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Thursday, March 22, 2018

Pick Your England Squad!


Okay, LOBers, we're heading into two key World Cup warm-ups this week (The Netherlands tomorrow and Tuesday against Italy). Gareth Southgate has announced his squad. You know the drill - pick your favorite starting XI from this lot: 
Goalkeepers: Jack Butland (Stoke), Joe Hart (West Ham; loan from Man City), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Burnley)
Defenders: Joe Gomez (Liverpool), Harry Maguire (Leicester), Alfie Mawson (Swansea), Danny Rose (Tottenham), John Stones (Man City), James Tarkowski (Burnley), Kieran Trippier (Tottenham), Kyle Walker (Man City), Ashley Young (Man Utd)

Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham), Lewis Cook (Bournemouth), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Liverpool), Jake Livermore (West Brom), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), Raheem Sterling (Man City), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal)
Forwards: Marcus Rashford (Man Utd), Jamie Vardy (Leicester), Danny Welbeck (Arsenal)

53 Comments:

Blogger United We Stand said...

https://www.firstonetv.net/Live/United-Kingdom/ITV1-21

3:50 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I like the new England kit even though it's still too tight for my liking.

Not a lot unnecessary colors which is good

3:56 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Decent start from England except for a couple knocks... decent shot by the Ox

3:56 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Link going great and then just stopped

Trying to get it back

4:01 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Got it back
still scoreless at the 18 minute mark

Teams don't go out and try and score any more

Everyone plays the same
Everyone cancels each other out

England always tried to play the European way... they should have played the English way...used to win European Cup after European Cup

4:08 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Link being very annoying
Still 0-0 25th minute

4:14 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

No VAR tonight but will be in Italy on Tuesday and of course in Russia

4:14 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

In between the link freezing all the time... England look on top

4:17 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

No real chances of course...it is modern day football

4:18 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Now it is just passing and passing and passing and passing

4:19 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Sterling is the England Sterling and the not the Citeh Sterling... doing nowt
Can't beat the first man with a cross!! If he was in blue it would have been on the foot of teammate

4:19 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

England close from a free kick
Walker's cross flicked on by Hendo...just wide. Rash almost got it at the back post

4:20 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Too much passing.... not enough balls in the box and quality of balls in the box

4:22 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Ten to go until half... still scoreless

Don't teams know the object of the game is to score goals and win!!

ESPECIALLY if you got nothing to lose

4:24 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Fans are sounding like a baseball crowd...just hearing chatter

4:25 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

zzzzzzzz

4:27 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I hate to say this but I am not really looking forward to the World Cup. Every team and every game is going to be exactly the same

4:27 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Just noticed the team was never posted

Here is England's 11

Keep
Pickford
Back 3
Walker
Stones
Gomes(off hurt now Maguire)
Middies
Henderson
Trippier
Ox
Rose
Lingard
Sterling
Forward
Rashford


I THINK I'M ON THE BENCH...so many listed

4:31 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Rash gets the ball and every time... he's alone

WHERE IS THE STRIKING PARTNERS

4:32 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I hate how the panel are going to go into depth on the performance.... They are have been the better of the two teams but have done NOTHING

4:33 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

You know there are going to be at least ELEVEN changes....just keep the same team and change it for the next match

4:34 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Hate it how teams have a way of playing.... there is no PLAN B

4:34 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Half time

"Lot of encouragement".... why?

Score updates

Finals

Uruguay 2 Czech Rep 0.... meet Wales in Final
Russia 0 Brazil 3
Norway 4 Australia 1
Turkey 1 No Ireland 0

Half Times
Italy 0 Argentina 0
Germany 1 Spain 1
Scotland 0 Costa Rica

France 2 Colombia 1... almost half

4:38 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

"good on the ball but not creating chances"

They are justifying it!

4:42 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

No changes... We are off for the second half

4:52 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Where is the Sterling of Citeh

4:56 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

England break... what an awful cross by Rose... both Lingard and Rashford made a run to the the front post... Rose went back


Always have been told and I tell everyone .... first man in the box... go to the front post because that's where the ball goes first... other make a different run


Ball in the net... the Dutch get it in but the ball was out of bounds before the cross

4:58 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Rash breaks... keep comes out.... should have been a penalty!!!!

4:58 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Definitely penalty... the linesman was right there

4:59 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Sterling looks clueless!!

5:00 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

ONE NIL


Lingard with the goal!

5:06 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

58th minute... first goal in his England career

5:06 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Decent shot from outside the box....after a useless cross

5:06 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Past the hour mark and still no changes apart from the injury early on

5:09 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Rose has been hopeless

Egypt have taken the lead at the Champions of Europe

5:10 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

All of a sudden, Holland on top
I guess England aren't allowed to score more than one goal and they're just going to sit back

5:10 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Subs about to be coming on... zzz

5:12 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Rashford, Sterling and Lingard to come off

Replaced by Vardy, Dele Alli and Wellbeck


I want to see Vardy run at the defenders

5:14 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Deli Alli has bee useless this season.. hope he turns it around

5:15 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

1/4 of the match to go

5:15 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Now Ashley Young is coming on for Danny Rose with 20 minutes to go

5:18 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

The Dutch look like they don't belong at the World Cup

5:19 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Into the last fifteen minutes

5:23 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Argentina lead in Italy

5:23 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Not as many substitutions as I thought... of course... there is still 12 minutes to ruin that

5:25 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Stupid foul by Stones... free kick chance for the Dutch

5:29 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

DePay... saved by Pickford... central

5:30 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Don't think Vardy has touched the ball

5:33 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

88th minute... Dier coming on for MacGuire... who was a sub

Dutch making two changes... what's the bloody point!!

5:36 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Dele Alli has been naff

5:37 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

one of four added minutes done

5:38 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Such a tedious ending...just wasting time...just try and score!!

Game over
England deservedly won but still not good enough for me


Commentators are full of encouragement


Take care...it's been talking to ....no one!!

5:42 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

FUN talking to no one!


TTFN

5:43 PM  

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