England v Netherlands

After that decent performance against Germany looks like Hodgson is set to make a load of changes with Milner as captain and Sturridge starting for the first time in a couple of years. Other changes on the cards too. 
I guess normally he'd stick with a winning team but seeing as he has to announce his squad in a few weeks I suppose it makes sense to give everyone a go.
We've only won one of the last twelve games against the Dutch and haven't won at home in the last five so it will be interesting to see if the changed team can finally beat them.
Wild guess 3 -1.

I'm hoping that Tom gets a look in what with Hart and Butland being injured.

Unlikely mind.

Especially with a fractured ankle

gloswhite wrote:Especially with a fractured ankle

???

I'm sure that's what I heard on the Sky channel, and that he'd been working hard all year, and that he was probably out of the Euros.

England manager Roy Hodgson was left "disturbed and upset" by the injury which has all but ruled Jack Butland out of Euro 2016.
The Stoke goalkeeper fractured his ankle in Saturday's 3-2 victory over Germany - just as he had been given his chance to stake a claim to become Hodgson's first-choice ahead of the summer.
Butland was hurt just before Toni Kroos opened the scoring in Berlin in the 43rd minute.

Thought you meant Tom Heaton had a fractured ankle

I can't see England playing the way they did the other night, especially with changes. There's quite a bit of pressure on the guys that come into the team now because if they don't perform I'm sure the majority of people will want the team that played the other night against Germany to be the ones to be on the field. Should be an interesting game in that respect.

Boggersbelief wrote:Thought you meant Tom Heaton had a fractured ankle

I wondered why it was only me talking about it

I'm not missing this one!

What clubs do Dier, Heaton and Alli play for?

#blamebwfc

karlypants wrote:What clubs do Dier, Heaton and Alli play for?

#blamebwfc

?????????????????, Not a clue what you are saying there.

We were not as good tonight but still plenty of positives for me. A young side not frightened to go out and attack bodes well for the future. Roy will hopefully have worked out his best eleven by the time the Euros come around.

MartinBWFC wrote:

karlypants wrote:What clubs do Dier, Heaton and Alli play for?

#blamebwfc

?????????????????, Not a clue what you are saying there.

I'm not sure what clubs they play for.

My hashtag was due to Bolton being in the Champ so haven't much interest in the Prem.

karlypants wrote:

MartinBWFC wrote:

karlypants wrote:What clubs do Dier, Heaton and Alli play for?

#blamebwfc

?????????????????, Not a clue what you are saying there.

I'm not sure what clubs they play for.

My hashtag was due to Bolton being in the Champ so haven't much interest in the Prem.

Heaton plays in the Championship, Dier and Alli play for Spurs.

Barb Dwyer wrote:

karlypants wrote:

MartinBWFC wrote:

karlypants wrote:What clubs do Dier, Heaton and Alli play for?

#blamebwfc

?????????????????, Not a clue what you are saying there.

I'm not sure what clubs they play for.

My hashtag was due to Bolton being in the Champ so haven't much interest in the Prem.

Heaton plays in the Championship, Dier and Alli play for Spurs.

Cheers Barb.

It felt like trials for the reserves. Stones was shaky at times, brilliant at others. Rose wasn't as good as he was against the Germans but probably did enough to claim a starting slot. Vardy and Sturridge never really hit it off. Drinkwater was a huge disappointment.
But England were off the pace pretty much from the beginning.
Gone was the high pressing, high energy game we saw with the other teams and it opened the door to some slack passing and easy loss of possession.
Even when we took the lead it was unconvincing (although the goal itself was excellent) and I felt throughout that it just wasn't going to be England's day - nothing to do with luck - it was just that they weren't dominating enough to limit Holland's opportunities so it always felt that they might score. And so it proved.
Worse still, against Germany there was always a sense that we could come back, but I didn't feel that against Holland. We just weren't good enough and unfortunately Vardy and Sturridge doesn't work as a partnership so if Kane is injured we're possibly in trouble.

Agree with Lustys post above. We never hit the heights we did against the Germans and never looked like doing so. The goal was good but the build up play was so slow and the movement just wasn't there like it was the other night. How the ref didn't give a foul on Jagielka for their second goal though I'll never know. I think a draw would probably have been a fair result. Neither team set the world in fire.

Good win for Oranje!


Or should I not mention that as prospective councillor for Rumworth Ward in Bolton?