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England vs Italy - Euro 2024 Qualifier - KO @ 7:45pm - C4

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  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 6,377
    sam3110 said:
    Laddick01 said:
    We really need someone to claim that 3rd midfield role. 

    Going in with either Henderson or Phillips is going to be trouble.
    Rice should be a good enough holding midfielder to play 2 more adventurous midfielders with him. Bellingham as the box to box and someone like Maddison as the most advanced midfielder I think would be fine
    Whilst I completely agree, history suggests that Southgate won't consider that the case. 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,775
    England have allowed three shots on target during Euro 2024 qualifying. All three have resulted in goals scored.
  • For all the talent we've got this lineup has:

    Trippier - out of position
    Maguire - never plays
    Phillips - never plays
    Stones - only just coming back from injury
    Rashford - seriously out of form

    Basically we're relying on Bellingham, Kane and possibly Foden to do something. 
  • For all the talent we've got this lineup has:

    Trippier - out of position
    Maguire - never plays
    Phillips - never plays
    Stones - only just coming back from injury
    Rashford - seriously out of form

    Basically we're relying on Bellingham, Kane and possibly Foden to do something. 
    Foden wouldnt be starting if Saka was fit
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,896
    Dion Dublin.

    Why?
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,276
    England have allowed three shots on target during Euro 2024 qualifying. All three have resulted in goals scored.
    Because we persevere with Pickford, who I have never rated, and has spent the last couple of seasons in a dogshit Everton team.
  • Manic_mania
    Manic_mania Posts: 2,259
    supaclive said:
    Phillips isn't match fit
    Maguire didn't get close enough to the first man.  If he does, he clears that cross. 
    Trippier at left back
    Sigh 

    Stones can't be either
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,390
    edited October 2023
    Thats Bellingham for you... Ridiculous the Italians are complaining about that - Blatant penalty
  • Manic_mania
    Manic_mania Posts: 2,259
    how could it possibly take this long fucking VAR
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 6,377
    Can't understand why this review is taking so long?
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  • How is it only a yellow card? - Because of double jeopardy?
  • Wellred
    Wellred Posts: 1,118
    Get in yessssss 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,276
    How is it only a yellow card? - Because of double jeopardy?
    Not a goalscoring opportunity either was it? 

    It's a penalty, but let's not gloss over the fact that most of the time these players are taking a 20 yard touch in these situations 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,775
    Normal service resumed.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,787
    Laddick01 said:
    Can't understand why this review is taking so long?
    Ludicrous. What could they possibly have been looking for?
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,971
    Macronate said:
    Dion Dublin.

    Why?
    Macronate said:
    Dion Dublin.

    Why?
    House buying analogies innit
  • For all the talent we've got this lineup has:

    Trippier - out of position
    Maguire - never plays
    Phillips - never plays
    Stones - only just coming back from injury
    Rashford - seriously out of form

    Basically we're relying on Bellingham, Kane and possibly Foden to do something. 
    And 2 of them combine for the penalty.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,390
    edited October 2023
    Laddick01 said:
    Can't understand why this review is taking so long?
    Ludicrous. What could they possibly have been looking for?
    Offside? - Maybe had to piss around doing the lines
  • Maguire clearly has balls of steel
  • Bilko
    Bilko Posts: 768
    Laddick01 said:
    Can't understand why this review is taking so long?
    Ludicrous. What could they possibly have been looking for?
    To see if it was a Red card.
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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,775
    Trippier needs more support from Rashford. They're doubling up on him.
  • Better defending that time from Stones, kept up with his man
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,775
    Malta are beating Ukraine. If both results stay the same, England would be qualified for next summer tonight.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,775
    Malta are beating Ukraine. If both results stay the same, England would be qualified for next summer tonight.

    Never mind - Ukraine equaliser. England need to better their result to guarantee qualifying tonight.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,787
    Bilko said:
    Laddick01 said:
    Can't understand why this review is taking so long?
    Ludicrous. What could they possibly have been looking for?
    To see if it was a Red card.
    Which it clearly wasn’t after watching it back once. It was a foul that wasn’t violent or dangerous. It was as plain as day.
  • Manic_mania
    Manic_mania Posts: 2,259
    Malta are beating Ukraine. If both results stay the same, England would be qualified for next summer tonight.

    Never mind - Ukraine equaliser. England need to better their result to guarantee qualifying tonight.
    don't we qualify if we beat malta regardless?
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,276
    The usual England bias is strong on commentary tonight, Rashford mis-controls the ball and has to race on to it, then loses it easily to an Italian player, but because he's English and can do no wrong, they mention how "three players had to stop him" even though it was just one player Rashford ran up to and was then tackled by.

    Same thing happens with club football, of course, but with international sport they dial it up to 11 and it's almost insufferable 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,775
    The way I saw that VAR involvement, there was an angle that wasn't conclusive on whether the Italian defender made contact with the ball. I don't blame them for making absolutely sure.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,276
    They need the English equivalent of Steve Brown. 

    I think it's why many people like  Roy Keane, because he has the balls to actually be critical of Man United despite being a club legend there 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,775
    edited October 2023
    Malta are beating Ukraine. If both results stay the same, England would be qualified for next summer tonight.

    Never mind - Ukraine equaliser. England need to better their result to guarantee qualifying tonight.
    don't we qualify if we beat malta regardless?

    Four points from our last three games means we don't have to care about any other results. I was just talking specifically about what has to happen for us to qualify tonight before playing Malta and N.Macedonia next month.


    Edit: technically our goal difference is so good compared to Italy and Ukraine that three points against Malta as you say would likely be enough, though not mathematically guaranteed.