The ball was behind him so he was falling as he reached back to hit it
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[Football] World Cup - Day Fifteen... D-Day for England
- Thread starter Mortdecai
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Bellingham is pure class. Shame we don't have a better defence, think we'd have the tools to win the WC if we had a Ferdinand/Campbell-esque combo at the back.
Javeaseagull
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- Feb 22, 2014
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Talk about a half of two halves!
Bellingham/Foden/Kane are beautiful to watch in full flow
The defence is absolute shite for us.
The defence is absolute shite for us.
Randy McNob
Now go home and get your f#cking Shinebox
- Jun 13, 2020
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some of the negative comments on here are either a wind up or ridiculously stupid
If people can't this is a masterclass in tactics and game management can I suggest you open your eyes when watching football?
If people can't this is a masterclass in tactics and game management can I suggest you open your eyes when watching football?
Wardy's twin
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- Oct 21, 2014
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Clear examples of don't fanny around at the back just get it forward quickly so the defence can't organise .
The Wizard
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- Jul 2, 2009
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Tbf if Southgate orchestrated the going longer then fair play to him, meant Senegal couldn’t just press and tbf they are useless at dealing with the long ball
I haven't been reading the thread, been watching the game, but I imagined people would be whining. France were quality in the end but Poland had an easy opportunity to score first and they smashed it against the keeper.
I understand the nerves of watching your team can make you less objective and prone to over criticism, but despite a couple of crap passes giving Senegal chances, we were still the better side even before the goal.
- Oct 17, 2008
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This. Last 20 we looked great
Wardy's twin
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It would be interesting to know whether it was Southgate or the players who changed it.
- Oct 17, 2008
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This a thousand times. We changed it and looked great.
Wardy's twin
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- Oct 21, 2014
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It would be interesting to know whether it was Southgate or the players who changed it.
For 35 minutes they bossed it, we were comatose, Stones and Maguire passing to Senegalese, Pickford kept us in the WC. That’s a fact, just analysed on the box.
That doesn’t stop (most of) us being ecstatic with the two goals.
So you think Senegal were the best team in the first half of that? Performing better relative to the two teams' expectations maybe, but not better
- Oct 17, 2008
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We need to stop the bollocking about at the back. We are a confidence team. After the goal especially we looked very, very good. Attack, attack attack
GT49er
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I don't think we're allowed to call it Fannying around at the Back these days, are we?
No.
Yes, there were a couple of crap passes, and Saka stupidly keeping the ball in play but without control, which lead to their shot.
He made one excellent save. If he hadn't, I imagine we'd still have got back into it. Did he make any other saves you wouldn't expect him to?
- Oct 20, 2022
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Stones and Maguire clearly struggled in the first part of that half to build up from the back and managed at the same time to make us really vulnerable to Senegals strikers getting behind the line. Guess we missed the memo on that being part of Southgate’s game management.
Two great goals against the flow of play but no excuse for dicking around at the back.
Jude Bellingham is the best thing to come out of Birmingham since the M40