If you’ve got a few minutes spare before the Euro’s kick off the I’ve written a couple of previews for the teams playing tonight. Unfortunately when I write I end up ripping drafts up, so I’ve probably not left myself enough time to get one out for every team prior to their first game but here are the ones for Germany and Scotland. Feel free to read.
If you’ve got a few minutes spare before the Euro’s kick off the I’ve written a couple of previews for the teams playing tonight. Unfortunately when I write I end up ripping drafts up, so I’ve probably not left myself enough time to get one out for every team prior to their first game but here are the ones for Germany and Scotland. Feel free to read.
I suspect few saw your post jrperry1882 before the game, but I think both of the previews are really good - well done! With hindsight, perhaps it has done Lyndon Dykes a favour not being involved in last night's game against Germany. Once they got the early goal they were always going to be difficult to keep in Scotland's sights, and the red card ensured all hope was lost! It is difficult to judge just how good Germany were (or how bad Scotland really are) from last night's performance, but on home soil they are back to being a side to worry about!
If you’ve got a few minutes spare before the Euro’s kick off the I’ve written a couple of previews for the teams playing tonight. Unfortunately when I write I end up ripping drafts up, so I’ve probably not left myself enough time to get one out for every team prior to their first game but here are the ones for Germany and Scotland. Feel free to read.
kingfisher The hope is to, but I was poor with my time management so missed the chance to get them all done before their first game. I should have a couple done before tomorrows game, there will definitely be one on France and Portugal as I started them way in advance. I did write a Switzerland one before their first game which is here joeperryuk.wordpress.com/2024/06/15/euro-2024-preview-switzerland/
I will try and get some match reports out as well at some point through the tournament as well. Just going to experiment with a few things before I start sending them off to outlets for advice and critique.
Last Edit: Jun 15, 2024 20:08:14 GMT by jrperry1882
kingfisher The hope is to, but I was poor with my time management so missed the chance to get them all done before their first game. I should have a couple done before tomorrows game, there will definitely be one on France and Portugal as I started them way in advance. I did write a Switzerland one before their first game which is here joeperryuk.wordpress.com/2024/06/15/euro-2024-preview-switzerland/
I will try and get some match reports out as well at some point through the tournament as well. Just going to experiment with a few things before I start sending them off to outlets for advice and critique.
Eze got 25 minutes for England but could barely get involved. Not his fault, England were abject.
Southgate is wasting the talent we have. We are so slow and methodical despite having such exciting players.
I agree.
We don't look balanced and Southgate's insistence on playing the likes of Alexander Arnold, Foden and Trippier out of position doesn't help. We saw against Serbia that these players and the way we set up didnt work so I was surprised when Southgate didnt tweak things.
In particular we look very weak down our left and because both Trippier and Foden don't look comfortable it allowed Denmark too much easy position on that side.
I know it's easy in hindsight but I'd have thought that bringing on Gordon for Foden was a much better option and would have helped in stopping the Danes attack down our left. Trippier when he does get space always wants to cut in field onto his right foot because that's where he feels comfortable. Having no natural left back who could replace Shaw and who can get forward was IMO a tactically poor decision.
Eze got 25 minutes for England but could barely get involved. Not his fault, England were abject.
Southgate is wasting the talent we have. We are so slow and methodical despite having such exciting players.
I agree.
We don't look balanced and Southgate's insistence on playing the likes of Alexander Arnold, Foden and Trippier out of position doesn't help. We saw against Serbia that these players and the way we set up didnt work so I was surprised when Southgate didnt tweak things.
In particular we look very weak down our left and because both Trippier and Foden don't look comfortable it allowed Denmark too much easy position on that side.
I know it's easy in hindsight but I'd have thought that bringing on Gordon for Foden was a much better option and would have helped in stopping the Danes attack down our left. Trippier when he does get space always wants to cut in field onto his right foot because that's where he feels comfortable. Having no natural left back who could replace Shaw and who can get forward was IMO a tactically poor decision.
It is really, really surprising that Southgate opted to finalise his squad with the Left Back position exposed (Luke Shaw still recovering but selected, and Trippier forced to play there instead which means he dare not attack down that wing); then you add in the ineffective selection of Alexander-Arnold at 8 and, finally, Kane coming deep for the ball but neither Foden or Bellingham making probing runs to receive long balls through, and you have a recipe for disaster. If Kane does have to come back to assist then that tells me the midfield cannot cope and they have a problem. Why cannot we play a left-footed CB in the LB position instead of Trippier? At least he would be more solid and better able to supply Saka! In midfield I would replace Alexander-Arnold with Ghallager, and have the subs on a whole lot quicker than Southgate seems to prefer - games cannot be easily changed with only 10 minutes to go for a sub!
Never a penalty. Kane kicks the defender. How neither VAR nor the ref saw that I have no idea.
VAR totally ruins football. If that was given against QPR/England we'd be raging.
Even the goals I'm finding myself holding back celebrating because you can never be sure it's official.
Hate VAR with a passion.
It was an incredibly soft penalty but (and it is a significant 'but') players know that wild use of body, legs or heads in the penalty area stand a good chance of being punished with a penalty. A number of the decisions that should have been free kicks for England were either ignored or missed by the match officials, so perhaps this is just karma - extreme as it ended up being...?
