International Footy

[Drog]

Subbed at ht.. might be a minor tweak rather than a full blown tear.

Btw... Scotland's second half performance being described as 'shambolic' on bbc news.

 

[ABBEY]

Id say heroic haha

 

[Drog]

80 mins...Weird atmosphere to this match in Rijeka with no crowd although a few intrepid England fans are watching from a hill behind the ground.
Bookings mean that Henderson and Stones are unavailable for Monday.
Ref's poor.
Another disappointing performance by Sterling sees him taken off for new kid on the block Sancho who has had a couple of good runs down the wing.
England have had the best chances with two shots against the timber and Rashford guilty of wasting two great ones but this match could go either way.

It didn't FT 0-0.

England have a nearly but not quite there attitude about their play. Too many pretty little triangles in the middle of the pitch which were going nowhere.

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

Just the fact that Southgate is giving some young players a chance that never would have got near the England set up in previous regimes gives me enthusiasm that we have turned a corner.

 

[Drog]

Selecting youth is fine but they have to be good enough.

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

Sounds like we had the better chances but I’m happy to use this Nations League as a testing ground.

 

[Drog]

Just the fact that Southgate is giving some young players a chance that never would have got near the England set up in previous regimes gives me enthusiasm that we have turned a corner.

That's a leaf out of Klinnsman and Joachim Löw's book. They did that over 10 years ago and the rest is history.

 

[Drog]

Seems Southgate is moaning about fixture pile ups now.
Turning into a proper England manager isn't he? Tell you what Gareth reduce the number of matches and then reduce players remuneration accordingly..... see how that goes down.

 

[ABBEY]

Gutted I cant watch tonight ..gitta take mrs to hospital .

 

[Alan]

Gutted I cant watch tonight ..gitta take mrs to hospital .

Look after her Abbey. Good wives are worth it.

 

[ABBEY]

Cheers al...home now...0-2 blimy

 

[ABBEY]

0-3

 

[Drog]

FT 2-3

Great result for such a young team, Rashford remembered his shooting boots plus a great boost for Sterling too. BUT going 3 at the back when besieged in the last 15!! What tf is that about? Just like v Croatia in the World Cup semi we gave the freedom of the wings to the opposition and just like v Croatia after we handed them the initiative back then they fired crosses in in their own time and at will before scoring and hitting the woodwork in extra time! How sick could that have been?
What do they teach managers when they are getting their coaching badges cos TM did similar v Bolton and we escaped from Horwich with 3 points by the skin of our teeth just last week. Baffles me it really does.

btw who's allowed Carragher back? Is he a mason?

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

Player scores in Chile then goes into the stands with a ring and proposes. Got booked for leaving the pitch!
Interestingly, his team play in a vaguely familiar strip (not quite but close)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/46032629

 

[Alan]

Ref must have no soul.

 

[Drog]

Interestingly, his team play in a vaguely familiar strip (not quite but close)

I much prefer that strip to our current one. It's the proper colour.

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

I see the jocks still have the brass neck to call up Mulgrew
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46111988

 

[Drog]

Can we not just give em Rooney? No bugger wants to see him in an England shirt again do they?

 

[ABBEY]

its only a friendly hes the all time English goalscorer and its for charity.

 

[Drog]

It's just a nonsense.