Wonderful to hear. Really happy with that ahead of our against Southampton.
Internationals October (Nations League + Euro 2021 play-offs + Friendlies)
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Where is Isco? Last cap was June 2019.
Kimmich is a defensive midfielder.
Löw repeatedly struggled to get the midfield right. The partnership of Schweinsteiger and Khedira was always on the edge of getting overrun, when Schweinsteiger didn't come up with toptoptop class performances. Its not about the players, but about the organization of the team. Its just way too easy to by-pass the German midfield and run at or behind the CBs. The scary part about todays game was that the Swiss team had enough good chances to score more goals. 1-2 decent passes and the opposition gets in 1v1 situations against players in the last line.
Unfortunately I think you are right, although pointing out that Ansu Fati and Ferrán Torres can be high-level players in a short time.
The forward position is worrying.
Luis Enrique has tried so many combinations...
Mid-level players like Ceballos, Fabián or Rodri should have taken a much firmer step forward.
Perhaps with Thiago, Isco or Saúl back, the picture will change a bit.
In addition, they are moving from the thousand passes to trying to combine possession with an electric attack, which I imagine he intends with Olmo, Ferrán, Adama.
I have read that since 2006 no player had dribbled or crossed so much in a match in Spain.
And as you say, the Leeds striker was in the area.
De Gea / Kepa are also a problem.
At least at the national level, I think that none of them are remotely close to Casillas, Arconada or Cañizares.
It is a complicated position, where it is good to be settled from a young age, being 30 years old fighting for the place with an average goalkeeper creates a lot of mistrust
Entire Iceland staff is now quarantined because an FA staff member got got infected. So not only are 7 players out of the squad since the Denmark match but the U21 assistant manager and U17 manager will be on the sidelines tomorrow against Belgium.
It's a massive game. We're facing stiff challenge from San Marino for being the worst team int the Nation's League.
It's a massive game. We're facing stiff challenge from San Marino for being the worst team int the Nation's League.
Peru Brazil been a fun watch so far. More goals in this certainly.
Someone tell me what the hell Rudiger doing
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Didn’t watch the game but just seen the Ukraine goal. The way the media put it I though De Gea has made another almighty feck up. Yes he is badly positioned but why was nobody tracking the goal scorer properly. Poor positioning from De Gea probably due to complacency that Spain had been untouched the whole game but the defender was also complacent. No need for the media to go all out on De Gea.
Literally a spectator. That’s just bizarre.
He's doing what he has been doing since his days at Stuttgart, being a sh*te defender.
More like he was just the arse sniffing mascot.
That’s hilarious. No competition winner or sunday league player would do worse there. He just stood in one place before drifting a bit. No wonder Silva, Zouma, Tomori and Christensen are ahead of him for you lot.Low has to go just for putting Hummels and Boateng into exile for someone like him.
I like how he finishes it off by moving aside for the shot. Just marking his presence like he really "tries" to "block" the shot.
The English media? Surely being biased towards an English keeper and having a go at United is something the English media would do!?
That's hardly their best starting 11 tbf
Once carvajal, thiago, saul, luis alberto, koke, fabian ruiz are back into the team that's not any worse than what they ever had outside those 4 years of their golden era. The big issue for them is goalkeeper and goalscorer, they just don't have them
Yes Germany are a tournament team, their starting XI looks very good on the paper and they have home advantage for the Euros in the group stage (if fans will be allowed) but Löw hasn't found answers to their problems since the World Cup (Only two more international weeks before the Euros) and right now France & Portugal are much better than Germany.
Even the Spanish media made a meal out of it. Tbf I think they re exaggerated it a bit
Fellow French posters; today is the day. Time for our first win. 
Martial, Maguire, Vdb and Rashford are expected to start. Pogba on the bench
It's a shame that Southgate plays with a back 3 as he's got some really exciting options up the pitch. Makes me turn off
Really thought Grealish would come in for Mount, who was pretty terrible against Belgium... But Gareth really does love him.
That's a really shit England line up. Very defensive with Phillips and Rice in the middle. And just Mount, Rashford and Kane up top
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Hradecky having a great game.
Is she fit?
You couldn't pay me to watch that England team
Southgate is an atrocious manager
Southgate is an atrocious manager
It seems like Southgate is set on going back to 3 at the back. Not a fan of his obsession with Mount either.
How is Netherlands setting up? Their lineup looks a bit weird, also interesting to see Blind in midfield if that's actually his position.
Rice Philips midfield! Inspirational.
After playing two defensive midfielders against Denmark in the first game and that looking like a mistake, Southgate does it again! Grealish and Sancho should have started but are on the bench. No idea why he seems to have this obsession with Mount.
Looks like a 3-5-2 to me with Blind as a wing back.
We could have gone with:
Pickford
Reece James (presumably TAA rested)
Maguire
Coady
Walker / Saka
Rice
Henderson
Sancho
Grealish
Rashford
Kane
I used to be a fan of Southgate but maybe his popularity during the World Cup has gone to his head. We failed in the Nations league and despite having some great attacking players, we are churning out defensive line ups against an average side. Hope it's not another case of a wasted generation.
Pickford
Reece James (presumably TAA rested)
Maguire
Coady
Walker / Saka
Rice
Henderson
Sancho
Grealish
Rashford
Kane
I used to be a fan of Southgate but maybe his popularity during the World Cup has gone to his head. We failed in the Nations league and despite having some great attacking players, we are churning out defensive line ups against an average side. Hope it's not another case of a wasted generation.
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I don't get why he has to set up so defensively against Denmark.
If I was grealish I’d seriously be wondering what I’d have to do to get picked for England. Probably the in form player of the prem, creates a assist on his debut for England and is a threat through out. Baffling.
If we lose I will find you!Fellow French posters; today is the day. Time for our first win.
Was thinking we lose this one, and win at EC next summer.
Its bloody depressing, he did in the first game and it was criticised and now he does it at home. The bench looks better than the starting lineup.
I think he might want to look at setting up this way moving forward. After the World Cup when he switched to a back 4, England became defensively less solid. Southgate, being a defensive manager by nature (including in his club career), struggles to abide with that even if results aren't actually getting any worse.
Frank de Boer found a way to again not start our only somewhat on form attacker Steven Berghuis. Literally the entire press has been saying he should start him. He's such a stubborn twat. Already the worst national coach Ive seen.
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And win in a way that ref rob France in final against us. Two penalties from diving for us, red card for them, etc....If we lose I will find you!
Was thinking we lose this one, and win at EC next summer.
Yeah, that would never happen.....
Mount on the right again? Urgh, is Southgate trying to make England fans hate Mount?