Malta v England

Quoted from horsforthmariner

Watched it. We did what we needed to do. Doesn’t change my opinion that the minnows should have to qualify for the qualification stage.

90 minutes of my life I won’t get back.

You didn't have to watch it, especially considering your attitude about "minnows".

Town were minnows against Southampton

Quoted from horsforthmariner

Watched it. We did what we needed to do. Doesn’t change my opinion that the minnows should have to qualify for the qualification stage.

90 minutes of my life I won’t get back.

The minnows should be in a group together, guaranteeing one a place at the tournament and one a play off place.

That won't happen though because it makes qualification harder for the rest of Europe.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

The minnows should be in a group together, guaranteeing one a place at the tournament and one a play off place.

That won't happen though because it makes qualification harder for the rest of Europe.

It would take up two places, though those two minnows would then get absolutely mullered in the group stages so would make it unfair on the other groups that these teams aren't in.

Quoted from Maringer

Good result, but possibly the least exciting game I've ever seen.

Agreed. Based on his enthusiasm about England’s performance, Andros Townsend seemed to be watching a different game. I thought James Maddison was poor, Townsend had a different opinion.

They were very keen to big up TAA in midfield. Good pass for the first goal, took his own goal well, but the media seem to have ignored the fact that we were up against such a weak team. Can you really imagine TAA starting in central midfield against one of the stronger nations?

He's got a lot of talent, but can't defend well enough to be a full-back at international level and isn't trusted to play in central midfield for his own club. Unfortunately, he's stymied by the fact that we've got a few good right-backs ahead of him in the pecking order and Saka is way too good to be dropped. Otherwise, he might get the odd chance as a Beckham-type wide player, there to put in crosses, set-pieces and spread the play.

Didn’t watch it but reading the paper this morning you’d think England had found the next Messi the way they are bigging up TAA, let’s be honest it was Malta,if any premiership player doesn’t look good against them then he shouldn’t be there. On a humour note, Kelvin Phillips has spent longer celebrating the three trophies Man City won then he actually played, at this rate he’ll be able to play into his 40’s as he only plays about 200 minutes a season.

Quoted from Gaffer58

Didn’t watch it but reading the paper this morning you’d think England had found the next Messi the way they are bigging up TAA, let’s be honest it was Malta,if any premiership player doesn’t look good against them then he shouldn’t be there. On a humour note, Kelvin Phillips has spent longer celebrating the three trophies Man City won then he actually played, at this rate he’ll be able to play into his 40’s as he only plays about 200 minutes a season.

kAlvin.

Talking of minnows, Scotland scored 2 late goals to win 2-1 in Oslo.  6 points ahead of Spain.

Maybe we need to upgrade their status? 😐

Quoted from rancido

You didn't have to watch it, especially considering your attitude about "minnows".

I do want to watch it - I love watching England. I’d prefer however if there were more competitive matches. There’s a limited amount of space for international matches so why are we wasting some of this precious time on matches that are so obviously uneven? If we had prequalifying we could have more interesting groups maybe with 3 qualification places.