Euro: Round of 16 - England v. Slovakia - Jun. 30

[Carlzner]

Who’s england’s 3rd choice cb? Guehi out against a better swiss team

Joe Gomez time baby

 

[JJ68]

Well England have played like ass and still win out due to a poor group and a lucky draw on the easier side of the bracket...you can only beat what's in front of you and they've managed to squeak through each test....but they arem't good enough to beat a strong team.

 

[tlk]

ГЕНАЦВАЛЕ!!!
ГАМАРДЖОБА

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

It'll be Dunk instead of Guehi against Switzerland. It could've been Branthwaite, who is left-footed and also good, but instead it is Dunk.

 

[WTG]

 

[gary69]

England's main problem was once again that they had no-one in midfield to control the game. They'll always struggle in build-up as long as that's the case. Their attackers are all the type of guys who expect service and don't wanna do build-up play. The defenders look like they'd rather just hoof it up field. England couldn't beat a mediocre Slovak press for like 75 minutes because of that. It's actually astonishing that in spite of now 25 years of foreign managers in England and globalized media etc. England still can't produce players that are happy to act as midfield pivots.

They used to produce some (like Glenn Hoddle) but they were often ignored/not chosen (like Hoddle played marginal role at Euro 88, but did well when he got on the pitch).

I think it's a youth training issue, often coaches think that the clubs will buy a better Brazilian for that role at senior level anyway, so why waste some British kids talent there.

 

[gary69]

Pickford looks like the guy who drives a BMW M5 on a one way street going the opposite direction next to a school zone going 80 mph and completely slammed on one bottle of Guiness.

I miss Leighton Baines, the last guy who had proper 1970's look.

 

[cgf]

Jude’s gunna drag this team to another silver medal

 

[tlk]

Let's goooo Khvichaa

 

[Savant]

 

[gary69]

Nedved, Poborski, Koller, and Baros will piece everyone up.

Nedved is my goat tbh

Czechs would have been the rightful winners of Euro 2004.

 

[serp]

Czechs would have been the rightful winners of Euro 2004.

 

[tlk]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KVARADSONAAAA

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Instead of grinning about an England loss through the dog walk I got a sweaty PL Dubois walking past me instead lmao. Hell of a consolation prize

 

[robertmac43]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807458101177594295

 

[ScottishCanuck]

Shouting “who else?” in celebration at your goal is the height of cringe.

 

[hatterson]

Sweet Caroline is aids

I went to a university that had D3 sports for everything except hockey was D1, so it was a big deal. Women’s game were the same days as men’s games just earlier in the day. The pep bad would always show up for the women’s games despite the fact that there would only be like 200 other people in the entire arena that sat ~3k at capacity (which it was for men’s games).

Anyway, one women’s game the opposing goalie was named Caroline. The pep band literally sang that song on repeat for the entire game, even going so far as to change sides of the rink so they were right behind her the entire time.

 

[All Mod Cons]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807458101177594295

Maupay's a proper . But he seems to accept that England are just cruising through this one and toying with lesser nations.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Need an England-Switzerland thread.

 

[cgf]

Maupay's a proper . But he seems to accept that England are just cruising through this one and toying with lesser nations.

This is the most fun trauma-response to being an England fan. Those of you with the self-awareness to see what’s happening could learn a thing or two.

 

[ItsFineImFine]

Should be Gomez at LB (I'm not a Liverpool fan I just thought he looked competent there at times this season unlike Trippier).

Also think that Mainoo is a neat footballer but if they want a destroyer in the midfield to actually sit back a bit and defend then it's Wharton not Mainoo or Gallagher who's more of an energetic box to box.

 

[NyQuil]

Why would anyone not like Lineker as a person? I'm genuinely surprised.

 

[les Habs]

Shouting “who else?” in celebration at your goal is the height of cringe.

Part of the English media picking up on this too now. Been obvious for a while, but people will pick up on Bellingham.