| Thoughts on England prospects; it was Croatia 21:56 - Jun 13 with 1411 views | unstableblue |
I looked at the Croatia midfield at kick-off and thought that’s Real Madrid, Chelsea and Inter Milan starters against West Ham and Leeds!!
Also Croatia d!cked us last time out.
But we just tore into them in the first 15.
And critically we beat them over 90mins, in 31c conditions that don’t suit English players.
I actually thought our full backs were our weakest players despite our embarrassment of riches in that department. But in every other position we looked strong.
Mings, Philips, Foden and Sterling came out of the game with serious plaudits.
So what are our prospects….. I’m quite bullish as I think we’ll only grow. Kane and the full backs weren’t firing and still we beat a good team. I also think Rice can do more.
But for me Foden is world class, more from Mount and Kane to come, and perhaps the tournament where Sterling delivers real results.
Not yet seen the performance to suggest we can beat France and Belgium but that opening energy and quality is very encouraging. |  |
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| Thoughts on England prospects; it was Croatia on 21:58 - Jun 13 with 1374 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
Win the group and knocked about France or Portugal or Germany in the next round in a tight affair |  |
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| Thoughts on England prospects; it was Croatia on 22:02 - Jun 13 with 1333 views | Metal_Hacker |
Think I watched a different game
I’d go as far to say , we were alright
We can play a lot better but we can’t afford passengers if people think we’re truly going to win it |  |
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| Thoughts on England prospects; it was Croatia on 22:18 - Jun 13 with 1227 views | Ftnfwest |
Played well I thought and well enough to deserve to win. Can’t help feeling if it was the other way round and an ageing England team had been away to a Croatian team at their peak they probably would have destroyed us. There were a lot of points in the game when we could have moved or passed forward into space for team mates but kept doubling back and as with tournaments gone by we look far too pedestrian, but in fairness the heat had a big part to play. But who knows, we have a chance as well as a number of other teams and certainly have the attacking players. |  | | |
| Thoughts on England prospects; it was Croatia on 22:20 - Jun 13 with 1215 views | xrayspecs |
| Thoughts on England prospects; it was Croatia on 22:02 - Jun 13 by Metal_Hacker |
Think I watched a different game
I’d go as far to say , we were alright
We can play a lot better but we can’t afford passengers if people think we’re truly going to win it |
Tend to agree.
Thought we were bright in first 15-20 mins. Lots of energy, pushed Croatia back, created chances and unlucky not to be ahead.
After that, the goal aside, not much between the teams. Croatia created some half decent chances especially in the second half of the first period, but were very wasteful. Our chances were not much better and Sterling goal aside, we did not look convincing.
I thought we looked lightweight up front. Kane did not get much service, a number of times when we could have got a cross in, we checked back. From my position, high in the upper tier, Mount did not look as though he did much. Foden and Sterling were lively. I also think Mings and Stones have mistakes in them that better teams will punish.
The positive is three points as it gives us a good platform for the coming games. Opening games are often very cagey so the win is significant. That said, if we harbour serious ambitions of winning the tournament, then we will need to be a lot better.
7/10. |  | | |
| Thoughts on England prospects; it was Croatia on 22:21 - Jun 13 with 1205 views | rickw |
We got the win against a decent Croatia team, but as others have said - win the group and likely have France, Portugal of if not Germany in the second round |  |
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| Thoughts on England prospects; it was Croatia on 22:23 - Jun 13 with 1184 views | tortoise |
I thought we did a good professional job. Not amazing, but never really looked worried my them. I love Foden, but thought he was actually a bit quiet overall. Sterling has a great record for England. He gets some stick for missing the odd easy chance but he is very reliable. Not really seen much of that Calvin Phillips before, but he was great.
As the for the whole thing. I guess we’re now favourites to win the group, so a difficult game beckons in the last 16… | | | |
| Thoughts on England prospects; it was Croatia on 22:34 - Jun 13 with 1117 views | cressi |
| Thoughts on England prospects; it was Croatia on 22:23 - Jun 13 by tortoise |
I thought we did a good professional job. Not amazing, but never really looked worried my them. I love Foden, but thought he was actually a bit quiet overall. Sterling has a great record for England. He gets some stick for missing the odd easy chance but he is very reliable. Not really seen much of that Calvin Phillips before, but he was great.
As the for the whole thing. I guess we’re now favourites to win the group, so a difficult game beckons in the last 16… |
Personally I thought keeper and centre backs did OK protected by two holding midfielders, full backs OK defending but poor distribution.
Thought Mount, Forden and Sterling did OK without setting the world alight
Kane one of his poorer games sluggish and came deep far to often.
Will be far tougher games than a ageing Croatia | | | |
| Thoughts on England prospects; it was Croatia on 08:56 - Jun 14 with 656 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Have you seen Belgium's defence!?
They even brought Vermalen on!! |  |
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