Game 40: England vs Slovakia LIVE from the Arena AufSchalke. Sunday ITV1 5pm

[Haguey]

Trippier to the right, Trent on the left, hook Jude or Foden for Gordon. Think about subbing Kane. Do something. 45 minutes to save this Gareth

[Astafjevs]

Have to consider taking Mainoo off because this ref is booking every single challenge. From memory not too many complaints with any of them so far, but there's definitely some refs who might have let one or two go. This one wants to be in the limelight 

[Weezer]

Players getting away with it because everybody has become sick of Southgate. Every single one of them has been ****.

[Rick87]

England justifying my not picking any English players in my fantasy team.

[The_jagster]

5 minutes ago, Rio_V said:

He isn’t putting himself anywhere that either mid can pass to him. 

I do agree he hasn't been offering an option a lot of the time, or when it's too late. Just when he does move nobody is making the pass either

[Haguey]

Yeah good point about Mainoo, can very easily see him getting a second yellow with the inexperience. Wharton on too then.

[kopsy101]

1 minute ago, TalkSport said:

Bellingham is so frustrating. Just holds onto the ball for far too long.

Overcomplicates it doesn't he, just for an average outcome to his play. 

[metal_guitarist]

Just now, Astafjevs said:

Have to consider taking Mainoo off because this ref is booking every single challenge. From memory not too many complaints with any of them so far, but there's definitely some refs who might have let one or two go. This one wants to be in the limelight 

Out of everyone who is on a booking, Mainoo is the one I’d trust to not do anything stupid 

[Smallen]

Just now, Weezer said:

Players getting away with it because everybody has become sick of Southgate. Every single one of them has been ****.

this is true. Tactics are definitely a big part of it but you can not mitigate for the terrible individual performances of Foden, Bellingham and Kane who are supposed to be our 3 best players.

[CFuller]

I don't know about you, but I enjoyed that 45-minute advertisement for Glastonbury. Even the commentary was better.

[JJ72]

Kane 

[TheWednesday]

2 minutes ago, InigoPatinkin said:

Didn't you post laughing at someone trying a positive pass like 4 minutes ago?

You call that positive?

[Wavelberry]

Solid first half there. Unlucky on the goal but some good looking attacks. Expect us to win by three here.

[georginho_juventusygr]

Kane. What was that? 

[aiston]

Just braindead from Stones.

[RTHerringbone]

Mainoo is great. Doesn't get everything right but he's direct and I love it.

[m_fenton]

That settles it for me, get Kane off.

[arenaross]

Kane has got to be injured surely? 

[Astafjevs]

Slovakia have offered nothing since the goal. They'll lose by one or two goals if they keep this up

[The_jagster]

If the ref is card happy just don't be an idiot, we should be making tactical changes first because it's so bad

[BigV]

Stones, wtaf, its your last cross why the hell would you do that? 

[JJ72]

Unusual reaction there at half time to England losing to a team 40 places below them with a dismal showing and hardly any good chances whatsoever.

[darren1983]

4 minutes ago, JJ72 said:

That long? What have we done to deserve that?

Being a bunch of miserable moany ***** maybe?  

[Marc Albrighton]

This is a lot like Italy yesterday, you could never see them getting back into at all. There is nothing about us at all, no cohesion, chemistry or bravery. Its been absolutely desperate all tournament really.

[TalkSport]

Bellingham / Saka / Trippier off for TAA / Gordon / Watkins.

 

[Robson 07]

Kane has been costing England dear all tournament.  And a poor half from Kyle Walker as well.  Would not be surprised if we came home. 

[Pukey]

We're desperate for something down the left hand side. For the love of god can we have Gordon on for more than 5 minutes?

[Nordan]

I'm surprised.

[Weezer]

Slovakia will sit back for the rest of the game and have got nothing on the counter attack, we’ll get a goal eventually and then probably go on to get another.

[Astafjevs]

Just now, The_jagster said:

If the ref is card happy just don't be an idiot, we should be making tactical changes first because it's so bad

Easy to say that but sometimes you can get unlucky. It's a high pressure match and you want to win, it's not easy to play that type of game and try to be measured and 'read the ref'. 

A word at halftime might help, but it definitely needs to be a consideration to take him off

[Bootador]

Hmmm... tricky. I don't know what changes I'd make so **** knows what Southgate is thinking.

[Haguey]

I blame Pep for all of this

[Rebs]

Booooooooooooooooo

[JJ72]

Just now, darren1983 said:

Being a bunch of miserable moany ***** maybe?  

Some of us have been miserable many bustards for many years before Southgate I'll have you know!

[Smallen]

Just now, Marc Albrighton said:

This is a lot like Italy yesterday, you could never see them getting back into at all. There is nothing about us at all, no cohesion, chemistry or bravery. Its been absolutely desperate all tournament really.

It’s not that bad. At least we’ve had most of the ball and an element of control despite not looking at all threatening. Italy were just getting completely dominated for 75 minutes.

[SouthCoastRed]

A penny for their thoughts here

[TheWednesday]

Just now, InigoPatinkin said:

Literally the definition of wanting to be positive

He might have been better looking up and checking he had a team mate ahead of him first 

[Heartwork]

Just now, Bootador said:

Hmmm... tricky. I don't know what changes I'd make so **** knows what Southgate is thinking.

"Consistency"

[Darren Moores Mum]

Dreadful. It's been the same all tournament.

We'll have to hope to brute force the victory because I don't see anything changing.

[enigmatic]

2 minutes ago, Astafjevs said:

Have to consider taking Mainoo off because this ref is booking every single challenge. From memory not too many complaints with any of them so far, but there's definitely some refs who might have let one or two go. This one wants to be in the limelight 

Seems to have calmed down on the cards and is letting Duda deliberately foul tbf. Must be tempting to push Bellingham back and now he's actually going there for the ball anyway and get some pace on, but Mainoo's been one of our least worst players, perhaps behind only Saka who's been almost decent

Definitely needs Trent on for Walker who's been dreadful at both ends of the pitch, and got to be tempting to try Gordon, who must have spotted Dubravka's weaknesses in training

[ThanatosAFC]

1 minute ago, Astafjevs said:

Slovakia have offered nothing since the goal. They'll lose by one or two goals if they keep this up

So did England. Quiet sloppy on both sides since the goal.

[darren1983]

Just now, SouthCoastRed said:

A penny for their thoughts here

You'd still have some change afterwards  

[SouthCoastRed]

Just now, JJ72 said:

Some of us have been miserable many bustards for many years before Southgate I'll have you know!

That Walter Winterbottom was a right knob

[aggressive minor]

1 minute ago, Robson 07 said:

Kane has been costing England dear all tournament.  And a poor half from Kyle Walker as well.  Would not be surprised if we came home. 

Thing is when so many top class players aren’t play well..maybe it’s the system decided by the manager?

[skybluedave]

I'm switching off. I'm middle of house move that is going down to the wire. I'm super stressed about it. This is literally the LAST thing I want to sit through  I'm having a bath, a kit kat and play some Cities Skyline

[RTHerringbone]

I think we must have Gordon and Watkins on. I can handle the rest, but actual left-sided width and a striker who moves in the right areas of the pitch could open this up. Our current (persistent all tournament) disorganisation and bunching just makes it easier for every single team.

Then get Shaw on if he's at all fit, or TAA on for Walker who cannot play for England again.

[Smallen]

I dunno. Has Bellingham’s overall game actually gotten worse whilst at Madrid? He used to grab games like this by the scruff of the neck from midfield and drag us through games with sheer willpower. Barely looks arsed out there now.

[santy001]

Hopefully we have another plan for the second half besides protecting a narrow 1-0 loss passing it across the back at pedestrian speed. 

[JJ72]

1 minute ago, SouthCoastRed said:

That Walter Winterbottom was a right knob

At least you were not senile in 1966. I've got nothing good to remember about England. Ever!

Edited June 30 by JJ72
Opposite meaning

[Haguey]

The masses of fans and wannabe expert football analysts you see online and on here are very rarely in the right when it comes to squad selection and tactics and so on, but well, I'd take what they're saying over what Southgate is offering right now