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Turkish

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4 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

Headlines tomorrow? 

“Phillips turns the screw”

”Pound Sterling”

England stumbles amid Ward Prowse exclusion grumbles

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GDog07

GDog07

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Keep on seeing these free kick chances just outside their box.

Does make me feel for JWP, knocking those in with no effort at all, all season.

CB Fry

CB Fry

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1 minute ago, GDog07 said:

Keep on seeing these free kick chances just outside their box.

Does make me feel for JWP, knocking those in with no effort at all, all season.

Aren't there free kicks just outside the box that occur in every single professional football match all over the world?

Ward Prowse would have been squad number 25 or so. He was never, ever going to start this match.

Lord Duckhunter

Lord Duckhunter

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1 minute ago, Chapel End said:

"Saints web forum experts vindicated" after own player omitted 

 

You clowns posted over and over how Philips shouldn’t have gone and Prowse was somehow better. Now you’re throwing your toys out of the pram. Mind you, it’ll be prowse for Rice next. 

Chapel End

Chapel End

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Just now, CB Fry said:

Aren't there free kicks just outside the box that occur in every single professional football match all over the world?

Ward Prowse would have been squad number 25 or so. He was never, ever going to start this match.

Going by that "logic" why did the numbers 12,15 and 19 starting ?

GDog07

GDog07

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1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

Aren't there free kicks just outside the box that occur in every single professional football match all over the world?

Ward Prowse would have been squad number 25 or so. He was never, ever going to start this match.

Possibly, I don't know if there is a stat for that, I don't have enough time to keep track of every single professional football match all over the world, lucky if I can watch one in a week.

He may not have started, but he'd be a better option than anyone in the current squad for set peices. I am sure, however, that there are teams in many professional football matches all over the world that will be selecting a player in their starting XI solely based on their outstanding set peice ability.

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CB Fry

CB Fry

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6 minutes ago, Chapel End said:

Going by that "logic" why did the numbers 12,15 and 19 starting ?

I meant number 25 as in importance. Harry Kane for example being the first name down. 

As in he wouldn’t have started the fucking game. How about that logic.

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Chapel End

Chapel End

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3 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

You clowns posted over and over how Philips shouldn’t have gone and Prowse was somehow better. Now you’re throwing your toys out of the pram. Mind you, it’ll be prowse for Rice next. 

Calm down deary,no one is throwing toys about but you are the nearest to doing so

Chapel End

Chapel End

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1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

I meant number 25 as in importence. Harry Kane for example being the first name down. 

As in he wouldn’t have started the game. 

He wouldn’t have started the fucking game. How about that logic.

Importance 

CB Fry

CB Fry

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1 minute ago, GDog07 said:

Possibly, I don't know if there is a stat for that, I don't have enough time to keep track of every single professional football match all over the world, lucky if I can watch one in a week.

He may not have started, but he'd be a better option than anyone in the current squad for set peices. I am sure, however, that there are teams in many professional football matches all over the world that will be selecting a player in their starting XI solely based on their outstanding set peice ability.

Most teams pick their best players.

CB Fry

CB Fry

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2 minutes ago, nta786 said:

England really need Lallana on now to see this game out.

He'd bring a Kante level of quality to proceedings.

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GDog07

GDog07

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But, England being England, neglected to select the best English set-peice taker, not just from their starting XI, but the entire Euro 2020 squad.

Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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25 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

Headlines tomorrow? 

“Phillips turns the screw”

”Pound Sterling”

“Sterling involved in deadly London Shooting” - The Sun

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CB Fry

CB Fry

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3 minutes ago, Chapel End said:

Most squads include fit players too

Ben White and Kalvin are fit.

Are you saying JWP should have been selected ahead of Harry Maguire?

trousers

trousers

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12 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

You clowns posted over and over how Philips shouldn’t have gone and Prowse was somehow better. Now you’re throwing your toys out of the pram. Mind you, it’ll be prowse for Rice next. 

Are your pants as moist as mine though?

CB Fry

CB Fry

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All in all really good.

He got the team selection correct - Kalvin Phillips was simply excellent and Mings proved me wrong, nicely solid and he will take a lot of confidence from that. Rice solid.

Well done Sterling. Kane barely broke sweat.

Best tournament opening performance I can remember.

Chapel End

Chapel End

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11 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Ben White and Kalvin are fit.

Are you saying JWP should have been selected ahead of Harry Maguire?

Obviously not you idiot!!! I wasn't talking about JWP just responding to you saying about picking best players,  however Henderson is barely fit and for that reason should not be in squad.

Hope that makes it clear for you

supersonic

supersonic

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Solid performance, nice to get off to a win. Phillips was excellent and even Mings looked assured.

 

Players taking the knee and Raheem Sterling MBE got the winner. Thoughts are with triggered anti-marxist gammon everywhere.

 

It's coming home....

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TWar

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Tbh I think we were quite average. Didn't create much at all, had a couple of times Croatia were free in the box and shooting and skied it luckily, and Croatia looked awful. Wins a win but if we are going to go far in this tournament we need to do better than that. 

CB Fry

CB Fry

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8 minutes ago, Chapel End said:

Obviously not you idiot!!! I wasn't talking about JWP just responding to you saying about picking best players,  however Henderson is barely fit and for that reason should not be in squad.

Hope that makes it clear for you

JWP was never, ever, ever going to be picked ahead of Henderson. He couldn't get in ahead of Kalvin and Ben White.

Hope that makes it clear for you.

 

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Badger

Badger

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46 minutes ago, whelk said:

Got to be first question Southgate gets from the press

Or, at what stage of the tournament will we see his natty waistcoat ?

SaintBobby

SaintBobby

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Not bad from England at all. Shearer, Lampard and Rio getting a bit carried away on how “excellent” we were. Solid. Not much more. V disappointed in Croatia, they looked poor for World Cup finalists.

Progression to 2nd round almost certain after that. Still don’t expect us to get much further than that though.

Micky

Micky

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BBC pundits waxing lyrical about England, and after the annihilation of Croatia today,  I reckon the likes of Italy, Germany and France will be bricking it. 

 

 

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hypochondriac

hypochondriac

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15 minutes ago, SaintBobby said:

Not bad from England at all. Shearer, Lampard and Rio getting a bit carried away on how “excellent” we were. Solid. Not much more. V disappointed in Croatia, they looked poor for World Cup finalists.

Progression to 2nd round almost certain after that. Still don’t expect us to get much further than that though.

Indeed. A good solid win. Given our lineup and tactics I couldn't have asked for much more. Not many chances created but it was good enough. Also good to hear some substantial booing despite the threats and PR firms employed to combat it. England fans will not be silenced. 

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Turkish

Turkish

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Just now, hypochondriac said:

Indeed. A good solid win. Given our lineup and tactics I couldn't have asked for much more. Not many chances created but it was good enough. Also good to hear some substantial booing despite the threats and PR firms employed to combat it. England fans will not be silenced. 

It’s all become a bit of a pantomime. Sky sports new flash on my phone announcing section of the crowd boo England players then drowned out by cheers. All the talk before about it if the message was being diluted before it’s not almost become farcical with everyone falling over each other to tell people how they should respond to the knee, how disgusting it is if your opinion is anything other than the one you’re told to have, then reports on how the crowd did react. 
 

as for the game good first 20 Mins, solid rather than spectacular. But good to get a win and off the mark. It’s stating the obvious to say tougher tests will await but can only beat what’s in front of you

East Kent Saint

East Kent Saint

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1 hour ago, CB Fry said:

Aren't there free kicks just outside the box that occur in every single professional football match all over the world?

Ward Prowse would have been squad number 25 or so. He was never, ever going to start this match.

We are waiting for new rule changes that allow player to come on just to take free kicks !

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East Kent Saint

East Kent Saint

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3 minutes ago, Turkish said:

It’s all become a bit of a pantomime. Sky sports new flash on my phone announcing section of the crowd boo England players then drowned out by cheers. All the talk before about it if the message was being diluted before it’s not almost become farcical with everyone falling over each other to tell people how they should respond to the knee, how disgusting it is if your opinion is anything other than the one you’re told to have, then reports on how the crowd did react. 
 

as for the game good first 20 Mins, solid rather than spectacular. But good to get a win and off the mark. It’s stating the obvious to say tougher tests will await but can only beat what’s in front of you

It was so quick I didn't hear any booing or much cheering ! Yes I feared a Saints type good start followed by goal out of nowhere for Croatia but a good start to the Euros.

Golac's Cunning Stunts

Golac's Cunning Stunts

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3 minutes ago, Turkish said:

It’s all become a bit of a pantomime. Sky sports new flash on my phone announcing section of the crowd boo England players then drowned out by cheers. All the talk before about it if the message was being diluted before it’s not almost become farcical with everyone falling over each other to tell people how they should respond to the knee, how disgusting it is if your opinion is anything other than the one you’re told to have, then reports on how the crowd did react. 
 

as for the game good first 20 Mins, solid rather than spectacular. But good to get a win and off the mark. It’s stating the obvious to say tougher tests will await but can only beat what’s in front of you

most of the game was a snore bore, but having had so many heartaches following england, I'll take it for sure. Was moaning before the game that southgate had picked Philips, but he surprised me with a very good performance.

Put James in at LB and move Trippier over to RB please. Walker struggles to make even the most basic of passes.

cloggy saint

cloggy saint

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So to recap, Southgate doesn't know what he's doing, Phillips is shit, Mings is shit and Trippier can't play left back. We are truly blessed to have so many experts on the forum.

Lord Duckhunter

Lord Duckhunter

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Why the fuck do we have to put up with this pony about ‘96 that’s on now. No wonder we don’t win fuck all ,a failure to win a poor tournament at home is held as some sort of triumph. Noddy behaviour 

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Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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2 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

Why the fuck do we have to put up with this pony about ‘96 that’s on now. No wonder we don’t win fuck all ,a failure to win a poor tournament at home is held as some sort of triumph. Noddy behaviour 

Double negative... so we do win things? 🤔

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Chapel End

Chapel End

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12 minutes ago, cloggy saint said:

So to recap, Southgate doesn't know what he's doing, Phillips is shit, Mings is shit and Trippier can't play left back. We are truly blessed to have so many experts on the forum.

1 swallow doesn’t make a summer but today they did ok

cloggy saint

cloggy saint

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5 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

Why the fuck do we have to put up with this pony about ‘96 that’s on now. 

You don't, you could switch it off, but then you wouldn't have anything to moan about. Actually, scratch that, you'll always find something to moan about.

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whelk

whelk

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19 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

Why the fuck do we have to put up with this pony about ‘96 that’s on now. No wonder we don’t win fuck all ,a failure to win a poor tournament at home is held as some sort of triumph. Noddy behaviour 

Sunny weather, Britpop, thriving economy and a good song. We get nostalgic easily.

Italia 90 is often rewritten when everyone hated manager and team until a couple of ok performances then excelled in semi but couldn’t win.

CB Fry

CB Fry

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22 minutes ago, whelk said:

Sunny weather, Britpop, thriving economy and a good song. We get nostalgic easily.

Italia 90 is often rewritten when everyone hated manager and team until a couple of ok performances then excelled in semi but couldn’t win.

It was brilliant but you're right: a lot of hype for a tournament where we actually won two games (and one of those was against bloody Scotland).

The 4-1 v Holland was amazing and the whole thing was a great summer. 

The fact that we went through the entire semi final including extra time without Venables making a single substitution is absolutely astonishing to this day. Unthinkable today: unthinkable then really.

Italia 90 was better in that we were up against it and as you say Robson was hated in the press. The Platt goal especially was a fantastic moment to be a young kid watching football. I was that kid.

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stknowle

stknowle

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1 hour ago, Badger said:

Or, at what stage of the tournament will we see his natty waistcoat ?

No waistcoats but apparently he's going to wear a BELT if we get to the final. 

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