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Re: England v Romania

Post by Vino blanco » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:26 pm

Thank God for Grealish. I don't think he will be in the starting eleven however.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by jedi_master » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:27 pm

Hedontplayforyou wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:25 pm
Rashford shouldn’t start for me. I’d go with this -

Pickford

Walker Maguire Stones Shaw

Rice
Henderson Mount

Foden Kane Sterling
You wouldn’t pick Grealish?

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Vegas Claret » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:27 pm

I'll be amazed if Man City, Chelsea, Man United don't make a move for Grealish

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Socrates » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:27 pm

It’s a dive is that. Blatant.
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Re: England v Romania

Post by Winstonswhite » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:27 pm

Hedontplayforyou wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:25 pm
Rashford shouldn’t start for me. I’d go with this -

Pickford

Walker Maguire Stones Shaw

Rice
Henderson Mount

Foden Kane Sterling
I’d swap Grealish for Sterling. He’s so much better

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Re: England v Romania

Post by KRBFC » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:27 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 4:44 pm
Sounds about right to me, I'd add Mings to that list if Gareth goes 3 at the back in the Croatia game.

But it does seem bizarre to have warm up games and not play your 1st XI and try and get some sort of continuity.

Interesting that he's picked the eve of a tournament to give Sam Johnstone his debut, I understand he'll need blooding at some point, but you'd have thought he'd have given Dean Henderson a game if he's going to be the number 2.

Jordan Henderson to get 45 minutes, so I'm guessing they'll be wholesale changes at HT.

But I honestly can't see many of this starting XI featuring in the opening match.
Every manager is doing the same thing, why on earth would they risk their best players in a friendly against Romania? :lol: Common sense

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Re: England v Romania

Post by KRBFC » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:28 pm

Socrates wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:27 pm
It’s a dive is that. Blatant.
It's a blatant penalty, he's swinging him around by his arm, you're complaining more than the Romanian defender.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by taio » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:29 pm

Socrates wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:27 pm
It’s a dive is that. Blatant.
Agree with you. Never a pen.
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Re: England v Romania

Post by BabylonClaret » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:30 pm

It's a soft pen but Grealish made that. He HAS to start

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Re: England v Romania

Post by boatshed bill » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:31 pm

KRBFC wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:28 pm
It's a blatant penalty, he's swinging him around by his arm, you're complaining more than the Romanian defender.
Yes we all know it's a pen, but it was earned in what in my day would have been called cheating.
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Re: England v Romania

Post by KRBFC » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:32 pm

RVclaret wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 5:55 pm
If Mings is starting at the Euros we won’t even get through the group. He is absolute garbage.
One of the best we have, Villa conceded less goals than us last year yet the way some talk on here Mee and Tarkowski are the best thing since sliced bread. Mings just saved a certain goal btw.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by KRBFC » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:33 pm

boatshed bill wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:31 pm
Yes we all know it's a pen, but it was earned in what in my day would have been called cheating.
How was it cheating? the defender was pulling him the entire time :lol:

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Re: England v Romania

Post by boatshed bill » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:33 pm

Terrific save there.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by ClaretTony » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:33 pm

boatshed bill wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:31 pm
Yes we all know it's a pen, but it was earned in what in my day would have been called cheating.
In other words it’s not a pen
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Re: England v Romania

Post by Hedontplayforyou » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:35 pm

jedi_master wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:27 pm
You wouldn’t pick Grealish?
Winstonswhite wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:27 pm
[quote=Hedontplayforyou post_id=<a href="tel:1574943">1574943</a> time=<a href="tel:1623000321">1623000321</a> user_id=2485]
Rashford shouldn’t start for me. I’d go with this -

Pickford

Walker Maguire Stones Shaw

Rice
Henderson Mount

Foden Kane Sterling
I’d swap Grealish for Sterling. He’s so much better
[/quote]

I edited this as I knew I’d have to explain to grealish :lol: :lol: but I do agree Grealish is a better player, but I’m just looking at the options. It’s a tough choice really, for me Mount and Foden have to play, which leaves the left hand side being the toughest pick, Grealish is so tough to play against but isn’t as quick as Sterling which brings its advantages too. If we can get Shaw overlapping Grealish on the regular then I’d prefer that.

Also I’ve made a mess of the quotes here
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Re: England v Romania

Post by Rowls » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:35 pm

Hang on? Have we just brought on a player who isn't in the squad we're taking, in the final minutes of our final friendly before a major tournament?

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Rowls » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:37 pm

That one WAS a penalty

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Re: England v Romania

Post by KRBFC » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:37 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:33 pm
In other words it’s not a pen
How is it not a pen though? he was off balance from being pulled while he was knocking it around the defender, the contact continued into the box.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Rowls » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:37 pm

Yet more goals not from open play.

Classic Southgate stuff.

* goal. Singular.
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Re: England v Romania

Post by Vegas Claret » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:37 pm

Rowls wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:35 pm
Hang on? Have we just brought on a player who isn't in the squad we're taking, in the final minutes of our final friendly before a major tournament?
exactly, southgate out

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Re: England v Romania

Post by KRBFC » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:37 pm

Rowls wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:35 pm
Hang on? Have we just brought on a player who isn't in the squad we're taking, in the final minutes of our final friendly before a major tournament?
You're right i'm fuming, imagine not bringing on Harry Kane!!

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Winstonswhite » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:38 pm

Bet the Boro fans cheered that miss

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Herts Clarets » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:38 pm

Rowls wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:37 pm
That one WAS a penalty
And the inevitable miss from Henderson. I don't relish him taking a penalty...

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Rowls » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:38 pm

There's 26 friggin players in the squad!!!!

Are there seriously 15 of them unable to play a friendly to prepare for a major tournament???

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Re: England v Romania

Post by boatshed bill » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:38 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:33 pm
In other words it’s not a pen
CT, it was a pen because the ref gave it. :D
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Re: England v Romania

Post by ClaretTony » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:40 pm

Rowls wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:35 pm
Hang on? Have we just brought on a player who isn't in the squad we're taking, in the final minutes of our final friendly before a major tournament?
And another

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Guller Bull » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:40 pm

Rowls wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:35 pm
Hang on? Have we just brought on a player who isn't in the squad we're taking, in the final minutes of our final friendly before a major tournament?


Ooh Inspector Clouseau!

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Rowls » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:41 pm

We should've asked Southgate to give Ashley Barnes a run out to stretch his legs.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Rowls » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:42 pm

Come to think of it, I could do with stretching my legs a bit.

If I play for England it could save me my subs too, presuming they don't have to pay.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Guller Bull » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:42 pm

Get Dyche in now!

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Vegas Claret » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:43 pm

Lingaard and Bellingham done more in 5 mins than every player other than Grealish
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Re: England v Romania

Post by Stayingup » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:48 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 5:08 pm
how come both games have been played at Boro ?
Evening up. Its a strategy. But the other Borough - Bacup - wasn't even considered

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Spijed » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:48 pm

Austria and Romania were obviously lined up to be cannon fodder, with England winning by 3-4 goals in each game.

Yet in both matches England have been hanging on at the end!

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Re: England v Romania

Post by KRBFC » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:51 pm

Rowls wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:42 pm
Come to think of it, I could do with stretching my legs a bit.

If I play for England it could save me my subs too, presuming they don't have to pay.
There's a spot to be filled with TAA injured, Maguire/Saka are injured currently and Henderson has just returned so who knows if he'll last. The few who missed the 26 could be needed, 1 already is. We've had alot of players involved in the European finals recently, I'd rather they were fit fresh and recharged for the Euros than burnt out and risked in a friendly against Romania. I swear when we were promoted, we lost friendlies to Chesterfield and Accy.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Taffy on the wing » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:52 pm

Sam Johnstone keeps the job IMO!

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Rowls » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:54 pm

KRBFC wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:51 pm
There's a spot to be filled with TAA injured, Maguire/Saka are injured currently and Henderson has just returned so who knows if he'll last. The few who missed the 26 could be needed, 1 already is. We've had alot of players involved in the European finals recently, I'd rather they were fit fresh and recharged for the Euros than burnt out and risked in a friendly against Romania. I swear when we were promoted, we lost friendlies to Chesterfield and Accy.
Did we play triallists in our final friendlies of the pre-season?

That would be a more apt comparison.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by KRBFC » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:54 pm

I'm not a Southgate fan but the negativity on here when England play a friendly is weird, get over it Tarkowski, Mee, Cork and Brownhill aren't in the squad. Lets see how England do in the Euros, hopefully win it.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Milltown1882 » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:54 pm

KRBFC wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:54 pm
I'm not a Southgate fan but the negativity on here when England play a friendly is weird, get over it Tarkowski, Mee, Cork and Brownhill aren't in the squad. Lets see how England do in the Euros, hopefully win it.
Exactly. We finished 17th, I wouldn’t want anyone but Pope or Tarks anywhere near the squad from our team.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Milltown1882 » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:56 pm

Job done, big boys back before the proper stuff next week. Some fringe players have looked good, some not so good. Most of the work will be done away from these games over the last couple of weeks. Bring on Croatia!!

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Re: England v Romania

Post by boatshed bill » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:56 pm

Taffy on the wing wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:52 pm
Sam Johnstone keeps the job IMO!
He looks a very good keeper.
but GS will probably go with Pickford.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Winstonswhite » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:57 pm

Surely we know by now that Friendlies and Qualifiers mean absolutely naff all.

You’ve just got to hope we get through and then it’s that little bit of luck we need to get past France/Germany/Portugal to reach the Semis

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Re: England v Romania

Post by KRBFC » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:57 pm

Rowls wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:54 pm
Did we play triallists in our final friendlies of the pre-season?

That would be a more apt comparison.
But why would he risk the big names of burn out/injuries in friendlies, days before the Euros where we have a real chance of winning it all? Like I said, recharged refreshed and ready to go in the Euros is all that matters from these friendlies.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by SalisburyClaret » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:58 pm

It's been an inspiring game and has put the fans in an optimistic frame of mind for the tournament

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Re: England v Romania

Post by RVclaret » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:58 pm

KRBFC wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:32 pm
One of the best we have, Villa conceded less goals than us last year yet the way some talk on here Mee and Tarkowski are the best thing since sliced bread. Mings just saved a certain goal btw.
Konsa was far better than Mings last year for Villa. When Mings was injured, Villa actually had a better defensive record! His positioning is poor and discipline bizarre. He will cost us no doubt. Doesn’t have to be Tark (although I do rate him higher than Mings) but I’d rather see Konsa or White in there before him too.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Boss Hogg » Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:00 pm

First pen was v soft and Grealish knew what he was doing just like he did when he was rubbing his head after being hit in the shoulder.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by KRBFC » Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:01 pm

RVclaret wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:58 pm
Konsa was far better than Mings last year for Villa. When Mings was injured, Villa actually had a better defensive record! His positioning is poor and discipline bizarre. He will cost us no doubt. Doesn’t have to be Tark (although I do rate him higher than Mings) but I’d rather see Konsa or White in there before him too.
Who said he will even start? I'd assume Stones and Maguire at the first 2. I'm not gonna cry about who starts in a meaningless fitness exercise friendly.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Claretitus » Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:02 pm

Mings will cost us IF he plays. I’ve never seen a centre half man -handle/ foul his opponent as much as him. He’s dogger.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by BurnleyFC » Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:08 pm

Gareth is so inspiring when he speaks. No wonder the players have such passion.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by RVclaret » Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:10 pm

Well if Maguire isn’t fit, which it seems unlikely that he will be, either Mings or Coady starts alongside Stones. That simply isn’t good enough to progress unfortunately.

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Re: England v Romania

Post by Billy Balfour » Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:14 pm

Sounds like I dodged one. Been in the garden with beer and barbecued souzlaki.

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