Internationals June (Euro Qualifiers + Nations League Finals)

Terrible. England did absolutely nothing after the equaliser.

They played their best football of the game after the equaliser. From that point till the end of normal time was the only time they looked half decent.
 
Is Depay bragging about being able to pass a square ball to an unmarked teammate?
On tonight's evidence that is indeed a very difficult thing to do. For him
 
It wasn't a legitimate tournament without people saying England needs different schooling at the early phase of players' development.
 
Depay has done everything in attack but finishing. His finishing is really wank. Only If he can improve it.
 
How much did Lyon pay for Depay? If it was over 20 million whoever sanctioned that deserves a statue outside OT.
 
2 stupid goals given away from the obsession with playing it out from the back in every situstion
Nothing wrong with Southgate wanting that as a general rule, but can't the players use their common sense? It must be quite obvious if it's not on for you to do it at a particular moment. Just assess the situation and boot it if that's the better option.
 
Someone tell Southgate, you also need players who can actually defend not just pass from back
Funnily enough the reason they conceded the goals is purely because of them trying to play out of the back...
 
Exhilarated with this. An electrifying Holland annihilating England. Jubilant.
 
He's made nothing but excuses

He's been contradictory on Stones, but he's also said that they might need to go back to 3 at the back as they're not good enough to play with only 2.
 
Noticeable difference technically wise between england and the dutch. Englands midfield is terrible. The dutch then have de jong and de roon controlling things.

The dutch just lacking a good attack. Serious MF and defense.
 
Sack Southgate.

Be ruthless. Failure to win in the first proper knockout test two tournaments in a row. Bye bye.
 
We deserved to win. All England did was wait for an opportunity to counter. Football has won.
 
Frenkie played an incredibly good match and ran 14 kilometer before being subbed off, hopefully the fatigue at the end of such a long season will not lead to some dramatic injury against Portugal.
 
Some appalling errors, but the Dutch played a lot better than us and deserved the win. Rice, Barkley and Delph couldn't get near De Jong.
 
Which is still an excuse.

You can see it that way. I know you really like Smalling, but I struggle to see pure quality defenders available for England. Maybe Gomes will develop into a top defender, but apart from Alexander-Arnold and maybe Shaw, there is hardly quality available.
 
The starting midfield lacked any ambition. Southgate dropped a bollock with the intial selection.
 
Hopefully the extra time has some effect on the dutch. Don't see us winning otherwise, especially without Pepe
 
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Well this was a nothing game and everybody was just tired and in need of a holiday, but there was some entertainment there. In the end I just watched for Frenkie.
 
Some huge gifts from England. We've looked dodgy all game from playing out the back so I think the manager should've instructed to stop it in extra time.