England vs Senegal - Match Thread

Bellingham is top drawer

This last ten minutes were all from that back of that Pickford save at 0-0. 

Deserves big plaudits for that one. 

Once we worked out to be direct we look a different team. Big diagonals win the second ball, easy.

DamoNorthStand said:

My wife has just asked why I am orgasming in the TV room screaming ‘BELLINGHAM’ 

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Not knocking a 2 goal lead in anyway but if we use slabhead and stones to play out against France we may as well come home after this game. Look what happens when we move forward at speed ! STOP fucking playing it across the backline ffs 

First goal settled the nerves. Much better from there. Two good swift moves to create the goals. We’re so much better when we play that bit faster and more direct. I’m jaded because of watching Garnerball collapse around our ears, but I am sick of watching possession for the sake of possession football. 

Now bring on Rashford to finish them off

ValleyGary said:

SELR_addicks said:

This last ten minutes were all from that back of that Pickford save at 0-0. 

Deserves big plaudits for that one. 

How anyone can criticise the bloke is a joke. You can pick players on form but you have to have a spine of England performers. Maguire is the same.

I mean he was the one player that did play poor for the first half - Maguire that is. 

But there's no real alternative for his position in the squad. 

AndyG said:

Not knocking a 2 goal lead in anyway but if we use slabhead and stones to play out against France we may as well come home after this game. Look what happens when we move forward at speed ! STOP fucking playing it across the backline ffs 

But Dixon made the really important point that mixing it up keeps the oppo guessing and causes them to misread your intentions. The Senegalese started pressing our centre halves because they assumed we’d keep passing it around. We then had a period of ten minutes or so where Pickford went long and we had them scrambling every time.
They now won’t press so high for fear of the same outcome and we can play from the back again. It’s all about game management. The French are a different prospect, but the principle is the same.

DRAddick said:

DamoNorthStand said:

My wife has just asked why I am orgasming in the TV room screaming ‘BELLINGHAM’ 

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Ahhh Bisto. Another variety of gravy. 

We’ve had the best part of one a half tournaments with Maguire and Stones at centre back and our lack of goals conceded will be as good as anyone else out there 

ForeverAddickted said:

SELR_addicks said:

ValleyGary said:

SELR_addicks said:

This last ten minutes were all from that back of that Pickford save at 0-0. 

Deserves big plaudits for that one. 

How anyone can criticise the bloke is a joke. You can pick players on form but you have to have a spine of England performers. Maguire is the same.

I mean he was the one player that did play poor for the first half - Maguire that is. 

But there's no real alternative for his position in the squad. 

lol! How has Maguire been the worst player for the first half? - There isnt any point of having Walker or Saka over on the right at the moment, as they're doing nothing, Saka improved as the half went on, but he's been a passenger for too much of it

Walker played poor too. 

Saka, like Foden, woke up when we scored and has created a number of chances since. Before then, yes he was dreadful. 

DamoNorthStand said:

We’ve had the best part of one a half tournaments with Maguire and Stones at centre back and our lack of goals conceded will be as good as anyone else out there 

Saying a player has had a poor half =/= they are bad players. 

Senegal had a number of chances to take the lead this half because Maguire and Stones struggled initially with the pace. 

I still want them to start the next game. It's not even that big of a deal. 

Rashford to exploit the gaps in the Senegal defence with 25 minutes to go when the opposition push up