I suppose my point is we went 4 at the back to shore up but all we seemed to do was give them more space in any case. Even Rio Ferdinand seemed to notice they had more space on the left than that around someone who'd farted after a curry at half time. On the flip side it didn't seem to create an...
I sort of understand why we went 4 at the back. Spain's threat was on the wing and I guess the plan was to counter that. I not sure the pound land Christmas tree formation did that though.
Still, we've got some cracking double headers to look forward to against *checks notes* Rep of Ireland, Greece and Finland in the Nations league.
That's because "the best England manager of all time" managed to get us relegated from our Nations League group when we got beat 4-0 at home to...
For Euro 96 I had recently moved to the Midlands and was somewhat lonely and homesick. By the end of the tournament acquaintances turned into friendships I've still got to this day, pulled a bird that had a rather wonderful nurses uniform dress up every now and again as well as a case of the...
Where we got lucky on Wednesday was that we were second best aerially to Dutch free kicks and corners. It didn't cost us but It has previously (Mandzukic for Croatia for example). Koeman thought the same with the Weghorst sub and that is the weak part of Walker in that position
That's not an...
Southgate has done some stuff very well. The togetherness of the squad, creating an environment that the players want to be in.and preparation for pens are all top drawer.
Where he falls down is picking of players out of position (Trent, Walker 3rd centre half, Foden), his in game management is...