The International Friendlies thread

[JJ1532]

Think the England players need to work on their crossing, been awful all game.

 

[G-Dragon]

Vardy diving cheat imo.

 

[DarkSithLord]

Penalty!

 

[DarkSithLord]

Oh dear.

 

[Mustard]

Good practice for the Euros that, missing penalties.

 

[JimJams]

That's not like our Jamie.

 

[JJ1532]

And that's why Jamie Vardy should be playing down the middle.

Good to see us bottling penalties early this year.

 

[mistermagic]

Thought it was quite generous.

Good omens for the KO stages that.

 

[Stevencc]

Oh Kane!

 

[G-Dragon]

Justice served.

 

[G.B]

Harry Kane. Set piece specialist.

 

[smat]

England doing a great job of lowering our expectations. We're fucking shit.

 

[Jockney]

Team looks a lot more balanced after the changes.

 

[JJ1532]

Team looks a lot more balanced after the changes.

You could make the argument that we looked better after the tactical switch.

 

[Jockney]

You could make the argument that we looked better after the tactical switch.

Yes. Keeping the ball well and pushing them high up the pitch, much like the Germany performance.

 

[G.B]

The change to the diamond formation is clearly responsible for that goal.

 

[mistermagic]

Lucky break.

 

[JimJams]

That'll do. He's had a poor game really and still scored and won a pen.

 

[JJ1532]

Another lucky goal for England. Lets just hope we don't use up all of our luck in the warm up games.

 

[Mustard]

Current status: It's coming home.

 

[Stevencc]

Vardyyyy!

Glad he got his goal.

 

[mistermagic]

Danny Rose MOTM what the actual fuck

 

[Stevencc]

Excellent save Hart.

 

[JimJams]

Kane took too long to play that ball on the break. Vardy's fast as fuck you don't need to wait.

 

[JJ1532]

Not learned that much from this game, which is fine. But if Hodgson learns anything, its that Vardy is so much better down the middle. I know its a broken record, but still. Liked the diamond more than the 4-2-3-1/4-1-4-1 that we started. Alli, Sterling and Wilshere weren't great, would like to see some other options get a chance like Drinkwater and Barkley.

Turkey took this game way more seriously than us, full blooded challenges and chasing us down all game. Bit fortunate to win it, but I'll take it.

 

[Mustard]

Well that was a bit shit really, but to be expected in a friendly. Turkey are an alright team. MOTM was very slim pickings.

Didn't like the system we played in the first half, not sure what that was about.

 

[JimJams]

Well I think Vardys performance summed up what I've said prior, if Roy thinks he can play him as a winger he might as well not bother. Bring Rashford and play him there. Otherwise you'll get the Vardy from Pearsons time and not the Vardy of this season. Which aint bad, but it aint great.

 

[smat]

Anyone else notice there were a lot of empty seats at the Etihad today?

 

[Destruction]

Why is Sterling in the England squad?

 

[JimJams]

Because there aren't many more English names than 'Sterling' is there?