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Marinerdan
June 14, 2021, 2:10pm

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I've no doubt it was a good performance overall but I'm pretty certain we'd need to up the tempo to have any chance at winning the tournament.

It's all about opinions, doesn't make it 'negative'


There’s no point going full throttle in the first game either.

3 points against the World Cup finalists is a great result and our best start to a tournament in ages.


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Some dire stats from the England v Croatia game in 2018.  Quoted in a paper yesterday.  They demonstrate how we have improved since.  Arguably by how much.

Against Croatia in 2018 Pickford played the ball long 40 times.  We lost it the vast majority of times.  Henderson lost the ball on nearly 50% of the time when making forward passes.  Kane lost the ball 21 times.  (All stats over 120 mins)
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Some dire stats from the England v Croatia game in 2018.  Quoted in a paper yesterday.  They demonstrate how we have improved since.  Arguably by how much.

Against Croatia in 2018 Pickford played the ball long 40 times.  We lost it the vast majority of times.  Henderson lost the ball on nearly 50% of the time when making forward passes.  Kane lost the ball 21 times.  (All stats over 120 mins)


i hope he doesnt walk straight back in the side
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Don't want to peak too soon, the final will do.


If the football is bad you can always watch the gulls.
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It's clear we have improved a bit since we played them in the semi final and I also think it's a tournament too far for an aging Croat side who have dropped a notch since then.

It was a good controlled win by England but I don't think the other tournament favourites will be shaking in their boots yet if they come up against us.

They say you can't win the tournament in the first game, but you can go a long way to losing it, so a win was very welcome and we can improve as we grow into the tournament. I expect there may be a change or two for the next game. We can afford to be a bit more adventurous.
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