Whitey Grandad

Did you not see the header that deflected the cross?

Worst? Says who?

For a true evaluation you would have to compare the performances after sticking with a standard defence against introducing an extra centre back.

That old chestnut again. It all derives from a comment by one poster. Just one. Yet we keep getting silly references to it. That's so childish.

That's a meaningless statistic which doesn’t apply when discussing space in your own defensive area. You have to consider what they are doing with their 35% of the ball.

Except when it doesn't...

Has he not noticed?

Yep

The forward passes have to be available though. When all of our attackers are tightly man marked there are not a lot of options and trying to bypass them on the wings may be the only option.

What is this obsession with going to three at the back? Two CBs who have spent the whole game working as a pair and covering each other suddenly find they've got a third colleague getting in their way and confusing them. Not to mention that it leaves us a man down somewhere else on the pitch.

No advantage? Or did he just whistle too soon?

Still no clean sheet. And no sign of one.

So what?

England v Argentina and Tuchel all over again.

Stupid, idiotic, crass substitutions.