England v Ireland tonight

[Bosscat]

Josh Cullen starts for RoI ... hope he comes through unscathed ... Oh and an England Win would be nice too

[aclaretinstevenage]

And hopefully both FA's avoid another fine for morons booing the opposition anthem!!

[mkmel]

Serious point.

Why do they even play the anthems?

[aclaretinstevenage]

And hopefully both FA's avoid another fine for morons booing the opposition anthem!!

That aged well then!

[jos]

Serious point.

Why do they even play the anthems?

To annoy the morons

[aclaretinstevenage]

Serious point.

Why do they even play the anthems?

No idea , personally I'd scrap them.

[bfcjg]

TBH it takes a special sort of idiotic moron to boo a national anthem, for what 60 seconds or so to keep your loud mouthed ignorance is beyond some cretins. I've no problems with national anthems as you are representing your country, what's the alternative holding up pictures of national images, Big Ben, Bucking Palace the Lake District?

[Bosscat]

TBH it takes a special sort of idiotic moron to boo a national anthem, for what 60 seconds or so to keep your loud mouthed ignorance is beyond some cretins. I've no problems with national anthems as you are representing your country, what's the alternative holding up pictures of national images, Big Ben, Bucking Palace the Lake District?

Theres 90 minutes plus for booing the opposition ... Booing an opponents National Anthem is the height of "Moronic Imbecility"

[Commy]

Has Gordon given up on taking people on? He keeps stopping and passing backwards.

[Boydesque]

Maybe Scott Parker’s been talking to him

[Ampth7]

I have literally no idea why Kane is starting over Watkins?! Ireland were always going to go with 11 behind the ball and as such your striker has to play on the shoulder of the last man, and Kane is slower than my Nan!!!

[Burnley1989]

Theres 90 minutes plus for booing the opposition ... Booing an opponents National Anthem is the height of "Moronic Imbecility"

There's a good 10% of said morons on every ground you go unfortunately, ours sing about the dead.

[kentonclaret]

These International breaks are very tedious

[LincsWoldsClaret]

Boring game enlivened by a crazy ref and some awful discipline from England.

[Somethingfishy]

This is like watching a rerun of us vs QPR

[chekhov]

Interesting that blatant shirt pulling by a defender inside the penalty area is no longer a penalty…

[Commy]

Teams putting everyone behind the ball are killing football. I have found I am losing interest in it as I find it very boring now. Even golf is becoming more exciting now as they hit the ball forward .

[ElectroClaret]

Peno England, Scales off.

Scored (Kane.)

[bfcjg]

Peno England, Scales off.

Scored (Kane.)

That should balance things up.

[ottclaret]

Kane has been our best midfielder for years!

[mdd2]

I have literally no idea why Kane is starting over Watkins?! Ireland were always going to go with 11 behind the ball and as such your striker has to play on the shoulder of the last man, and Kane is slower than my Nan!!!

Now you know
One hell of a pass from HK and converts

[ElectroClaret]

2-0 Gordon.

[Vegas Claret]

Cullen's first assist of the season lol

[ElectroClaret]

3-0 Gallagher

[Murger]

Harwood-bellis coming on.

[ElectroClaret]

4-0 Bowen.

[Bordeauxclaret]

This second half performance should be something O’Shea and Cullen got used to.

[Buxtonclaret]

Turned into a bit of a party for England.

[ElectroClaret]

Harwood-bellis coming on.

Scored 5-0

[CaptainKirk]

THB!

[pureclaret]

THB scores

[CaptainKirk]

Makes that first yellow for the guy sent off even more ridiculous now.

[Bosscat]

Chuffed for THB

[chekhov]

THB scores

Didn’t recognise him with hair on his head.

[Colburn_Claret]

Giving youngsters a chance, playing positive football, attacking at speed. It's just mules ahead of the dirge Southgate offered.
Tuchel has a great platform to build from.

A well done to Carsley, who definitely wouldn't have been my choice for a caretaker manager.

[BurnleyFC]

I think I enjoy watching England stuff Ireland even more than any other side.

God Save the King!

[Devils_Advocate]

Got to gave a lot of credit to the FA around how they have used Carsley and his experience of the England set up to bridge the gap between Southgate and the new manager. Allowing Carsley to oversee us winning our Nations League group and let Tuchel focus 100% on the World Cup looks like a masterstroke in retrospect now despite some of the media sniping.

Also the added bonus of Carsley blooding some youngsters who in two years might have a part to play is not to be overlooked and was one of the things Southgate did so well in his first 12 months which served us well in the later tournaments

[Stayingup]

Teams putting everyone behind the ball are killing football. I have found I am losing interest in it as I find it very boring now. Even golf is becoming more exciting now as they hit the ball forward .

The modern style of play can also be very boring. An ex pro I know has given up watching. My cousins grandson is at Manchester City. He told me they have a coach for every single aspect of not only their play but their lives.

[bfcjg]

Southgate's negativity cost us 2 finals and a semi final.

[Rileybobs]

Some of you boys really need to get over Gareth.

[CaptainKirk]

Southgate's negativity cost us 2 finals and a semi final.

But Robson and Venables are looked at as heroes yet achieved the square root of sod all.

[NewClaret]

Some of you boys really need to get over Gareth.

Absolutely right, they’ve got Parker’s negativity to worry about now

[bfcjg]

But Robson and Venables are looked at as heroes yet achieved the square root of sod all.

Agree, but look at the players available.

[Bosscat]

Southgate's negativity cost us 2 finals and a semi final.

Took us to 2 finals and a semi-final though

[CaptainKirk]

Agree, but look at the players available.

I just did and they both had some fantastic players at their disposal.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

Amusing seeing some of the media wax lyrical about Carsley and the work he's done, the platform he's leaving for Tuchel

He's only been able to do that because of Southgate but the media don't seem to want to mention that

Good work though over the last few games
The future is bright for England and may well continue to be so if he carries on with what he's done for the u21s

[bfcjg]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun ... final/amp/
The majority of pundits all seasoned pros with international experience shared the same views re Southgate, did great galvanising a team spirit, got us far in competitions with a mixture of talent,luck and easy draws but ultimately he failed by being to cautious.

[Dyched]

Amusing seeing some of the media wax lyrical about Carsley and the work he's done, the platform he's leaving for Tuchel

He's only been able to do that because of Southgate but the media don't seem to want to mention that

Good work though over the last few games
The future is bright for England and may well continue to be so if he carries on with what he's done for the u21s

Yep. GS did exactly that over 8 years, 2 finals a semi final, but “failed” apparently.

[BigGaz]

Don't make me pull out the list of teams Southgate beat Vs the ones he lost to.

A flat track bully they call it in cricket.

[boatshed bill]

Carsley and Southgate have put England in a very good place, Tuchel has a platform to build on.