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Yeah, watched the stream earlier and thought the same as you. Probably the benefit of coming into preseason in the rare position (in recent years) of not being in a period of total upheaval with new coaching staff, a hugely bloated squad with numerous unhappy players and Saints looking to totally rebuild the squad

Accept it's low level opponents but Saints looked quite decent in those highlights. There were some decent transitions and movement. Fellows and Archer looked lively.

Nice to see England finish a tournament with a win! Glad France actually made a bit of a game of it since would probably felt a lot more hollow if they just played the same as the first half, especially if it takes the golden boot off of Messi. Such a good opportunity missed but the best result since ‘66… mixed feelings to say the least but less bitter than I expected to feel.

Great fun to watch tonight and it's always nice to beat the French. But you have to take account the circumstances, at times I thought Fifa must have outlawed tackling altogether since the semi finals! An England-France final would of course have been an altogether different game, no doubt with a lot less goals!

Love how Bellingham's actually top class and actually turns up to major tournaments for England.

Agent Olise completed his mission. How many chances did he have? 3, maybe 4?

We're close. Starting XI players for the Euros are Pickford, Guehi, Rice, Anderson, Saka, Bellingham and Kane. And possibly James if he can stay fit. We just need to build the team and squad around them. I think Gordon and Spence grew into the tournament, Konsa is pretty solid, Rodgers showed some moments. But I think we need more English players coming through to challenge them. We have a chance at the Euros, we've showed we shouldn't fear other European teams.

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Front looks ace. The red block on the back. Why o why do Saints do it? It looked absolutely shit at the back.

Deal with it. Move on.

Not sure Will Still is up to their level tbf. 😉

Watched from about our 4th goal on. Surprisingly that did actually make me feel a bit better about the whole thing, hopefully the players will feel like it's unfinished business for the Euros. We don't have France's front 4 but it's fair to say we're not that far off.

I'm seriousness, I know the opposition was Eastleigh but I thought he showed good movement throughout and awareness. However he fluffed that shot and earlier had a good bit didn't seem like he wanted to take the shot on.

England vastly exceeded xG in this game. A true victory.

Bronze medal isn't it.

Is there a bronze cup or something? Presumably the players are hanging around for some reason.

The football equivalent of throwing a kettle over a pub.

It was slightly better than Eastleigh v Saints

Mbappe, Bellingham, Messi still, Yamal......

? Now it's only Messi?

Nice reminder that Scotland were playing for third place in the group stages, rather than the tournament…

Me either truth be told. Was gonna watch it until the first France goal went in then turn it off. But by the time France scored their first, I was already invested in the game. 😝

6-4. Let's hope we can win the 2nd set.