What I like at West Ham is how he also drives with the ball to make an extra option, and his passing and reading is really good. I do think he would be great at us.
Internationals September (World Cup Qualifiers)
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Emma Hayes: 'England should be happy with a point.'
That's true, still feels like Andorra and San Marino is overkill, though.
They practically all said it.
feck Hungary and their racist fans
They did. Astonishing.
I think his ability to drive forward with the ball is an underrated part of his game
TBF Hungary were 6 minutes from qualifying from euros group of death so not like Hungary are no hopers like a decade ago.
England generally have air of team now that are very confident and can swat away mid tier nations very easily once the first goal goes in. Did it to Ukraine two months back and now won easily in what can be very tricky away game.
You know this kind of stereotypes are what cause racism and xenophobia as well.
It's absolutely true, utter shite at the Euros and still utter shite now.That's clearly not true.
Agreed, we are genuinely good now. IF anything we don't play with the swagger and confidence we should have.
I thought the first half was dull. England seemed to play with a higher tempo in the second half and deservedly got several goals.
Off the pitch more racist chants and no doubt nothing meaningful will be done about it.
Off the pitch more racist chants and no doubt nothing meaningful will be done about it.
Yeah, looked at the pots and Andorra are bottom of pot 5 and San Marino bottom of pot 6.
The top seeds for those respective pots are Armenia and Malta
Very solid display from England away from home. First half was a bit tepid, but far too good in the 2nd.
Italy drawing with Bulgaria who really struggle nowadays is a bit of a shock. Swiss have two games in hand so that one isn't done and dusted just yet.
Spain lost and now trail Sweden by two points and Swedes also have game in hand so think Spain going to end in play offs.
Spain lost and now trail Sweden by two points and Swedes also have game in hand so think Spain going to end in play offs.
Yeah, made of polystyrene and balsa wood too. £150 mil my arse.
Rice has a bit of everything in his locker. Defensively sound but can also drive forward with the ball. Decent shot on him, too.
Can't help but feel a bit of envy for West Ham.
Can't help but feel a bit of envy for West Ham.
Routine 2-0 it could or should have been for England but ended up as 4-0 because of a hopeless Gulácsi. A half decent goalkeeper would not have conceded those goals to Maguire, Rice.
Sweden wins 2-1 against Spain. Lindelof (c) had a really good game.
It is indeed
Something like Denmark, Sweden, Croatia,Wales,etc would spice things a bit more than Andorra,Hungary, or San Marino.
Well, if we had at least 1 decent team in our group, it would make for at least a couple of proper games in our group.
Twatface still trying to big up our group, what a cnut. Tell it how it is, our qualification is a formality.
At least a few of our players are getting some much needed match practice to improve their fitness.
Good. Racist, homophobic twats.
Finally a decent match for Bulgaria after a decade of shambolic performances Its alwayas a pleasure to see a sad italian faces ha!
Its alwayas a pleasure to see a sad italian faces ha!Most of those are pot 1, pot 2 teams ffs.
Do get what people say though but problem here is I think they made sure this team ever top tier euro nation was in pot 1 (in past you've had France in groups with Spain and Italy). When I was growing up though England would draw likes of Italy and Germany and so you had epic duels to get 1st which I'm sure everyone remembers from late 90s/early 00s.
Feck you tooFinally a decent match for Bulgaria after a decade of shambolic performances
Still Champions of Europe
Spain in big trouble now I think
Sweden's next 4 games: Greece away, Kosovo at home, Greece at home, Georgia away. 4 wins and they're at the World Cup
Playoffs will have some tough teams and anything could happen there
Sweden's next 4 games: Greece away, Kosovo at home, Greece at home, Georgia away. 4 wins and they're at the World Cup
Playoffs will have some tough teams and anything could happen there
Jeez!!! Seems like the whole England squad got a piece of this Hungary match
Is it same format as euros, two one off games at one venue or two legged format? That's the thing, 24 places for euros so teams get complacent thinking they can have a few poor results in world cup group but danger is you then end up in bloodbath of play offs and no guarentee you'll get in if it's just one off 90 minute games.
Who has a difficult group though? Everyone thought this was an easy group but then Hungary gave France, Germany and Portugal hell in the Euros so they were seen as a strong side. England make light work of them on their own patch and suddenly they're trash again. The typical narrative. Poland are not great at the moment but plenty of people claim they have the best player in the world. I'm curious which is the harder group?
Decent result and disciplined performance by Bulgaria, hard to believe.
Watch us feck up against Litva now
Watch us feck up against Litva now
Uefa going to fine England players for inciting Hungary fans...
Have to say Phillips is a machine. The workrate is insane.
Disgraceful racism from Hungary's fans from start to finish has left a sour taste in the mouth.
Disgraceful racism from Hungary's fans from start to finish has left a sour taste in the mouth.
UEFA/ FIFA will be more concerned about the flare than the racist chants.
Yeah people underestimate how easy it is to be in a bad position in these qualifiers. One bad day and qualification can get really difficult, the worse teams in Europe usually get beaten by a few goals by the top teams but they're used to parking the bus and it's often a tough game until the first goal goes in.
Also raw and makes errors that wouldn’t sit well with our fans. Just let him iron out this shit at West Ham. They don’t care as he’s the best thing since Bobby Moore to them
Wouldn’t surprise me.
FIFA just needs to follow the same 3 game ban as UEFA, then if it happens again, move it to 4 etc. Their FA would have to try and sort something out as Orban won’t want an empty stadium constantly.
Are any of the other groups difficult? No.