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England v Albania/San Marino
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Another clean sheet win!1
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Not forgetting the fact that the San Marino FA must be raking it in.Scoham said:0 -
When you see teams like Italy and Portugal slipping up and having to go through the playoffs, it only emphasis how yet again Southgate has done a brilliant job.Qualification for England never once looked in doubt in this campaign.11
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So just Bellingham and Phillips left now then.SELR_addicks said:
Let Mings, Smith-Rowe, Bellingham or Phillips take them.ricky_otto said:
Doesn’t matter - a goal is a goal. What should he do, miss them?SELR_addicks said:Harry 'stat-padding' Kane with a hat-trick containing two penalities.
It's embarrassing.0 -
This is San Marino’s worst defeat in ten years (and yes, they’ve played all the other big countries in that time).
So even by their standards, this is a proper walloping we’ve given them.6 -
Means we're the top scorers in UEFA Qualifying - Unless Netherlands score nine past Norway tomorrow
Not bad for a Manager who plays too many defenders
Only Switzerland and Italy have conceded less than us (2), but played two games less - Denmark and France also conceded three goals, yet France still have one game to play (also played two games less than us)1 -
Happy to be proved wrong but Southgate usually rests Kane for games against sub-standard opposition, so its been nice to see him get a chance to boost his goals per game ratio in the last week.MrOneLung said:
So you accuse Kane of stat-paddingSELR_addicks said:Harry 'stat-padding' Kane with a hat-trick containing two penalities.
Hopefully this will kick start his season for his wage payers now.9 -
Nah, he'll saving himself until the next England matches in March nowJohnBoyUK said:
Happy to be proved wrong but Southgate usually rests Kane for games against sub-standard opposition, so its been nice to see him get a chance to boost his goals per game ratio in the last week.MrOneLung said:
So you accuse Kane of stat-paddingSELR_addicks said:Harry 'stat-padding' Kane with a hat-trick containing two penalities.
Hopefully this will kick start his season for his wage payers now.
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Amazing that he's only 5 behind Rooney now
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Yeah but Southgate, the bench would beat the team he picks lol /sarcasmForeverAddickted said:Means we're the top scorers in UEFA Qualifying - Unless Netherlands score nine past Norway tomorrow
Not bad for a Manager who plays too many defenders
Only Switzerland and Italy have conceded less than us (2), but played two games less - Denmark and France also conceded three goals, yet France still have one game to play (also played two games less than us)1 -
1st England player to a ton? 6 more years would take him to 34, doesn't reply on pace. If he was German Germany would pick him until then.killerandflash said:Amazing that he's only 5 behind Rooney now2 -
And we're not actually that strong in his position either. Loads of brilliant attacking midfielders and right backs, but not centre forwards.Cafc43v3r said:
1st England player to a ton? 6 more years would take him to 34, doesn't reply on pace. If he was German Germany would pick him until then.killerandflash said:Amazing that he's only 5 behind Rooney now0 -
I reckon he’ll get 750
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At his current run rate he would have only just turned 30.ValleyGary said:I reckon he’ll get 750 -
Most of Kane's goals have been in tournaments or qualifiers. I cannot recall Rooney scoring in tournaments only meaningless friendlies in the main.killerandflash said:Amazing that he's only 5 behind Rooney now2 -
Rooney did OK in qualification but poorly in major tournaments - one goal in a World Cup, for example, and 4 of his 6 at Euros were in 2004 so after that he got 2 in 5 major tournaments.LenGlover said:
Most of Kane's goals have been in tournaments or qualifiers. I cannot recall Rooney scoring in tournaments only meaningless friendlies in the main.killerandflash said:Amazing that he's only 5 behind Rooney now
Kane has 10 in 3 tournaments.
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The Dutch also aren’t sure of qualification. Norway are no pushovers and they can overtake them with a win so they’re motivated. Turkey could also overtake them.cafctom said:When you see teams like Italy and Portugal slipping up and having to go through the playoffs, it only emphasis how yet again Southgate has done a brilliant job.Qualification for England never once looked in doubt in this campaign.Completely agree Southgate has done a brilliant job.4 -
I agree it's a pointless game but i quite like the fact we were ruthless. We could've even scored more.SELR_addicks said:The match shouldn't be happening anyway. It's the most boring game I've seen all season.
I read an article the other day from the manager of Barcelona's womens team who dominate their league and are CL holders. They've won 10 out of 10 league games and average almost 6 goals per game.
When questioned if he was happy his reply was along the lines of 'not really, we've created over 200 chances in those 10 games so we should've scored more. I need to look at why we didn't. Why be happy that we've scored 5 when we should've scored 8'. I've got a lot of time for that ruthless attitude.
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And the Nations League has been brought in to give the lower rated teams proper meaningful competitive games against similar ranked opposition in order to improve rather than them just being the whipping boys every match in qualification.0
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Bang on, also currently you want him to take everything and get the goals to take back to club form. Glad he played both games and scored a load, hopefully that will give him the boost he needed (then signs for city..)JohnBoyUK said:
Happy to be proved wrong but Southgate usually rests Kane for games against sub-standard opposition, so its been nice to see him get a chance to boost his goals per game ratio in the last week.MrOneLung said:
So you accuse Kane of stat-paddingSELR_addicks said:Harry 'stat-padding' Kane with a hat-trick containing two penalities.
Hopefully this will kick start his season for his wage payers now.0 -
Those stats show how good Charlton and Greaves were - far less internationals played back in their day….killerandflash said:Amazing that he's only 5 behind Rooney now0 -
It's also surprising how few internationals Shearer played. I know he had a couple of injuries, and retired to continue with club football, but it's surprising that he only played 63 times, when Owen played 89 and Lineker 802
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I was thinking that, i always think of Shearer as one of the England legends. Maybe its my age? but didn't realise he only scored 30 goalskillerandflash said:It's also surprising how few internationals Shearer played. I know he had a couple of injuries, and retired to continue with club football, but it's surprising that he only played 63 times, when Owen played 89 and Lineker 800 -
Jimmy Greaves' goal per game for England were outrageous - Kane's are pretty good too and he's gonna absolutely smash the record (and hold it for a very very long time), probably before the World Cup as we've got 8 games before it starts (albeit against better opposition than last night)3
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Be good to have a stacked play-offs so the Welsh and Scottish don't qualifyAndyessgee90 said:
The Dutch also aren’t sure of qualification. Norway are no pushovers and they can overtake them with a win so they’re motivated. Turkey could also overtake them.cafctom said:When you see teams like Italy and Portugal slipping up and having to go through the playoffs, it only emphasis how yet again Southgate has done a brilliant job.Qualification for England never once looked in doubt in this campaign.Completely agree Southgate has done a brilliant job.4 -
I think catching up with Jimmy Greaves's average would be even more impressive.killerandflash said:Amazing that he's only 5 behind Rooney now2 -
"Harry Kane has 20 goals+assists in 22 games this season. Only one of those goals was in the prem against a now bottom of the table Newcastle. Great example of why people need to stop using only goals + assists to judge players."
Nicked off twitter but thought it was intresting.0 -
other than being right good money makers, these games are travesties .. how often does a 'minnow' beat a major footballing nation ? .. there should be a seeding system for qualification and a group set aside so that the weaker nations (based on historical results) play one another and then the winner, perhaps the runners up as well, progress to then play a highly ranked nation. 5 nil and 10 nil results do nothing for me, I didn't watch either game, why bother when the result is soooo predictable. Gibraltar v San Marino might be a fair match, England v San M ? .. a complete waste of time, but as I said, a good earner and the reality is, as we all know that is what it's all about, NOT the Hokey Cokey ..
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Was looking at other current players and what's even more impressive than Kane having 48 goals at aged 28 is:killerandflash said:Amazing that he's only 5 behind Rooney now
Lukaku also 28 - 68 goals in 101 caps.
Neymar 29 - 70 goals in 115 caps.
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