Very worrying Bob. The Jocks wanted it more than us. Unacceptable.
Hopefully we’ll peak when it counts. 1990 World Cup was a slow burner 1-1 with Ireland, 0-0 Holland and 1-0 Egypt.All your comments that I have read about Englands first 2 games (I have not been able to watch due to broadcast restrictions In Oz---Optus only) is not giving me any confidence for the more important stages to come. Hopefully they can lift their game so we do not suffer the usual disappointment.
Aye, rarely do you get a team win all the way through a tournament. Even in 1966 we opened up with a 0-0 draw with Uruguay, but people forget that as we went on to win it. The brilliant Spain team of 2010 lost their opening game to Switzerland and their biggest win was a 2-0 win v Honduras. Again, all forgotten because they went on to win it.Hopefully we’ll peak when it counts. 1990 World Cup was a slow burner 1-1 with Ireland, 0-0 Holland and 1-0 Egypt.
If we’d drawn with Croatia and beaten Scotland 1-0, people probably wouldn’t be chuntering as much.
Yeah we reserved out crap game against Iceland when we got knocked out last time. Much my wife’s Icelandic families joy.Aye, rarely do you get a team win all the way through a tournament. Even in 1966 we opened up with a 0-0 draw with Uruguay, but people forget that as we went on to win it. The brilliant Spain team of 2010 lost their opening game to Switzerland and their biggest win was a 2-0 win v Honduras. Again, all forgotten because they went on to win it.
If people had offered us four points from six and two clean sheets before the tournament, we'd have taken it.
Were we good the other night? No. But a bit of perspective and bit less negativity is required (bit like during Blackpool's season!). Equally though, pundits got too carried away after the Croatia win (which was nothing more than professional).
I'd much rather drop in a shit performance in the second group game and still come out of it with a point than do it a knockout game and be hearing home. Hopefully lessons learned and the bar gets raised going forwards.
I'd much rather be in our position than Spain, France, Germany or Portugal after two games.
I've been quite happy to watch several of the games on mute whilst her indoors has music on. A lot of commentators and pundits are piss poor.Yeah we reserved out crap game against Iceland when we got knocked out last time. Much my wife’s Icelandic families joy.
Imagine the people calling for Southgates sacking will be the ones lauding him as a hero if we win. Bit like with Critchley’s start to last season!
We have the team but do they have the mentality? Hopefully, but what a response from Germany though after their first match.
Im not enjoying the commentary at all. Savage and McCoist especially (though I actually sometimes feel sorry for Savage at times. Think he gets picked on a bit by some). Danny Murphy quite negative. Micah is good - complete loon. I prefer unbiased commentary during the game and then whatever goes at half and full time.
I hope GS plays some of the other lads like Bellingham and Sancho and gives Grealish a full run. Bellingham looks to be shaping into a fantastic player. He’s going to be a proper unit when he gets older.
Kane is very good on occasion but try’s to get decisions when he falls over which he is quite good at…Over rated in my view.
I've been quite happy to watch several of the games on mute whilst her indoors has music on. A lot of commentators and pundits are piss poor.
I thought Bellingham put himself about well when he came on as a sub v Croatia. I'd start him v the Czechs and go 442: Pickford, Shaw, Mings, Stones, James, Grealish, Bellingham, Phillips, Foden, Kane, Rashford.