Euro 2016 Discussion

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Duty281 wrote:Sterling and Rooney have been woeful thus far and need to be dropped (but 1 of them certainly won't be), but I would favour giving Kane one final chance. He's had an excellent couple of seasons, and England shouldn't jettison him at the first sign of difficulty.

Rooney woeful? I'm not his biggest fan but he's been pretty good so far, working well alongside Dier allowing Alli to push on further

That's gotta smart.

2-0 Wales.

Could be a bit of a hammering this.

All over them.

Wales showing England how to dispatch Russia

Nevermind forgot how Poopie Russia are

Russians defending is so bad it looks fixed

The Welsh doing a job on Russia...

Not much to shout about so far for us; whilst second place isn't the end of the world...does mean less rest days should we make it past the QF. (And you lot say I'm not optimistic)

Draw means we go into the German & French half of the draw

Lallana should also score there

Lallana two chances, both missed. Deja vu

Up to about 5 on the Jordan Henderson overhit cross counter

In a major shock, Sturridge has the ball 30 yards out and doesn't shoot

Bertrand is so far out of his depth he could be playing for Russia

How on earth is that not a booking.

Shocking refereeing.

Totally dominant against a woeful side, but the same old story of 0 goals

Again, England do everything bar score. Very good so far.

Rooney for Wilshere at halftime I think

Should be at least 2 up really - need to step up our finishing in the knockout rounds - but better these chances are coming than not

Vardys most guilty though, knocked those in for fun last season

Decent enough performance thus far, no worse than the 1st half against Russia...lack of taking chances is a real concern..we may only get 2 chances against the bigger teams, have to take them. Still feel we are lacking any kind of imagination or intelligence in the final 3rd..our technical ability is really shown up in games like this where we have the ball on the edge of box but can't play those small intricate killer passes.

I haven't been as high on Rooney as others but do feel it was vital to keep those 3 playing in midfield together...lack that key component of time together as it is. A midfield trio works when they know each other's game and are used to playing with one another. To take away a chance to learn seems strange.

LiamB wrote:Lallana two chances, both missed. Deja vu

The reason he plays for Liverpool and not someone like Arsenal/Chelsea - couldn't hit a barn door, but been very impressed with every other aspect of his game so far this tournament

Been impressed with Craig Bellamy as a pundit on ITV4. 

Great half by Wales. Could have been 4-0 easily. Russia are awful.

True Adam.

All over them.

Wales actually looking more offensively intent at 2-0 than we are at 0-0.

Let off for England...started second half like its a training game.

Blimey ...that's the trouble with dominating and not scoring !

Suddenly a mistake in defence and the opponent scores...Slovakia so nearly in then. Horrible mistake Smalling .

Hopefully will generate more urgency from England without actually conceding...

Rooney for Wishere. About time

Can't remember who but someone said they wouldn't take Ramsey over any of our midfielders the other day...I hope they are watching the Wales game...that's a person who can make incisive, killer passes...short, medium or long.

Barkley or Alli for Henderson asap

Lallana? The man who's probably played the best and more importantly has chased and won the ball back numerous times. Something Sturridge hasn't and won't do on the other side.

Sturridge the most likely person to score if he's playing well or not as opposed to Lallana who would shock us all by scoring.

Just bang average England

3-0 Wales

Do Russia even have a RB?

Vardy can score, Rooney can score, Alli can score...id be more inclined to have someone whose going to work to get the ball back and get the attacking moves going than someone who hasn't turned up at all this evening!

3-0 Wales...showing how it should be done. Clinical and not happy to settle at 1-0.

If we get even a slice of the luck Wales against Slovakia, this is 3 or 4. Bet they score in the last minute.

Do England actually realise they have to win now to finish top of the group. It looks they are playing a pre- season friendly. Where is the intensity and urgency?

Wales scoring goals for fun but England just keep running into this white wall...
Frustrating playing against teams with no ambition but to defend : but they have to come up with something creative ; surely can't let Slovakia get away with a point ?

Sturridge missed a super chance then

Why is it luck? We shouldn't need luck against a side like Slovakia who have come to not get embarrassed. If we have any intent of getting past the last 16 even we should be winning this. For all our possession we have once again looked bang average in the final 3rd both in terms of creating and taking chances.

Kane on. Was sort of hoping for Rashfprd , but fair enough...

It's truly sad how little guile we have in the opponents final 3rd. Especially considering how all the talk was of the exciting, attacking verve of the youngsters.

Either they aren't as exciting and free flowing as they have appeared at club level or the system/what is being asked of them is strangling it on the international stage.

Or we've faced 9 men behind the ball in every game.

Someone said we play good football & are a joy to watch. No, we're awful & can't even trouble the net.

Yeh Slovakia have sat deep and got men behind the ball won't argue with that. But for all the possession we have had we've created what maybe 3 real real goal scoring chances. We don't even look capable of producing a bit of magic so no wonder teams are happy to camp in and take their chances on a set piece/counter attack.

Sometimes games like this happen - should have scored, Slovakia lucky numerous times - obviously finishing needs to improve, but still through and by my interpretation of the draw we're likely to get one of Austria/Hungary/Iceland?

LiamB wrote:Someone said we play good football & are a joy to watch. No, we're awful & can't even trouble the net.

Probably Glenn Hoddle. He is a bit batty, mind.

9 attempts at goal....1 on target...say what you like about teams defending against us but that right there shows the real limitations of this team

That's in the last 15 minutes

Alli has been horrible all tournament

Very disappointing this. Not enough urgency ; like they've given up on breaking down this Slovakian defence.
To be fair , their keeper has done really well.
But playing against ten and a half they still don't look like scoring. Need a big improvement.

Nine and a half now ! Come on have a go ....

I'm aware of that GSC, but even across the whole game we've had maybe 3 maybe 4 at best very very good chances at goal. Given the the possession and how many minutes we have spent in and around their box it's an extremely poor amount.

I hope we draw a team in the knockout rounds that has ambitions of actually crossing the halfway line

It's like watching Utd!