The Football Thread.

EricTheWeary

That tunnel is weird (fake coal mine if you didn’t see). 

Lestratcaster

Came in a bit late so missed Bellingham's goal, but he's glided around the pitch well and Saka has had the beating of the left-back everytime. Weird to see him skipping past full-backs as when he was playing for Arsenal they double up and he has to play it back or inside.

guitars4you

Good so far - But need to finish it off

Schnozz

Incredible input from Kane

tony99

Kane couldn't hit a cow's banjo with his arse!

Wazmeister

To be fair, I think Serbia deserve the draw.

DrCornelius

Felt like a typical disappointing england performance - loads of hype then lots of half paced possession. Thank god for Bellingham 

Lestratcaster

Just about got the job done but need to improve in the other 2 games. No outball when they win the ball back under pressure, Gary Neville talked about this on Monday Night Football a few years ago, hard for the team to get out of their defensive shape into their attacking positions. Sloppy play gave the ball away once they won it back. Serbia improved second half and could have levelled it up.

Shrews

1-0 nice start, but it's just soooooo boring.

Pickford had a good game.

Same story in the next two games I guess. 

AlbertC

Well that was all very……England 

I’d like to know that stats on how many times Kane goes to ground during a game

TeleMaster

Bit nervy but I'll take it! 

sev112

It's a stressful as watching West Han

TeleMaster

sev112 said:

It's a stressful as watching West Han

Fortune's always hiding, mate. 

guitars4you

Got there in the end - Thought Bowen and Gallagher did a decent cameo at the end - But not an ideal 2nd half performance - No control of the midfield at all 

munckee

guitars4you said:

Got there in the end - Thought Bowen and Gallagher did a decent cameo at the end - But not an ideal 2nd half performance - No control of the midfield at all 

Yep we’ve talked about how great we are in midfield and attack, defence and keeper were good we just lost control of the middle of the pitch. 

As they always say result is most important  thing but I don’t think we have the beating of France, Spain or Germany. 

guitars4you

munckee said:

guitars4you said:

Got there in the end - Thought Bowen and Gallagher did a decent cameo at the end - But not an ideal 2nd half performance - No control of the midfield at all 

Yep we’ve talked about how great we are in midfield and attack, defence and keeper were good we just lost control of the middle of the pitch. 

As they always say result is most important  thing but I don’t think we have the beating of France, Spain or Germany. 

The start of the 2nd half and Serbia came out with more tempo and we appeared to want to match that - Yet sometimes it is better to sit back, keep the ball between the back 4 and holding midfield players - Take the pace out the game and control the ball on our terms - We never looked like controlling the ball/midfield in the 2nd half - Not a shortage of energy as such, but a lack of guile 

DrCornelius

guitars4you said:

munckee said:

guitars4you said:

Got there in the end - Thought Bowen and Gallagher did a decent cameo at the end - But not an ideal 2nd half performance - No control of the midfield at all 

Yep we’ve talked about how great we are in midfield and attack, defence and keeper were good we just lost control of the middle of the pitch. 

As they always say result is most important  thing but I don’t think we have the beating of France, Spain or Germany. 

The start of the 2nd half and Serbia came out with more tempo and we appeared to want to match that - Yet sometimes it is better to sit back, keep the ball between the back 4 and holding midfield players - Take the pace out the game and control the ball on our terms - We never looked like controlling the ball/midfield in the 2nd half - Not a shortage of energy as such, but a lack of guile 

I can’t stand all that sideways passing keep the ball stuff . Look at the way Spain played a few days ago - get men out wide , stretch the pitch and hit long passes if that’s appropriate whilst playing with a lot of energy .  We are just so bloody boring to watch despite having great players

EricTheWeary

I had a stiff neck in the end, the tension of waiting for Serbia to at least equalise during the second half. Probably slightly unlucky that Kane didn't score off his header, it was about as close as it could be and still not a goal but otherwise England seemed to have lost their way. 
Can't see England or Serbia going far based on last night's performance. 

TeleMaster

People are acting like we lost when we comfortably won our first game! 

DrCornelius

TeleMaster said:

People are acting like we lost when we comfortably won our first game! 

I wouldn’t call that second half comfortable when we were only a single goal ahead