England didn’t want to lose to us and have us beat Iran. They don’t want to play the Dutch in the next round. They want two wins and a tie at worst. So they were playing not to lose with superior talent at most positions. We were under talented with deficient subs. But trying to win. So a draw makes sense. We did a heckuva a job playing to win and gambled a lot that Holden for whatever reason wouldn’t talk about. On two or three corners Dest was the sole defender in the middle with Ream and Zim both in the box. Musah and McKinnie were quite often in front of the forwards. We played to win except in the last ten minutes and I’m here for it.
Shaq Moore was a disaster. 3 maybe 4 fouls. Two give always. Worst still, very slow if at all on the track back when he was dispossessed. He should not see the field again. Was worse off the ball than on it. We quite literally could play better with just 10 men. At least with 10 he would not be creating problems or giving the bell away.
The players need to calm down and not lose their heads. Musah shooting the ball into the England goal after he was called for a foul could have drawn yellow and he would miss the Iran match. Dest and CP constantly speaking to the ref. Lots of mental discipline problems last 15 minutes in the first half when we were pressing and couldn’t score.
Wright better on combination play and drawing defenders to him than Sargent. Sargent better on the runs clearing space. He needs to connect with the ball when it comes to him and he has struggled with that. Sargent and Gio were there for a run out to freshen up for Iran. If you go back and look at our shape and decisions we weren’t really trying to press and score the last ten minutes unless there was a breakdown. Which never came. Tough to grade Sargent and Gio under those conditions.
Zimmerman proving why he’s only playing because three guys are hurt.
It’s absurd we spent three years installing a system and formations that Ream is ill suited for, only at the last minute to add him to the club and revert back to a 4-4–2 bucket. What the heck were we doing for the last three years? Some kind of weird distraction or cover up of what we planned to do?
England has the talent to win it all. They do not have the fitness.
Shaq Moore was a disaster. 3 maybe 4 fouls. Two give always. Worst still, very slow if at all on the track back when he was dispossessed. He should not see the field again. Was worse off the ball than on it. We quite literally could play better with just 10 men. At least with 10 he would not be creating problems or giving the bell away.
The players need to calm down and not lose their heads. Musah shooting the ball into the England goal after he was called for a foul could have drawn yellow and he would miss the Iran match. Dest and CP constantly speaking to the ref. Lots of mental discipline problems last 15 minutes in the first half when we were pressing and couldn’t score.
Wright better on combination play and drawing defenders to him than Sargent. Sargent better on the runs clearing space. He needs to connect with the ball when it comes to him and he has struggled with that. Sargent and Gio were there for a run out to freshen up for Iran. If you go back and look at our shape and decisions we weren’t really trying to press and score the last ten minutes unless there was a breakdown. Which never came. Tough to grade Sargent and Gio under those conditions.
Zimmerman proving why he’s only playing because three guys are hurt.
It’s absurd we spent three years installing a system and formations that Ream is ill suited for, only at the last minute to add him to the club and revert back to a 4-4–2 bucket. What the heck were we doing for the last three years? Some kind of weird distraction or cover up of what we planned to do?
England has the talent to win it all. They do not have the fitness.
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