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Old 20-06-2016, 21:54
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Once more England fail to win their group. Only 1 win from their 3 matches in a group that wasn't exactly filled with world beaters.

It's deja vu all over again.
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:54
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On the bright side it looks like we have a lot of decent young players now. Could be promising.
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:54
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He passed it back. lol
We were doing it most of the game.
What's the point of getting it down into the corner only to then not bother crossing and play it backwards up the flank and back to the central defenders. Then go down the other flank to not cross again and bring it back to the central defenders. Then attempt to get through the middle and either have a long shot blocked or skied over the bar.
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:54
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I blame Sterling
I blame the FA for giving Hodgson the friggin job
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:54
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I think every England performance will be terrible in your books no matter what.
So tonight was a good one was it???

If we play well I will say so, tonight was far from good, nevermind great.
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:54
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Tyldesley really is a shitstain on the face of football commentary.
The combination of him and Hoddle is an advertisement for deafness.
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:55
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France haven't been significantly better than England so far.
No but I think they could spring into life. I don't think we can play much better. May be finish a bit better but we're not going to step it up. You feel all the other big teams could step it up significantly.
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:55
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Adventureless display from England. Knew better as a Northern Irish man than to rely on them though.

Well done, Wales - by far the better team this tournament.
Really? England have been poor but Wales have arguably turned up for one match. They were not great at all against Slovakia or England.
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:55
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On the bright side it looks like we have a lot of decent young players now. Could be promising.
We have one here, yet decide not to play him!
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:55
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Tyldesley really is a shitstain on the face of football commentary.
Do we ever win a match at a major tournament when it is shown on ITV
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:55
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I really don't expect anything else from England in a tournament
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:55
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Switched over when Wales went 2 up, watched their game instead, looks to have been the better
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:55
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Zero fresh ideas for the last 35 minutes, just rehashing the same formula, relying on Clyne to kick the ball against the back of a Slovakia defender.
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:55
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I blame Fraser Forster
I blame David Cameron.
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:55
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So tonight was a good one was it???

If we play well I will say so, tonight was far from good, nevermind great.
It was good in the first half and poor in the second but against a negative team only interested in 0-0. You'd think it was a catastrophic performance and result the way people on here are getting on.
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:56
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only one win in such a poor group is embarrassing - Woy has no idea how to play good attacking footbal
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:56
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I have a complaint as all three of our matches so far have been very Frustrating. There has been no real improvement I'm glad we're through but it's lucky we are.
No luck involved, England have dominated all 3 games, their finishing up front has been the problem
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:56
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Where's Pele when you need him?!
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:56
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On the bright side it looks like we have a lot of decent young players now. Could be promising.
we've been there before... the promise is never fulfilled.
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:56
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On the bright side it looks like we have a lot of decent young players now. Could be promising.
Oh we say that all the time, they never come to anything. Alli and Kane seem to be going down the 'good for club, poor for country' route as well now.
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:56
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This time next week, extra time begins before we crash out to Portugal on penalties
thats not a forgone conclusion as Ronaldo is having a very poor tournament so far 😜😂😂
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:56
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I blame David Cameron.
I blame Obama
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:56
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No but I think they could spring into life. I don't think we can play much better. May be finish a bit better but we're not going to step it up. You feel all the other big teams could step it up significantly.
With Payet there is always the chance for a bit of magic, who have we got that is capable of producing when it matters??
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:56
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It was good in the first half and poor in the second but against a negative team only interested in 0-0. You'd think it was a catastrophic performance and result the way people on here are getting on.
It was - great chance to win the group against very limited opponents thrown away. Completely catastrophic.
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Old 20-06-2016, 21:56
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Very frustrating match. England's wastefulness was frustrating but so was Slovakia's negativity. Too many games in this tournament have followed this pattern for me. Lots of negative sides and lots of teams who haven't been good enough at breaking them down. I hope things will open up a bit in the knockout rounds.
The way to beat teams like that is to put constant pressure on them, we didn't do that though, we just walked around the pitch. Even if you are getting your crosses wrong, you just need to keep putting them in there. We made it far too easy for them to defend.

We looked like we had given up in that second half, they were just walking around.
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