England Away in Andorra
Join me for the match from 2:45 onward on ESPN+
posted by The Blue Devil @ 2:26 PM
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
Saturday, October 09, 2021
Lakenheath Old Boys
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Afternoon, chaps - it's a distinctly B-team looking first XI from Gareth. Here are the teams in full.
Andorra: Gomes, Jesus Rubio, Christian Garcia, Llovera, Marc Garcia, Jordi Rubio, Rebes, Vales, Xavier Vieira, Cristian Martinez, Sanchez.
Subs: Emili Garcia, Iker, Moreno, Cervos, De Pablos, Fernandez, Pujol, Pires, Lima, Alaez.
England: Johnstone, Trippier, Stones, Coady, Chilwell, Foden, Ward-Prowse, Lingard, Saka, Abraham, Sancho.
Subs: Rice, Mings, Tomori, Ramsdale, Kane, Henderson, Sterling, Watkins, Mount, Walker, Grealish, Pickford.
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine).
The coverage has started on the Plus. Looks as if the small fire that had started at one of the ground earlier has been snuffed out and the teams are out for the anthems.
I like the balance of this side with a straight forward back four with lots of attacking potential from both Chilly and Trips, JWP as the holding player in midfielder and then lots of attacking thrust from Lingard, Foden, Saka and Sancho and Abraham as the lone striker. Let's hope that they can fill their boots tonight.
And Andorra get us going then - come on, England!
Saka earns England an early free kick then. These set pieces could be a useful outlet for England tonight with JWP over the dead balls.
Oh - great ball in there from JWP and Coady nearly got on the end of it. Cleared out for a corner.
And another free kick chance now out wide left. We can see a pattern already.
Total pressure by England already.
Oh - lovely ball over the top from Foden to Chilly but the Chelsea man took a heavy touch and the keeper was able to smuggle it away.
Ah - Lingard had a chance to play Saka in there but the ball was too heavy.
Was having trouble signing in!
I was a little late to the party anyway. I was busy changing switches around the house
Total rearguard action from Andorra here.
David V is watching the game
I just told him we were on here
Hiya, Dave - great to have you on board this afternoon. How's your weekend going?
I'm bored. 12 minutes and no England goals.
Yeah - he's been texting me, too. I keep inviting him to the LOB, but no luck so far.
Welcome, Steve - the pattern has been set, hasn't it?
Me too
Chillwell should have done better with that
Oh - great ball over there but unfortunately, it was Chilly at the end of it. Terrible header.
Damn.... just lost reception...I HATE streaming!
Andorra are giving up a lot of set pieces - surely England will be able to score from some of these if the deliveries are decent.
Sorry, mate - I know what you mean.
David is about to drive to to the Poconos
He says hello
Ball in the net....up goes the flag....bugger
That's level, not off-side.
Ahhh...Ben Chilwell has it in the net but he's flagged offside.
VAR checking it now - go on!
He's on I think.....VAR check it!!
Left foot kept him up.... CHECK IT!!
GOAL!!!!!
Goal it is!!!!!
England 0-1 up!
VAR agrees. Chilli has a goal. 1-0 England.
The dreaded P word
91% to 9
Flood Gates....get em open
That's Chilly first goal for the national side. For some reason, he's been England's danger man all evening so far.
Is there a Covid restriction to the attendance of this match?
If not, how can the Andorrans not sell out this match
Oooh, Almost number 2
Oh - Abraham with a free header! Put it straight at the keeper. He needs to bury those if he's going to get a sniff.
Phoenix from the flames goalmouth activity comes to nothing. 24 minutes, 1 goal. Get in the subs.
England's line up....two United players that can't get a start in Red
As you said, Tammy A should have done better there
Those sheep don't tend themselves Dave.
Weird how these matches are for the WC not next summer!
Good point Steve!!!
Another corner chance now - this one's got to go in!
I keep hoping the cup will be stripped from Qatar and postponed to summer 2023.
Tammy with a poor effort of control...COME ON...control...bam
Tammy should have scored 3-4 by now. I'm not impressed.
Oh - lovely stuff from Sancho and he set up his clubmate for a shot.
Wish it would happen!!
Hey, England could host it in the summer!
Not impressed either - Tammy should be running up his numbers tonight. No excuses.
That schedule would suit me just fine. No way am I going to get to watch anything until the Winter Break if it's in December. I"ll miss most of the group stage.
Someone's Dad has entered the fray now for the shepherds.
What was that from Stones?!
Stones misses a header!
Of course, he hasn't played a minute for City in the League
And how's the Premier League and UEFA challenges supposed to work?. Qatar can eff straight off.
That dumpster fire yesterday had more action than this. C'mon England, bear down.
It is supposed to run from November 21-thru December 18
A possession stat from the Guardian just for you, Dave:
Andorra’s possession stat has now dipped to 16 percent.
LOL!
Never looked at the line up...were there two defensive middies?
No - just JWP, who's actually fairly attacking.
The Andys have a free kick....cleared
England just seem so casual out there - I want a bit more urgency to the attacking.
Good...I hate it when managers have formation and STICK with it no matter what
Sancho has been a 100% more dangerous than he has been for United
Why wouldn't you want to go and try and score as many as you can
You can imagine that HK wants thirty minutes to go after this mob in the second half. He's thinking about records at this point.
Agreed. All of the players forward of JWP should score. And Saka does. Right down the keeper's throat. Lovely.
TWO NIL
Saka with a nice finish!
That's my thinking, too, Dave - how many better chances will Tammy Abraham get?
Yes! Saka curls in England's second. Great ball from Foden.
0-2!
Somebody's Dad looking as distraught as if he's found the fridge door left open.
Stones picks up a card for something - maybe some backchat.
Fans swearing away with their chants
Stones is in the book
I don't get that card. What was that for?
A bit of nonsense at the back from Johnstone now just to give the Andys a bit of hope.
Somebody's Dad just looks like he wants this out of the way so that he can get his chops around a late night paella and glass of sangria.
Stephanie's not liking the cut of Sancho's jib now - a yellow for him now.
Now Sancho in the book
The woman is trying to show who's bos
Two stupid cards
Sancho picks up a silly caution. I hope Gareth takes note of that silliness. Can't have that when it could really hurt.
Somebody's Dad's dog better have herded those sheep into the barn by the time he gets home. He's not having any messing tonight.
HT
2-0
Handbags down the tunnel
Grow up!!
Half time in Andorra now and things are just starting to boil over now. No need for that - England are 0-2 up and should add to that in the second half.
Sancho bashed the guy in the face with his shoulder right in front of the ref. What's she supposed to do otherwise?
Teams out for the second half
After this one, England have a home match against Hungary on Tuesday night and then a home match against Albania and away to San Marino in November to wrap up qualifying. You'd have to think that's nine more points for a total of 28 points.
No changes at half-time, so HK will have to wait to get his chance.
Why would you play HK in this? Plastic pitch, and defenders with nothing more to do with themselves than welly into him.
Scores at HT in the other games in England's group
Poland 2 San Marino 0
Hungary 0 Albania 0
As it stands with three games to go
England 19
Poland 14
Albania 13
Hungary 11
Andorra 3
San Marino 0
Come on England....meaningless passing now
Try and attack and score
I wouldn't, but I'm assuming he's anxious to get closer to Rooney's goalscoring record, so a match against Andorra has got to have him salivating.
Based on that glance at the bench, it looks as if the defenders are not going to be used tonight.
Bloody hell, Tammy!
England are boring me!
I know Andorra are just sitting back but get the ball wide
Get the ball in the box
Take some shots
Another miss from Tammy - the offside flag spares his blushes.
Finally.... a ball in the box and it's a goal
England have scored a third as do Poland
Finally! Tammy nips in to touch home Sancho's cross. 0-3!
Nice ball by Sancho
Finally! Abraham peels off and away from Somebody's Dad and puts the chance away.
Off comes Stones...on comes Tomori....move to Italy...get an England call up
Oh dear - Somebody's Dad's hammy has given out. He'll need some help getting back to his bathchair.
That's Somebody's Dad's night. The sub, subbed off.
He's had 133 caps for Andorra. Surely that's enough to get him a free pint tonight.
Crikey, Somebody's Dad is 41! Respect that he's still answering the call.
Too cute around the box again
Rebes with an elbow there - he's already in the book so he might go off.
That should be a straight red!! Not even a second yellow!
Nasty. Rebes sized that one up and still wasn't carded for it.
Andorra have a corner!!!!
Why on earth would Andorra choose to play a corner short?
Mount and Grealish about to come on....why?
Looks like Jack Grealish is going to have a chance to stretch his legs.
Why not?
I don't see any point to risking either Mason or Jack but they appear to be ready to come on.
The Andy's have started to thug it up a bit. No point in using either of our starters.
Pep told them to do it
Wahay! Grealish wins a pen and England have a chance for a fourth.
Grealish wins England a pen
Who will take it..him? JWP?
JWP looks to be preparing to take it while the VAR check is going on.
Jack goes down and my stream fails. C'mon!
JWP to take...saved....but he nets the rebound
4 nil
JWP stuffs it home at the second time of asking and England are 0-4 up!
Ollie Watkins has come on for Tammy Abraham now.
Albania are winning in Hungary. They will keep pace with England. In fact, it is as you were... top three all winning tonight
England, Albania and Poland]
England 19
Albania 15
Poland 14
Johnstone finally has some work to do! Great save!
Next Tuesday
Albania v Poland
England v Hungary
and of course the big one...
San Marino v Andorra
Late flag up but great save by Johnstone....Not John Stones...he's off
Is there any telly coverage of that San Marino v. Andorra match? ;-)
ESPN 3
England back on Plus
Grealish makes it five
Breakaway goal for Jack. He had it all to do. And he did. Great goal.
Yes! Grealish latches onto a long ball from Johnstone and did the rest.
England 0-5!
Has he scored for England....no...just said
That's what you get when you throw the starters on - more goals!
Direct football....who'da thunk it
Sometimes Sgate annoys me
He has his favorites and others
Apparently he doesn't like Greenwood!
He never liked Grealish until he made the City move
Another goal would be nice.
What's the point of 2 added minutes...just blow up now
Yes, 6 would be a better return given the opposition. I thought it would open up for Watkins just there but he was quickly snuffed out.
Oh - Watkins misses an absolute sitter right at the death.
No matter - that's the whistle. 0-5 it is. Respectable.
Watkins again but no finish. And that's it. 5-0 and on to midweek. Cheerio until then.
Watkins almost in for the sixth...I guess it was blocked
That is it!
5-0 England win!!!
Satisfying display and result....just wish it was more direct
Take care boys
TTFN
That's it from me, boys. I'll be around for the Panama v. US match tomorrow night.
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