UEFA Euro 2020 Group D ** spoilers ** (England, Croatia, Scotland, C.Republic)

[muon]

Would Maguire actually reclaim his place if fit, based on this?

Defence hasn't been great. No idea how to keep the ball at the back.

 

[adam cool dude]

Southgate putting Rashford on the right.

Just typical.

 

[mysticsniper]

Time for Grealish surely?

 

[muon]

Southgate putting Rashford on the right.

Just typical.

Refused to take Kane off.

 

[200sols]

Kane is so slow

 

[AdyG]

Rashfords barely touched the ball.

 

[Ayahuasca]

St Jude

 

[FoxEye]

Why when we're defending a lead like this, is the first thought of every player to hoof it up the field back to the opponent?

It's like they enjoy inviting pressure on themselves.

 

[Participant]

Kane and Rashford feel like old guard now. Kane too slow and Rashford focusing on his humanitarian ventures.

 

[mysticsniper]

Why when we're defending a lead like this, is the first thought of every player to hoof it up the field back to the opponent?

It's like they enjoy inviting pressure on themselves.

It's the English way, always has been, nothing much changes unfortunately

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Kane doesn't have the pace to beat the defence but surely you'd want him playing to hold up the ball when we just hoof it clear?

 

[Participant]

Why when we're defending a lead like this, is the first thought of every player to hoof it up the field back to the opponent?

It's like they enjoy inviting pressure on themselves.

If you mean Sterling, he was 2 yards from the goal line when he wacked it? Surely that's allowed?

 

[muon]

Kane doesn't have the pace to beat the defence but surely you'd want him playing to hold up the ball when we just hoof it clear?

We want someone who poses a threat on the counter. Rashford through the middle will be better.

He just doesnt have someone like Fernandes behind him, or proper overloads left and right.

 

[Kenai]

Kane doesn't have the pace to beat the defence but surely you'd want him playing to hold up the ball when we just hoof it clear?

Kane looked like he barely had the pace to walk off the pitch, he was knackered

 

[jonneymendoza]

Refused to take Kane off.

His off now

 

[FoxEye]

It's the English way, always has been, nothing much changes unfortunately

It wouldn't be so bad if they left one or two England players up there, so when they hoof the ball there's a chance of making something from it.

But all 11 players are inside their own half, and the hoof is just straight to the opponent.

 

[mysticsniper]

We want someone who poses a threat on the counter. Rashford through the middle will be better.

He just doesnt have someone like Fernandes behind him, or proper overloads left and right.

Unfortunately Vardy has retired. Would have been perfect today

 

[200sols]

Kane doesn't have the pace to beat the defence but surely you'd want him playing to hold up the ball when we just hoof it clear?

No. He's barely touched the ball, clearly off the pace of the game. Hopefully Southgate doesn't feel pressured into playing him every game but I'm not holding my breath on that one.

 

[McBain]

I know he scored but how many times does Sterling want to overhit the pass to Rashford. There’s acres of space there and he pumps it too long, give him a chance ffs

 

[Jimbeam3678]

I always wonder in these type of games is it we’ve made Croatia look past their best or are they actually past their best and we should have hammered them 3 nil.

 

[FoxEye]

If you mean Sterling, he was 2 yards from the goal line when he wacked it? Surely that's allowed?

Not it's a pattern, not one incident. When we're hanging on in a situation like this, everybody is back in their own half, and every time we get the ball we just hoof it away, rather than keeping it and frustrating the opponent.

And since we don't leave even a single player as an outlet up the field, it just comes straight back at us.

It's crazy.