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Group B: Slovakia vs England - (20/6/16) KO 8pm, ITV1/HD |
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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.
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Well after a promising first half, that second half turned out to be absolute tripe. The moment they threw on a 2nd left back to nullify our threat from the right hand side, it was never going to happen. Slovakia well and truly parked the bus, and frankly, many sides better than us probably would have struggled to break them down.
We move forward regardless. Clyne MOTM for me, and now we hope for a Portugal win. |
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Really? England have been poor but Wales have arguably turned up for one match. They were not great at all against Slovakia or England.
I can't wait for the good teams to finally get into gear. |
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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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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.
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No luck involved, England have dominated all 3 games, their finishing up front has been the problem
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Well done, Wales - by far the better team this tournament.
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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.
Today was poor, we should have at least tested their keeper far more then we did. |
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This time next week, extra time begins before we crash out to Portugal on penalties
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Rooney was poor when he came on.
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Can't believe any pundit defending that boring football tonight. Van Gaal was heavily criticised when United were putting in performances like that week on week.
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Not going to be *another* tournament where our inability to win the group hinders our chance of going far in the competition, is it?
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Frustrating game, but let's not fire up a national disaster inquest just yet you bunch of drama queens.
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England vs Hungary would be almost like winning the group.
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Quite sobering to realise that had England not got that last minute winner against Wales, they would have ended up with three draws.
(I suppose you could turn that round and say that England would have had two wins had they not conceded in the last minute against Russia, but still...) |
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It was - great chance to win the group against very limited opponents thrown away. Completely catastrophic.
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so all the worry was about our defence when in fact it's our attack that's letting us down...
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I blame the FA for giving Hodgson the friggin job
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1 shot on target isn't good really considering the amount of ball we had..
2nd place so potentially Portugal or Hungary who will be as defensive so need an early goal. |
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Not sure I agree - despite the possession, how many clear cut chances have we made?
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Its been just as bad over the years tbh,, Nigeria 2002 ,, Algeria 2010 , and the whole of 2014
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We won't make it to extra time against Portugal, they'll slice our defence in half.
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So Wales, a lesser squad than England's, ability wise if you believe that manage to beat the two teams that England couldn't. Thank f for that Sturridge winner otherwise we may have been heading home. Still, it's not always how you start a tournament but how you finish it. Italy 1982 springs to mind. Mind you Italy were a much better side than this England one.
It seems like we are trying too hard at times. It was like watching Arsenal, pass it to death but no end product. |
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Can have all the domination in the world but I never really felt we were a threat in front of goal. There weren't any "should have scored" moments for me. I jumped off my couch a grand total of zero times. It just felt like whenever we got close to their box we went for wild shots or fell over ourselves. I think there was a period of 5 minutes where we genuinely looked dangerous. The rest was mediocre.
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65 shots in 3 games. Scored 3 goals.
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