys_ears · Post by **tarkys_ears** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:00 pm

..and this is what ******* around with the ball in your own area, trying to over complicate things gets you!

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:00 pm

Someone once said John Stones was a world class defender.

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:00 pm

Pope's ball to Stones was under hit and put him in trouble

Zlatan · Post by **Zlatan** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:00 pm

expoultryboy wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:59 pm
Stones Hahaha

All Pope’s fault because he can’t kick...

Jimmymaccer · Post by **Jimmymaccer** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:00 pm

Double clanger by Stones............

Burnley Ace · Post by **Burnley Ace** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:00 pm

Pope will get the blame for a poor pass to Stones!!

djemba-djemba · Post by **djemba-djemba** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:00 pm

Not a great ball from Pope to Stones there for the goal.

claptrappers_union · Post by **claptrappers_union** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:01 pm

I could’ve kept that clean sheet record. Pope been very questionable tonight

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:01 pm

Stones back to his best.

WazzaClaret · Post by **WazzaClaret** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:01 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:59 pm
Alright Andy Gray no need to be so abrasive

Didnt mean to come across as a bell end i just meant they play for it unlike England.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:01 pm

Zlatan wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:00 pm
All Pope’s fault because he can’t kick...

You’re looking a bit desperate to be honest.

scouseclaret · Post by **scouseclaret** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:01 pm

They keep going back to Stones, and he keeps doing things like that. Unbelievable.

thelaughingclaret · Post by **thelaughingclaret** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:01 pm

I am so glad Burnley don’t **** about at the back like that. Just asking for trouble. You have to play to your strengths.

gsyclaret · Post by **gsyclaret** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:01 pm

Zlatan wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:59 pm
Will they criticise the defence for f@cking up Pope’s clean sheet record?

Nope,that's what happens when you **** around at the back

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:02 pm

Zlatan wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:00 pm
All Pope’s fault because he can’t kick...

TBH he didn't do very well there.

But the bigger issue is that this half we have been absolute rubbish

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:02 pm

Stones had plenty of time ....

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:02 pm

WazzaClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:01 pm

Didnt mean to come across as a bell end i just meant they play for it unlike England.

I know I was only messing cos they way it was written sounded like Andy Gray on one

Top Claret · Post by **Top Claret** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:03 pm

I blame Southgate. Pope should have gone long but the manager insist that he plays the ball out to the defenders, which puts them under pressure when closed down

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:03 pm

Southgateout

matttheclaret · Post by **matttheclaret** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:03 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:00 pm
Pope's ball to Stones was under hit and put him in trouble

Put him in trouble? That's simply not true, as I suspect you know. Stones was in no trouble whatsoever, all the time in the world and got himself into trouble (as he has plenty of times before), only one person to blame for that.

Taffy on the wing · Post by **Taffy on the wing** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:03 pm

So much talk about Pope's kicking has made him nervous i think.
That was shite .........but England get what they deserve.........BORING!

texasbrit · Post by **texasbrit** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:03 pm

just the excuse Southgate needs to bring Prickford back even though it wasn't Popes fault and he had no chance to save it

RalphCoatesComb · Post by **RalphCoatesComb** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:04 pm

gsyclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:01 pm
Nope,that's what happens when you **** around at the back

Exactly ! Don't **** around at the back !

expoultryboy · Post by **expoultryboy** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:04 pm

What the hell is kane doing out on the wing putting crosses in to sterling ???

djemba-djemba · Post by **djemba-djemba** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:05 pm

Zlatan wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:15 pm
It was a hospital pass in the first place. Why criticise Pope for the person who screwed up the pass to him?

The tables have turned...

Sproggy · Post by **Sproggy** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:05 pm

How many goals have England given away through this insistence on playing out from the back? Rubbish.