Fair play is such a crap way to decide a group. All Japan had to do in the last few minutes was not foul anyone & they knew they were through. Shots on target would be better, that would promote more attacking football
Fair play is such a crap way to decide a group. All Japan had to do in the last few minutes was not foul anyone & they knew they were through. Shots on target would be better, that would promote more attacking football
But then people would just spend the last 10 mins shooting from everywhere.
A bit harsh on Senegal but better to decide the group on fair play rather than drawing lots. As far as i'm concerned i want us to go out and try and win tonight although we should be good enough to beat Japan or Colombia.
You look at that top half and England have played a blinder tonight. I can see Southgate getting into his hotel room, looking slightly disapointed, closing the door and punching the air with his good arm!
You look at that top half and England have played a blinder tonight. I can see Southgate getting into his hotel room, looking slightly disapointed, closing the door and punching the air with his good arm!
I was thinking he'll be giving double wanker signs.
Let's look ahead past the round of 16. We are preparing for Switzerland and Belgium are preparing for Brazil! To be fair to Belgium, they have a chance but Brazil will be favourites. We will be much stronger favourites! This could be the game that opened up the World Cup for us! As the great Jimmy Greaves once said - actually he said it quite a lot - Football is a funny old game!
Firstly, Belgium can beat Brazil, and I hope they do. But why we want to avoid Brazil is they are a very pragmatic side that is actually far more negative than people think they are. They are full of players with ability, but they are defensive minded and always make sure they have numbers behind the ball. It isn't easy to break them down at all!
What they offer is they can break quickly. most of the teams in this tournament lack the ability/quality to put 4 or 5 good passes together - Brazil don't! pass- pass- pass- goal! That is what makes them so dangerous and a team to avoid. After getting walloped by the Germans in the last tournament they have adapted their game. They don't look as exciting but they are merging European solidity and caution with their traditional flair!
They were the iceberg we were heading to and England teams of the past would have crashed into them in the quarters without a doubt! Captain Southgate however, has swerved around it!
Interesting from the BBC website is the fact that had we played at Rostov we'd have potentially been playing in 40 Degree heat
Know its not something that should be used as an excuse yet seeing that Southgate and Holland travelled to Russia for the Confederations Cup last year, this is something that I can see the Management team being aware of and have tried (succeed) to avoid
Interesting from the BBC website is the fact that had we played at Rostov we'd have potentially been playing in 40 Degree heat
Know its not something that should be used as an excuse yet seeing that Southgate and Holland travelled to Russia for the Confederations Cup last year, this is something that I can see the Management team being aware of and have tried (succeed) to avoid
Of course you are right. Why jump off the cliff when there are stairs leading to the beach?
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Senegal were the surprise threat from that group in my opinion.
Semis much of us muchness, Spain or Croatia or France etc.
Glad Columbia beat Senegal in the end.
England route to the final...
Moscow -> Samara -> Moscow -> Moscow
Should help plenty of fans get out there to the Russian capital.. :-)
If they were to progress to the quarter final, that would kick off at 3pm on Saturday 7 July.
A semi final would kick off at 7pm on Wednesday 11 July.
Third place play off and the final are played on the following Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Brilliant haha
Twitter and WhatsApp quiet tonight....
It's usually around this stage of the tournament that we "hit the wall".
We stop believing in ourselves. We don't get a 2nd wind.
It's like...oh that's it, we are shit just accept it.
Hopefully we really push on and it won't happen this time. Bring on Columbia!!
What they offer is they can break quickly. most of the teams in this tournament lack the ability/quality to put 4 or 5 good passes together - Brazil don't! pass- pass- pass- goal! That is what makes them so dangerous and a team to avoid. After getting walloped by the Germans in the last tournament they have adapted their game. They don't look as exciting but they are merging European solidity and caution with their traditional flair!
They were the iceberg we were heading to and England teams of the past would have crashed into them in the quarters without a doubt! Captain Southgate however, has swerved around it!
Know its not something that should be used as an excuse yet seeing that Southgate and Holland travelled to Russia for the Confederations Cup last year, this is something that I can see the Management team being aware of and have tried (succeed) to avoid