England's Euro 2020 Exploits

[ska invita]

No score draw

Good start to the tourney

 

[Argonia]

I saw Croatia draw with Armenia which gives me slightly more hope about the first game.

 

[Wilf]

With TAA out, am I right in thinking they have to call someone up from the ones who missed the cut? So Lingard perhaps?

Injuries could be a problem - Maguire was probably a bad choice as he's crocked, Rashford carrying an injury iirc (and he's a bit shit at the moment anyway ), Henderson may be out for the whole tournament I've just read.

 

[Argonia]

Were I manager I'd call up Ben White as he's versatile

 

[Lord Camomile]

With TAA out, am I right in thinking they have to call someone up from the ones who missed the cut? So Lingard perhaps?

Injuries could be a problem - Maguire was probably a bad choice as he's crocked, Rashford carrying an injury iirc (and he's a bit shit at the moment anyway ), Henderson may be out for the whole tournament I've just read.

According to a BBC article, Southgate won't announce a replacement for TAA until after the Romania match on Sunday. No pressure on any of the seven who play in that match, then...

Dunno when the cutoff point is for when you can no longer draft in a replacement, though.

 

[GarveyLives]

And there goes any goodwill I - and perhaps a lot of other neutral supporters - may have had for England. Utter cunts.

According to the political Right, the people who booed a currently popular symbol of opposition to white supremacy were protesting against football being "colonised by the sanctimonious signalling and paternalistic awareness-raising of the woke elites" as part of "a working-class revolt against wokeness":

Three cheers for the booing England fans

Meanwhile, the England football manager, who appears to be a man of principle, has made his position clear:

"England will continue to take a knee before their games throughout Euro 2020 and are “more determined than ever” to ignore any boos from the stands, according to manager Gareth Southgate ..."

England will take a knee before Euro 2020 matches

 

[editor]

According to the political Right, the people who booed a currently popular symbol of opposition to white supremacy were protesting against football being "colonised by the sanctimonious signalling and paternalistic awareness-raising of the woke elites" as part of "a working-class revolt against wokeness":

Spiked Online? LOL.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Starting XI against Romania:

Johnstone
Godfrey | White | Mings | Shaw
Phillips | Ward-Prowse
Grealish
Sancho | Calvert-Lewin | Rashford(c)​

Romania on Sunday (5pm, ITV) - you've got to assume we'll see our likely tournament starting 11?

Guess not...

Think they said two debutants, three players not in the Euro 2020 squad, and a CB playing at RB

 

[Argonia]

Christ what a line-up

 

[Pickman's model]

Christ what a line-up

yeh my england to win 2-1 should perhaps be revised to 2-1 the other way

 

[Steel Icarus]

I'd expected Southgate to start with next week's starting lineup, or not far from it.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I'd expected Southgate to start with next week's starting lineup, or not far from it.

You would have thought!

 

[Steel Icarus]

You would have thought!

Wonder if this means Grealish won't be starting next week

 

[BristolEcho]

I like the front line.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Wonder if this means Grealish won't be starting next week

Suggestion on the radio was that it was getting him game time, which he's lacking due to his recent injury.

Which might suggest Southgate does plant to start him next week..?

 

[Lord Camomile]

A reasonable point and... well, Roy Keane.

Also:

In 11 meetings, the Three Lions have won just twice, last achieving victory at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.

Yowza

 

[Pickman's model]

Yowza

yeh but as we've been repeatedly told romania are shit.

the complete record

 

[BristolEcho]

They were quite good when I was a teenager weren't they? 1998-2002?

 

[strung out]

They're dire nowadays.

 

[Pickman's model]

They're dire nowadays.

let's see how england's er unusual line-up manages against them

 

[Argonia]

They were quite good when they had Hagi

 

[BristolEcho]

Some good players in the 98 game - Popescu, Ilie, Hagi, Petrescu and then the 2000 squad added a young Mutu and Chivu to it who went on to have good careers.

https://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-romania-20-june-2000-268899/

Good times.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Christ, booing again, among applause.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Aaaaand we're playing in blue at home, while the opposition play in white.

Sure...

 

[Steel Icarus]

A dull match so far.

 

[Lord Camomile]

JWP free kick + DCL leap does inherently seem like a potentially powerful weapon to have at your disposal.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Grealish playing very well, seems to just wander through defences

 

[JimW]

Ward Prowse must have staked his claim; see we're doing rehab for Liverpool too.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Rom were good value like last century, shite but no pushover

 

[JimW]

Chinese commentator reckons we're playing them because their style is like the Czechs, but then he also thinks this is happening at Wembley so maybe mot much in that.