The Euro2020 Thread

[SW5 SAINT]

Need to bring Armstrong on, and hopefully Che can get a goal or even two…..😀

[Saint Keef]

Sterling looks as though he has spent the week reading  "The Nathan Redmond Big Book of Football Skills". 

[Saint Billy]

Jesus, have been watching saints play like this most of the season and now we have to endure England playing the same way as well. 

Bloody Southgate conveys his personality in our playing style. 

 

[egg]

This is dire. No creativity. No decent movement. Poor. 

[Sheaf Saint]

Adams' sale price will have gone up by another £5m after tonight.

[Suhari]

Ally McCoist loves McAdams.

[ChrisPY]

Dull. 
Scotland will only create chances from out wide or long balls. Two defensive midfielders is pointless; get Grealish on for Phillips, Mount can move slightly further back into a CM role. No need for 2 holding mids.

[egg]

If he takes Mount or Foden off rather than Sterling, my TV is going out of the window. 

[Suhari]

I'd like to see Armstrong get a run now. Seems to be opening up a bit.

(I'm basically a neutral when England play, but want our guys to do well).

[angelman]

Is it wrong that I want Scotland to win (have to think that it's my mother's Scottish blood coming out in me)?

[Sheaf Saint]

2 minutes ago, egg said:

If he takes Mount or Foden off rather than Sterling, my TV is going out of the window. 

Want the number of a decent glazier?

[angelman]

2 minutes ago, egg said:

If he takes Mount or Foden off rather than Sterling, my TV is going out of the window. 

Egg going down to Curry's tomorrow to get a new TV......

[egg]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

Want the number of a decent glazier?

 

Just now, angelman said:

Egg going down to Curry's tomorrow to get a new TV......

FFS!! I liked that TV!! 

Feckin' crazy decision. Sterling has been shite. 

[vectraman]

Wtf Southgate?! You take one of our few good players off in a team full of mediocrity. Glad Grealish is on but ffs you take Foden off. Get Rice off. We don’t need 2 Cdm’s against Scotland 🤦‍♂️

[saint1977]

3 minutes ago, egg said:

If he takes Mount or Foden off rather than Sterling, my TV is going out of the window. 

Do you have a swimming pool and a Cadillac to make it Keith Moon style?

Grealish is a different player to MLT - more athletic but not as productive in finishing and set pieces. Both flair players with creativity though and both viewed with suspicion by England managers despite public clamour for greater opportunities in an England shirt. And no-one on his wavelength there. Only Mount that could be. 

Phillips off the boil compared with Croatia display but Rice playing his own game. Can understand playing both of those v France, Italy, Spain but Scotland and Czech Republic?

Che has played very nicely, good movement and hold up. 

[northam soul]

How is Declan Rice an 80 million pound player. Dull Dull boring Dull

[Suhari]

Fuck me.

Kane substituted.

[SNSUN]

How Sterling is still on I will never know. Southgate has a hard on for him that's for sure.

 

Woo Armstrong...

[Lighthouse]

Scuffed it!

[saint1977]

8 minutes ago, northam soul said:

How is Declan Rice an 80 million pound player. Dull Dull boring Dull

Has a role and very effective at it. Victor performed that role for Saints and the defence was far more secure because of it. He dovetailed really well with Morgan who could afford to be a bit more offensively minded. Lallana, J Rod, Rickie and then Tadic, Pelle and Mane enjoyed the platform. 

At least Dullgate has taken off Kane who either is distracted by his agent or isn’t fit. Rashford at least is more direct but would have taken Sterling off for DCL. DCL must have spat in the manager’s coffee or something. Great season for Everton but Southgate won’t give him a proper go. 

Oh Che! Needs to get that on target.

And I agreed on a decision with Peter Walton! Sterling getting desperate there. Chance for Armstrong to be a hero….

Edited 18 June, 2021 by saint1977

[vectraman]

Finally, Kane off. Jogged about for 70 odd minutes doing absolutely nothing. Clearly trying to drive his price down. 
 

Che Adams lively, but thankfully can’t shoot. Good solid Saints player 🤣🤣

[USaint]

Same Che we’ve seen all season with efforts like that. Goes for power instead of placement. 

[Lighthouse]

Good grief, it’s like watching a Puel team.

[USaint]

3 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Good grief, it’s like watching a Puel team.

So England are going to get the final and get robbed? 🤣

[egg]

Highlight of the game was the Scottish fans. Amazing noise.

[BotleySaint]

England playing like a bunch of strangers again. As usual.

[StrangelyBrown]

Literally no cutting edge. A manager who doesn't address the problems. Are England saints in disguise??

[Suhari]

Is it me, or is Southgate starting to look like Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club?

[Toussaint]

Just now, StrangelyBrown said:

Literally no cutting edge. A manager who doesn't address the problems. Are England saints in disguise??

Gareth Hasengatesal

[farawaysaint]

On the plus side Armstrong and Adams looked good!

[BotleySaint]

All my life England have never matched up to their supposed potential. This time its Southgate mismanaging Foden, Grealish, Kane and once again sticking with Sterling at all costs.

Just know we'll need to win that last game and crumble mentally under the pressure.

[aintforever]

Southgate is just a shite manager.

[waylander]

What's wrong with Kane? He doesn't look fit

[davefizzy14]

1 minute ago, farawaysaint said:

On the plus side Armstrong and Adams looked good!

Yep Stuart and Che were very good tonight!

[Sheaf Saint]

How on Earth did Sterling stay on the pitch for 90 minutes? He was woeful.

Total lack of fluidity and coherence from a very lethargic England.

Once Armstrong came on, I was willing Scotland to win. Wouldn't have been undeserved.

[Whitey Grandad]

Great God that was an awful performance. I have only managed to see two live games completely through so far. Both have finished 0-0.

[StrangelyBrown]

1 minute ago, waylander said:

What's wrong with Kane? He doesn't look fit

He always takes a long time to get back on form after injury. Unfortunately based on track record he will be shite for the whole tournament

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, waylander said:

What's wrong with Kane? He doesn't look fit

He was the same in the World Cup after the group stages. He’s not injured we just don’t create enough

Edited 18 June, 2021 by Turkish

[S-Clarke]

That was an absolute shambles. Way too slow, way too one dimensional. We looked clueless on the ball, absolutely no idea. With players like Sterling, Mount, Grealish, Foden at our disposal and to look so clueless sadly sums up the coaching more than anything. We've managed to make Kane look like a pub player because we do not create anything for him.

I'm not sure what that Croatia game was all about now - were Croatia just that bad? I thought we had a bit more about us then though, today we just weren't there.

Credit to Scotland who dug in and with a better finisher (no offence adams - but that game summed him up) they'd have probably won it.

Truly dire. Really bad. Cezch's will finish top quality comfortably now. 

Edited 18 June, 2021 by S-Clarke

[Saint Billy]

The amount of talent at England's disposal and we have a sloth managing them. 

[spyinthesky]

Sterling = Redmond?

[Bob76]

Think our tactics are don't lose at any cost, I think Kane had touched the ball six times in two games. Woeful.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Absolutely bizarre to keep two holding midfielders on for the whole game when it was crying out for more dynamism. Don't think Phillips made a forward pass all game. Takes Foden off who had been the main threat. Southgate is way out of his depth.

[BotleySaint]

1 minute ago, spyinthesky said:

Sterling = Redmond?

He's not that bad. He can be superb. But other games it passes him by and he needs to be taken off. Yet Southgate can never see it.

[Dr. Kucho]

Now I understand why Howe turned down Celtic. He knows that after the tournament Southgate will get the sack and he might get the job offered. 

[aintforever]

Keeping Phillips and Rice on against Scotland was mental.

[Roo1976]

6 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Great God that was an awful performance. I have only managed to see two live games completely through so far. Both have finished 0-0.

What you were in Glasgow in 1880 something for the first 0-0......................

[bpsaint]

4 minutes ago, Turkish said:

He was the same in the World Cup after the group stages. He’s not injured we just don’t create enough

Yep, shame Southgate never had the balls to take him off against Croatia in the semi final when it was clear we need a change.

Look forward to watching this England side with a more forward thinking manager in charge, Southgate is clueless.

[Baird of the land]

England just seem so pedestrian much of the time. With Kane so off the boil, maybe leaving someone like ings out was more of a bad move than JWP.

Thought Adams was excellent. Such a shame he lacks a bit of composure when the big chances come.

Amrstrong looks like a great impact sub in this scotland team.

[Wurzel]

So remind me, is it Kane or Adams looking for a move and being touted as worth £150m ?