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England v DR Congo | World Cup Round of 32 | 1 July 2026

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  • FishCostaFortune
    FishCostaFortune Posts: 11,221
    Jeez, I mean our defence is shit.

    But we’ve created enough to at least be level. 
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 5,453
    Beckboy said:
    Keeper playing a blinder ffs
    Bellingham making it easy for him.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,740
    Massive deflection off O’Reilly for the Bissaka chance so we deserved that luck. Definitely a penalty. If not why no booking for Kane, and why no booking for the half a dozen Congolese waving imaginary cards? 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 100,407
    WTF... Why has the referee just blown for offside when we have the ball and are about to break... Instead allows Congo time to get their shape 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 42,609
    Mpasi is a class above Tomaszevski but this has all the feel of that infamous night.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 14,565
    Stopped that with his balls the keeper
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 100,407
    This Goalkeeper!!! 
  • Cafctekkers
    Cafctekkers Posts: 1,380
    Keepers having the game of his life ffs
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 20,174
    Another fantastic save and then the keeper stops us getting another attack in by going down “hurt”
  • DDOUBLEE
    DDOUBLEE Posts: 2,180
    Straight at him...

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  • Beckboy
    Beckboy Posts: 1,926
    Need to drug test that Keeper
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 100,407
    fenaddick said:
    Another fantastic save and then the keeper stops us getting another attack in by going down “hurt”
    I mean that must have hurt...? 
  • MrBurns
    MrBurns Posts: 1,914
    We're going out. Just hope we get rid of Tuchel 
  • Diebythesword
    Diebythesword Posts: 874
    Can’t believe it wasn’t a penalty. Dr Congo keeper having the greatest game of his life. 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,724
    edited July 1
    Edited for unoriginality
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 5,453
    Suppose that we've now got to listen to that idiot assistant manager.
  • Cafctekkers
    Cafctekkers Posts: 1,380
    Madueke really doesn't offer anything defensively and also offers very little going forward with his final ball
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 28,194
    Crap. Same every game. Tuchel is an absolute chancer. 
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 8,302
    I’d go Gordon for Rashford at HT. I don’t think Gordon is great but Rashford has been so poor. 

    Need more from Rice and Kane. Two big players giving us very little. 

    Back line, less said the better. I’d almost be tempted to put Burn or someone on there just to get some order. Konsa and Guehi do not work.
  • DDOUBLEE
    DDOUBLEE Posts: 2,180
    @panther10 just missing one of your usual insightful takes...England games not as interesting for you?


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  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 12,804
    I would stick Watkins on at half time to stick someone else up top..... Saka too. Got to try something. We are crashing out the world cup to the Congo. That would be historically embarrassing in World Cup history.
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,818
    edited July 1
    DennisBooth said:
    Bring back Gareth Southgate.
    Well…. there were plenty of folks who understood why Southgate set England up the way he did. He was 90% of the way to where he and England needed to be - he just lacked the courage to go for it a bit more when we got into strong positions in finals and semi finals. I don’t doubt Tuchel has the balls to try and press home an advantage in a big game but we’ve apparently lost all the pragmatic solidity and reliability that Southgate instilled. 

    We’ve gone back to playing like old England sides with the same predictably erratic results. All or nothing football is what fans claim they want from England but it’s been proven time and again it doesn’t consistently get England to later stages.

    Anyway, there’s some hope here. England have been better since the hydration break. There’s a vulnerability to a breakaway 2nd for The Good Doctor, but at least we’ve forced some saves which is more than we saw vs. Ghana and Panama. 
  • Manic_mania
    Manic_mania Posts: 2,326
    I was out of the room and I thought that was Chris Eubank talking in the studio there. I double taked
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 20,174
    ForeverAddickted said:
    fenaddick said:
    Another fantastic save and then the keeper stops us getting another attack in by going down “hurt”
    I mean that must have hurt...? 
    He got straight up, waited for the ball to go out and then dropped to the floor. As soon as the ref blew his whistle the keeper was on his feet. Every keeper would do it but the ref shouldn’t buy it 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 66,698
    England created enough and had enough shots on target to have scored at least once, if not twice.

    Congo one shot on target, one goal.

    That’s football. Not time to panic yet.
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,499
    I’m getting very fed up of players,(Bellingham), waving their arms at the crowd to make some noise. Do something for the crowd to get enthusiastic about yeh prima-donna.  
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 12,097
    The only smidgeon of hope is that we have played that badly and still created 4 huge chances.

    Conversely defensively we are a mess. Fullbacks are being massively exposed, neither wide player is tracking back at all and the centre backs look like strangers.
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 12,804
    Looking back the goal i totaly agree now with @JohnBoyUK - Spence has been sold down the river by Konsa.... terrible positioning by the centre backs.
  • Beckboy
    Beckboy Posts: 1,926
    If we got that penalty decision no doubt the keeper would of saved it
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,734
    First one for me sorry, I am gonna fuck off now!


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