The England Thread

[Huddlestone22]

Oxlaide-Chamberlain starting, and in defensive midfield of all places?

 

[LSUY]

Oxlaide-Chamberlain starting, and in defensive midfield of all places?

He's not going to be playing as a defensive midfielder though as Lithuania are simply going to spend the match sitting back.

 

[Huddlestone22]

He's not going to be playing as a defensive midfielder though as Lithuania are simply going to spend the match sitting back.

Then why not play him further forward?

 

[Pellshek]

I'm not a big fan of Wembley, but there's no denying its sheer scale can look pretty amazing on TV.

 

[DIEHARD]

Booooooooooooring

 

[nightgoat]

Would help if Oxlade-Chamberlain didn't place his passes about five yards behind the intended recipient...

 

[mpickard2087]

Of course its not an easy task when a team sits deep with every man behind the ball, I do feel there have been far too many slow, under-hit, dribbly passes though so far. You have to set the right standards of tempo and intensity.

 

[DIEHARD]

Sterling did well there

Defoe... Glad for the dude

 

[mpickard2087]

Defoe finally touches the ball and scores.

First time we showed a bit of positivity and intent = goal.

 

[Gbspurs]

I wish we had never sold Defoe.

 

[riggi]

When do we get Defoe back?

 

[edson]

I wish we had never sold Defoe.

We should have offered him a contract when he was training with us when he came back from Canada 2 years ago.

 

[Cornpattbuck]

Well done Defoe, lad. Feels like I've gone back in time

 

[Sandros Shiny Head]

I never thought I'd see anyone as weak at shooting as Aaron Lennon but Sterling's got him well beat

 

[TheChosenOne]

Living here in Ireland I'd forgotten how crap Tyldesly is.

 

[DIEHARD]

When do we get Defoe back?

If we had him he will have got us two or three goals which will have made the difference between where we are in the league now and challenging Chelscum for the title. Only needed two or three goals. Arghhh

 

[LexingtonSpurs]

We should have offered him a contract when he was training with us when he came back from Canada 2 years ago.

I think we tried, but he was offside.

 

[nightgoat]

Oxlade-Chamberlain is so shit at passing a football.

 

[mark87]

They really are kicking lumps out of Alli.

 

[felmani26]

Nasty challenge on Alli that - hope he comes through this unscathed as he's getting a bit of treatment here from the Lithuanians