Sweden V England Quarter Final 7th July 15:00 KO

[trabuch]

The Swedish defence is very slow. Tall, but slow. We'll get in behind with our pace - Harry Kane's hold-up play is magnificent - he just needs to learn to flick it on. 

 

 

Edited 3 July 2018 by trabuch

[foxes_rule1978]

1 hour ago, Max Wall said:

You said that about the Colombia game. We'd have far too much for them you said. Haven't you learned?

Wait, maybe that's an omen, keep saying 3-0

 

Exactly  

[Bob Weasel Fox]

We will win probably 1-0 or 2-1

 

Sweden are solid but unspectacular and we have better players etc

 

no disrespect but we should be winning this game

 

its ours I’m telling you it’s ours 

 

[ozleicester]

10pm on a Saturday night

[Bob Weasel Fox]

24 minutes ago, ozleicester said:

10pm on a Saturday night

I’m not working which is a bonus as I was for last nights game. Bloody work  

[ScouseFox]

3 hours ago, The Doctor said:

 Welbeck, the man made of biscuits, against the current Swedish back line? Your only hope would be set pieces.

aren’t you pretending to be scottish?

 

3 hours ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

He will end up in pieces 

and you pretending to be irish? 

 

ahahahah 

[ozleicester]

2 minutes ago, ScouseFox said:

aren’t you pretending to be scottish?

 

 

Just give him the Scotch Finger

[NorthfieldsFox]

3 hours ago, ScouseFox said:

aren’t you pretending to be scottish?

 

and you pretending to be irish? 

 

ahahahah 

Ach aye jim 

 

as the swedes sing 

 

“go home to your ugly wives” 

[Guest Col city fan]

7 hours ago, foxes_rule1978 said:

3 nil England this one... 

Do people never learn..?

[KFS]

I'm looking at the Sweden squad and really struggling to see their quality...

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

I think i'd like to see Rose start ahead of Young

 

Still not convinced by Walker in that CB role

 

[General Smuts]

As long as we keep Zlatan and Henrik Larsson quiet we should stand a chance.

[Bert]

I think the win on penalties will be a bigger confidence boost than just winning in normal time would've been. Ain't got no time for negativity, we've a great chance of progressing against a team most people would be saying Colombia would beat, well we've just beaten Colombia. 

[ARM1968]

6 hours ago, Bob Weasel Fox said:

We will win probably 1-0 or 2-1

 

Sweden are solid but unspectacular and we have better players etc

 

no disrespect but we should be winning this game

 

its ours I’m telling you it’s ours 

 

We’ve always had better players than Sweden, but that has not translated into wins. However I feel strangely certain that we will beat them this time. 

[The Doctor]

1 hour ago, KFS said:

I'm looking at the Sweden squad and really struggling to see their quality...

Then you're going to be shocked. These finished ahead of the Netherlands in qualifying, beat Italy in the playoffs, comfortably topped Germany's group. They're obviously pretty good.

[Bob Weasel Fox]

1 minute ago, ARM1968 said:

We’ve always had better players than Sweden, but that has not translated into wins. However I feel strangely certain that we will beat them this time. 

Exactly pma bud

 

i can feel it coming 

 

it’s either the World Cup for England or the wife leaving me? ,  

[Finnegan]

13 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

Then you're going to be shocked. These finished ahead of the Netherlands in qualifying, beat Italy in the playoffs, comfortably topped Germany's group. They're obviously pretty good.

 

They're bollocks mate tbf. 

 

England are defensively a lot more solid than anyone Sweden have played to date. Granted, Sweden are also better defensively than anyone England have faced yet but England do have a lot more quality going forward. 

 

It'll be tedious as hell and England will probably win 1-0 in 90.

[StriderHiryu]

Complacency is the biggest enemy for England in this match. Sweden are a good *team* that are very well drilled and organised. The sum of their parts is definitely greater than the individuals they have.

 

But you'd bite someone's hand off to have a match against Sweden for a chance at the semi-finals given that we all thought this would be a game against Germany. England have man for man much better players in almost every position (I think only Forsberg would get into our team), and with Sweden playing a 442 it will really suit our players and style.

 

I expect another edgy, attritional encounter and think we'll win 1-0 with a goal from a set-piece or yet another Kane penalty! 

[Shane]

I’d make several changes to be honest.

 

Rose for Young

Loftus-Cheek for Alli

Vardy for Sterling

Cahill for Walker

[The Doctor]

24 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

They're bollocks mate tbf. 

 

England are defensively a lot more solid than anyone Sweden have played to date. Granted, Sweden are also better defensively than anyone England have faced yet but England do have a lot more quality going forward. 

 

It'll be tedious as hell and England will probably win 1-0 in 90.

They're ridiculously well drilled and will frustrate England no end, particularly given the creativity in England's side has been bollocks so far (what is it, 7 of 9 from set pieces?). Fancy them to get a goal on the break like v Germany then sit in and annoy, with England not having a Kroos

[RowlattsFox]

This has the makings of a premier league type game so hopefully will suit us better than last nights game. 

 

Sweden are a decent side and I think they’ll be fancying three chances as well. Quality of finishing could be the difference. 

 

Sterling and Ali don’t deserve to keep their place for me but other players don’t quite fit into the system. Loftus-Cheek didn’t set the world alight from what I saw so I’d be surprised if it’s not the same team. 

 

Win in normal time. 

[Guest Col city fan]

Honestly think it’s this simple:

If we play our high tempo, not dropping too deep, get at em kind of game, I think we’ll be too strong for them. 

However, if we insist on this slow, ponderous, defensively minded game it could go either way.

We have better players. We are buoyed by getting the monkey of our backs of losing on penno’s. We should be confident and go out there and play to the level we can.

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

33 minutes ago, Shane said:

I’d make several changes to be honest.

 

Rose for Young

Loftus-Cheek for Alli

Vardy for Sterling

Cahill for Walker

I'd agree on all counts, except Vardy seems to be injured

 

So I would maybe try Rashford ahead of Sterling, or keep Sterling but take him off for Rashford early in the second

 

Would even consider Sterling taking the place of Alli and Rashford playing behind Kane

 

 

[goose2010]

Vardy is a major doubt done his groin again. The reason he didn't take a pen last night was that it was injected straight after the final whistle but he didn't feel confident in it that's why Dier took it.

[Ric Flair]

Alli and Sterling are a concern, they're just not involved enough in games when we need them to be. Loftus-Cheek or Rashford need to be in on Saturday and I'd have Rose in for Young.