Today's Football 2018-19 Season

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TheBigIguana said:
It's not that the goals weren't well worked at the end it's that the ball didn't touch a single defender or midfielder in getting to the forwards. Down the years this type of game as shown to be inconsistently effective.
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England used a sequence of 18 consecutive passes in scoring the first goal. Eventually it involved a long flat pass from Pickford into Kane in the midfield, who then sent it wide to Rashford and the goal resulted via his threaded long crossfield ball to Sterling, but that was right at the end of a long series of passing possession, and accurate working of the Spanish cover to create the space.

Eighteen consecitive passes and somehow it didn't touch a single defender or midfielder, they actually did it by magic.That's one up for Southgate then.

The tactical switch since the victory over Switzerland to four at the back is proving worthwhile.

Spain had five shots on target counting ineffectual ones to England's three, they always dominate possession.

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Having read a few posts on this and other forums, there does seem to be a very strong anti-England brigade, who seem to share a begrudging, almost mean spirited attitude where England are concerned, giving only faint praise where absolutely unavoidable and, almost as if through clenched teeth, qualifying it with as many negatives as they can.

A sort of 'belittle any victories and make hay when they lose' attitude.

Even about last night..

I keep seeing it was a 'friendly' from the anti-England brigade. That may suit the whole 'big wow' narrative but it's just absolute bollocks isn't it?

Whether anybody respects the Nation's League or not, it's a competitive game and I have to say I've been enjoying the NL.

It was an outstanding result by England and it does, in my view, confirm that England belong at their ranking and maybe, just maybe they deserved to make the WC semi and it wasn't just some big fluke.

I don't share this negative mindset at all, as to me it's not at all generous and it's definitely not a particularly good look either.
 
Chris O'Connor said:
England used a sequence of 18 consecutive passes in scoring the first goal. Eventually it involved a long flat pass from Pickford into Kane in the midfield, who then sent it wide to Rashford and the goal resulted via his threaded long crossfield ball to Sterling, but that was right at the end of a long series of passing possession, and accurate working of the Spanish cover to create the space.

Eighteen consecitive passes and somehow it didn't touch a single defender or midfielder, they actually did it by magic.That's one up for Southgate then.

The tactical switch since the victory over Switzerland to four at the back is proving worthwhile.

Spain had five shots on target counting ineffectual ones to England's three, they always dominate possession.

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Having read a few posts on this and other forums, there does seem to be a very strong anti-England brigade, who seem to share a begrudging, almost mean spirited attitude where England are concerned, giving only faint praise where absolutely unavoidable and, almost as if through clenched teeth, qualifying it with as many negatives as they can.

A sort of 'belittle any victories and make hay when they lose' attitude.

Even about last night..

I keep seeing it was a 'friendly' from the anti-England brigade. That may suit the whole 'big wow' narrative but it's just absolute bollocks isn't it?

Whether anybody respects the Nation's League or not, it's a competitive game and I have to say I've been enjoying the NL.

It was an outstanding result by England and it does, in my view, confirm that England belong at their ranking and maybe, just maybe they deserved to make the WC semi and it wasn't just some big fluke.

I don't share this negative mindset at all, as to me it's not at all generous and it's definitely not a particularly good look either.
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Look nothing I say will convince you of this but England playing that style of game will only beat the teams of real quality, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Belgium and the like, 2 or 3 out of ten times. That isn't the worst record in the world but whether that is acceptable for a team aiming to win the big tournaments is debatable.
 
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