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Post by suedehead on Jul 10, 2024 21:47:55 GMT
Stirring the pot but the Southgate out mards are noticeable by their absence.
Good.
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Post by sheffieldrowland on Jul 10, 2024 21:48:33 GMT
Can’t imagine how Watkins feels tonight, what a goal and he’s barely played.
Oh god, maybe Southgate’s got it right.
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Post by ebbs on Jul 10, 2024 21:49:47 GMT
Absolutely brilliant and sets us all up for a great Sunday evening. On the game, was working until 8.20, but what I saw after that was us dominating until half time and then the Dutch adjusting to negate Foden who had been brilliant and the rest of our midfield. When the win was achieved it was through a superb finish from Watkins and feels deserved. Worry is Kane who again took a knock and maybe looks to be losing a little bit. However, I said when he went off that we would lose because he has talismanic qualities, but maybe we have buried that as well now. Spain might still be a step too far, but think we have reached where we wanted to be.
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Post by herbiedumplings on Jul 10, 2024 21:55:53 GMT
Stirring the pot but the Southgate out mards are noticeable by their absence. Good. For about 75 of the 90 minutes, England were like a different team tonight. Very little sense of “just good enough is good enough”. Still can’t pretend I enjoyed the preceding four games, but no arguing it’s worked.
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Post by hazelhurst_ant on Jul 10, 2024 21:57:39 GMT
Sir Gareth Southgate.
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Post by Waldorf on Jul 10, 2024 22:21:30 GMT
Anyone watching the beeb highlights? I'm saying pen now. Anywhere else on the pitch and no one questions whether that's a foul for me.
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Post by atmosphere on Jul 10, 2024 22:21:46 GMT
Worst part of the game was Southgate getting them in for half time and talking them down. When we play on instinct when we go a goal down, we show the individual quality we possess.
Mainoo is some player in midfield, everything went through him, the Dutch tried to man mark him second half and it stifled us.
The questions around Southgate's management are louder than over but do you know what? I am pleased for him. The players clearly like him as a man.
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Post by Waldorf on Jul 10, 2024 22:25:49 GMT
Worst part of the game was Southgate getting them in for half time and talking them down. When we play on instinct when we go a goal down, we show the individual quality we possess. Mainoo is some player in midfield, everything went through him, the Dutch tried to man mark him second half and it stifled us. The questions around Southgate's management are louder than over but do you know what? I am pleased for him. The players clearly like him as a man. The Dutch changed shape. Nothing to do with being talked down - and I've talked Southgate down.
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Post by stalybridgehatter on Jul 10, 2024 22:33:39 GMT
Just great. Yet another decent team we’ve beat. Successive finals in a major tournament. Drink it in, because we’ll not see the likes of this again for a long time. Name on the trophy for Sunday. It's also boiling a lot of piss! Social media is awash with tears and saltiness from as close as Scotland to as far away as, well, wherever! Never a pen, flukey b*stards, Dutch were robbed, England were sh*the and will get pasted by Spain ... I tell you what though, the sheer delight in Ollie Watkins' face when he wheels away, love it!
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Post by atmosphere on Jul 10, 2024 22:33:54 GMT
Worst part of the game was Southgate getting them in for half time and talking them down. When we play on instinct when we go a goal down, we show the individual quality we possess. Mainoo is some player in midfield, everything went through him, the Dutch tried to man mark him second half and it stifled us. The questions around Southgate's management are louder than over but do you know what? I am pleased for him. The players clearly like him as a man. The Dutch changed shape. Nothing to do with being talked down - and I've talked Southgate down. They pressed onto Mainoo but the space in the second half was out wide wheras first half was in the pockets with Bellingham and Foden. We should have spotted it. Teams will change, you just have to adapt to it yourselves. The team/ coaching staff were a bit slow to spot it.
But a moment of individual quality won it for us. I was shouting for Ivan Toney, shows how much I know...
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Post by stalybridgehatter on Jul 10, 2024 22:35:39 GMT
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink must be feeling a tad conflicted this evening!
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Post by samscfc on Jul 10, 2024 22:57:22 GMT
Stirring the pot but the Southgate out mards are noticeable by their absence. Good. I still don't rate Southgate but I think he did well tonight, team selection and subs were both good.
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Post by samscfc on Jul 10, 2024 22:58:38 GMT
Just great. Yet another decent team we’ve beat. Successive finals in a major tournament. Drink it in, because we’ll not see the likes of this again for a long time. Name on the trophy for Sunday. What other decent teams have we beat?
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Post by wnm on Jul 10, 2024 23:02:29 GMT
Worst part of the game was Southgate getting them in for half time and talking them down. When we play on instinct when we go a goal down, we show the individual quality we possess. Mainoo is some player in midfield, everything went through him, the Dutch tried to man mark him second half and it stifled us. The questions around Southgate's management are louder than over but do you know what? I am pleased for him. The players clearly like him as a man. Watkins for Kane should have been made 20 minutes earlier. At one point in the second half Bellingham was shouting at the bench to change something.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Jul 10, 2024 23:24:58 GMT
Can’t imagine how Watkins feels tonight, what a goal and he’s barely played. Oh god, maybe Southgate’s got it right. These days there’s a lot more talk in football about using players to open and close games. I wouldn’t be surprised to still see Kane start on Sunday, but Watkins (as did Toney previously tbf) has just staked a great claim to be the one we turn to off the bench again.
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