L1lyBrown
Striker
And you can't read. A problem where you come from?
Pandering to keep ball merchants
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PJH
Striker
It's not even the mediocre teams bogging it down. Sweden have only played some actual forward thinking football for about 20-30 minutes out of 180, and have 4 points to show for it. Tonight we didn't seem to really be going all out for the win, because why risk a defeat that puts qualification on shaky ground? Get to 4 points and feel confident of at worst being a 3rd place qualifier. But 2nd is guarenteed if we don't lose the next match...
SpiritofBurnden
Winger
Reading it isn't the problem, making any sense of it is the issue.
Unless you think that the goals were larger when Holland played Ukraine.
Sunderlandafc2020
Goalkeeper
PJH
Striker
Since it seems likely that Group B will have a 3rd place team finish on 3 points (have to fancy Belgium to beat Finland), and 3rd place in Group A is likely to finish on negative GD (unless the Swiss or Turks smash goals in) it feels like 4 points is enough. If Spain beat Poland tomorrow, that leaves Slovakia in 3rd in that group with 3 points and Spain left to play. Just feels like safe can get you through.
rubberface
Striker
Rice did not want to receive the ball all night. Don't get the hype around him.
safcforever
Striker
All 3 games today were shit.
they changed the rule in 1992 because the sport had become dull.
Maybe a time in your own half rule could be introduced
One of our best chances came from a hoof from Pickford. He’ll be in the running for most assists for England by the end of our run.
T28ColdBlowLion
Subs Bench
If no goals are scored in the first half, there should be 2 footballs in play from the start of the second half.
each teams fans should nominate a sniper in the stands and they are allowed 2 shots in each half. They are allowed to shoot the ball if it’s going in to their net to help their keeper. If the sniper accidentally shoot a player, VAR checks what was in her sights when she fired. If aiming at player, summoned to appear in Crown Court a week on Tuesday next. If the ball was in the sights at time of firing, sniper is sin binned and loses the next shot.
when goalkeepers drop kick the ball, if an opposing player catches it, the goalkeeper is out.
and finally there will be no taking the knee at football matches ever again, but football fans, although not actively encouraged to boo (like they are encouraged 24/7 to bet all their weekly earning away just so these greed football men in black can earn obscene sum of money from the gambling fans misery), will once again not be vilified for booing at a football match if they wish
Redandwhitedust
Winger
I've said it before. We could learn a lot from cartoons.
Randomly dug pits covered with twigs and stuff would be a start. Imagine a player storming in on goal, only to disappear from view with a comedy sound effect?
Quicksand is equally underrated. Falling boulders, exploding birdseed, allowing goalkeepers to use giant catapults, throw inside taken using seesaws and 10 ton weights.
All would improve the entertainment value of watching England.
Norwich Exile
Central Defender
You buying the new goals for all the grassroots teams?
Kevsgreat
Striker
Might be easier to have a height limit on keepers.
vinegar hill
Striker
The biggest culprit was James.
He never ever looked forward.
He never ever looked forward.
what were you drinkingRedandwhitedust
Winger
Changing the size of goals is pointless in my opinion.
0-0 doesn't always mean a bad game. I wouldn't be too pissed off if both keepers had made loads of world class saves, the woodwork had been hit half a dozen times. That's football. No one comes out of a thriller of a match saying "we should make the goals bigger and that would have been even better".
The issue for me is that far too many games are played at an infuriatingly slow pace, with players terrified to make tackles and other players going down at the slightest touch.
If we allow the game to be a little harder, you'll see players under pressure making quick decisions, making mistakes and with that comes excitement. Pretty much like Northern League football can be.
Too often last night there was a situation where the midfield had the ball, and the opposition didn't want to commit to a tackle (and risk a free kick) and the attacker didn't want to try anything too adventurous. So you get sideways and backwards passing.
0-0 doesn't always mean a bad game. I wouldn't be too pissed off if both keepers had made loads of world class saves, the woodwork had been hit half a dozen times. That's football. No one comes out of a thriller of a match saying "we should make the goals bigger and that would have been even better".
The issue for me is that far too many games are played at an infuriatingly slow pace, with players terrified to make tackles and other players going down at the slightest touch.
If we allow the game to be a little harder, you'll see players under pressure making quick decisions, making mistakes and with that comes excitement. Pretty much like Northern League football can be.
Too often last night there was a situation where the midfield had the ball, and the opposition didn't want to commit to a tackle (and risk a free kick) and the attacker didn't want to try anything too adventurous. So you get sideways and backwards passing.
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Kevsgreat
Striker
Considering Southgate changed the full backs to offer more going forward James was disappointing.
Tonton Zola Moukoko
Midfield
Usually takes a few games for a big tournament to get into full swing. This format hasn’t helped, teams putting safety first just like we did last night. Also the lack of big crowds means no pressure on a side to pick the pace up. Expect the third round of games to pick it up then I’m sure the knock outs will be entertaining.
