The Official Euro 2020 thread....

[aeropilot]

Radec said:

Italy beats Portugal
France beats Croatia

France beats Portugal

Err........

[mcelliott]

Now is a good time to play the germans, jeez we're even at home, watch Southgate st his pants.

[SCEtoAUX]

We can beat Germany, I am absolutely certain. Southgate simply has to have the balls to drop his captain.

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Pickford ------------------
Walker --- Stones --- Maguire --- Shaw

Saka --- Grealish --- Foden --- Sterling

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Sancho

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Bellingham

Also, we will never, ever have a better route to the final.

[JmatthewB]

It’s never been a better time to play Germany. At Wembley, 45,000 fans inside, Germany out of form.

But Germany will still win. That’s just how it works.

[JmatthewB]

SCEtoAUX said:

We can beat Germany, I am absolutely certain. Southgate simply has to have the balls to drop his captain.

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Pickford ------------------
Walker --- Stones --- Maguire --- Shaw

Saka --- Grealish --- Foden --- Sterling

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Sancho

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Bellingham

Four defenders and six forwards.

Interesting.

[SCEtoAUX]

JmatthewB said:

SCEtoAUX said:

We can beat Germany, I am absolutely certain. Southgate simply has to have the balls to drop his captain.

---

Pickford ------------------
Walker --- Stones --- Maguire --- Shaw

Saka --- Grealish --- Foden --- Sterling

---

Sancho

---

Bellingham

Four defenders and six forwards.

Interesting.

Yep, no pissing about, though I regard Saka, Grealish and Foden as attacking midfielders.

[vonuber]

SCEtoAUX said:

We can beat Germany, I am absolutely certain. Southgate simply has to have the balls to drop his captain.

---

Pickford ------------------
Walker --- Stones --- Maguire --- Shaw

Saka --- Grealish --- Foden --- Sterling

---

Sancho

---

Bellingham

Also, we will never, ever have a better route to the final.

He'd never play that team, far too attacking and adventurous.

[hyphen]

JmatthewB said:

It’s never been a better time to play Germany. At Wembley, 45,000 fans inside, Germany out of form.

But Germany will still win. That’s just how it works.

+1

Best to expect the worst than to raise ones hopes.

[JmatthewB]

vonuber said:

He'd never play that team, far too attacking and adventurous.

And because it would get hammered.

[mattyn1]

SCEtoAUX said:

We can beat Germany, I am absolutely certain. Southgate simply has to have the balls to drop his captain.

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Pickford ------------------
Walker --- Stones --- Maguire --- Shaw

Saka --- Grealish --- Foden --- Sterling

---

Sancho

---

Bellingham

Also, we will never, ever have a better route to the final.

It will be Arise Sir Gareth and Sir Harry.

[vonuber]

JmatthewB said:

And because it would get hammered.

We'll get hammered (or go out in a really dire bout of drudgery) anyway, might as well make it exciting.

[g4ry13]

England favourites against Germany?!

I've put some money down on the Germans. Seems like amazing value.

[48k]

0 - 0 against the Germans and out on pens obvs.

[GloverMart]

JmatthewB said:

SCEtoAUX said:

We can beat Germany, I am absolutely certain. Southgate simply has to have the balls to drop his captain.

---

Pickford ------------------
Walker --- Stones --- Maguire --- Shaw

Saka --- Grealish --- Foden --- Sterling

---

Sancho

---

Bellingham

Four defenders and six forwards.

Interesting.

That's not a great team. Bellingham's not a striker, Sancho is a wide man, Sterling should be on the bench,

[BadBull]

I thought it was a tongue in cheek team as a reaction to Southgates safety first tactics.

But it seems he meant it.

[Supersam83]

What a mad night of football!

9:23pm - England Vs Hungary

9:26pm - England Vs Portugal

9:27pm - England Vs Germany

9:28pm - England Vs Portugal

Full time - England Vs Germany

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

48k said:

0 - 0 against the Germans and out on pens obvs.

beat me to it!

[zygalski]

I’m going for a cheeky 1-0 win for us.
Early lead, backs to the wall throughout the second half.

[MiniMan64]

GloverMart said:

JmatthewB said:

SCEtoAUX said:

We can beat Germany, I am absolutely certain. Southgate simply has to have the balls to drop his captain.

---

Pickford ------------------
Walker --- Stones --- Maguire --- Shaw

Saka --- Grealish --- Foden --- Sterling

---

Sancho

---

Bellingham

Four defenders and six forwards.

Interesting.

That's not a great team. Bellingham's not a striker, Sancho is a wide man, Sterling should be on the bench,

Yeah I’m all for attacking football but that’s a bit much.

I’d play the same team as against the Czechs but drop Kane for Foden.

[JmatthewB]

GloverMart said:

That's not a great team. Bellingham's not a striker, Sancho is a wide man, Sterling should be on the bench,

And Grealish and Foden could never play together in the middle. Both are creative attacking midfielders, playing them together would mean one would have to help shield the defence which would be a waste of their abilities. Akin to when we tried to play Gerrard and Lampard together for years. To get the most out of your forwards players you need a defence minded midfielder to be the 'water-carrier' and do the ugly stuff that nobody appreciates. France have Kante, Spain have Busquets, Italy have Jorginho.

I'll be unpopular and stick with Sterling and Kane. Sterling has the habit of being involved in most of our goals so stays in the team, and if we only get one clear chance against Germany I'd want it to drop to Kane.