League A - Group 1-4 Fixtures - 25-27th September, 2022

[Stan]

That has to be a penalty? Late and tackle on his shin. 

[6666]

And that should convince Southgate to not be stupid by dropping Saka from RW. Changed the game and is always a solid performer.

[Stan]

Cracking penalty. What a turnaround! 

[Danny]

Im less inclined to lean towards “what a turn around” and more inclined to lean towards “what a shower of shit” from Germany. But Bellingham and the build up play since we equalised has been genuinely good.

[DeadLinesman]

0-2 Germany. “See, England come up against a half decent team and are found out”

 

3-2 England. “See, Germany capitulated, it’s not that England are actually any good and this Germany team aren’t great”.

 

Megalolz.

[Stan]

1 minute ago, Danny said:

Im less inclined to lean towards “what a turn around” and more inclined to lean towards “what a shower of shit” from Germany. But Bellingham and the build up play since we equalised has been genuinely good.

Think it's only fair to give credit where it's due. 

If England didn't capitalise on Germany being shit then there'd still be moaning. 

[Stan]

And as that's said, Pope fumbles Gnabry's shot and Havertz picks up the rebound to score. 

Pope has looked shaky most of the game. 

[Danny]

James has been donkey-like today and may Pope never play for England again

[Stan]

So many wanted Pope over Pickford too. Can't see Pickford making that kind of error

[DeadLinesman]

Nick Pope is a bit shite isn’t he.

Nice to see Luke Shaw more interested in his post match Burger King than following the striker and the ball.

[Michael]

3 minutes ago, DeadLinesman said:

Nick Pope is a bit shite isn’t he.

Nice to see Luke Shaw more interested in his post match Burger King than following the striker and the ball.

Yeah, Pope's not been great for England has he? He's had some excellent games at club level, but when it comes to England, Pickford has been our most consistent performer. Pickford almost always been a solid keeper for England and very reliable.

[DeadLinesman]

Woeful first touch from Saka.

[Stan]

1 minute ago, DeadLinesman said:

Woeful first touch from Saka.

Had to go straight on. Ter Stegen's save was very good though. 

[DeadLinesman]

Maguire injured. Both a blessing and a blessing.

[Tommy]

Good job from Hansi Flick. Germany almost as shit as under Löw again. 

[Danny]

Would be a mistake to view this as a good result, we’ve conceded 3 times against a terrible Germany side and other than a stand out performance from Bellingham and a run of goals, we were pretty poor throughout. James, Rice, Shaw and Foden all pretty forgettable/undercooked and both Pope and Maguire were dogshit.

This team needs a lot of work to get back to its previous levels (work that shouldn’t involve Harry Maguire), let alone improving beyond what we’ve already achieved.

[Dr. Gonzo]

I take solace in the fact that if Germany conceded 3 goals to us that means they aren't very good either.

[Reluctant Striker]

For England:

Positives: some of the attacking play of Kane, Sterling, Mount & Saka was impressive. Also, I am properly starting to see what the Bellingham hype is all about. I hope he stays at Dortmund than risk losing it all at an English Big 6 club.

Negatives: Maguire & Pope gifted a goal each. Without that England could actually have had a big confidence boosting result. It really was there for the taking.

[Cicero]

Havertz scored from outside the box. 

Wow. 

[Stan]

13 minutes ago, Danny said:

Would be a mistake to view this as a good result, we’ve conceded 3 times against a terrible Germany side and other than a stand out performance from Bellingham and a run of goals, we were pretty poor throughout. James, Rice, Shaw and Foden all pretty forgettable/undercooked and both Pope and Maguire were dogshit.

This team needs a lot of work to get back to its previous levels (work that shouldn’t involve Harry Maguire), let alone improving beyond what we’ve already achieved.

Harsh on James and Rice. 

Think James got better as the game went on and was a good outlet on the right, even more so when Saka came on to support him. 

[Stan]

Just now, Cicero said:

Havertz scored from outside the box. 

Wow. 

Werner was crap inside the box. 

Not wow. 

[Danny]

1 minute ago, Stan said:

Harsh on James and Rice. 

Think James got better as the game went on and was a good outlet on the right, even more so when Saka came on to support him. 

James was better when Saka came on but for a lot of that game he was just giving the ball away. Rice much the same, he had a decent last ten, few slide tackles here and there, but he spent most of the game losing the ball and struggling to win tackles.

[6666]

20 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I take solace in the fact that if Germany conceded 3 goals to us that means they aren't very good either.

No Neuer and no Rudiger might have a lot to do with that 

[Danny]

39 minutes ago, DeadLinesman said:

0-2 Germany. “See, England come up against a half decent team and are found out”

 

3-2 England. “See, Germany capitulated, it’s not that England are actually any good and this Germany team aren’t great”.

 

Megalolz.

3-3. Two shit teams scored a lot of goals against shit defences 

[Cicero]

15 minutes ago, Stan said:

Werner was crap inside the box. 

Not wow. 

Amazed he still plays let alone gets selected. 

Germany not having a quality CF/ST going to hurt them.