Group C: Slovenia, Denmark, Serbia, England

[marsh]

Didn't know Dyche was England manager. Was like watching Everton

 

[Tommy Chong]

After match punditry and "it's the result that counts" twaddle.

Switched the TV off immediately after that. Can't be arsed listening to them trying to rationalize that steaming pile of a performance.

 

[Obes]

It’s a win, I guess. Never felt like Serbia were ever going to score, didn’t create anything so on that front - defensively - pretty sound.

Going forward, though, from 35 minutes or so onwards, it was a mess and looked very lethargic. Similar to the Iceland game. Very little forward movement and incredibly laboured moving the ball. Improvement on that front required big-time as the tournament progresses.

Oh, and I don’t want to see TAA in that midfield again. Hasn’t got the awareness or nous to receive the ball in tight spaces with his back to play. Liability.

 

[Shibbywiggles]

Given the talent in that team, quite a shocking performance

England have had very good elevens before but the depth in the squad right now is unreal. It’s an absolute joke he’s picked that team with those tactics.

 

[Papa Shango]

I don’t care who they play for mate, they’re big and slow. We had two quick and direct attackers on the bench who would have posed an entirely different threat to defenders who were easily picking long diagonals out of the air all night.

Sure maybe, but they could possibly have handled them too with them being good players and all that!

Serbia are not going to win the tournament or anything but they are no mugs either. Looks like job done for me.

 

[Alan Whittle]

…Guehi justified his selection.

Yes, I thought so. Calm under pressure, read the dangerous situations with some unfussy interceptions. Quietly confident and effective.

 

[heatmeiser]

The sheer talent at the disposal and we have a failed club manager making decisions to act like he’s “a man to make tough decisions”.

We’re going to get slapped by the first decent team we play.

Carling Guinness whiskey

 

[Rita_Poon]

Switched the TV off immediately after that. Can't be arsed listening to them trying to rationalize that steaming pile of a performance.

Join in the cliche game with summer and I. Bingo time!

 

[jazzy]

Pickers- faultless 10
Trippier - played out of position 7
Walker - ok 7
Stones - Ditto 7
Geuhi -Ditto 7

Rice - good 8
Arnold - hopeless 4
Bellingham - outstanding 9

Saka - decent 7
Kane - shockingly bad and static 3
Foden - Poor but out of position 5

 

[Piijt]

Cup competition, we got a win and top the group. That’s all that matters really.

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

Ferdinand trying to tell Fabregas that England's style is the same as the glorious Spanish team of the 2000s.

 

[mccole]

The left side is so so poor and a obvious weakness.

Alexander Arnold centrally is poor and Guehi looks a poor selection.

But a win is a win

 

[BullensRoad]

Kane is a hindrance.

The games changed you need players with directness and athleticism.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Carling Guinness whiskey

The medicine sounds worse than the disease...

 

[Librarian]

That’s what you get when you have a manager who can’t make decisions