Day 17: England vs Germany | Sweden vs Ukraine (Ro16 7&8)

Get Grealish and Calvert Lewin on. We need some bite down the middle and we’ve got sod all atm. Gambling on a lucky break, we’ve just had one of those and ballsed it up…
 
If I were Southgate I would sub Kane off at halftime. This is fecking shit now.
 
"I keep hearing things about Declan Rice, but is he a better player than Scott McTominay? I'm not sure; I think with McTominay, Paul Pogba and obviously Bruno Fernandes, we're in a good place in the middle of the park."

I agree with Nicky. Rice is wildly overrated. Not a bad player, but nothing special.
 
Nothing about Kane suggests he's about to hit form. Nothing.
 
Outstanding from Maguire, had more shots than Kane.

Saka looks like he could do something in this match eventually...
 
This thread is Comedy gold. I will miss first half an in Metro in Oslo, reading the thread to keep updated and laughing like crazy. Other Norwegians sitting in Metro think i am crazy :D
 
England have been the better team, I liked the look of Phillips in the middle, though he was lucky with that tackle. If they can keep the pressure on in the second half and get some of the more experienced attackers on I think England can win.
 
This is where Southgate shows his bottle. If we make some attacking subs the game is there for us. Or we could play it safe and do nothing.
 
Don’t get the praise form the BBC commentators England are way too cautious and now have both CM’s on yellow cards. Creating feck all. Classic Southgate
 
Southgate’s over thought this completely. Henderson will have to come on as one of the subs.
 
Home referee at Wembley, if England don't win this I don't see this group of lads ever winning anything.
 
Pretty even game so far, think we have played some good stuff at times after a poor start, both teams have had some good chances, Werner for them, Maguire for us. I’m worried about both our CM on a booking so I think that is where I’d make the first sub in the 2nd half.
 
I'd swap Grealish for Saka. Split up Kane and Sterling and have Grealish play/float as a false 9, interchanging with Sterling and Kane.

The width is provided by Trippier and Shaw.

The distance between the center forward most player (i.e. Kane), is way too far from Rice or Phillips, plus there are lines/bodies of German players.

Ooff, heavy touch by Kane through goal.

saka has been terrific in keeping goesens silent. you want to make a change? sub Kane off for Grealish, make Grealish as a hub to connect midfield with sterling and saka.
 
Think Kane was offside as Sterling decided against passing the damn ball.
 
Brother don’t play to him. On my mother’s life. He is playing against us.
 
Pretty even game overall, with England shading it. Couple of big chances, too.

Kane has been shocking so far.
 
Pretty average half. Set pieces seem our best bet. We're also lucky that Werner can't finish.
 
Kane is going to overtake Mbappe as the biggest flop of the tournament.
 
Bit of an overreaction to Kane's miss. It wasn't really that good of a chance; the ball came to him quickly on his weaker left, and at too awkward of an angle to shoot first time.

So he attempted to go around Neuer which in itself isn't much of an option as there are two oncoming German defenders and very little space.
 
Saka and Sterling need to carry and take on more. If they can’t, get Sancho and grealish on