The Official England Thread-The Team We All Support [Vol 2]

[Cobnapint]

aeropilot said:

Challo said:

Pick a formation, style of play, and the choose the squad to give you options. We had no plan A, let alone plan B, and plan C.

^This in spades.

Clueless is an understatement of Hodgson's tenure as England manager.

Totally.

Any England fan worth his salt could have named the correct squad and called the substitutions better sat on their sofa at home - and saved the FA 3 million quid in the fking process.

[anonymous-user]

Whilst I have no faith in Hodgson, it's the bloody FA. They are the ones responsible and they will screw it up again.

[JustinF]

[Amirhussain]

Not that surprised tbh. Same old same from England. 2018 world cup will be the same story too. Roy Hodgson should never have got the job in the first place. Boring old man and rubbish manager.

Joe Hart has to be dropped...

[phil_cardiff]

I'm so ashamed tonight. Ashamed that Wales were the only team to lose to that shower at Euro 2016.

Still, you can lose a battle and still win a war...

[RichB]

JustinF said:

I assume these are all coming off Twitter?

[SWoll]

Mothersruin said:

Pommygranite said:

I'm thinking its a bit depressing in England generally at the moment.

Not if you're a rugby fan.

Now there's how to manage a team of players.

What a brilliant series that was, makes you proud to be an Englishman.

It just shows the difference that the right manager with the right message can make in no time at all to what is basically the same group of players.

[Mr Snrub]

Our players need to get experience abroad, but foreign clubs won't take the chance because they're too expensive. Who was the last England international who was playing for someone outside the EPL? Hargreaves?

[SWoll]

FlipFlopGriff said:

SWoll said:

If you saw the reaction after the winner against Wales I do think there is passion there, it just isn't harnessed by the current setup. We have totally the wrong mind set, one of fear and negativity, and it affect everything we do. Add to that the fact that there appears to be no plan at all when things go wrong and it was never going to work out.

I watched Italy play today and they were the exact opposite of us and a joy to watch. It all comes from the bench, and when you see Conte at Chelsea this year you'll know what I mean. Pure passion and drive.

I saw Italy too and they were a breath of fresh air from their old self - at one up they'd have been camped in the 18 yard box but actually were more attacking than any team I've seen. Hope they do well.
The worlds a mess - we could end up with Boris as PM and Trump as US President - god help us all.
FFG

Same here, I desperately want to see them to stick it up the Germans and go all the way. What they lack in technical skills they more than make up for in passion and organisation. Much like Leicester in the EPL.

[tedman]

We need to emulate what Spain and Germany did a few years back. Slowly grow a team that work together from a young age and build something special. We just chuck a bunch of expensive Spurs players on the pitch and hope they figure something out.

[RichB]

Mr Snrub said:

Our players need to get experience abroad, but foreign clubs won't take the chance because they're too expensive. Who was the last England international who was playing for someone outside the EPL? Hargreaves?

Yes, probably.

[castex]

tedman said:

We need to emulate what Spain and Germany did a few years back. Slowly grow a team that work together from a young age and build something special. We just chuck a bunch of expensive Spurs players on the pitch and hope they figure something out.

We were doing that then Rooney came charging back in to fix things.

[Leroy902]

Can someone start a government petition for a rematch please

[RichB]

castex said:

tedman said:

We need to emulate what Spain and Germany did a few years back. Slowly grow a team that work together from a young age and build something special. We just chuck a bunch of expensive Spurs players on the pitch and hope they figure something out.

We were doing that then Rooney came charging back in to fix things.

Yes, we certainly looked better when Rooney was out for most of the run in games.

[Sarkmeister]

tedman said:

We need to emulate what Spain and Germany did a few years back. Slowly grow a team that work together from a young age and build something special. We just chuck a bunch of expensive Spurs players on the pitch and hope they figure something out.

I agree with the first point, but "expensive Spurs players"?

All 5 spurs players cost a total of around £15m put together.

[London424]

Im shocked I tell you that Hodgson has overseen that absolute shower.

The man is and only ever will get you bang average at best.

As I said during the group stages he didn't have a clue which players to play in what formation and it was all his own doing. There's a reason why winning teams pick the same players in the same formation week in week out!

It's funny how all the sports reporters and pundits are now slagging him off. The majority of them have been defending him for years. Saying he deserved a chance after Brazil then pointing to the undefeated qualifying campaign against woeful opposition. Finally he's out but no doubt the blazers at the FA will bottle the next appointment and pick a nice safe pair of hands that won't rock the boat.

[London424]

Mr Snrub said:

Our players need to get experience abroad, but foreign clubs won't take the chance because they're too expensive. Who was the last England international who was playing for someone outside the EPL? Hargreaves?

Dier. Funnily enough the one player who had a good tournament.

[Pommygranite]

Roy Hodgson had a 27% win average at major tournaments.

[daveake]

[RichB]

This joke must be trending by now, I've seen it so many times