Gloucester Saint

Yep, the Burnley/Everton case has opened a huge can of worms.

Come on Hampshire, cheer us up again after tonight’s football. Agree I’d rather Notts first than the Somerset bogey (bar the Rose Bowl final).

It’s the same with the cricket team, should have won the last two Ashes series but English teams don’t manage phases in matches and adapt when the opposition change tack. Obvious Argentina were going to repeat what they did v Egypt, and overload. The subs should have been Watkins and Saka to concern them on the counter attack and stretch the game out using pace but 3 defenders come on instead because they’re trying to fix what they see straight under their nose.

Nothing diverse about 6 defenders on the sane time 🙂

He’s many strengths but never been quick and needs that around him. Had it on the bench but didn’t use it. Conceded up to 25 yards, edge of our D and the wide areas as well with all of the centre backs on and said ‘take your aim’. And they did. 2 goals and two on the woodwork, Pickford saved well twice. Defence v Attack and with no deterrent on the counter attack, their midfield and defenders piled on too.

When you’ve got Saka and Watkins, one a PL winner and the other a European champion last term, and you don’t use them and bring on Burn, O’Reilly and James, you’ve just said to Argentina ‘don’t worry about tracking back on the counter, we’ve given up, park around our 25 yard areas and overload with crosses, runners and Messi weaving patterns, Harry didn’t have a prayer.

If you’re paid the extra £ms to not panic like Southgate did at the crunch moments, and you panic even more, than yes

Forgot about Watkins, we also had Saka sat there as well. Not as if that was the only option he had. Awful, no future with Tuchel.

Saints find even more ways to fuck up, it wasn’t even on the pitch last season. Some gormless twat underneath a tree.

Sorry, I meant the manager ran out of ideas, don’t think the players did. I’d have put Mainoo and Saka on, we needed pace and energy at that stage, stretch the game again, But all the eggs in one basket with the 541 and you can’t undo it again that late on.

Fuck football. English cricket in an awful state as well after sacking McCullum too late - another one trick, overpaid pony. How much is Tuchel paid? Got Saka, PL winner, on the bench. Very good v Norway. Why the fuck hasn’t he used him to spin in behind and help Kane with somebody working off him? I don’t blame the defenders or Pickford, they will unpick the lock if you drop that deep that early.

And used to winning the biggest prizes = belief.

Ran out of ideas after 70 minutes and unlike the Azteca, Argentina had the quality to put world class deliveries in and test Pickford.

@egg dog could. He hasn’t got any claws now and England still lost. Poor thing.

That straight long ball was Exhibit A.