thevestofdeanambrose Posted December 5, 2022 Posted December 5, 2022 Happy to be wrong about Henderson starting. Great performance from him last night and Southgate deserves credit for finding this midfield balance. On to France it is! I believe we can get at them down the wings and as Punk said I would fancy our central players too. Walker and Stones are going to have a job keeping Mbappe quiet. I remember Walker had him on toast in the champions league last season so hopefully he is fit enough to do a job there. France no doubt favourites but we have a shot don't we? Do you think we are going to stick or will Southgate twist with a 5? Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted December 5, 2022 Author Members Posted December 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, RalphyV2 said: they may sell Grealish to fund the move. ??? City don't need to sell players to fund transfers. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted December 5, 2022 Author Members Posted December 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, RalphyV2 said: Indeed, but isnt their a wage cap in terms of how much they can spend per season? That is more my thinking No there isn't, but there may soon be. Quote
MVP RULZ Posted December 5, 2022 Posted December 5, 2022 11 hours ago, jazzygeofferz said: Then there's the very real prospect of Brazil after that. Whoever wins is likely coming from this side of the draw, although that Argentina-Netherlands game could be a cracker. Brazil are in the other half of the draw away from the England and France section The final is going to be Argentia/Holland/Brazil/Korea/Japan/Croatia vs England/France/Spain/Morocco/Portugal/Switzerland Brazil vs Argentina in the Semi should they meet will be a tasty game though Quote
Pinc Posted December 5, 2022 Posted December 5, 2022 5 hours ago, thevestofdeanambrose said: Do you think we are going to stick or will Southgate twist with a 5? I think he'll definitely go to the 5-2-3 thing we played against Germany and Italy in the Euros. I think Southgate might do something characteristically wacky with Bellingham too. Either dropping him or pushing him into the front 3 to accommodate Rice/Hendo in the centre. Quote
Paid Members PunkStep Posted December 5, 2022 Paid Members Posted December 5, 2022 I highly doubt it. If he goes with a back 5, it'll be Rice and Bellingham in the middle, as he did in the matches leading up to the World Cup. Quote
Paid Members WeeAl Posted December 5, 2022 Paid Members Posted December 5, 2022 That Japan team have many great skills and abilities, but by fuck, taking a penalty isn't one of them. Quote
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted December 5, 2022 Paid Members Posted December 5, 2022 At least they scored one. That's my World Cup over. I wonder whether things would have gone differently if they'd stuck to using Doan as a substitute instead of starting, as he seems to have influenced the game better as an impact substitute than a starting midfielder. Quote
Paid Members FLips Posted December 5, 2022 Paid Members Posted December 5, 2022 Felt bad for Japan. They were the better team for the entire game but had no confidence striking and I reckon I could have took as good a penalty as some of them and I’ve had four mince pies today. Quote
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted December 6, 2022 Paid Members Posted December 6, 2022 So Brazil don't appear to be missing Gabriel Jesus or Alex Telles. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted December 6, 2022 Author Members Posted December 6, 2022 11 minutes ago, jazzygeofferz said: So Brazil don't appear to be missing Gabriel Jesus Not surprising, he's scored 1 goal in his last 20 games for them. Quote
The Curious Orange Posted December 6, 2022 Posted December 6, 2022 16 hours ago, PunkStep said: If he goes with a back 5, it'll be Rice and Bellingham in the middle, as he did in the matches leading up to the World Cup. I reckon it was the plan before the World Cup to switch to a back 5 at this stage, but the performance of Henderson against Senegal means there's a good chance Southgate names an unchanged team/formation - hoping his experience of covering the right back area like he does for Liverpool helps Walker with Mbappe. Quote
Paid Members air_raid Posted December 6, 2022 Paid Members Posted December 6, 2022 I'm conflicted currently, because if England with Kane win, then Spurs retain the World Cup, but if Brazil with Richarlison up front win, then Spurs retain the World Cup AND I get to be right against any of my friends who backed France, INGERLUND (lol) or anyone else. Hmm... ..... nah, can't be having the flags stay out another six months. Vamos lá, Brasil!!! Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted December 6, 2022 Author Members Posted December 6, 2022 22 minutes ago, air_raid said: I'm conflicted currently, because if England with Kane win, then Spurs retain the World Cup, but if Brazil with Richarlison up front win, then Spurs retain the World Cup AND I get to be right against any of my friends who backed France, INGERLUND (lol) or anyone else. Hmm... ..... nah, can't be having the flags stay out another six months. Vamos lá, Brasil!!! You do realise that if England don't win the World Cup, then the chances of him leaving Spurs increase massively. I reckon he's gone if they don't so I'm in full INGERLUND mode. Hope they savage those cheese eating cunts. Quote
Paid Members air_raid Posted December 6, 2022 Paid Members Posted December 6, 2022 2 hours ago, SuperBacon said: You do realise that if England don't win the World Cup, then the chances of him leaving Spurs increase massively. We think that if he wins a medal he's more likely to stay at Spurs even if that medal isn't with Spurs? I never thought of it like that. 2 hours ago, SuperBacon said: Hope they savage those cheese eating surrender monkeys. Fixed. Quote
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