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Joe_Fox · Jul 28, 2023

"Denmark is a very well organised team. They have a very clear game plan in possession and out of possession and Harder is a big part of that too."

It just sounds wrong to me. It's either "Denmark IS a very well organised team. IT has a very clear game plan" or "Denmark ARE a very well organised team. THEY have a very clear game plan.

Payne74 · Jul 28, 2023

Won 4 u Volpone "would of/have"

Robin127 · Jul 28, 2023

"Organised team Denmark are" - Yoda.

jb5000 · Jul 28, 2023

Joe_Fox said:
"Denmark is a very well organised team. They have a very clear game plan in possession and out of possession and Harder is a big part of that too."

It just sounds wrong to me. It's either "Denmark IS a very well organised team. IT has a very clear game plan" or "Denmark ARE a very well organised team. THEY have a very clear game plan.

Damn it Joe - they're football commentators, not playwrights

(Though as Shakespeare shows, playwrights get plenty of leeway to bend the rules of a language in the name of a good line)

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1	Leicester	45	97
2	Ipswich	45	93
3	Leeds Utd	45	90
4	Southampton	45	84
5	Norwich City	45	73
6	West Brom	45	72
7	Hull City	45	70
8	Middlesbro	45	66
9	Coventry City	45	64
10	Preston	45	63
11	Bristol City	45	62
12	Cardiff City	45	62
13	Swansea City	45	57
14	Watford	45	56
15	Sunderland	45	56
16	Millwall	45	56
17	QPR	45	53
18	Stoke City	45	53
19	Blackburn	45	50
20	Sheffield W	45	50
21	Plymouth	45	48
22	Birmingham	45	47
23	Huddersfield	45	45
24	Rotherham Utd	45	24

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