God knows how Brazil have kept them out?through the magic medium of rolling around on the floor when anyone goes near them, I suppose
This Serbia team would definitely top the league of people you’d not want to get into a fight with 😳
This Brazil team don't look unbeatable.
In fact no one I've seen thus far looks unbeatable. After the group stage there's no one on current performance that stands out if you take reputation out of it.
I'm enjoying Neymar not scoring...
so what do we recon for tomorrow ? 6-6 draw as both side play to lose ? bottom half of the draw has only 1 of the "big hitters" in it (and they don't look that convincing though their striker has had a lot of success brutalizing english defenders)
I agree.I’d be happy with a 3-3draw and to get more yellows cards than them tbh.
pickering ,Sterling & young to take a hit for the team?
Got to go for the win. Screw the draw, want the confidence to take on any team of your want to win it.
Great quote from Mrs Binners tonight after watching the Germany fans weeping after being knocked out
”why the **** are they crying? They should try supporting Bolton. They’d soon get used to disappointment “
The tournament is poorer without Germany.
Sweden Vs Switzerland?
I'll give that a miss.
This Brazil team don’t look unbeatable.
Ooops, the ingerlandshirists are getting a bit over confident! 😆
Saying that, youse will never have a better chance than this WC i reckon. #thereforthetaking.
”why the **** are they crying? They should try supporting Bolton. They’d soon get used to disappointment “
Never a truer word spoken, which is why I found England's performance against Panama quite unsettling
The tournament is poorer without Germany.
Sweden Vs Switzerland?
I’ll give that a miss.
Really? Germany may have been successful but that hasn't always meant attractive football. I reckon the Swede/Swiss game could be fairly entertaining.
I don't know how old Mrs Binners is, or how long she's been following Bolton, but I've one comment.
29th May 1995. I can even put it closer, about 5 past 2 that afternoon. I turned to my Dad and said 'It's Reading. We'll **** it up'
If she thinks she knows disappointment, she owes 16 year old me an apology.
I remember that game well. I also remember the dismal season that followed....
Still, the season after was good, my first live match was a 6-1 drumming of Spurs.
The tournament is poorer without Germany.
Sweden Vs Switzerland?
I’ll give that a miss.
I reckon it will be better than Germany have been this tournament, when the 2 highlights are a free kick and your gk growing down the left wing you are not worthy
Pains me to say it but England might have a chance.
The tournament is poorer without Germany.
reckon? They've played appallingly in all three games, if they'd managed to get out of the group, (it would've been a travesty as they didn't deserve to) they'd have been knocked out in the last 16. they were slow and shambolic.
No ones place is guaranteed, and TBH they've never played attractive football. Personally I'm glad they're going home
Just spied the metro headline
Wurst day ever
Everyone looking forward to England Reserves v Belgium Reserves later then?
Its either going to be the worst game of the tournament so far and finish 0 - 0, or its going to be an absolutely brilliant 4 - 3 thriller!!!
My inner Engerland realist is taking over and after all this build up, and some actual decent football, I'm expecting a more sobering evening.
Still heading to the pub to watch it though, so maybe not that sober 😀
Pains me to say it but England might have a chance.
It's a miracle that the self-delusion has taken this long to appear. Normally we're going to win it from about three months before qualification starts.
It'll be interesting to see if the massive rise in national expectation coincides neatly with England getting nervy, heading into their shells and passing it sideways for 70 minutes.
I hope it's even going into the last 10 minutes and then it goes mental with yellow cards all over the place as they try to outdo each others disciplinary record.
If Rashford starts I think he's going to smash it in the hopes of getting a start for the next game, which could mean the win for England.
@chomp - Southgate has commented that the press seem to think he should headbutt the Belgian manager at full time to ensure 2nd place.
Winning teams win games.
I've been told to WFH today for reasons other than football. This is going to be a great afternoon 🙂
Ooops, the ingerlandshirists are getting a bit over confident!
Saying that, youse will never have a better chance than this WC i reckon
No - I didn't mean England could beat them... that's crazy talk (might find out in the quarter final) but the Brazillians have hardly breezed through the group stages. There are no stand out teams thus far. England & Belgium have both looked good, but like Russia haven't played anyone good yet, & we all saw what happened when they came up against someone half decent.
I really hope he plays a full strength team. The more they play together the more they will gel surely. If he brings in a raft of changes it could well unsettle the original starting 11.
England 3 Belgium 1
but like Russia haven’t played anyone good yet, & we all saw what happened when they came up against someone half decent.
I think they just laid off the juice once qualification was ensured. Can't be too careful etc.
England getting nervy
Why should we get nervy - nothing to play for so nothing to lose. I hope we put out a full strength team (usual caveats about ensuring key players aren't over-worked or exposed to needless injuries/cards), play for the win and keep momentum going.
I don't think we have a chance of winning the tournament though.
England are on ITV tonight - we never win on ITV
Over-analyse this and it seems like a raw deal whichever way it is cut - win or lose, weak or strong - any permutation has it's downsides in the bigger picture. For me - be happy that we've already qualified and field a team with the instruction to play expressive football and enjoy the game and to hell with the result, the pressure is off and we should play as such.
RM.
Just popped in to say I loved seeing Germany actually play with a rush goalie in the last couple of minutes of their match yesterday. It was hilarious to watch, proper small boys in the park style, and S Korea's second goal was as inevitable as it was amusing.
I want to see more teams playing with rush goalies!
Predictions for the g’urland game ?
I reckon Belgium will win 1-0 and it’ll be a fluke goal becuse both teams aren’t really going to contest it.
Its going to be a dull match like the other one a day or so ago.
But, as they’ve already qualified there seems less pressure and little reason to stress players.
I'm afraid that I agree with you BB. I think its got the potential to be absolutely bloody awful tonight. Like Denmark v France the other day where they just kicked it half-heartedly sideways for 90 minutes.
I really hope it isn't
Someone just made an interesting point. They said that whenever England do go out, it'll be Raheem Sterlings fault.
Whether it actually is or not is academic. The press have had him down as the fall guy from day one.
I think he's probably right. He's definitely got 'missed penalty' or 'spooning a gilt-edge, match-winning, last minute, absolute sitter into Row Z' written all over him
Well that was more of a penalty for me than the one that was given the other night for handball (can't remember the teams!)
Which one? Th done a few minutes ago? The defender clearly got the ball - you'd struggle to call penalty if the defender has his foot on the ball first.
But this is all a bit flat after yesterday's events 🙂
Which one? Th done a few minutes ago? The defender clearly got the ball – you’d struggle to call penalty if the defender has his foot on the ball first.
Yeah - but he does make contact with the man first...
looks like both sides want to lose battle or not of the 2nd elevens
Senegal should have won ... 🙁
The only bet I’ve put on tonight is for Rashford to score
Which one? Th done a few minutes ago? The defender clearly got the ball – you’d struggle to call penalty if the defender has his foot on the ball first.
Yeah – but he does make contact with the man first…
yip, he did make contact the man first. was a penalty for me.
I'm so glad this one doesn't matter too much
Pigfood nearly cost us ..fumbling there ..would like to have seen Butland in goal tonight
Bored already ..sideways and back ..total crap !
This is mental!!!! . I’m in the pub and everyone is screaming for the Engerland players to get booked for diving and then groaning when Timmy Hazard skies it over the bar 😂
i’ve put a fiver on hair’n’elbows to get a card, but the bloody ref won’t give him one as he’s sussed our what they’re doing.
you’ll have to break someone’s leg, two-footed to get a red!
Loftus-Cheek should be substituted as he cannot even run ...
