Gorgeous touch by Delph.
Day 11: England vs Panama, Japan vs Senegal and Poland vs Colombia
- Thread starter K2K
- Start date
Absolutely should. Our attack has dominated yet Sterling? Anonymous. It’s telling.
It's either that or alphabetical order
The bumpers between the ITV ad breaks are about an England fan who thinks we'll win the World Cup. It's comic relief because England fans don't actually think we'll win it.
If you take the bluster at face value you completely miss the point.
At the end of the game, you'll almost certainly see Lineker make a comment about 'winning the cup' with a cheeky grin on his face. It won't be serious, but I bet there'll be plenty who'll cry about it being exactly that.
If you take the bluster at face value you completely miss the point.
At the end of the game, you'll almost certainly see Lineker make a comment about 'winning the cup' with a cheeky grin on his face. It won't be serious, but I bet there'll be plenty who'll cry about it being exactly that.
Fair play is last resort before they flip a coin. Surely it's better than that? Only alternative left is a rematch, which obviously isn't a good idea.
Would have been nice to maintain some momentum. But also understandable to save your legs.
Croatia's midfield would run circles around England's midfield. Mexico vs England would be an interesting test for both.
So what , their fist ever goal in a WC Finals , what did you want them to do just walk back and say OH Jolly good chaps we scored.
Dont see the problem myself , let the celebrate how they want.
Don't think that person has watched many tournaments with England in their life if this is all it takes to think England are getting to the final.
England could have Messi/Ronaldo/Neymar up front and I'd still be lacking confidence of them progressing past the quarter finals.
They are so mentally weak.Yep, it's also 30 degree heat aswell.
England play on Thursday aswell so shorter recovery time than Belgium.
Really
As England fans we rarely get to see our NT perform at such a high level. Try enjoying the moment rather than find fault in it.
The Rose sub pretty much killed us.
If we would have brought on Rashford I think we would have got that injection of pace and directness to bag a few more
Yeah but then a midfield of Rakitic and Modric would run circles around many international teams.
Bit disappointed Rashford didn't get any minutes but hey ho. Been a great game from England's point of view. I would drop Sterling for the Belgium game - I'd play Alli, Rashford and Kane as the front three.
Sorry I missed that. I suppose, but fair play is also based on football.
Panama the better team in the 2nd.
Nah.
I don't mind them celebrating but I'd have a lot more compassion if their tactics weren't so cnuty!
England win 6-1 and you deduce it should be alarm bells that Germany, who are playing terribly poor, will smash them.
Right.
There's Goal line tech this time.
After that first half , the second half was always going to be shit , no point running around in that heat if you dont have to and we did not have to.
Still expecting more than 1-1 in the 2nd half and no proper chances created in 45 minutes. Panama might not be feeling the heat but as a squad we are physically much fitter and they are a pub team, should still be able to carve out some chances.
England are a lot better than those two teams surely? I don't necessarily even support England so this isn't coming from a biased perspective here. Just think the combination of pace and goals they have will carry them all the way personally.
Danny Murphy thinks Henderson is fit.
I'm not an England fan.
Let's be honest, is Rose really that much better then Young?
It's Germany though. They can be poor or a slow starter and they still win.
Danny Murphy is in love with Henderson
agreed, but they did calm it down for the second half.
...Don't think that person has watched many tournaments with England in their life if this is all it takes to think England are getting to the final.
England could have Messi/Ronaldo/Neymar up front and I'd still be lacking confidence of them progressing past the quarter finals.
I don't think playing well in the group stages proves anything, personally.
Take 1966 as an example. Only two teams won all three games - Portugal and the Soviet Union. They both lost in the semis to England and Germany respectively, who won 2 and drew 1. In 1954, Hungary finished above Germany in the group stages and beat them 8-3 (!), but lost to them in the final. Uruguay and Austria were the only other teams to win both their group games, and they both went out in the semi-finals.
England's 2nd best World Cup in 1990 saw them draw their first two games, needing a win to get through. The two teams to win all their group games were Brazil and Italy - Brazil got knocked out in the last 16, Italy got knocked out along with England in the semis. On the other hand in 1982, England won all three of their group games and then got knocked out in the 2nd group stage without a win. The only other team to win all their 1st stage group games in 1982 were Brazil, who suffered the same fate as England.
So I think saying they have proven people wrong is getting carried away, because there's nothing to suggest group stage performances translate into anything more than that...and doing well in a group with Tunisia and Panama is not remotely impressive.
Rose has been trash for England and arguably Spurs since the last Euro's. Shadow of the player he was 2/3 years ago at the moment.
Has Vardy had a touch since coming on
Whatever floats your boat Danny.
RLC has been a little peripheral throughout.
I can't wait to see Keane's reaction to this.
It’s decided by a referee essentially though. I don’t think it will matter a great deal but it just makes more sense to me. If it makes more sense to do it for a three way tie then I don’t see why it shouldn’t apply in this scenario.
It's just the bizarre rationale that got me