England Friendlies

[antdad]

When the stars align he can be brilliant especially in attack. Surprised me as he has everything...pace, precision, creative, final ball and final shot, that's not saying much at Chelsea atm or judging by his England performance but unfortunately he's also a very injury prone little scrote so you rarely get to see it.

[Sunbeam Alpine]

As far as this team is concerned, it looks vulnerable on the left. Chilwell is not England class.

Chilwell I concur was awful last night but he is absolutely international class and in some aspects a better player than Luke Shaw. The trouble is he's particularly fragile so is usually suffering a lack of form or fitness because he's injured so often.

+1
he was awful last night, but definitely an International player. Not sure if Hilliers is having a dig, because he's a Chelsea player, yet ignoring that even Liverpool players can have bad games?

No, I don't think he was having a dig.
I think he was just sharing his opinion on how a particular player performed on the night.

His opinion was that Chilwell is not England class period. Not that he was not England class (on the night)

Do you think that Chilwell is England class?

I haven't seen him play often enough to form an opinion.

I have seen him a few times. Not just versus Brazil. He was poor in the Carabao final as well.
Hits good free kicks but overall left back for me is a position England have a problem with.

[Carlos J]

Southgate has a brilliant CV.

Got the only club he managed relegated, and coached the U21s

Many a good manager has got Boro relegated.

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Waistcoat, wasteman, wastecunt

[Jonathan]

As far as this team is concerned, it looks vulnerable on the left. Chilwell is not England class.

Chilwell I concur was awful last night but he is absolutely international class and in some aspects a better player than Luke Shaw. The trouble is he's particularly fragile so is usually suffering a lack of form or fitness because he's injured so often.

+1
he was awful last night, but definitely an International player. Not sure if Hilliers is having a dig, because he's a Chelsea player, yet ignoring that even Liverpool players can have bad games?

No, I don't think he was having a dig.
I think he was just sharing his opinion on how a particular player performed on the night.

His opinion was that Chilwell is not England class period. Not that he was not England class (on the night)

Do you think that Chilwell is England class?

I haven't seen him play often enough to form an opinion.

I have seen him a few times. Not just versus Brazil. He was poor in the Carabao final as well.
Hits good free kicks but overall left back for me is a position England have a problem with.

You haven’t seen him a few times this season as he has barely played. I would put him second to Shaw who is definitely good enough if fully fit. Problem is the pair are incredibly fragile.

[Sunbeam Alpine]

As far as this team is concerned, it looks vulnerable on the left. Chilwell is not England class.

Chilwell I concur was awful last night but he is absolutely international class and in some aspects a better player than Luke Shaw. The trouble is he's particularly fragile so is usually suffering a lack of form or fitness because he's injured so often.

+1
he was awful last night, but definitely an International player. Not sure if Hilliers is having a dig, because he's a Chelsea player, yet ignoring that even Liverpool players can have bad games?

No, I don't think he was having a dig.
I think he was just sharing his opinion on how a particular player performed on the night.

His opinion was that Chilwell is not England class period. Not that he was not England class (on the night)

Do you think that Chilwell is England class?

I haven't seen him play often enough to form an opinion.

I have seen him a few times. Not just versus Brazil. He was poor in the Carabao final as well.
Hits good free kicks but overall left back for me is a position England have a problem with.

You haven’t seen him a few times this season as he has barely played. I would put him second to Shaw who is definitely good enough if fully fit. Problem is the pair are incredibly fragile.

I saw him at Anfield, in the Carabao final and for England.
Go look again at Bradley's goal and ask yourself how on earth he could have had that amount of space . No idea what
Chilwell was doing, but he certainly wasn't in position.

[Jonathan]

As far as this team is concerned, it looks vulnerable on the left. Chilwell is not England class.

Chilwell I concur was awful last night but he is absolutely international class and in some aspects a better player than Luke Shaw. The trouble is he's particularly fragile so is usually suffering a lack of form or fitness because he's injured so often.

+1
he was awful last night, but definitely an International player. Not sure if Hilliers is having a dig, because he's a Chelsea player, yet ignoring that even Liverpool players can have bad games?

No, I don't think he was having a dig.
I think he was just sharing his opinion on how a particular player performed on the night.

His opinion was that Chilwell is not England class period. Not that he was not England class (on the night)

Do you think that Chilwell is England class?

I haven't seen him play often enough to form an opinion.

I have seen him a few times. Not just versus Brazil. He was poor in the Carabao final as well.
Hits good free kicks but overall left back for me is a position England have a problem with.

You haven’t seen him a few times this season as he has barely played. I would put him second to Shaw who is definitely good enough if fully fit. Problem is the pair are incredibly fragile.

I saw him at Anfield, in the Carabao final and for England.
Go look again at Bradley's goal and ask yourself how on earth he could have had that amount of space . No idea what
Chilwell was doing, but he certainly wasn't in position.

As has been said numerous times, he’s never been fully fit this season. Really only played so soon after injury because needs must. That game at Anfield was one of his first back. He’s definitely had a poor season because he’s had no continuity of play. Ability is not his issue, a prolonged spell of injury is. Unfortunately that may always be his problem.

[carcinogen]

Waistcoat, wasteman, wastecunt

Indulge me. Take yourself back to the First World War. ... Your superior is standing there, telling you to 'go over the top' for almost instant death. The face telling you to do that is Gareth Southgate.

[Salem]

Waistcoat, wasteman, wastecunt

Indulge me. Take yourself back to the First World War. ... Your superior is standing there, telling you to 'go over the top' for almost instant death. The face telling you to do that is Gareth Southgate.

Whoa there Carc .

There will be NO references to the World wars in this here bailiwick . Any attempt to do so will incur instant ridicule from Subbles and his merry men

[carcinogen]

The fucking boat race. I just can't take it seriously. Looks like an extra from a Carry On film.

[Carlos J]

Couple of decent options tonight if England v Belgium is not your football fancy.

Wales v Poland to qualify for the Euros. Hopefully glorious Welsh defeat. On S4C.

Scotland v Northern Ireland friendly might be interesting for the local rivalry. On BBC3 and BBC Scotland.

[Saints11]

Anything is better than watching an England friendly

[subsub]

Wales v Poland to qualify for the Euros. Hopefully glorious Welsh defeat. On S4C

[Rowntree]

I hasn't even crossed my mind to watch anything other than Wales v Poland (and before it, Georgia v Greece). Utterly no interest in England friendlies.

[JudgeTedd]

The Mike and Bernie Winters of friendlies.

“Oh Gawd there’s two of ‘em!”