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#601 Osborne again

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 04:58 PM

Well, England are playing tomorrow and I just hope we're up for it. Whether you like Southgate or not, it's down to the nitty gritty now. He can't afford to sit back, and the players need to fight for each other.
Us, as fans, need to believe that the manager, and the team he picks, can get it right and show what this England team is all about. Can he afford to play Foden and Bellingham together or Trippier at left back. However we set up and whoever plays, I just hope they make the country proud.

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 05:03 PM

Italy, so far, seem to be a shadow of their former selves of a few years ago.

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 05:30 PM

The Swiss have used a high press supported by tempo and purpose.

The characteristics underpinning all successful sides in this tournament.

On the other hand Italy look ponderous and pedestrian.

You see where I'm going, here...

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 05:31 PM

Blue roan lily, on 29 June 2024 - 04:50 PM, said:

Cant quite fathom out if Italy are than bad or Switzerland are that good

The same Blue v Red argument on Thursday?

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 05:54 PM

The Earl of Chesterfield, on 29 June 2024 - 05:30 PM, said:

😁 We can, hopefully the England set up can too.

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 06:02 PM

Blue roan lily, on 29 June 2024 - 04:50 PM, said:

Cant quite fathom out if Italy are than bad or Switzerland are that good

Take it from me it?s the worst Italian team for 20yrs! 🥹🤣 but Switzerland will give anyone a good game !

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 06:30 PM

Italy were terrible!! Not one player on the pitch that drove other players on

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 06:35 PM

FORZA AZZURRI, on 29 June 2024 - 06:02 PM, said:

Take it from me it?s the worst Italian team for 20yrs! 🥹🤣 but Switzerland will give anyone a good game !

Whatever the other tactics are, any opponent has got to stop Xhaka from getting on the ball.

Get it on, bang the gong , get it on

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 07:50 PM

Italian football has been on the decline for years, the Euro 2020 win was a anomaly.

Denmark vs Germany suspended due to bad weather.

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 08:00 PM

The Euro 2020 win was due to coming up against a side with a complete bore of a manager who quite simply couldn?t unleash the hounds when needed.

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 08:06 PM

Mr Mercury, on 29 June 2024 - 05:31 PM, said:

The same Blue v Red argument on Thursday?

Probably..

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 08:08 PM

FORZA AZZURRI, on 29 June 2024 - 06:02 PM, said:

Take it from me it?s the worst Italian team for 20yrs! 🥹🤣 but Switzerland will give anyone a good game !

Correct
The worst Italy performance I?ve seen in 30 years
Infact I reckon our first 11 would beat that Italian side tonight

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 08:27 PM

Happ Hazzard, on 29 June 2024 - 07:50 PM, said:

Italian football has been on the decline for years, the Euro 2020 win was a anomaly.

Denmark vs Germany suspended due to bad weather.

2006 WC winners and 2021 Euro winners ?, I?d take that all day long meantime.

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 08:35 PM

VAR?pathetic

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 08:43 PM

Mr Mercury, on 29 June 2024 - 08:35 PM, said:

VAR?pathetic

It isn?t VAR it is the interpretation of the rules and not just handball.

I agree with the commentators, time to go bank to basics, in the case of the handball; was it deliberate, then worry about all the other considerations

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 08:45 PM

FORZA AZZURRI, on 29 June 2024 - 06:02 PM, said:

Take it from me it?s the worst Italian team for 20yrs! 🥹🤣 but Switzerland will give anyone a good game !

Except Scotland

Must admit the one that beat England was generally pretty hopeless and what about the one that didn?t qualify

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 08:47 PM

azul, on 29 June 2024 - 08:43 PM, said:

No surprise it is the English officials in charge again.

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 08:51 PM

Tylerdurdencfc, on 29 June 2024 - 08:47 PM, said:

No surprise it is the English officials in charge again.

There seems to be rule in Europe of minimal interference from VAR. in England the officials seem subservient to it.

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 09:09 PM

azul, on 29 June 2024 - 08:45 PM, said:

Except Scotland

Must admit the one that beat England was generally pretty hopeless and what about the one that didn?t qualify

Hopeless? Won 7 games to win trophy and was 37 world record games unbeaten

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Posted 29 June 2024 - 09:40 PM

azul, on 29 June 2024 - 08:43 PM, said:

The officials are so pedantic about getting it wrong, that they can't see the wood for the trees. For me,get rid of it, because it's not being used for what it was designed for. A clear and obvious error isn't an offside call which relies on minutes of looking into a monitor. It's killing the game in my opinion.