I’m not expecting them to beat France. We can be very proud to even get that far I think with the quality of other countries.
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FIFA World Cup - Qatar 2022
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I’m not expecting them to beat France. We can be very proud to even get that far I think with the quality of other countries.
Quarter finals is where I see our journey ending too. But we’ve played well so far.
I just saw an interesting bit of analysis on Dutch tv, the problem is speed, Mbappé and Dembele are very quick while Maguire and Stones are good defenders but not the most speedy. So if you try to play possession and play on France’s half, you leave the door open for their rapid forwards to get in behind the defense. But if you defend deep and play on the counter, you negate their speed and you give them the problem… and England do have creative forwards capable of playing on the counter.
Might be a worthwhile tactic, but I don’t think Southgate has more than one way of playing.
I'm guessing our student from Scotland will not be happy, 
she did mention that as she and another of our students got to visit the UEFA HQ in Nyon Switzerland. Ok match though I am looking forward to Saturday - there are a lot of French fans here as you can imagine as well as quite a few English fans.
she did mention that as she and another of our students got to visit the UEFA HQ in Nyon Switzerland. Ok match though I am looking forward to Saturday - there are a lot of French fans here as you can imagine as well as quite a few English fans.Word of advice, don't let the French and English students sit together on Saturday, you have been warned.I'm guessing our student from Scotland will not be happy,
Our students have all left though we get a few they are study abroad from American universities who do a semester overseas - though we always get some non-US citizens who are studying in the USA, like the aforementioned Scottish girl. I was thinking of the pubs here - maybe I'll go to an Irish pub or maybe not. Kebab it is.Word of advice, don't let the French and English students sit together on Saturday, you have been warned.
Mmmmm kebab, that sounds very delusions and now I am craving it, I guess we'll have kebab this Saturday while watching the match.
Whilst Maguire has been very good in the aerial battles, his poor club performance has proven that when he comes up against a team that has speedy wingers and strikers, he struggles because his slowness means he gets caught out of position a lot.
The worst thing England can do is play a high line to catch the French offside because the French will catch them out for speed. Pickford is going to have to put on his Superman outfit because the England defence will get caught out time and time again.
The worst thing England can do is play a high line to catch the French offside because the French will catch them out for speed. Pickford is going to have to put on his Superman outfit because the England defence will get caught out time and time again.
Has anyone else realize that Harry Maguire is playing phenomenal this tourney,I'll just leave this here.
From BBC:
even with that 1 mistake against Senegal.
hopefully he can keep this lever up against France.
wow what horrible timing i have today.
i was watching while my post sat for 10 minutes,
anyways
Maguire was always there cleaning up every play in the first round.
he did impress me more than anyone so far, even Messi.
He was exposed with the speed of the Senegal players. I have no doubt the France manager would have been paying close attention to how the England defence faired against fast paced forwards.
I always dread when a game goes to penalties, my worse moment is watching those.
Everyone in the English team at this WC has shown their very best gameplay, the teamwork atmosphere has been excellent, they picked the right team members and they are working together very well.
I just hope they keep this up as far as they could, hopefully, to win it.
Well there have been no surprises so far in the last 16, if it continues like this we might see…
Netherlands v Argentina
Croatia v Brazil*
England v France
Spain* v Portugal*
It would be a shame not to have a real surprise in the quarters but at the same time it’s qualitatively the best field, and should lead to some great matches.
Netherlands v Argentina
Croatia v Brazil*
England v France
Spain* v Portugal*
It would be a shame not to have a real surprise in the quarters but at the same time it’s qualitatively the best field, and should lead to some great matches.
Word of advice, don't let the French and English students sit together on Saturday, you have been warned.
Exactly.
And if the kids say that a reenactment of the battle of Agincourt would be fun, just say no!