mooperman
Distinguished Member
i reckon Belgium England final for the rematch...
totally called it
i reckon Belgium England final for the rematch...
lol what a **** this bloke is, looks nothing like him
Actually not seen that mentioned a great deal but I thought the initial team selection by Martinez was a bit odd. And then the substitutions were even more strange. Taking Fellaini off when you are chasing a game is just weird. And then leaving Batshuayi sub until the game is almost over was a bit too little too late.
Belgium starting line up was 10 premier league quality players plus Chadli. He was useless, a major reason Lukaku didn’t get a look in. Don’t know why he started ahead of Mertens. Playing Dembele seemed odd as well, he was nowhere near his Spurs level.Actually not seen that mentioned a great deal but I thought the initial team selection by Martinez was a bit odd. And then the substitutions were even more strange. Taking Fellaini off when you are chasing a game is just weird. And then leaving Batshuayi sub until the game is almost over was a bit too little too late.
IF we go on performances through out the tournament , for me Croatia have had to play better than England to get to the Semis there group was stronger overall and they were impressive .. knock out stages Croatia have not been so impressive .Over to you England. I’ll go first, England 2-1 Croatia
I agree, the initial team selection was hubris...Actually not seen that mentioned a great deal but I thought the initial team selection by Martinez was a bit odd. And then the substitutions were even more strange. Taking Fellaini off when you are chasing a game is just weird. And then leaving Batshuayi sub until the game is almost over was a bit too little too late.
France were the more attacking team in the match with 19 attempts vs Belgium's 9... Even the attempts on target were more despite Giroud's mistakes......
See Hazard and Courtois (again) have come out with some childish remarks though, accusing France of playing anti-football.
Yeah ok we’ll send that message to Gareth and see what he thinks.England have tried to play from the back possession football it is nice to see, and that is the way to go for the future. I just don't feel they are ready yet to dominate teams with possession they are lacking that creativity in the final third that shows in the lack of opportunities for Kane. Regardless of his 6 goals.
I think Engalnd need to play a more compact Formation.
"On ne change pas une équipe qui gagne" - French saying, which means one does not change a winning teamSame team tonight, Southgate has his team and is definitely happy to continue with it.
I'm hoping Sterling gets a goal tonight
Subasic is in goal... This is a good sign for England as he is clearly not 100%... Do England have the firepower to attack from beyond the box? Lingard I suppose...