13 Jun 2021 13:07:18
I think the Croatian manager picked England's 11 today!

{Ed014's Note - really, I thought he was a switched on guy! 😉😂

1.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 13:38:37
Trippier at left-back?
What will Shaw and Chilwell be thinking lol :)

2.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 14:13:31
Trippier is better than both of them imo.

3.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 14:28:04
Shaw will be thinking bloody hell we best not sign Trippier.

4.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 14:28:37
Who'd have thought Pickford was a better goalkeeper than De Gea?

5.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 14:41:45
I don't think Trippier is better, he doesn't get forward enough. He does however have bags of experience.

6.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 15:55:24
Mumbles, you might want to wait until tomorrow before saying stuff like that. From the sounds of it Simon the Bilbao keeper will be starting for Spain. Imagine that the keeper for the side that finished 10th in La Liga is better than DDG? 😱.

{Ed077's Note - well Pickford is the keeper for the team that finished 10th in the PL and he is deemed better than the keeper who plays ahead of DDG at UTD. (I am just showing how the whole "logic" works. Nor my own views...)

7.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 16:20:08
I'm posting in jest Shappy. I don't rate Pickford at all to be honest, I just found it amusing Southgate has picked him ahead of Henderson.

8.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 16:48:55
Do we have a page where we discuss England on here?

Tactically I thought Southgate and his team got it spot on.

{Ed033's Note - You can discuss England on this site.

9.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 17:40:02
Mumbles, I'm not a fan of Pickford. He's a little too erratic for me. He doesn't inspire confidence in his defenders. Good shot stopper and good distribution. But not so good as to make up for his other shortcomings in my opinion.

Southgate like every manager has his favourites. While Pickford had a wobble during the season he was for the majority of the season Everton's No.1.

Henderson is a better keeper than Pickford no doubt. But he only had an 8 game run toward the end of the season. In fairness to Southgate that alone makes it hard to pick him ahead of someone like Pickford.

However, I'm pretty sure had Pope not picked up and injury then Pickford might have found himself benched.

10.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 17:48:43
England. pffft Didn't watch it.

I have never been so uninterested in England since the world cup so I'm hoping by disinterest serves as good luck!

How was it?

A good result on face value.

11.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 18:11:53
The performance was better than the result for me. I thought England asserted an element of control at all times even in the periods where Croatia had more of the ball.

The deployment of Rice Mount and Phillips who was the pick of Englands players nullified the threat of Crotia's Midfield.

As legs tired in the middle, he brought on the energy of Bellingham who every time I see him just impresses.

12.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 19:43:32
I thought the performance was impressive in an understated way.

Croatia had Modric, Kovacic and Brozovic in midfield. A top class, experienced trio. Yet Rice, Phillips and Mount controlled the game.

England looked dangerous, but lacked that killer instinct that comes after a few games together.

If they can find their rhythm then they could go far.

13.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 20:57:45
The riches England have is unreal. The players they can leave at home would be the star players for many other countries, including my own. Can even leave Sancho out. I'd say they have the strongest squad in the championships.

14.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 22:19:04
Phillips looks a proper player. Best I have seen him play.

15.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 22:34:05
Seriously, strongest squad? Our keeper along with anyone at CB in that squad are weak. That was a poor attacking croatia team. And Modric was still bossing the modfield when I watched. No one in the england team could get near him. He might be at the end of his career but we could have done with him a few years ago when we had the chance.

16.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 23:31:33
Yes, but he's been doing that for his whole career supa, what a player he would have been for us if we could have got him in. Reminds me of Scholes in that deep lying role. Always a step ahead in his head.

That said, England's midfield had the better of that game, as Shappy said. They were always in control.

17.) 14 Jun 2021
14 Jun 2021 07:54:29
I thought Phillips, Rice and Stones were head and shoulders above everyone else, whilst Mount and Foden played in bursts. Walker and Kane abysmal and the rest bang average.
A 6/ 10 performance but it’s the win that counts!

18.) 14 Jun 2021
14 Jun 2021 07:57:31
Supasub, I'm not saying England always perform. I don't think they'll win the competition. But I don't see a better squad of players at the euros.

19.) 14 Jun 2021
14 Jun 2021 08:38:09
Better squad than France remi? I don't think so.

20.) 14 Jun 2021
14 Jun 2021 10:17:55
Remi, France far and away have the best squad at the Euro's. They have such depth that Laporte switched nationality to represent Spain as he has never received a French cap.

He's 26 years old. Imagine having such strength in depth that you can afford to NEVER give a player of Laporte's quality a single cap.

I could name half a dozen French CB's not at the Euro's who'd be first choice for England.

England do have a good squad, I'd say it's on par with Germany's
and Portugal's, better than the Netherlands and Belgium and maybe a shade better than Italy's.

For once England have a squad capable of genuinely challenging for a title. It all comes down to how they play in these finals.

21.) 14 Jun 2021
14 Jun 2021 11:16:21
Both Portugal and Germany have better squads, though Germany isn't what they used to be, so I would give an edge to England.
I doubt England squad is that much better than Belgium, perhaps with injuries they had.

Anyway, I was expecting Grealish to play, since he was showing so much for England squad, why do you think he didn't get a chance?

22.) 14 Jun 2021
14 Jun 2021 12:57:52
I think Southgate picked a team to do a specific job against Croatia. Grealish wasn't the best fit for that plan. I think we will see Jack play a crucial role in certain games against certain teams either starting or off the bench.