England Squad for Euros

[WTF11]

And now we see yet another gift of a goal that started with a back pass from whoever we have playing on the left wing to the f00king goalie, pathetic and typical of what is happening with this tactic (at club level also), of withdrawing the odd 50 yards rather than track forward and attack

[WTF11]

But pleasing words in praise of Dallas playing in the match against Bulgaria.

[CalverleyBoy]

I hope someone sent a car for Philips last night and he is in front of the physio this morning; talk about getting your pound of flesh, lad played more game time time than anyone I would think.

[spaldy]

Catch 22 on this.

On one hand Phillips has done way more than act as a placeholder for an injured player. Very solid and unselfish. Exactly the kind of player the England needs more of.

On the other it just increases his chances for injury.

If the three lions focus on some young and hungry players like Phillips they could be very formidable. Not much different that Germany a couple of cups back. A high risk/high potential reward strategy.

I strongly agree with the thoughts on keepers. Not just a matter of lower teams but strategy as well. Teams that attack, such as Leeds, leave their keeps in spots where they have make huge saves. One I'll never forget was the Newcastle keeper years back (Shey Given). saw some games on the tube where they guy looked like some sort of circus acrobat he was flying around so much to make saves.

[joellufcprice]

Catch 22 on this.

On one hand Phillips has done way more than act as a placeholder for an injured player. Very solid and unselfish. Exactly the kind of player the England needs more of.

On the other it just increases his chances for injury.

If the three lions focus on some young and hungry players like Phillips they could be very formidable. Not much different that Germany a couple of cups back. A high risk/high potential reward strategy.

I strongly agree with the thoughts on keepers. Not just a matter of lower teams but strategy as well. Teams that attack, such as Leeds, leave their keeps in spots where they have make huge saves. One I'll never forget was the Newcastle keeper years back (Shey Given). saw some games on the tube where they guy looked like some sort of circus acrobat he was flying around so much to make saves.

It doesn't matter what they do, whilstever Southgate is in charge they will never win anything unless the other nations all just fall apart. We made very hard work of a very poor Poland team, any slight bit of difficulty and this team will crumble. It is very worrying and telling to me that as soon as we went up Soutgate went ultra defensive. Not interested in maintaining our lead by holding possesion and attacking, he invites pressure by removing attacking players which against better nations will just lead to them scoring.

[LeedsFTW]

It doesn't matter what they do, whilstever Southgate is in charge they will never win anything unless the other nations all just fall apart. We made very hard work of a very poor Poland team, any slight bit of difficulty and this team will crumble. It is very worrying and telling to me that as soon as we went up Soutgate went ultra defensive. Not interested in maintaining our lead by holding possesion and attacking, he invites pressure by removing attacking players which against better nations will just lead to them scoring.

Unfortunately that's the nature of tournament football, first rule is not to concede, second rule is not to lose.

So many defensive minded teams win those trophies.