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Best performance by England in the tournament and in reality aside from a worldie the Dutch were never in it. Subs worked perfectly, but in reality thats been the case all along. Saka was good in the first half again, Bellingham and Foden seem to have found some understanding and we were on the front foot far more than previous games.
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10-07-2024, 23:12
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The Dutch were definitely there for the taking.
They never looked bad but never looked convincing either.
France didn't, Portugal didn't and Germany only showed glimmers.
This is actually a tournament you'd expect England to make the finals.
Beating Spain, however, is going to be much different as they're the only team to look threatening throughout the tournament.
Playing higher up allowed the players to be more natural in their roles. It didn't look disjointed and it forced Koemen to switch things up, killing the pace of the game and playing more on the counter.
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Spain will not sit back and if our plan is counter attack then with trippier and Kane it's a busted flush! The way Spain play they can end us within a 10 minute gallop and with the way England bottle everything it might be the case .
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11-07-2024, 13:35
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Just a note only top scorer and pot to play for ...Kane foden and Bellingham could all be in with a chance here ...I'm hoping Bellingham remembers his Spanish and blows them away for the double on his part ..I mean you get the mom now for 4 minutes of play so he could still walk away with pot from 1 outstanding performance to his average one earlier in the tournament.
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12-07-2024, 09:12
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https://www.thisisanfield.com/2024/07/vi...ys-it-all/
Need some pepper to balance out all that salt.
We've all been on the wrong end of the officials this tournament.
Koeman has absolutely no moral high ground to stand on given that he admitted he should've been sent off 30yrs ago against England for his foul in Platt.
I'd also say Zwayer made up for it by letting fouls go, like the foul shortly after we equalised on Foden where he was through on goal but pulled back. So they can stop whining really.
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13-07-2024, 19:50
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I hate England I'm actually thinking off what it could be like to win something ffs ..my hopes are all up like a twat ! Even so if we do win I want ratface gone as if need to step up a few gears for the world cup which is in south American territory for winners Brazil Argentina and Uruguay are the only teams to win in the Americas..and all look shit tbh !
I might even find myself at the next world cup should the draw find England in Mexican territory!
Just a note to everyone I can get tickets without fail for the Azteca
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