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England v Croatia - Match thread

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  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    Well done lads. It wasn’t pretty at times but a win and a clean sheet is huge.
  • Mendonca In AsdasMendonca In Asdas
    Laddick01 said:
    If they equalise late I’m convinced the NT has been cursed.
    National Trust?
  • Mendonca In AsdasMendonca In Asdas
    All aboard the fickle bus!
  • Mendonca In AsdasMendonca In Asdas
    Lovely 3 points, stealing ooh ah’s thunder, 90% chance of qualification.
  • Laddick01Laddick01
    I’d keep Phillips and Rice.

    I’d change the Fullbacks (maybe keep Walker?). Chilwell would take this side up a gear.
  • cfgscfgs
    Decent start, a win in the opening game takes a lot of pressure off us.
  • CharltonMadridCharltonMadrid
    Haven't felt this positive after an opening game for a long time.
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  • thai malaysia addickthai malaysia addick
    No complaints. Really good performance. Southgate has put together a team that looks more like a club side.
  • Laddick01Laddick01
    stackitsteve said:
    How good was Bellingham when he came on. 3 or 4 crucial tackles.
    Totally agree. For 17 he is so combative. 

    Sadly he’s competing with Phillips and Mount who both played well today.
  • North Lower NeilNorth Lower Neil
    soapboxsam said:
    Philips MOM
    Definitely,very impressed.
  • ken_shabbyken_shabby
    edited June 2021
    blackpool72 said:
    Concidering all the bed wetting  going on about Southgate picking a negative team.
    Well I thought we played superb. 
    Yep. I thought he'd picked a bang average teM, but we played well, and there were a couple of chances to put that to bed second half. Happy to be proved wrong. Even happier we won.
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    Scotland the perfect game to rotate the side a bit
  • stackitstevestackitsteve
    thai malaysia addick said:
    No complaints. Really good performance. Southgate has put together a team that looks more like a club side.
    And that’s something that so many of the players have commented on. Like a club side. 
  • HuskarisHuskaris
    Let's not forget that team knocked us out of the World cup a few years back... 
  • LawrieAbrahamsLawrieAbrahams
    What a stupid question. 
  • philcafcphilcafc
    We can improve and will need to, but important to get off to a good start and we did enough to win. I was critical of Phillips and Sterling starting but to be fair both did well particular Phillips who was my MOM.
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  • Bournemouth AddickBournemouth Addick
    Not a game that will live in the memory after about 6pm tonight but they did what they had to do. Phillips was ace in that role. Rice nice and tidy, Mings looked good and we never really looked under real pressure at any point. 
  • stop_shoutingstop_shouting
    LawrieAbrahams said:
    What a stupid question. 
    Raheem not impressed there!
  • se9addickse9addick
    Good win for England.

    Think people need to forget about the Croatia of 2018, three years on this team is a shadow of that side.
  • cabblescabbles
    Good win for me and well deserved.  Phillips MOTM, loved seeing him get stuck in. Croatia not the team they were 3 years ago, but we still had to beat them.  I’ve watched countless tournaments in my life time where England have let me down.  We should be buoyed by this as we only need to get a win against Scotland (which will be a different type of challenge), and we’re in the knock outs.  

    Enjoy it and onto Friday 
  • soapboxsamsoapboxsam
    Look ? (Aussie accent)

    We won and we have never done that before in the first game of the Euro's.

    Croatia were Runners up in the World cup after beating England.
    We didn't play Turkey or Russia.
  • EricBanternaEricBanterna
    thai malaysia addick said:
    No complaints. Really good performance. Southgate has put together a team that looks more like a club side.
    That's the biggest thing, over the years we have individual talent and great players but not a great team.

    We have that team ethos with these younger players who all grew up together.
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    Cafc43v3r said:
    I will tell you what unlike Stevie G MBE, Fat Frank and Scholes, Foden, Mount and Bellingham could play in the same team for years.

    Is this the best group of young players we have ever had? 
    Certainly the best group of youngsters that we dont have to worry about trying to put in the same team like we have done. 
  • blackpool72blackpool72
    killerandflash said:
    Scotland the perfect game to rotate the side a bit
    As long as we win.
    Jockistan to finish bottom please 
  • RedmidlandRedmidland
    Bellingham will be a great player, my mate at work knows him well and had followed him since he was a kid, he has the X factor and is still only 17! Phillips was excellent, well taken goal by Sterling, but I'm still worried by Stones and why Trippier at LB? Walker I didn't think played well enough to start the next game!
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