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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 12 Jul 18 12.59pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

There’s been a lot of good, clever defending in this tournament vs top quality forwards by making it difficult and putting them off. Little touches and nudges. Ironically the less gifted Maguire does a lot of this but do the others? Not for me. Another lesson to learn.

 


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View twist's Profile twist Flag Miami, Florida 12 Jul 18 6.22pm Send a Private Message to twist Add twist as a friend

So England fans are now being investigated over "possibly discriminatory" chants.
Anyone know what they supposedly chanted ?

 

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View Stirlingsays's Profile Stirlingsays Flag 12 Jul 18 6.56pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by Pussay Patrol

what's country populations got to do with anything?

SO where is China, India, USA, Canada?


Seriously?

Football is very much a minority sport in all of those countries.

If it were a popular sport it would be very different.

Who's the most successful side in European international football?

Answer: Germany.....which has the largest population in Europe.

I'm not counting Russia because it's partly an Asia country and football isn't very popular there.


Edited by Stirlingsays (12 Jul 2018 6.56pm)

 


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View Ginger Pubic Wig's Profile Ginger Pubic Wig Flag Wickham de L'Ouest 12 Jul 18 7.44pm Send a Private Message to Ginger Pubic Wig Add Ginger Pubic Wig as a friend

We won what we should have won, although Sweden WERE decent, and lost a 50/50. Southgate won a reputation as gent.

My issue with the euphoria, and the desperate hope that 'something has changed' is that it guarantees Southgate the job.

Personally, I like to feel a manager has flint in his heart. I mean, if Allardyce had us 1-0 up and in the ascendancy, I think he'd have had a far better idea how to stop Croatia playing.

Southgate said they just overran us in midfield and there was nothing he could do. Yes they did, but yes there was. He could have swapped someone for a midfielder and gone 451.

In the end, Walker and Stones also proved dodgy when really tested (and were rescued v sweden by pickford).

Southgate isn't the messiah...


 


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Pussay Patrol Flag 12 Jul 18 8.23pm

Originally posted by Stirlingsays


Seriously?

Football is very much a minority sport in all of those countries.

If it were a popular sport it would be very different.

Who's the most successful side in European international football?

Answer: Germany.....which has the largest population in Europe.

I'm not counting Russia because it's partly an Asia country and football isn't very popular there.


Edited by Stirlingsays (12 Jul 2018 6.56pm)

So football isn't the most popular sport in Croatia? You can't have it both ways

You're saying because the population of Croatia is smaller we should win by default? What about the Netherlands? Their population is a quarter of England so every time we play them we should win because of population ratio?

I don't think it quite works like that

 


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View Casual's Profile Casual Flag Orpington 12 Jul 18 8.52pm Send a Private Message to Casual Add Casual as a friend

Originally posted by Ginger Pubic Wig

We won what we should have won, although Sweden WERE decent, and lost a 50/50. Southgate won a reputation as gent.

My issue with the euphoria, and the desperate hope that 'something has changed' is that it guarantees Southgate the job.

Personally, I like to feel a manager has flint in his heart. I mean, if Allardyce had us 1-0 up and in the ascendancy, I think he'd have had a far better idea how to stop Croatia playing.

Southgate said they just overran us in midfield and there was nothing he could do. Yes they did, but yes there was. He could have swapped someone for a midfielder and gone 451.

In the end, Walker and Stones also proved dodgy when really tested (and were rescued v sweden by pickford).

Southgate isn't the messiah...


Allardyce said before the tournament that he’d have been happy with a draw v Tunisia if he was manager , also that he would have gone 442 v Sweden , so therefore is a c*nt.

 

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View DutchEagleJohan's Profile DutchEagleJohan Flag Vlissingen, Netherlands 12 Jul 18 10.22pm Send a Private Message to DutchEagleJohan Add DutchEagleJohan as a friend

Must be me then with my one dimensional thinking, expecting some composure from a supposed top quality forward player at the highest level. Yes he scored for Man City, but with the amount of chances one gets there that does not tell much.

Originally posted by Pussay Patrol

He does hold the ball well and releases it well, one of our problems is giving the ball away too much and I think hes a good foil for Kane

People who criticise Sterling are usually those that have a very one dimensional view of football


 

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Pussay Patrol Flag 13 Jul 18 6.17am

Originally posted by DutchEagleJohan

Must be me then with my one dimensional thinking, expecting some composure from a supposed top quality forward player at the highest level. Yes he scored for Man City, but with the amount of chances one gets there that does not tell much.


oh I see, if you score lots of goals you're a good striker except at a club who create lots of chances in which case you're not ! Loving your insightful analysis !

 


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chateauferret Flag 13 Jul 18 7.11am

Originally posted by twist

So England fans are now being investigated over "possibly discriminatory" chants.
Anyone know what they supposedly chanted ?

"We're s***e, and we know we are.
We're s***e, and we know we are."

 


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michaelpearce Flag grays 13 Jul 18 9.01am

Originally posted by Stirlingsays


Seriously?

Football is very much a minority sport in all of those countries.

If it were a popular sport it would be very different.

Who's the most successful side in European international football?

Answer: Germany.....which has the largest population in Europe.

I'm not counting Russia because it's partly an Asia country and football isn't very popular there.


Edited by Stirlingsays (12 Jul 2018 6.56pm)


your wrong about Russia most popular sport is football followed by ice hockey,

Brazil has 200million but are 5th in the most wins in copa america behind Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Peru,total population combined doesnt add up to Brazil,so why dont they win it ever time, come to that the world cup should be given to them because there the largest,
so going by your reckoning the final should have been France and England,because Belgium and Croatia dont have a big enough population tobe there,
No its about teaching and training not populations

 

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View YT's Profile YT Flag Oxford 13 Jul 18 9.14am Send a Private Message to YT Add YT as a friend

Ability probably has a bit to do with it, as well!

 


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Originally posted by chateauferret

"We're s***e, and we know we are.
We're s***e, and we know we are."

Ha! It was the "No surrender" song. Presumably, they will assess whether Irish nationalists are a class of people against whom one cannot chant?

 

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