England v Scotland - Match Thread

I think the Scots have an inferiority complex against the English. 

I mean they've not had much to shout about since Bannockburn in June 1314 so I guess that's why they pour into London at every opportunity - ticket or not - they just wanna make some noise.

They all come down and took the piss last night, without realising it’s gonna smash it down all day and no pub in London will let them in. About sums them up. Hope we give them an absolute hiding but you know it never works that way. I can only see a nervy game and a lacklustre performance. 

ValleyGary said:

They all come down and took the piss last night, without realising it’s gonna smash it down all day and no pub in London will let them in. About sums them up. Hope we give them an absolute hiding but you know it never works that way. I can only see a nervy game and a lacklustre performance. 

Isn't that the usual team talk- let's go 'nervy and lacklustre!'. 

cfgs said:

Scotland are going to get stuck in I think we should play Grealish instead of Sterling simply as he will love tacking the piss and winning free kicks.

Then Sterling can come on when they are knackered.

I'd play Grealish, but I don't think this Scotland team are especially physical. The days of Souness, Duncan Ferguson or Joe Jordan are long gone, while their best defenders Tierney and Robertson are about attacking play and mobility, rather than hard tackling

oohaahmortimer said:

We batter the battered Mars bar eating, irn bru drinking, skirt wearing , ginger twunts and they end up with a Scottish goalkeeper style howler from pickford who looks like he eats battered Mars bars , drinks irn bru,  wears a skirt and is ginger , he’s one of them fffs 

Still laughing at this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6pWPiNUiyg

Kenzie (@kenzieharvey12) Tweeted: Sare ain https://t.co/CSVvjtt5VA

SouthWest_Addicks said:

orpingtonRED said:

ValleyGary said:

They all come down and took the piss last night, without realising it’s gonna smash it down all day and no pub in London will let them in. About sums them up. Hope we give them an absolute hiding but you know it never works that way. I can only see a nervy game and a lacklustre performance. 

Pubs will let them in of course, they need the custom and can make a fortune today.
Seen a few outside a pub in near Victoria before 8am🤣
Problems will come when English fans start meeting up this afternoon. Hope I'm wrong but I see trouble ahead 

I think the weather will save the police at lot of hassle today. I was led to believe that the headlines will be ‘Off the pitch’ events rather than ‘on the pitch’ events by someone in the Met, but weather might change that.

The headlines tomorrow will probably be Coviditiots with pictures of English fans. Never mind stopping 20000 fans with no tickets travelling to London 

That Croatia result has really given us a lot of freedom. We have a rare situation where there's lots of competition for places and there's an argument for most players in most positions. That means we can do a bit of a change-up today - switch the full backs, switch the wide men - and not lose a lot of capability. Then hopefully we can win this and do a full rotate against Czech Republic and rest our key players ahead of the next round. I think there's a bit more pressure on us to get 3 points today given very few of the top teams have dropped points or suffered upsets, but we can do it today.

I’d be happy with James and Shaw starting. Both can get forward but more importantly can defend. That should allow Philips to go box to box again but also gives Mount and the two wide men the freedom to roam and be hard to pick up. Scotland will be very rigid when then haven’t got the ball but they need to get something so hopefully we can hit them on the counter, which usually sees England at their best.

ValleyGary said:

I’d be happy with James and Shaw starting. Both can get forward but more importantly can defend. That should allow Philips to go box to box again but also gives Mount and the two wide men the freedom to roam and be hard to pick up. Scotland will be very rigid when then haven’t got the ball but they need to get something so hopefully we can hit them on the counter, which usually sees England at their best.

I know they'll be watching a better standard of football than they're used to but surely they won't be that excited?

SoundAsa£ said:

I’m going for 3-1 to the Englanders!

3-1 sterling to score 1st is 66/1 with sky.
I've done that and correct score bet 3-0

England Scotland from 1996 is on ITV4 now.  First 10 minutes was about the press salvaging El Tel and Gazza all week in the press 🤣🤣

Themightyath2 said:

After losing my tickets due to the capacity being reduced, I managed to get one via a mate at work. Heading into town now, a few beers whilst watching the Sweden game, up to Wembley early for the Croatia game and then the big one!

id like to see Gaz swap it around a bit and would love to see Grealish start, he’ll be up for it and it would raise the crowd even more! 

I feel like a kid before Christmas! Come on England!!