Mike1983

Can anyone explain the rationale behind starting Ward in the second half?

Here are Danny's stats from his last active season:

Alright Chelsea he's yours!

It's crazy to think that just a year ago, he was the club's fifth choice. Now, he's back as the backup, just a transfer or injury away from starting.

I wouldn't say "no way" when it comes to this club. The negligence shown in the past proves they're more than capable of it.

If Hermansen gets sold and Stolarczyk is out with an ankle injury, with Iversen not even getting a pop at goal against Shrewsbury, our number one will likely be the guy with the number 1 shirt on: Ward.

Early days but Okoli gave me Danny Amartey vibes.

We're being dominated by a League One team filled with trialists.

Don't pass it back to Ward ffs.

We're ****ed. I had a feeling this might happen after seeing today's line-up. If Hermansen gets sold and Stolarchyk is out with a long-term injury, Ward will likely be the starting goalkeeper, won't he?

Don't need him when you got Wards.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-must-remember-relegation-9429649 Look at the statistics for the 22-23 season, and the worst-performing keepers by the measure of post-shot expected goals – how likely shots on target faced by a keeper will find the net based on the league average – were Gavin Bazunu, Illan Meslier, Dean Henderson, and Danny Ward. Among that quartet are the number ones for the three teams who went down, Southampton and Leeds joining City in the drop zone.

I knew it wasn’t true when they used ‘goalkeeper’ in the headline.

I wouldn't trade that league win for anything, not even my wife.

If we were the Dutch, we'd be raging at the referee. Even with my England bias, he seemed blatantly one-sided. I laughed my arse off when Van Dijk got booked for correctly pointing out that it was a corner kick

Watkins what a goal!! Great game, great ref, bring on Spain!

It's not a penalty, but I could see the ref giving it. What's shocking—and where I, for once, agree with Gary Neville—is that VAR decided it was worth a review.

First time I heard Unkel say one thing and VAR decided another. Slovakia or Slovenia def not getting that penalty. The luck on Southgate is unreal—another semi, another freebie pen.

Reminded me of the Sterling dive converted into a pen we got against Denmark in the last semi.

This might be a blessing in disguise, it might deactivate Southgateball.

This slander on our champagne football needs to stop. I think you and others should heed the wise words of Lampard, Lineker, and Big Meeks. According to them, we were practically an exact replica of prime Barcelona against Switzerland.

Add to that the fact that our run in the last Euros couldn't have been more tailored for us to win. Every game was played at Wembley, there were barely any opposition fans, and we got a soft penalty in the semis after a Sterling dive. I doubt Southgate would even manage to qualify for the Euros with a squad like Switzerland's, let alone the majority of the opposition we've now faced.