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06-25-2024, 01:42 PM | #181 |
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So you actually do think he should stay in the starting lineup? All of those Chelsea embarrassments lately have obviously clouded your vision of what good football looks like lad!
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06-25-2024, 01:45 PM | #182 |
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Rice isn't being used correctly. If you want him to be a guy taking the ball under pressure near his goal and working his way out...nope, he's awful, and so that's obviously how we're using him. Further up the field, as he plays for Arsenal and used to for England, limited but far, far better.
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06-25-2024, 01:48 PM | #183 |
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Full disclosure but I absolutely hated Rice when he first started for England and thought he was terrible. He's absolutely not a versatile guy you can ask to do anything, as Southgate seems to think. But in the right role, like the last Euros, he's very good
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06-25-2024, 01:57 PM | #184 |
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I’m sure you could squeeze him into a role for some other countries. He just wouldn’t fit in for the United States with our midfield. That was my point. Acting as if England has some bench that could beat other teams when their starting lineup cant even do it is absolutely hysterical and shows just how arrogant a lot of English fans are. It’s so funny around America too because people just believe it because that’s where we get most of our soccer media from.
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06-25-2024, 02:06 PM | #185 |
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Slovenia has come out flat...
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06-25-2024, 02:09 PM | #186 |
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Those last two crosses by the Slovs were so dangerous.
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06-25-2024, 02:10 PM | #187 |
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England looks not good
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06-25-2024, 02:10 PM | #188 |
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What’s nice set up.. but offside
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06-25-2024, 02:18 PM | #189 |
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I'm shocked that Slovenia has come out this flat for the 2nd half. I'm not sure what they're strategy is, but it's not looking good. England will score if they keep this up.
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06-25-2024, 02:23 PM | #190 |
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Slovenia are through no matter what with a draw as they would be one of the 3rd place teams to advance.
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06-25-2024, 02:28 PM | #191 |
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06-25-2024, 02:36 PM | #193 |
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England definitely have something to play for. If Denmark find a goal and they don’t then they pretty much write their ticket home by having to face Germany in the round of 16. They’ve been pushing they just have Southgate and Kane leading the attack so it’s been pretty boring
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06-25-2024, 02:43 PM | #195 |
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Yeah, it’s kind of disappointing because Slovenia looked to be the better team a lot in the first half. Might have made things really interesting if Slovenia actually had to play for a win. I think they definitely could have found one against this England squad in the form they’re in right now.
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