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Would you have preferred Modric?
Gazzaniga if I had a choice.
Would you have preferred Modric?
One of the players of the tournament for me trippier, probably top 3 afer mbappe & modric. Tough to see his pain at the end. He gave everything.
Lol at Roy Keane
A lot of people have made some very good points about what England lacks, where Southgate struggled tactically, etc. but we seem to be avoiding the main problem. ITV is our Jonah. The football gods won't be appeased until Sam Matterface and Clive Tyldesley are sacrificed.
Modric.Allez Les Bleus !
Badly want to see Hugo with that winners medal...
The alternative is Lovren and Modric - unbearable.
I generally agree with this except I have Trippier contributing to both their goals.
. Harry does look a bit leggy. Disappointing we didn’t knit more together in the final third third as the game wore on but they played better than I thought they would tonight
Never apologize. Just smile, and wave....And my excuse is the medication - 23 tablets so far today, with 2 more to go.
Apologies for my idiocy.
Totally agree. He was never blessed with pace, but he always had the ability to turn and beat his man. Something is missing since that injury, and was certainly back a lot quicker than he should have been.For me , Harry has not been right since his injury
I don't think we've had a "'run through brick walls' mode Kane" for months. Not a question of his desire, 'cause that's not a question...it's a physical thing. You can see the slowness in his movement, his pace, his turn of pace. His former strength of using his physicality in backing off and turning defenders has turned into simply waiting for contact and a ref's whistle that may or may not come. His quickness in shifting the ball to either foot to get a shot off hasn't been seen for a while.Whisper it, but I still think from a deeper role Kane could have offered a bit more, maybe we even should have expected it. Some good hold up play and classy touches at times, but we never got 'run through brick walls' mode Kane - especially when he is captain. And his extra time efforts were rather limp. It would be interesting to know if he still isn't 100%.
Another game where you realize just how important the midfield battle is. England had the better defense and forwards but it didn't matter because of how much the midfield was outclassed.
I don't think we've had a "'run through brick walls' mode Kane" for months. Not a question of his desire, 'cause that's not a question...it's a physical thing. You can see the slowness in his movement, his pace, his turn of pace. His former strength of of using his physicality in backing off and turning defenders has turned into simply waiting for contact and a ref's whistle that may or may not come. His quickness in shifting the ball to either foot to get a shot off hasn't been seen for a while.
Think he just needs a long rest, and a viable, non-Llorente alternative in our line up to give him that rest.