Posted June 7, 20241 yr England's first game of the Euro 2024 tournament is against Serbia. The game is live on BBC One. Please use this thread for speculation, pre and post match chat on the England game.
June 7, 20241 yr Author Last Three Meetings: 03/06/2003- England 2-1 Serbia & Montenegro (Friendly) 13/12/1989- England 2-1 Yugoslavia (Friendly) 11/11/1987- Yugoslavia 1-4 England (Euro 1988 Qualifiers)
June 7, 20241 yr My predicted line up Pickford Walker Guehi Stones Trippier Rice Mainoo Bellingham Foden Saka Kane
June 7, 20241 yr My predicted line up Pickford Walker Guehi Stones Trippier Rice Mainoo Bellingham Foden Saka Kane Swap out Mainoo for Gallagher and I think that's right. Wonder if Saka is struggling, then Bowen gets the nod on the right.
June 7, 20241 yr Swap out Mainoo for Gallagher and I think that's right. Wonder if Saka is struggling, then Bowen gets the nod on the right. Will be interesting. Gallagher not in Mainoo’s league in my opinion and I'd prefer Palmer to Bowen too
June 11, 20241 yr They haven’t played each other much recently have they? A few red cards would be fun! A tough start for England imo!
June 16, 20241 yr With at least three goals in every match so far and only one team failing to score, Serbia v England must be odds on to be 0-0 :lol:
June 16, 20241 yr Well looks like he’s going with Trent in midfield let’s hope it works out I’m not a big fan of it
June 16, 20241 yr I’m not either but he’s an awesome player albeit poor defensively so this might work out, not sure if he will offer decent cover though but maybe rice can do that?
June 16, 20241 yr I’m not either but he’s an awesome player albeit poor defensively so this might work out, not sure if he will offer decent cover though but maybe rice can do that? It could go okay against Serbia but against France or something a guy who usually plays RB at CM seems super risky, some teams have real great midfields and could expose him. Probably the only way to give Jude freedom though
June 16, 20241 yr Our midfield is pretty pants though, it's why I can't see us winning the thing. There's no way we can dictate the midfield for long periods, we'd be way better in a more defensive shape and using Saka's pace. The leaked team looks pretty much what I would expect. Be interesting to see how blunt our left hand side is when Foden inevitably wants to move centrally and we have no width. Think England will win, but more of a struggle than people expect.
June 16, 20241 yr Author Serbia (3-5-1-2): Rajkovic; Veljkovic, Milenkovic, Pavlovic; Zivkovic, Milinkovic-Savic, Gudelj, Lukic, Kostic; Vlahovic; Mitrovic. Subs: Petrovic, Milinkovic-Savic V, Stojic, Maksimovic, Jovic, Tadic, Babic, Mijailovic, Ilics, Ratkov, Samardzic, Gacinovic, Spajic, Mladenovic, Birmancevic. England (4-2-3-1): Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guehi, Trippier; Alexander-Arnold, Rice; Saka, Bellingham, Foden; Kane. Subs: Ramsdale, Henderson, Shaw, Konsa, Dunk, Gallagher, Toney, Gordon, Watkins, Bowen, Eze, Gomez, Palmer, Wharton, Mainoo.
June 16, 20241 yr Yeh England will win and expect it to be the hardest game of the group as Serbia are hit and miss but have quality players imo! Edited June 16, 20241 yr by Steve201
June 16, 20241 yr Serbia haven’t lived up to their talent in recent times but they’re still a threat. That front two has a lot of potential to hurt us. Come on England!!!
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