New International Football thread

[sussexpob]

The funny thing is, I don't exactly see why this is a bad attitude. In what was a rather meaningless game at 2-0, Jude wanted to be on the field, and was upset not to be. Isn't this the exact attitude you want, considering how many of the squad get phantom 72 hour injuries before friendlies? Jude said openly, he wants to play for England every game, he wants to play every minute.... he was MOTM last night as decided officially by FIFA.

Kick all the bottles you want kid, its meaningless. Attitude is about wanting to be there, wanting to play, putting in effort.... you can't fault Bellingham for that.

[sussexpob]

Part of me thinks Tuchel is playing a blinder on this, and that all he is doing is trying to get Bellingham to unleash beast mode and prove him wrong.

[Durhamfootman]

not sure why JB got POTM last night. I thought he struggled a bit at times.... maybe feeling the pressure of having to be utterly brilliant just to prove himself, which is perhaps the one downside to the way Tuchel is managing him. Kane was POTM for me.

Morgan may not be as good as JB, but he seems to thrive in Tuchel's preferred system and preferred line up. I think he is probably just ahead of JB atm, but he won't be by the time we get to the WC. By then I think JB will have adapted to the team first ethos and will be even better than he already is.... at least I hope so. He's been given a bit of a reality check, is all. He'll be great next summer

[Durhamfootman]

I'm not seeing anybody, anywhere, questioning Anderson's inclusion in the starting XI, which feels unusual for a player with just 5 caps. It seems to me that he has very quickly become the driving force behind England's current style of play. His reading of the game is brilliant whether he's spotting attacking runs or snuffing out danger. I've been very impressed with him. The enforced move to Forest, while a disaster for Newcastle, has been great for him, because I doubt he'd be anywhere near the England team, let alone possibly the third name on the team sheet, had he stayed

[andy]

I'm not seeing anybody, anywhere, questioning Anderson's inclusion in the starting XI, which feels unusual for a player with just 5 caps. It seems to me that he has very quickly become the driving force behind England's current style of play. His reading of the game is brilliant whether he's spotting attacking runs or snuffing out danger. I've been very impressed with him. The enforced move to Forest, while a disaster for Newcastle, has been great for him, because I doubt he'd be anywhere near the England team, let alone possibly the third name on the team sheet, had he stayed

100% he should be in the side he's been exceptional for club and country and the shirt is 100% his to lose now

[Durhamfootman]

Not often the bicycle kick comes off. McTominey, 3 mins in. Scotland 1-0 up

[Durhamfootman]

All Denmark now. They've had the ball in the net, but ruled out for a push (soft) on the defender. Scotland are struggling to cope with Hojlund

The equaliser is coming

[Durhamfootman]

Scotland cling on until HT. Denmark have had nearly 80% possession, half a dozen corners, 10 shots and haven't worked the keeper yet. The crowd are cheering every shot that ends up in row Z and there's been a few of those

Wales 3-1 up against N Macedonia and heading towards the playoffs without the Sweden Nations League joker. Not that it really matters because the next NL cab off the rank is N Macedonia and the battle is really only for which pot they end up in, 2 or 4

NI will be in Pot 4 with Sweden and Romania and face a single away fixture against a pot 1 side

Pot 1 sides will probably be Italy, Turkey, Poland and Ukraine

[Durhamfootman]

Denmark equalise from a pretty marginal penalty. The ref didn't even give it as a foul, but it was a foul. A big call to say it was inside the box though

Denmark only need a draw, so they might sit back a bit now. Scotland have barely been able to get the ball since the first few minutes

[Durhamfootman]

And now Denmark are down to 10. Second yellow. All the Danish yellows have been for fouls to kill off counter attacks, but that was a poor decision and a big fat dive from McGinn. No VAR for yellows, of course. The ref hadn't been fooled by McGinn up until then, but Scotland now have the chance to change the way the game has been played.

[Durhamfootman]

Scotland score from a corner, which I thought had gone straight in, but took a touch on the way in

the dream is back on

[Durhamfootman]

and snuffed out instantly by the 10 men, because Scotland simply can't defend

2-2

[Durhamfootman]

3-2

90+3

rifled in from outside the D

well, well, well

[Durhamfootman]

there you go.... the ref did his very best to give Denmark Klopp time, but Schmeichel was out of his goal and the long range shot up field went over his head and into the goal 4-2.... from the half way line, for goodness sake

Scotland are on their way..... they're on their way to happiness today..... ah ha, ah ha, ah, ha, ah ha

what a second half.... two on the trot from the Jocks

[Durhamfootman]

Pot 1 sides will probably be Italy, Turkey, Poland and Ukraine

does that change, I wonder. Denmark would have been the top seed in their group. They are certainly a better team than Ukraine

a quick check tells me that Denmark are ahead of Turkey. Poland and Ukraine in the FIFA rankings, but behind Turkey and Poland in the UEFA ranking

I wouldn't be at all surprised if they replaced Ukraine in pot 1