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Originally Posted by cheevers
Is this serious? And people are liking it? I feel like I am taking crazy pills here. They are a solid young team that is arguably a top 3 team in Europe and they finished second. If they go all attack, I think they get stuffed by Italy. I agree with the subs, should have used them more, and I hate bringing on guys for the last 2 minutes to take a penalty. Have guys who have a feel for the game taking them. But at the end of the day the guy was a couple penalties away from winning.
I can totally get behind saying he made some mistakes, but there have been some crazy takes about him on here.
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I say this as someone who is normally very critical of the media hype surrounding overrated England squads.
Make no mistake, this is a team of superstars. The top clubs in England are really only competing with about five other major European clubs for world class players when they come available. Look at the most expensive signings ever made and many of them are in this England team. Harry Maguire and Ben Chilwell when they left Leicester, John Stones when he left Everton, Jordan Pickford when he left Sunderland, Kieran Trippier when he left Spurs, etc etc. Guys like Declan Rice, Jack Grealish, and Harry Kane are all being linked with moves this summer for figures between 60m and 200m. This isn't the usual collection of a couple of standout players and then a bunch of Premier League journeymen rounding out the squad that England normal trot out. Almost all, in fact I'd say every single one, of these players wouldn't look out of place at all playing for Barcelona. I'm not talking the starting XI here, I'm talking the entire squad!