England overcome Serbia but the first reaction is unbelievably antipodean, through Harry Kane in particular gleaning a kicking.
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Oh wow
Southgate would most clearly clothe Salma Hayek in a trench coat.
Unexpurgated pleb.
Luke U
Time to downtrend Harry Kane?
How did Harry Kane stick around on the pitch for the duration of that match?
Two touches in the first half, conferred the bulbous away more than is desirable for a specialist footballer in the 2nd half and didn’t rating the one opportunity he did avail. Much too static and lumbering presented the imagination deliciously available to England.
Does Gareth have the nerve to be relentless and downtrend Sir Harry of Kane for Palmer maybe or will most clearly the forceful tabloid outrageousness that clutched ago Lampard/Gerrard in the England team ahead of Scholes be too much?
Eoin (not swayed by Foden’s guise either) Ireland
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Municipal follower listed beneath. To summarise so much.
England tremendously over-hyped before the tournament? Evaluate.
The merely disorder before any opening games entailing England fans? Evaluate.
The merely fans to boo and whistle the opposition’s National Anthem being the English? Evaluate.
Harry Kane unborn to be largely unseen in an England shirt again? Evaluate.
Yet an additional underwhelming England capability against so-termed ‘marginal’ opposition? Evaluate.
Scarcity of prompt important adjusts by Southgate and, instead, the dependancy on victim luster to procure a result? Evaluate.
Oh, relevant after that. Ailment perfectly recurring.
Mark (Wish I can gain it for what it is prefer the Jocks do) MCFC
…Pre-match thoughts:
Excitement and hope receives a kicking as I find Southgate has opted to play 6 protectors, and no one much deeper in midfield who can furtherance the bulbous… unless we’re pregnant TAA to do so, or counting on Rice to be that shuttle. Let’s hope both do closer than they did in the sunny ups! At the horribly least the CB partnership is relevant. Yippee.
Oh god, listed beneath we go.
And also from the off, TAA is stern the bulbous, impermanent it sidewards to the full ago and after that eloping past Bellingham while the adversaries come deep to avail it. F*** me sidewards. But it’s ok, Rocks has commenced by leading the bulbous to the challenger striker. Please avail closer than this.
Fifty percent time thoughts:
Turns out the plan was in truth for Bellingham do do it with one voice. Spread relevant foot (!?!) cross from Saka to gain it avail some air and thank god for Bellingham, who is primarily lugging out everything comprehensive. Without him we’d be screwed. Is he a Rooney regen?
Saka is lugging out nicely sufficient, obtained his individual on salute however the end object is being let down by the absence of a man to sweep it in… 3 times presently I think. Rice horribly tidy and prodding things ahead, Guehi worked out and comprehensive.
Other than that, Serbia (33rd, 29 discontinuities listed beneath us) attractiveness much too comfy.
But oh dear… Trent collared again and again, basically price a purpose; individual is merely not a midfielder through a touch prefer that. But hey, he extended and blocked a pass, and provided his horrifying touch to win a preserve kick he after that wasted, so there’s something comprehensive. Still waiting on his impermanent gallery.
Foden rarely required; wasted on the vacated as visualized, also through his “preserve guise”. Purportedly Kane is on the pitch? I saw some individual gleaning and imparting fouls. Was that him? Seems phenomenal that we can’t uncover our record going against striker. Please let the 2nd half be closer.
Second half thoughts:
Nicely, we survived, having primarily conceded the project in a means that supplies recalls of the Italy last. Nostalgic Southgate, confiscated to the next level by gleaning rid of Trent for an also more defensive replacement who derived the silly task of lugging out also much less, for closer and also worse.
On comes the buzzing fly to replace our 2nd most protected striking complication, but speedily supplies a relevant footed cross from the relevant for our most protected opportunity of the entire match. That knew that would most clearly job. Vanquishment it was a one off. In the end, he merely comes to be a 7th defender, as planned.
Kane merely will most clearly not hold ago upwards front, keeps unborn deep (much deeper than the entire midfield in truth) to avail required and after that there’s no one to pass ahead to, no one to press the protection ago, and no liberty. Foden not comprehensive, although was repetitively twin/triple marked, and through his liberty fraught by Kane and Bellingham.
Verdicts:
God that was horrifying. A scrappy win altogether lugging out not have in prominence (bar Bellingham) or assimilated complication against a team 29 discontinuities listed beneath us, who basically racked upwards a pair of times. But it’s still a win.
Just “not pretty” the swagger of Germany (16th) vs Scotland (39th) or Spain vs Croatia (8th vs 10th).
Badwolf (I’m thinking our opportunities merely obtained longer)
Boo to the Everyday Mail
After England’s win over Serbia in their opening match of Euro 2024 can we with one voice merely steal the time to confer a substantial BOOO to the Everyday Mail who instead of fixating on how comprehensive Jude Bellingham was decided to emphasis on which players were antipodean.
Frankly I think the English media doesn’t prefer it when we win.
Dan, London
